agreste
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
agreste (plural agrestes)
- (literary) rustic
Noun
agreste m (plural agrestes)
- grayling (butterfly)
Further reading
- “agreste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡrɛs.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛste
- Hyphenation: a‧grè‧ste
Adjective
agreste m or f (plural agresti)
- agrestic, rustic
- Synonyms: villereccio, villico, campagnolo
Derived terms
Further reading
- agreste in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
agreste
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of agrestis
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agrestis.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡɾɛs.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈɡɾɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡɾɛs.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡɾɛʃ.tɨ/ [ɐˈɣɾɛʃ.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: a‧gres‧te
Adjective
agreste m or f (plural agrestes)
- rural, rustic, wild, uncultivated
- harsh
- (figurative) rude
- (figurative) unpleasant
References
- ^ “agreste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Further reading
- “agreste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡɾeste/ [aˈɣ̞ɾes.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -este
- Syllabification: a‧gres‧te
Adjective
agreste m or f (masculine and feminine plural agrestes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “agreste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024