annegare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to drown, to kill by drowning
  2. (intransitive) to drown, to die by drowning

Concepts

be drowned

drown oneself

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
an‧ne‧gà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/an.neˈɡa.re/
Etymology

From earlier *annecare, from Vulgar Latin *adnecāre (“to drown”), derived from necō (“to kill”). Compare Sicilian annigari, Spanish anegar, Romanian îneca, French noyer.

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