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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praepositiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.po.zitˈt͡sjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: pre‧po‧si‧zió‧ne
Noun
preposizione f (plural preposizioni)
- (grammar) preposition
- Hyponyms: (prepositional article) preposizione articolata, (a prepositional article used with article meanings) articolo partitivo
1526, Niccolò Liburnio, Le tre fontane, page 20:Ma per cagione d’eſſempio; a queſto nome Valore, & à questi due uerbi uiuere, & uſare dauanti collocando la prepoſitione à, tu componerai aualoro, aualorare: auiuo, auiuare, auſo, auſare.- But to make an example: by putting the preposition a in front of this noun, valore, and of these verbs, vivere and usare, you will derive avaloro, avalorare; avivo, avivare; auso, ausare.
1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people], Torino: Stamperia Reale, page 58:Da alcuni grammatici ſi dividono le prepoſizioni in due ſpezie, o vogliam dire in due ſorte.- Prepositions are divided, by some grammarians, into two species—that is, into two kinds.
Derived terms
See also
- (parts of speech) parte del discorso; aggettivo, articolo, avverbio, congiunzione, interiezione/interjezione, nome, nome aggettivo, nome sostantivo, numero, particella, preposizione, pronome, sostantivo, verbo (Category: it:Parts of speech)