preclaro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeclārus (“very clear or bright; famous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈkla.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pre‧clà‧ro

Adjective

preclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclari, feminine plural preclare)

1. (literary) illustrious

   Synonyms: illustre, insigne

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎^[1], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
     mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
     e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.

     And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.

2. (obsolete) luminous, bright

   Synonyms: lucente, luminoso

Derived terms

• preclaramente

Related terms

• chiaro

Further reading

• preclaro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeclārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈklaɾo/ [pɾeˈkla.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: pre‧cla‧ro

Adjective

preclaro (feminine preclara, masculine plural preclaros, feminine plural preclaras)

1. illustrious, eminent

   Synonym: ilustre

   • 2021 December 8, Carlos Marcos, “Marilyn Manson: la caída al infierno del fantoche del rock”, in El País‎^[3]:

     Mentes preclaras de gustos retorcidos, como los cineastas David Lynch o Tim Burton, el actor Shia LaBeouf, el documentalista Michael Moore o el gurú del rock avanzado y cabecilla del grupo Nine Inch Nails, Trenz Reznor.

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Further reading

• “preclaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10