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contemporaneo

adj.
  1. che appartiene al presente

    d’ancheu [d aŋˈkøː]

    da giornâ d’ancheu [da dʒurˈnaː d aŋˈkøː]

    contemporaneo [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑju] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈraɲˑu] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑew]1,2

    preferisco la musica contemporanea a quella classica

    m’é ciù cao a muxica d’ancheu che quella clascica

  2. che avviene nello stesso momento o periodo

    contemporaneo [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑju] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈraɲˑu] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑew]1,2

    due guerre contemporanee hanno sconvolto il paese

    doe guære contemporanee an sciätou o paise

m. n.
  1. persona vissuta nello stesso periodo di un’altra; chi vive nel presente

    contemporaneo [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑju] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈraɲˑu] ~ [kuŋteŋpuˈranˑew]1,2

    i suoi contemporanei non capirono il suo genio

    i seu contemporanei no an accapio o seu genio

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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.

2. Cluster [nj] in urban Genoese

The cluster [nj] at the beginning of a word and between vowels is often realized in urban Genoese and related varieties as [ɲ] (the “gn” sound). Thus we have the pronunciation [ˈɲaːtri] for niatri (“gnatri”), [iɲeˈsjuŋ] for inieçion (“igneçion”), [ˈaɲˑa] for ania (“agna”), etc. Note that masculine singulars ending in -nio [-ɲˑu] regularly form their plural in -nni [-nˑi]: testimònio [testiˈmɔɲˑu] > testimònni [testiˈmɔnˑi], capitanio [kapiˈtaɲˑu] > capitanni [kapiˈtanˑi], etc.

Declensions

m. s m. p f. s f. p
contemporaneo contemporanei contemporanea contemporanee

Multi-word expressions

→ in contemporanea.