carpine
Italian
Alternative forms
- carpino
Etymology
From Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkar.pi.ne/
- Rhymes: -arpine
- Hyphenation: càr‧pi‧ne
Noun
carpine m (plural carpini)
- common hornbeam, European hornbeam (tree, Carpinus betulus)
- Synonym: carpino bianco
- hornbeam (tree, genus Carpinus)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- carpinella
- carpineta / carpineto
- carpino bianco
- carpino nero
- carpino orientale
Further reading
- carpine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- capirne, caprine, encarpi
Latin
Noun
carpine
- vocative singular of carpinus