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ansa.

handle

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈan.sa/
  1. handle

    feminine
  2. excuse, pretext

    feminine · rare
  3. curve or bend (in a river)

    feminine
  4. a small bight, bay, cove

    feminine
  5. loop, coil

    feminine
  6. as name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansh ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetan asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

verb/ˈan.sa/
  1. inflection of ansare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of ansare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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