torrentizio

Italian

Etymology

From torrente, from Latin torrentem, present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”). By surface analysis, torrent(e) (“torrent”, “stream”) +‎ -izio (derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.renˈtit.t͡sjo/
• Rhymes: -ittsjo
• Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧tì‧zio

Adjective

torrentizio (feminine torrentizia, masculine plural torrentizi, feminine plural torrentizie)

1. torrential, torrent-like, irregular (of a river flow)

Related terms

• torrente
• torrenziale