Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). By surface analysis, legare + -mento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le.ɡaˈmen.to/
- Rhymes: -ento
- Hyphenation: le‧ga‧mén‧to
Noun
legamento m (plural legamenti)
- tying, binding
- link, connection
- string, tape
- liaison
- ligament
- (music) ligature, slur