appunto
See also: appuntò
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Back-formation from appuntare.
Noun
appunto m (plural appunti)
- note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
- gli studenti prendono appunti ― the students take notes
- reproach
- (computing, especially in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad
Derived terms
- fare un appunto a (“to find fault with”)
- prendere appunti (“to take notes”)
Etymology 2
From a punto (literally “to [the] point”).
Alternative forms
- a punto (obsolete)
Adverb
appunto
- exactly, precisely
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, page 281, lines 7–9:
- Già eravamo, a la seguente tomba, ¶ montati dello scoglio in quella parte ¶ ch'a punto sovra mezzo 'l fosso piomba.
- We had already on the following tomb ¶ ascended to that portion of the crag ¶ which o'er the middle of the moat hangs plumb.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
appunto