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Euronics International Ltd. is an international association of over 11,000 [1] independent electrical retailers in 37 countries. [2] It functions as a leading international electrical retail group [ 1 ] on behalf of its members, and is based in Amsterdam .
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Italian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Italian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Meaning Word Meaning ṣālīṭa [sˤɑːliːtˤa] slope salita up slope [1] kinšēllu [kənʃeːlːu] metallic gate cancello gate [2] anguli [aŋɡuli] corner angolo corner [3] ṭānṭa, uṭānṭa [tˤɑːntˤɑ], [utˤɑːntˤɑ] truck ottanta eighty [4] (a model of a truck of Italian make) tēsta [teːsta] a hit with the forehead testa
A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Dictator Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author Niccolò Machiavelli. dixi: I have spoken: A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is that the speaker has said all that had to be said and thus the argument is completed ...
Italian term Literal translation Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo ...
The base alphabet consists of 21 letters: five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 16 consonants. The letters J, K, W, X and Y are not part of the proper alphabet, but appear in words of ancient Greek origin (e.g. Xilofono), loanwords (e.g. "weekend"), [2] foreign names (e.g. John), scientific terms (e.g. km) and in a handful of native words—such as the names Kalsa, Jesolo, Bettino Craxi, and Cybo ...
Other local dialects in Latinoamerica created by the Italian emigrants are the Talian dialect in Brazil and the Chipilo dialect in Mexico. The following is a small list: Anchoa (Italian dialect -Genoese- ancioa) Birra. Beer. From "Birra". Calarse. To digest (or sustain) something bad. From "Calarsi" with the same meaning. Chao. Friendly salute.
In Italian phonemic distinction between long and short vowels is rare and limited to a few words and one morphological class, namely the pair composed by the first and third person of the historic past in verbs of the third conjugation—compare sentii (/senˈtiː/, "I felt/heard'), and sentì (/senˈti/, "he felt/heard").