parola

Definitions of parola
  1. noun
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    synonyms: termine, vocabolo
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    anagramma
    a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    diminutivo
    a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    forma, stampato
    the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    prestito
    a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    neologismo
    a newly invented word or phrase
    nomenclatura, terminologia
    a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    plurale
    the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    singolare
    the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
    base, radicale, radice, stelo, tema
    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    articolo, voce
    the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
    nome, sostantivo
    a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
    verbo
    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
    preposizione
    a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
    pronome
    a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
    referente
    something that refers; a term that refers to another term
    abbreviazione, sigla
    a shortened form of a word or phrase
    type of:
    unità linguistica
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  2. noun
    noisy talk
    synonyms: chiacchiera, chiacchierata, cicalata, cicaleccio
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    abboccamento
    an exchange of ideas via conversation
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