formichina
Italian
Etymology
formica (“ant”) + -ina (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /for.miˈki.na/, [for̺miˈk̟iːn̺ä]
- Stress: formichìna
- Hyphenation: for‧mi‧chi‧na
Noun
formichina f (plural formichine)
- diminutive of formica (“ant”); little ant
- 2014, Claudia Mirruzzo, transl., “La neve il mio piede prende”, in Racconti di vita, translation of Textos Selecionados by José Anilto dos Anjos, page 25:
- C'era una volta una formichina molto furba che stava nella sua tana ben riparata dal mal tempo.
- Once upon a time, there was a very clever little ant, who was in its house, well protected against the bad weather
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Synonyms
- formichetta