ormare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom orma + -are, perhaps connected to a Vulgar Latin root *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Romanian urma.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editormàre (first-person singular present órmo, first-person singular past historic ormài, past participle ormàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, literary)
- (transitive) to follow the tracks (of an animal)
- (transitive) to hunt (an animal) by following the tracks
- (intransitive) to hunt by following tracks
- (transferred sense, transitive) to hunt, pursue (a person)
- Synonym: inseguire
- to keep (a person) under surveillance
- Synonyms: pedinare, sorvegliare
- (figurative, transitive) to follow in someone's footsteps
- Synonym: seguire le orme
- (figurative, transitive) to retrace or reconstruct through historical research
- Synonym: ricostruire
- (figurative, transitive) to investigate
- Synonym: indagare
- (military, transitive) to follow closely, to press
- Synonym: incalzare
- (intransitive) to leave footprints
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of ormàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | ormàre | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | ormàndo | |||
present participle | ormànte | past participle | ormàto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | órmo | órmi | órma | ormiàmo | ormàte | órmano |
imperfect | ormàvo | ormàvi | ormàva | ormavàmo | ormavàte | ormàvano |
past historic | ormài | ormàsti | ormò | ormàmmo | ormàste | ormàrono |
future | ormerò | ormerài | ormerà | ormerémo | ormeréte | ormerànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | ormerèi | ormerésti | ormerèbbe, ormerébbe | ormerémmo | ormeréste | ormerèbbero, ormerébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | órmi | órmi | órmi | ormiàmo | ormiàte | órmino |
imperfect | ormàssi | ormàssi | ormàsse | ormàssimo | ormàste | ormàssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
órma | órmi | ormiàmo | ormàte | órmino | ||
negative imperative | non ormàre | non órmi | non ormiàmo | non ormàte | non órmino |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “ormare”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 12 orad–pere, UTET, 1984, page 122ab
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- Italian terms suffixed with -are
- Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/are
- Rhymes:Italian/are/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian archaic terms
- Italian literary terms
- Italian transitive verbs
- Italian intransitive verbs
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