aggiornamento

From Italian aggiornamento. Doublet of adjournment.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌdʒɔːnəˈmɛntəʊ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌd͡ʒɔɹnəˈmɛntoʊ/

aggiornamento (plural aggiornamentos)

1. A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 249:

     Aggiornamento with the increasingly truculent magistrates was a major plank of Choiseul's recovery strategy for the state.

Borrowed from Italian aggiornamento. Doublet of ajournement.

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aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamentos)

1. aggiornamento

From aggiornare +‎ -mento.

• IPA^(key): /ad.d͡ʒor.naˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ag‧gior‧na‧mén‧to

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamenti)

1. update, updating
2. adjournment, recess

• agiornamento

Unadapted borrowing from Italian aggiornamento.

aggiornamento m (plural aggiornamenti)

1. (historical) aggiornamento (the reform of some teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65)
2. (figurative) update, modernization