alleviare

Meaning

to alleviate, relieve

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
al‧le‧vià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/al.leˈvja.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alleviāre, from ad- + levis. Compare the dialectal Tuscan form allebbiare (“lighten a ship”), which was inherited from Latin.

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