delitto
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈlit.to/
- Rhymes: -itto
- Hyphenation: de‧lìt‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin dēlictum, from dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”); probably a semi-learned borrowing.
Noun
delitto m (plural delitti)
- crime, offence/offense, felony, misdemeanour
- murder, homicide
- sin
Derived terms
- delittore
- delittuoso
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
delitto (feminine delitta, masculine plural delitti, feminine plural delitte)
- past participle of delinquere
- Synonym: (archaic, rare) delinquito
Related terms
- delinquente
- delinquenza
- delinquenziale
- delinquere
- delittore
- delittuosamente
- delittuosità
- delittuoso
Anagrams
- diletto, dilettò