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ansio

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See also: Ansio, ansió, ansío, and ansio-

Finnish

Etymology

ansa- (to earn) + -io or alternatively ansa (trap) + -io.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnsio/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠io̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsio
  • Syllabification(key): an‧si‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): an‧sio

Noun

ansio

  1. (in the plural) income, earnings (wages, money earned, income)
    Synonym: tulot
  2. merit (something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward; claim to commendation or a reward)
    Synonym: meriitti
  3. virtue, benefit, advantage
    Synonyms: etu, hyvä puoli, hyve
  4. desert (that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward, especially in the expression "just deserts")

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin anxius.

Adjective

ansio (feminine ansia, masculine plural ansi, feminine plural ansie)

  1. (literary) anxious, anguished, tormented
    Synonym: ansioso
  2. (archaic) panting
    Synonym: ansante

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ansio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ansiare

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