Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin exclamātiōnem. By surface analysis, esclamare +‎ -zione. Likely a doublet of schiamazzo, if the latter was inherited from the Latin nominative exclamatio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.skla.matˈt͡sjo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: e‧scla‧ma‧zió‧ne

Noun

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esclamazione f (plural esclamazioni)

  1. exclamation

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • esclamazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana