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vid

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Translation

empty

Word origin

From Vulgar Latin vocitus, an altered form of Latin vacuus ('empty'), from vacare ('to be empty'). The same family gives English vacuum and void.

Origin
Latin
Root
vacuus
English cognates
vacuum, void

Grammar

Masc pluralvides

Examples

frigo .

The fridge is completely empty.

.

The room was empty when we arrived.

J' l'estomac .

My stomach has been empty since this morning.

frigo , .

The fridge is completely empty, we need to do the shopping.

.

The room was almost empty at the end of the film.

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