stagione

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”).

Noun

stagione (uncountable)

  1. A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.
    • 2008 June 4, Anthony Tommasini, “In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path”, in New York Times‎:
      Again, for New York to have a stagione house is an interesting departure.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin stātiōnem, the accusative singular of stātiō. Cognate to stazione which is from the same Latin word but borrowed instead of inherited. Also a doublet of stazzo and stazzone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staˈd͡ʒo.ne/, [s̪t̪äˈd͡ʒo̞ːn̺e]
  • Hyphenation: sta‧gió‧ne

Noun

stagione f (plural stagioni)

  1. season (quarter of a year, part of year with something special)
  2. (broadcasting) season (group of episodes)
  3. weather
    la stagione calda ― hot weather

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Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text)
primavera (“spring”) estate (“summer”) autunno (“autumn”) inverno (“winter”)

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