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Italian
Etymology
From Latin collātiōnem (“putting together, meeting”). Originally it was the name of the meal that monks ate after the evening meeting. Doublet of collazione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.latˈt͡sjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: co‧la‧zió‧ne
Noun
colazione f (plural colazioni, diminutive colazioncina or colazioncèlla or colazionétta, augmentative colazioncióna)
- breakfast
- Synonym: prima colazione
- fare colazione ― to have breakfast (literally, “to make breakfast”)
2006, Paola Magni, Stefano Carnazzi, Le pere di Pinocchio, Apogeo, page 18:Fare una buona colazione è importante.- It’s important to have a good breakfast.
- lunch
- Synonym: seconda colazione
- light meal, collation
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Further reading
- colazione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- colazione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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