settimana Italian · revision 37689

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1264, in the form septimana|origins=la septimus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /set.tiˈma.na/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''settimana''' ''f'' (plural settimane)^(Wiktionary)

+ The old form [[roa-oit|semmana]] is in Brunetto Latini's ''Tesoretto''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ GDLI lists the old and regional forms ''setimana'', ''setemana'', ''stimana'', ''stomana'' and Tuscan ''sermana''.^(GDLI|18, 823)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|septimāna|t=week]], a learned word according to DELI,^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) the feminine, used as a noun, of [[m|la|septimānus|t=of seven]], from [[m|la|septimus|t=seventh]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary) The Late Latin noun is a calque of [[grc|ἑβδομάς|tr=hebdomás|t=group of seven; week]].^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Devoto 1968|403) The popular Old Italian form ⟨semmana⟩ shows the loss of the unstressed vowel and the assimilation of the consonants.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ The same Latin word lives in [[fr|semaine]], [[oc|setmana]], [[ca|setmana]], [[es|semana]], [[pt|semana]] and [[ro|săptămână]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935) Körting notes that the Spanish and Portuguese words are borrowed, the native ones having continued [[m|la|hebdomada]], and that the word in Sardinia is [[sc|chida]].^(Körting 1907)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is in the Sardinian ''Condaghi'' of the 12th century, as ''setimana'';^(DELI 1999) GDLI quotes them: “a servire a iuale III dies in setimana” (to serve … three days a week).^(GDLI|18, 823) The Latin spelling ''septimana'' is in a Tuscan treaty of 1264, and the form ''settimana'' in Boccaccio in 1353, always as a period of seven days, especially from Monday to Sunday.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The ''Ottimo commento'' on Dante also uses the word for a period of seven years, after the law of Moses.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Prati 1951|914) The sense “a week's wage” is first recorded by Tommaseo–Bellini in 1873.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The adjective ''settimanale'' “weekly” is recorded in the Milanese press in 1806; in 1844 Parenti observed that no dictionary had it yet, and as a noun, “weekly periodical”, it dates from 1940.^(DELI 1999) Modern phrases include ''settimana corta'' “five-day week”, ''settimana bianca'' “skiing holiday” and ''fine settimana'', a translation of English ''week-end''.^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020) The word also names the children's game of hopscotch.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 12th century – Sardinian ''setimana'' appears in the ''Condaghi''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1264 – ''Septimana'' is written in a Tuscan treaty.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1353 – Boccaccio uses the form ''settimana''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1805 – D'Alberti records ''settimanalmente''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1806 – ''Settimanale'' appears in the Milanese press.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1873 – Tommaseo–Bellini record ''settimana'' “a week's pay”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1940 – ''Settimanale'' “weekly periodical” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|week]], one of the periods of seven days from Monday to Sunday into which the year is divided: ''Ci vediamo la settimana prossima.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Any period of seven days; an event lasting about a week: ''la settimana della moda''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # A week's [[m|en|wage]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The children's game of [[m|en|hopscotch]], also called ''campana''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[settimanale]]

+ * [[settimanalmente]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[settimo]]

+ * [[sette]]

+ * [[ebdomadario]]

+ * [[la|septimana]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}