aggiornamento

English

WOTD – 30 June 2011

Etymology

From Italian aggiornamento. Doublet of adjournment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌdʒɔːnəˈmɛntəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌd͡ʒɔɹnəˈmɛntoʊ/

Noun

aggiornamento (plural aggiornamentos)

1. A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 249:

     Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.

Translations

reform of some teachings of Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65

• Finnish: uudistus (fi), reformi (fi)
• French: aggiornamento (fr) m
• Portuguese: aggiornamento (pt) m, agiornamento m
• Russian: обновле́ние (ru) n (obnovlénije), осовреме́нивание (ru) n (osovreménivanije)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian aggiornamento. Doublet of ajournement.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamentos)

1. aggiornamento

Italian

Etymology

From aggiornare +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.d͡ʒor.naˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ag‧gior‧na‧mén‧to

Noun

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamenti)

1. update, updating
2. adjournment, recess

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• agiornamento

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian aggiornamento.

Noun

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamenti)

1. (historical) aggiornamento (the reform of some teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65)
2. (figurative) update, modernization