acrimonia

See also: acrimónia and acrimônia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ācrimōnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kriˈmɔ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔnja
• Hyphenation: a‧cri‧mò‧nia

Noun

acrimonia f (plural acrimonie)

1. acrimony, animosity

Derived terms

• acrimonioso

Further reading

• acrimonia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From ācer (“sharp, pungent”) +‎ -mōnia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aː.kriˈmoː.ni.a/, [äːkrɪˈmoːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kriˈmo.ni.a/, [äkriˈmɔːniä]

Noun

ācrimōnia f (genitive ācrimōniae); first declension

1. (of taste) sharpness, pungency
2. (of character) acrimony, austerity

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ācrimōnia	ācrimōniae
genitive	ācrimōniae	ācrimōniārum
dative	ācrimōniae	ācrimōniīs
accusative	ācrimōniam	ācrimōniās
ablative	ācrimōniā	ācrimōniīs
vocative	ācrimōnia	ācrimōniae

Related terms

• ācer
• ācritās
• ācriter
• ācritūdō

Descendants

• → English: acrimony
• → French: acrimonie
• → Italian: acrimonia
• → Portuguese: acrimônia
• → Sicilian: acrimùnia
• → Spanish: acrimonia

References

• “acrimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acrimonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "acrimonia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• acrimonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acrimonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akɾiˈmonja/ [a.kɾiˈmo.nja]
• Rhymes: -onja
• Syllabification: a‧cri‧mo‧nia

Noun

acrimonia f (plural acrimonias)

1. acrimony

Further reading

• “acrimonia”, 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