Etymology

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Noun

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responso (plural responsi)

  1. responsibility

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin respōnsum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈspɔn.so/, /reˈspon.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔnso, -onso
  • Hyphenation: re‧spòn‧so, re‧spón‧so

Noun

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responso m (plural responsi)

  1. response, answer, reply
  2. verdict
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References

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  1. ^ responso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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respōnsō (present infinitive respōnsāre, perfect active respōnsāvī, supine respōnsātum); first conjugation

  1. (poetic) to answer, reply, respond
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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respōnsō

  1. dative/ablative singular of respōnsum

Etymology 3

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Verb

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respōnsō

  1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of respondeō
Usage notes
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See explanation at respondeō.

References

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  • responso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • responso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • responso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /resˈponso/ [resˈpõn.so]
  • Rhymes: -onso
  • Syllabification: res‧pon‧so

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin respōnsum.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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responso m (plural responsos)

  1. prayer for the dead
  2. (colloquial) telling-off; bollocking
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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responso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of responsar

Further reading

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