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nubifragio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin nubifragium, from nūbēs (“cloud”) and frangĕre (“to break”) (by analogy with naufragium (“shipwreck”)).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nu.biˈfra.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -adʒo
  • Hyphenation: nu‧bi‧frà‧gio

Noun

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nubifragio m (plural nubifragi)

  1. cloudburst, downpour
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References

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  1. ^ nubifragio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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