Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sīgnificātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siɲ.ɲi.fi.katˈt͡sjo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: si‧gni‧fi‧ca‧zió‧ne

Noun

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significazione f (plural significazioni)

  1. (literary, uncommon) signification (act of signifying)
  2. (literary, uncommon) Synonym of significato
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato quarto, Capitolo VI [Fourth Treatise, Chapter 6]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎[1], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 4:
      E in quanto ’autore’ viene e discende da questo verbo, si prende solo per li poeti, che con l’arte musaica le loro parole hanno legate: e di questa significazione al presente non s’intende.
      Insofar as autore is derived and comes from this verb, it is used only to refer to poets who have tied their words together with the art of poetry; but at present we are not concerned with this meaning.
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Further reading

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  • significazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • significazione in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication