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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=early 13th century, Ugo di Perso (Cremona)|origins=la intrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /enˈtra.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entrata''' ''f'' (plural entrate)^(Wiktionary)

+ The archaic form is [[intrata]].^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) Old Italian texts also have northern forms such as ''intrada'' and ''entrada''.^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[entrare]] “to enter”, used as a noun ([[af|it|entrare|-ata]]).^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) Medieval Latin already had [[m|la-med|intrāta]].^(Wiktionary) The verb continues [[la|intrō|t=to go in]], from [[m|la|intrā|t=inside]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935)

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+ The same formation is [[es|entrada]], which DEI records from the 15th century in the musical sense, and [[fr|entrée]].^(DEI|1488)^(DIFIT) REW notes [[vec|intrada]], which passed into Croatian.^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the Cremonese poet Ugo di Perso, early in the 13th century.^(TLIO) DELI dates the sense “the act of entering” to Bono Giamboni, before 1292, the sense “income, revenue” to a Florentine text of 1292, and the sense “the place through which one enters” to Malispini, in the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Brunetto Latini used the word before 1294 for a beginning or opening, and Old Italian also used it for the introduction of a text, for taking up a public office (''l'entrata dell'ufficio''), and for a customs office at the entrance to a territory.^(DELI 1999)^(TLIO) The money sense was paired with its opposite: ''l'entrata e l'uscita'', income and expenditure.^(TLIO) In the ''Inferno'' the boatman shouts: ''Uscite, ci gridò: qui è l'entrata'' “Get out, he shouted to us, here is the entrance”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ In music the word was used from the first half of the 14th century for the entry of a new voice or part.^(DIFIT) DEI records it in the 16th century for an operatic introduction, and at the end of the 17th for the opening piece of an instrumental suite.^(DEI|1488) ''Entrata di favore'', free or reduced admission, is recorded in Verga in 1891 and ''entrata di servizio'' “tradesmen's entrance” in Sbarbaro in 1960.^(DELI 1999) Modern uses include the tackle in football, the headword of a dictionary and, in computing, input.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ English borrowed the word rarely: ''entrata'' “entrance” is recorded in 1656, and in the money sense perhaps in 1596.^(DIFIT) German had ''Entrata'' in music in 1808–1809.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Early 13th century – Ugo di Perso uses the word.^(TLIO)

+ * 1292 – ''Entrata'' “income” in a Florentine text.^(DELI 1999)^(DIFIT)

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses it for the act of entering.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1294 – Brunetto Latini uses it for a beginning.^(DELI 1999)

+ * First half of the 14th century – The musical sense, the entry of a voice or part.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1656 – English ''entrata'' “entrance”.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1808–1809 – German ''Entrata'' in music.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1891 – ''Entrata di favore'' in Giovanni Verga.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1960 – ''Entrata di servizio'' in Camillo Sbarbaro.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|entrance]], the space or opening through which one enters a place: ''Ci vediamo davanti all'entrata della stazione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # The entrance hall of a house.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # [[m|en|admission]] to a place for a fee; the price of the ticket: ''L'entrata al museo è gratuita la domenica.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The act of entering; by extension, the start of something or the passage to a new condition: ''l'entrata in guerra'', ''l'entrata in vigore di una legge''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(theatre)'' An actor's entrance on stage, and the first line spoken.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(music)'' The entry of a voice or instrument, or of a theme; the conductor's cue for it.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(chiefly plural)'' [[m|en|income]], revenue, takings: ''Quest'anno le entrate hanno superato le spese.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(football)'' A [[m|en|tackle]] on an opponent: ''entrata a gamba tesa''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(lexicography)'' A dictionary entry or headword.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(computing)'' Input.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entrare]]

+ * [[uscita]]

+ * [[entratura]]

+ * [[fr|entrée]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Entrata a gamba tesa'', a tackle with the leg stretched out, is also used figuratively of a heavy-handed intervention.^(Zingarelli 2010) ''Entrata libera'' means free admission.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}