stagione
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”). Doublet of station.
Noun
stagione (uncountable)
- A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.
- 2008 June 4, Anthony Tommasini, “In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path”, in New York Times:
- Again, for New York to have a stagione house is an interesting departure.
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See also
- repertory
Anagrams
- isatogen
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin statiōnem. Doublet of stazzo, stazzone, stazio, and stazione, the first two of which were also inherited from Latin, while the latter two were borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staˈd͡ʒo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: sta‧gió‧ne
Noun
stagione f (plural stagioni)
- season (quarter of a year, part of year with something special)
- (broadcasting) season (group of episodes)
- weather
- la stagione calda ― hot weather
Derived terms
- stagionale
- stagionalmente
- stagionare
Related terms
- stagionatura
- stazione
- stazzone
Descendants
- → Cimbrian: stadjónge
See also
| Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autunno (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) |
Further reading
stagione on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it- stagione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- agoniste, insegato, segnatoi, sogniate