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Italian-Ligurian (Genoese) dictionary

angelo

m. n.
  1. essere spirituale della tradizione religiosa

    angeo [ˈaŋdʒju] ~ [ˈaŋdʒɔw] ~ [ˈaŋdʒew]1

    hai una voce come un angelo

    t’æ unna voxe comme un angeo

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1. Pronunciation of the unstressed ending -eo

The unstressed ending -eo produces a sound that can oscillate, depending on the case, between [ɔw] ~ [ju] ~ [ew]. For consistency we retain it, as many authors do, for words that originally had it and still form their plural in -ei. From angeo [ˈaŋdʒɔw] “angel” one will have angei [ˈaŋdʒej], from umeo [ˈymˑju] “humid” and “humble” one will have umei [ˈymˑej] ~ [ˈymˑi], etc.

Declensions

m. s m. p
angeo angei

Multi-word expressions

→ capelli d’angelo, → discutere del sesso degli angeli, → lunedì dell’Angelo, → pesce angelo.

Angelo

n. p.
  1. pers. anthr.

    Angeo [ˈaŋdʒju] ~ [ˈaŋdʒɔw] ~ [ˈaŋdʒew]1

Notes

Diminutivi: Angiolin e Angen.

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1. Pronunciation of the unstressed ending -eo

The unstressed ending -eo produces a sound that can oscillate, depending on the case, between [ɔw] ~ [ju] ~ [ew]. For consistency we retain it, as many authors do, for words that originally had it and still form their plural in -ei. From angeo [ˈaŋdʒɔw] “angel” one will have angei [ˈaŋdʒej], from umeo [ˈymˑju] “humid” and “humble” one will have umei [ˈymˑej] ~ [ˈymˑi], etc.