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See also: Somma
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Mount Somma, a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper cone of Mount Vesuvius has grown.
Noun[edit]
somma (plural sommas)
- (geology) A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.
- 2013, John P. Lockwood, Richard W. Hazlett, Volcanoes: Global Perspectives:
- Eventually, a renewed edifice may grow large enough even to bury its somma, or sommas, completely, leaving no clue in its shape to a history of former catastrophe(s).
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French[edit]
Verb[edit]
somma
- third-person singular past historic of sommer
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
somma f (plural somme)
- sum, amount
- addition, sum
- Synonym: addizione
- gist, essence, sum, conclusion
- Synonyms: sostanza, succo, conclusione
- summit, pinnacle, top, peak (the highest point)
- a learned exposition, typically theological or philosophical
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Adjective[edit]
somma f
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
somma
- inflection of sommare:
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
somma f (plural somom)
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- Rhymes:Italian/omma
- Rhymes:Italian/omma/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Maltese terms borrowed from Italian
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