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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin stātiōnem, the accusative singular of stātiō. Cognate to stazione which is from the same Latin word but borrowed instead of inherited. Also a Doublet of stazzo and stazzone.

Pronunciation

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

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)
primavera (“spring”)	estate (“summer”)	autunno (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

Further reading

• stagione on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• agoniste, negatosi, segnatoi, sogniate

References

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