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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin officiālis. By surface analysis, ufficio (“office, service”) + -ale (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uf.fiˈt͡ʃa.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: uf‧fi‧cià‧le
Adjective
ufficiale (plural ufficiali)
- official
- Antonym: ufficioso
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Noun
ufficiale m (plural ufficiali, feminine ufficialessa)
- (military) officer
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Further reading
- ufficiale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana