stagione

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”). Doublet of station.

Noun

stagione (uncountable)

1. A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.
   • 2008 June 4, Anthony Tommasini, “In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Again, for New York to have a stagione house is an interesting departure.

See also

• repertory

Anagrams

• isatogen

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin statiōnem. Doublet of stazzo, stazzone, stazio, and stazione, the first two of which were also inherited from Latin, while the latter two were borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈd͡ʒo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: sta‧gió‧ne

• Audio

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Noun

stagione f (plural stagioni)

1. season (quarter of a year, part of year with something special)
2. (broadcasting) season (group of episodes)
3. weather

   la stagione calda ― hot weather

Derived terms

• stagionale
• stagionalmente
• stagionare

Related terms

• stagionatura
• stazione
• stazzone

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: stadjónge

See also

Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estate (“summer”)	autunno (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

Further reading

• stagione on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• stagione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• agoniste, insegato, segnatoi, sogniate