candire

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kanˈdi.re/ Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: can‧dì‧re === Etymology 1 === From candi (“candied”) +‎ -ire (3rd-conjugation verbal suffix). ==== Verb ==== candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to candy (to preserve fruit by boiling in syrup) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== candito canditura === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin candēre (“to shine, gleam white”), from Proto-Italic *kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kand- (“to shine, glow”). ==== Verb ==== candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic or literary) to blanch, to whiten Synonym: imbiancare ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== candido candore === Further reading === candire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === cardine, cedrina, rancide