traversare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin trānsversāre from Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tra.verˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tra‧ver‧sà‧re

Verb[edit]

traversàre (first-person singular present travèrso, first-person singular past historic traversài, past participle traversàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to cross (a river, etc.)
  2. (transitive, nautical) to place (a vessel) perpendicular to the wind or current
  3. (transitive, nautical) to stow (an anchor, etc.)
  4. (transitive, mountaineering) to traverse (to climb more or less horizontally)

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French traverser.

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Noun[edit]

traversare f (plural traversări)

  1. crossing (action of traversing something)
    Synonyms: traversat, trecere
  2. (figurative) Enduring a period, a phenomenon.
  3. crossing (intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross)
  4. piercing of a construction element for the mounting of installations
  5. the positioning of a ship with its axis parallel to the crests of the waves

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