Italian

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Etymology

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From piramide (pyramid) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pi.ra.miˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧mi‧dà‧re

Verb

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piramidàre (first-person singular present piràmido, first-person singular past historic piramidài, past participle piramidàto, auxiliary (transitive only) avére) (literary, rare)

  1. (transitive) to pyramid (to arrange in the form of a pyramid)
  2. (intransitive) to gradually become narrower with height increase (not used in composed tenses)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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