bisogno

See also: bisognò

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bisonium, from Frankish *bisun(n)i, from *bisunnija, from *bi- + *sunnija, from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European *sent-. Compare also French besoin, Occitan besonh, Catalan besunya, Sicilian bisognu, Venetan bixogno, Romansch basegn, Friulian bisugne, Istriot bazuogno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈzoɲ.ɲo/
• Rhymes: -oɲɲo
• Hyphenation: bi‧só‧gno

Noun

bisogno m (plural bisogni)

1. need

   Synonym: necessità

   Ne ho bisogno

   I need it.

   (literally, “I have need of it.”)

2. (euphemistic) excrement, faeces

   Synonyms: escremento, necessità corporale, feci pl

   Fare i propri bisogni.

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Related terms

• alla bisogna
• abbisognare
• bisognare
• bisognevole
• bisognoso

Descendants

• Sabir: bisogno
• → Sardinian: bisonzu
• → Spanish: bisoño, bisoña

Sabir

Etymology

From Italian bisogno (“need”).

Verb

bisogno

1. to need

References

• Feissat et Demonchy, Dictionnaire de la Langue Franque, ou Petit Mauresque