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Italian
Etymology
From Latin effectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /efˈfɛt.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛtto
- Hyphenation: ef‧fèt‧to
Noun
effetto m (plural effetti, diminutive effettùccio, augmentative effettóne, pejorative effettàccio or effettùccio)
- effect (in all senses)
- causa ed effetto ― cause and effect
- senza effetto ― ineffectual; useless
- appearance, show (the way something looks out)
- effetto nevicata ― snow-like appearance
- impression, sensation
- (sports) spin (on a ball)
- (in the plural) belongings, personal effects
- Synonym: effetto personale
Derived terms
Further reading
- effetto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- effetto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- effetto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- effetto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- effètto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- effètto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana