stagione

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”). Doublet of station.

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 earlier *stacione, from Latin statiōnem. Doublet of stazzo, stazzone, stazio, and stazione, the first two of which were also inherited from Latin, while the latter two were borrowed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staˈd͡ʒo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: sta‧gió‧ne
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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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Cimbrian: stadjónge

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

Further reading
  • stagione on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • stagione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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