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vedere

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/[1][2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dé‧re

Verb

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vedére (first-person singular present védo, first-person singular past historic vìdi, past participle vìsto or (less popular) vedùto, first-person singular future vedrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to see
  2. to look at
  3. to meet
  4. to visit
  5. to grasp (an idea)
  6. to make sure [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (otherwise, there will be a negative consequence)
    Vedi di finirla!Stop it! [or I will get mad] (literally, “See of stopping!”)

Conjugation

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Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ vedere in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. ^ vedere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • vedere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • vedere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German fëdara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvɛdərə/, /ˈfɛdərə/

Noun

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vëdere f (plural vëdere or vëderen)

  1. feather
    Ër strîchet sîniu kleider, daȥ ein vëder niht an im belîbet.
    He strokes his own clothes, that a feather would not remain on him.

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Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vidēre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [vəˈɾe]
  • (Gargano) IPA(key): [vəˈðɛ]
  • (Matera) IPA(key): [vəˈde]

Verb

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vedere

  1. see

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1250: “avreste dovuto vedere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “vedere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano[1]

Romanian

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Etymology

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From the verb vedea +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧de‧re

Noun

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vedere f (plural vederi)

  1. sight (the act of seeing)
    la prima vedereon first sight
    la vederein the open, in plain sight
    a pierde pe cineva din vedereto lose sight of someone
  2. sight (ability to see)
    Synonym: văz
  3. view (scenery, vista)
    Synonym: priveliște
  4. illustrated postcard
  5. (now uncommon) synonym of viziune (vision, principle, concept)

Derived terms

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