comprensione

Italian

Alternative forms

• compresione (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprehēnsiōnem (“taking together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.prenˈsjo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: com‧pren‧sió‧ne

Noun

comprensione f (plural comprensioni)

1. understanding, comprehension

Derived terms

• incomprensione
• precomprensione

Related terms

• comprendere

Further reading

• “comprensione”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026