autorità
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See also: autorita
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- autoritade (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin auctōritātem, derived from auctor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autorità f (invariable)
- (uncountable) authority (power to enforce rules or give orders)
- (in the plural) authorities (bodies that have power and control in a particular sphere)
- extended meanings:
- (by extension) prestige, influence
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto IV”, in Inferno, lines 112–114:
- Genti v'eran con occhi tardi e gravi,
di grande autorità ne' lor sembianti:
parlavan rado, con voci soavi.- People were there with solemn eyes and slow, of great authority in their countenance; they spake but seldom, and with gentle voices.
- (by extension) an authoritative testimony or claim
- (by extension) an influential example
- (rare) a quote from a literary work
- authority (person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- autorità in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
autorità f (plural autoriteies)
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autorità f
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