funzionare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fonctionner. Cognate with Piedmontese funsioné.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fun.t͡sjoˈna.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fun‧zio‧nà‧re

Verb

funzionàre (first-person singular present funzióno, first-person singular past historic funzionài, past participle funzionàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to function, to work
  2. (uncommon)[2] synonym of fungere
  3. (religion) to perform religious services (of a priest, bishop, etc.)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ funzionare in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ funzionare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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