ordire

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī. Compare Spanish and Portuguese urdir, French ourdir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: or‧dì‧re

Verb

ordìre (first-person singular present ordìsco, first-person singular past historic ordìi, past participle ordìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, textiles) to warp
  2. (transitive, textiles, by extension) to weave
  3. (transitive, literary) to outline, to sketch (a novel, a play, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to plot, to hatch, to scheme
  5. (transitive, nautical) to reeve (a rope) (to pass a rope through a hole or opening to fasten it)

Conjugation

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Latin

Verb

ōrdīre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of ōrdior