flabello

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈbɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: fla‧bèl‧lo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin flābellum, diminutive of flābrum (breeze).

Noun

flabello m (plural flabelli)

  1. flabellum (large fan used for religious ceremonies)
Derived terms
  • flabellide
  • flabellifero

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

flabello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of flabellare

Latin

Etymology

From flābellum (fanlet, small fan) +‎ (verb suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

flābellō (present infinitive flābellāre, perfect active flābellāvī, supine flābellātum); first conjugation

  1. To fan, to cool with a fan.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • flābellātiō
  • flābellātor

Descendants

  • English: flabellate
  • Interlingua: flabellar
  • Italian: flabellare
  • Portuguese: flabelar