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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