riunione Italian · revision 38310

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ri.uˈnjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''riunione''' ''f'' (plural riunioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|riunire|-ione]], on the model of [[fr|réunion]], recorded in 1468.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GDLI|16, 1010) Zingarelli, Treccani and Devoto analyse it instead as [[m|it|ri-]] and [[unione]].^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto 1968) DELI and Nocentini treat it under the verb.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT dates the word before 1626, and DELI's first record is Paolo Segneri in 1673, in the sense “act of reuniting”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(DELI 1999) Segneri writes of God's grace urging a soul divided from itself to “treat of reunion” (''trattare di riunione'').^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Zingarelli has an earlier date, before 1557.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first the word meant the joining of separate things and, in Paolo Sarpi, agreement between divided doctrines.^(GDLI|16, 1010) Leopardi complained that the universal union promoted by philosophy had turned into a separation of individuals (''La riunione universale promossa dalla egregia filosofia s'è convertita in una separazione individuale'').^(GDLI|16, 1010)

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+ The meaning now most common, “a meeting of several people to discuss, talk or attend an event”, is recorded in the Milanese press in 1808.^(DELI 1999) The sporting sense, a set of races held on one or more days, follows in 1926, and the sense “reunion of people who had been apart, reconciliation” in 1959.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1626 – GRADIT's first date for ''riunione''.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1673 – Paolo Segneri uses it for the act of reuniting.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1808 – The Milanese press uses it for a meeting.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1926 – It is recorded for a set of sporting events.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1959 – It is recorded for the reunion of people who had been separated.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(uncommon)'' The act of joining things together, and its result: ''la riunione dei due capi di una corda''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Political or territorial [[m|en|reunification]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|reunion]] of people after a separation; a reconciliation.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A [[m|en|meeting]], a gathering of people for a common purpose: ''La riunione è stata rinviata a lunedì.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The people gathered at such a meeting.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(sports)'' A meeting, a series of races or bouts of one kind: ''una riunione di atletica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[riunire]]

+ * [[riunirsi]]

+ * [[unione]]

+ * [[unire]]

+ * [[fr|réunion]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Libertà di riunione'' is the right of assembly.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}