Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

a rombi

English translation:

lozenge-shaped/diamond-shaped

Added to glossary by Umberto Cassano
Oct 6, 2007 19:14
17 yrs ago
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Italian term

a rombi

Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature biography
Context:
"La sera mi mettevano a dormire in un lettino di ferro con le sponde alte e une protezione tra l'asta superiore e inferiore: una rete di nylon, che ricordo *a rombi*."
Did the nylon net have a diamond pattern? Or does it mean something else? It comes up again later in the text:
"...mi alzavo in piedi nel lettino e cominciavo la scalata. Salivo lungo la rete, mettevo i piedini dentro *i rombi*, scavalcavo l'asta di ferro, rifacevo il percorso all'esterno, in discesa."
Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Change log

Oct 11, 2007 16:22: Umberto Cassano changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/86293">HelenG's</a> old entry - "a rombi"" to ""lozenge-shaped/diamond-shaped""

Discussion

Alice Zuzek Oct 6, 2007:
sorry, I meant that the net had a diamond pattern
Alice Zuzek Oct 6, 2007:
yes, it means diamond-shaped; the net was diamond-shaped and he would climb it.

Proposed translations

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lozenge-shaped/diamond-shaped

English lozenge-shaped Shaped like a rhombus.

French en forme de losange En forme de losange.

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEngli...

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree forli : rhombus pl. rhombi?
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Thanks !
agree Irena Pizzi
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Grazie, Irena !
agree Krisztina Lelik
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Thanks !
agree manducci
2 days 18 hrs
grazie
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diamond patterned/with a diamond lattice pattern

an idea
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