inganno

See also: ingannò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈɡan.no/
  • Rhymes: -anno
  • Hyphenation: in‧gàn‧no

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ingannare +‎ -o.

Noun

inganno m (plural inganni)

  1. deception, trick, trickery
  2. cheat, fraud, swindle
    Synonyms: truffa, frode, raggiro
Derived terms
  • cadenza d'inganno (deceptive cadence)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

inganno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ingannare

Further reading

  • inganno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • inganno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • ingànno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • inganno in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • inganno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From *gannō, from ganniō. Found in the Reichenau Glossary.

Pronunciation

Verb

ingannō (present infinitive ingannāre, perfect active ingannāvī, supine ingannātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to trick, deceive
    Synonyms: fallō, dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, ēlūdō, dēstituō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, indūcō

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: angan, anganu, ngan, nganu, ngãnescu, nginescu
    • Romanian: îngâna, îngânare
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Italian: ingannare
    • Sicilian: ngannari
    • Venetan: inganar
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: engignier, enjaner, enganer (dialectal)
      • French: engeigner (obsolete)
      • Norman: înginnyi
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • Borrowings: