unito Italian · revision 38051

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /uˈni.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''unito''' (feminine unita, masculine plural uniti, feminine plural unite, superlative unitissimo)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[unire|t=to unite, join]], used as an adjective.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The verb, recorded before 1306 in Iacopone, comes from [[la|ūniō|alt=ūnīre|t=to unite]], from [[m|la|ūnus|t=one]], and with its participle [[m|la|ūnītus]] it spread to all the Romance languages.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Nocentini classes it as a borrowing from Latin; the same verb is [[fr|unir]] and [[es|unir]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record of the adjective is Dante, before 1321, in the sense “compact, dense”.^(DELI 1999) In ''Paradiso'' 2 the eternal pearl of the Moon receives Dante into itself as water takes in a ray of light “permanendo unita” (remaining whole).^(GDLI|21)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 14th century the Italian Crescenzi uses ''unito'' for a peach grafted onto a willow and grown together with it, and Leonardo argues that no element weighs within its own element when it is ''unito''.^(GDLI|21) The moral sense “bound by a strong spirit of solidarity” is recorded in Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger in 1612.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo's dictionary (1879) has the sense “plain, without patterns”, the source of ''in tinta unita'', and the use in the names of unions and confederations of states.^(DELI 1999)

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+ That use gave ''Stati Uniti'', ''Regno Unito'' and ''Nazioni Unite''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) In geometry a line or plane is ''unita'' when a transformation maps it onto itself.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1306 – Iacopone uses the verb ''unire''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1321 – Dante uses ''unito'' “compact”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1612 – Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger uses it for a group bound by solidarity.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1879 – Tommaseo records the senses “plain, without patterns” and its use in the names of unions of states.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Joined, fixed together: ''due banchi uniti per fare un tavolo''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # [[m|en|compact]], without gaps or divisions; of fabric, closely woven: ''I manifestanti avanzavano uniti.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Of people, [[m|en|close-knit]], bound by affection or solidarity: ''È una squadra molto unita.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Of colour or fabric, [[m|en|plain]], without patterns: ''una camicia in tinta unita''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In the names of unions of states and international bodies: ''gli Stati Uniti'', ''il Regno Unito'', ''le Nazioni Unite''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' Of a point, line or plane, mapped onto itself by a transformation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(religion)'' A [[m|en|Uniate]] Christian.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[unitamente]]

+ * [[unitezza]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[unire]]

+ * [[unione]]

+ * [[uno]]

+ * [[la|unitus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Old Italian had another, unrelated ''unito'' “dishonoured, disgraced”, which DEI dates to the 14th century.^(DEI|3954)^(GDLI) In the ''Libro di motti'' Ugolino explains that “to say ''unito'' in French is to say ''vituperato''” (shamed).^(GDLI|21)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}