torrentizio

Meaning

torrential, torrent-like, irregular (of a river flow)

Concepts

torrential

Translations

torrencial

torrentoso

καταρρακτώδης

Hyphenated as

tor‧ren‧tì‧zio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tor.renˈtit.t͡sjo/

Etymology

From torrente, from Latin torrentem, present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”). By surface analysis, torrent(e) (“torrent”, “stream”) + -izio (derivational suffix).