ariete

See also: Ariete, aríete, and arieté

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrjɛ.te/, /aˈrje.te/, /a.riˈɛ.te/, /a.riˈe.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛte, -ete
• Hyphenation: a‧riè‧te, a‧rié‧te, a‧ri‧è‧te, a‧ri‧é‧te

Noun

ariete m (plural arieti)

1. ram (male sheep)

   Synonym: montone

2. (historical, military) battering ram

   Synonym: puntone

Anagrams

• teiera

Latin

Noun

ariete m

1. ablative singular of ariēs (“ram, battering ram”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾjete/ [aˈɾje.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: a‧rie‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Noun

ariete m (plural arietes)

1. battering ram

Derived terms

• golpe de ariete

 

Noun

ariete m or f by sense (plural arietes)

1. (soccer) striker

   Synonym: delantero

Related terms

• arietar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ariete

1. inflection of arietar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ariete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10