udire

  1. (ambitransitive) to hear
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to attend, listen (to), pay attention (to)
  3. (broadly, transitive, uncommon) to understand

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Hyphenated as
u‧dì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/uˈdi.re/
Etymology

From Latin audīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).

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