What does aletta in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word aletta in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use aletta in Italian.

The word aletta in Italian means little wing, alula, bastard wing, fin, wing, little wing, flap, inside flap, fin. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word aletta

little wing

sostantivo femminile (piccola ala) (literal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le alette dell'uccellino non gli consentivano ancora di volare.
The bird's little wings didn't allow it to fly yet.

alula, bastard wing

sostantivo femminile (uccelli, penne sotto l'ala) (birds)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il veterinario curò l'aletta del corvo per permettergli di volare di nuovo.
The vet cured the raven's alula so that it could fly again.

fin

sostantivo femminile (pesci, pinna) (fish)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Alla lezione di anatomia ti insegnerò a dissezionare le alette dei pesci.
I'll teach you how to dissect fish fins in our anatomy class.

wing, little wing

sostantivo femminile (meccanica (elemento a forma d'ala) (shaped)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nel mio progetto di velivolo avevo inserito tre alette.
I'd fit three little wings to my aircraft design.

flap, inside flap

sostantivo femminile (risvolto di copertina) (books)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non leggo mai le descrizioni nelle alette, ma forse dovrei.
I never read the instructions on the inside flaps, but perhaps I should.

fin

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

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