evoluzione
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiōnem (“unrolling, opening (a scroll)”, noun), derived from ēvolvō (“to unroll, unfold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.vo.lutˈt͡sjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: e‧vo‧lu‧zió‧ne
Noun
evoluzione f (plural evoluzioni)
- an ordered movement
- Synonym: movimento
- 19th century, Alessandro Manzoni, “Capitolo VII”, in I promessi sposi, published 1840:
- rasentando l’altro stipite, passò per isbieco, col fianco innanzi, per l’apertura lasciata da quella cariatide. I due compagni dovettero far la stessa evoluzione, se vollero entrare.
- Skimming along the other jamb, he went sideways, with his side in front, through the opening left by that old man. The two companions were to perform the same movement, had they wished to enter.
- (military) movement (one of a series of ordered movements)
- Synonyms: manovra, movimento
- (figurative) evolution, progress, development
- Synonyms: progresso, sviluppo
- Antonym: involuzione
Derived terms
- evoluzionario
- evoluzionismo
- evoluzionista
Related terms
- evoluire
- evolutivo
- evoluto
- evolvente
- evolversi
- evolvibile
Further reading
- evoluzione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana