risultato Italian · revision 38159

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1647, Vittorio Siri|origins=la saltō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ri.zulˈta.to/, /ri.sulˈta.to/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''risultato''' ''m'' (plural risultati)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[risultare|t=to result]] used as a noun: [[af|it|risultare|-ato]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The verb is a learned word, [[bor|la|resultō|t=to rebound; to resound]], from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|saltō|t=to jump]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary) The Latin verb took the sense “to result” in the scholastic Latin of the Middle Ages, where it is recorded from the 13th century together with the noun [[la-med|resultatum]] or [[m|la-med|resultatus]].^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI) The GDLI therefore derives the Italian noun directly from scholastic Latin.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first records are in Vittorio Siri, as ''resultato'' in 1647 and ''risultato'' in 1667, with the sense “what comes as the outcome of causes, operations or events”.^(DELI 1999) The participle as an adjective, “derived as a consequence”, is recorded in Paolo Segneri in 1694.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The purists of the 19th century objected to the noun, but it became part of ordinary Italian.^(DELI 1999) Writers of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Melchiorre Delfico and Ugo Foscolo, use it for the outcome of an action or of a historical situation.^(GDLI) Today it also names the score of a match and an election result, a pupil's performance at school, and the answer to a calculation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Maltese borrowed the word as ''riżultat''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1647 – Vittorio Siri uses ''resultato'' “outcome”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1667 – Siri has the form ''risultato''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1694 – Paolo Segneri uses the participle as an adjective.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|result]], the outcome of a process or activity: ''i risultati dell'analisi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(absolute)'' A good result, a success: ''Con tanta fatica abbiamo ottenuto qualche risultato.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A pupil's performance, marks: ''I risultati del primo quadrimestre sono buoni.''^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # The [[m|en|score]] of a match or competition; the result of an election: ''Il risultato finale è stato di due a zero.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The number or formula obtained at the end of a calculation or a problem.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[risultante]]

+ * [[la|resulto]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Resultato'' is a less common variant.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) In sport, ''fare risultato'' is to gain points for the league table, and ''risultato utile'' is a win or a draw.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}