ventennio

Italian

Alternative forms
  • Ventennio (historical sense only)

Etymology

From venti (“twenty”) +‎ -ennio (“-year period”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /venˈtɛn.njo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnnjo
  • Hyphenation: ven‧tèn‧nio

Noun

ventennio m (plural ventenni)

  1. a period of twenty years
    nell'ultimo ventennio del secolo scorso ― in the last twenty years of the last century
  2. (historical, with definite article) the twenty years of Fascist rule in Italy (1922-1943)
    la lingua del ventennio ― the language of Fascism

Synonyms

Further reading
  • ventennio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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