autodidatta

Borrowed from French autodidacte, from Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), derived from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + the root of διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌaw.to.diˈdat.ta/
• Rhymes: -atta
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧di‧dàt‧ta

autodidatta m or f by sense (masculine plural autodidatti, feminine plural autodidatte)

1. autodidact, self-taught person, automath

• autodidattica
• autodidattico

• didatta

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