occasione
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occāsiōnem, whence also Italian cagione (an inherited doublet).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ok.kaˈzjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: oc‧ca‧sió‧ne
Noun
occasione f (plural occasioni)
- opportunity, chance, occasion, scope
- Synonyms: opportunità, possibilità
- circumstance, occasion
- Synonym: circostanza
- bargain, special offer (in a shop window advertisement)
- Synonym: affare
Derived terms
- occasionale
- occasionalismo
- occasionare
Descendants
- → Maltese: okkażjoni
Latin
Noun
occāsiōne
- ablative singular of occāsiō