pedina

See also: pediņā and pediņa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pe‧dì‧na

Etymology 1

Cf. pedone.

Noun

pedina f (plural pedine)

1. (chess) pawn
2. (colloquial) pawn (someone who is being manipulated)
3. (board games) draughtsman/checkers piece
4. puppet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pedina

1. inflection of pedinare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• pedina in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• pedina in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• pedina in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• pedina in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pedìna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• pedina in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pedina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈdiː.na/
• Rhymes: -iːna

Noun

pedina f (plural pedini)

1. (draughts) draughtsman
2. (chess) pawn

   Synonyms: pjun, petun