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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin auctōritātem, derived from auctor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw.to.riˈta/*
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧ri‧tà
Noun
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
mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 112–114; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994: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
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Further reading
- autorità in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Ladin
Noun
autorità f (plural autoriteies)
- authority
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
autorità f
- authority