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ingombro

ingombro

See also: ingombrò

Italian

Noun

ingombro m ‎(plural ingombri)

  1. encumbrance, obstruction, obstacle
  2. bulk, mass

Synonyms

Adjective

ingombro m ‎(feminine singular ingombra, masculine plural ingombri, feminine plural ingombre)

  1. blocked
  2. cluttered

Verb

ingombro

  1. first-person singular present of ingombrare

References

  1. ↑ Vocabulario Treccani
  2. 1 2 Centre national de ressources textuelles
  3. ↑ Vocabulario Treccani
  4. ↑ Pianigiani, Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana (1907)

Etymology

Back-formation from ingombrare.[1]

Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:

  • the Old French combre ‎(“wooden obstacles on a river; dam”)[2], which is related to the Celtic *komboros[3], in particular, Gaulish kombero[2]; or
  • the Latin cumulus ‎(“an accumulation, a heap”), compare Portuguese combro.[4]

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