sclerosi

Italian

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sclērōsis, itself from Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, hardening).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skleˈrɔ.zi/, (common, yet erroneous) /ˈsklɛ.ro.zi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔzi, (common, yet erroneous) -ɛrozi
  • Hyphenation: scle‧rò‧si, (common, yet erroneous) sclè‧ro‧si

Noun

sclerosi f (invariable)

  1. (pathology) sclerosis
  2. ellipsis of sclerosi multipla

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skleˈrɔ.zi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔzi
  • Hyphenation: scle‧rò‧si

Verb

sclerosi

  1. inflection of sclerosare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skleˈro.zi/, (traditional) /skleˈro.si/
  • Rhymes: -ozi, (traditional) -osi
  • Hyphenation: scle‧ró‧si

Adjective

sclerosi

  1. masculine plural of scleroso