contraddistinguere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From contra- + distinguere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]contraddistìnguere (first-person singular present contraddistìnguo, first-person singular past historic contraddistìnsi, past participle contraddistìnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to mark, to distinguish with a mark
- to characterize
- l'ha sempre contraddistinto uno spiccato ottimismo
- he has always been characterized by a particular optimism
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of contraddistìnguere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms prefixed with contra-
- Italian 6-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/inɡwere
- Rhymes:Italian/inɡwere/6 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive
- Italian verbs ending in -ere
- Italian irregular verbs
- Italian verbs with irregular past historic
- Italian verbs with irregular past participle
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian terms with usage examples