Masculine

appannaggio

Meaning

  1. (historical, masculine) apanage (grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright)
  2. (masculine) emolument
  3. (figuratively, masculine) prerogative, privilege, apanage
  4. (figuratively, masculine) a due prize (for a victory or conquest)
  5. (masculine) only used in arma d'appannaggio

Hyphenated as
ap‧pan‧nàg‧gio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ap.panˈnad.d͡ʒo/
Etymology

Borrowed from French apanage, derived from apaner (“to provide with a dowry, to dowry”), derived from Vulgar Latin *appānāre, *adpānāre, derived from Classical Latin pānis (“bread”).

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