taglio Italian · revision 38733

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1305, Giordano da Pisa|origins=la tālea}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈtaʎ.ʎo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''taglio''' ''m'' (plural tagli)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|tagio]], [[roa-oit|taio]] and [[roa-oit|tallio]].^(GDLI|20, 682)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun formed from the verb [[tagliare|t=to cut]] without a suffix, a deverbal like [[m|it|ritaglio]] from [[m|it|ritagliare]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(DEI|3699) The Medieval Latin of Bologna already has the plural [[la-med|taglis]] in 1295.^(DEI|3699) Diez had taken the noun straight from [[la|tālea|t=cutting, slip]], but Körting thought it better explained as a noun from the verb, as the dictionaries now do.^(Körting 1907)

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+ The verb is inherited from [[la-lat|tāliō|alt=tāliāre|t=to cut off, prune]], a word of the Roman land surveyors from the 6th century, formed on [[la|tālea]] or its variant [[m|la|tālia]], a cutting or stake for planting.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|3698) Its first meaning was “to cut a branch”.^(DELI 1999) The verb spread through all the Romance languages: [[fr|tailler]], [[oc|talhar]], [[ca|tallar]], [[es|tajar]], [[pt|talhar]], [[sc|tazare]] and [[ro|tăia]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935) The noun has its counterparts in [[fur|tay]] and [[ca|tall]].^(REW 1935) The origin of the Latin noun is unknown, and DELI calls it isolated among the Indo-European languages;^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Alinei took it instead for the neuter plural of [[la|tālis|t=such]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's earliest dated senses are the cutting edge of a blade, in Giordano da Pisa in 1305, and the cut of clothes, in Zucchero Bencivenni in 1310;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|3699) DEI dates the word to the 13th century, in the ''Novellino''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|3699) In Dante the word is the cut of a sword in battle: “al taglio de la spada” (“to the edge of the sword”, ''Inferno'' 28).^(GDLI|20, 682)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 14th century ''taglio'' also meant a piece cut from a whole (the Italian ''Palladio'', c. 1340), slaughter and, in Franco Sacchetti, an opportunity.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|3699) Later senses are the technique of cutting (before 1446), a length of cloth cut from the bolt (Florence, 1491), and a wound from a sharp object (1673, Paolo Segneri).^(DELI 1999) The legal sense “annulment” is recorded at Venice from 1694, the figurative cut of part of a text or play from 1879, and the slant or style of a piece of writing from 1942.^(DELI 1999) In the wine trade ''taglio'' is the blending of two or more wines.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ''Taglio cesareo'', the caesarean section, is recorded from 1797;^(DEI|3699)^(DELI 1999) DELI explains that the name has nothing to do with Julius Caesar's birth, as tradition held, but comes from Latin ''caesar'', a child born by such a cut, from ''caedere'' “to cut”.^(DEI|3699)^(DELI 1999) ''Taglio dolce'', copper engraving, follows French ''taille-douce''.^(DEI|3699)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – DEI dates ''taglio'' to the ''Novellino''.^(DEI|3699)

+ * 1295 – Medieval Latin ''taglis'' is recorded at Bologna.^(DEI|3699)

+ * 1305 – Giordano da Pisa uses ''taglio'' for the edge of a blade.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1310 – Zucchero Bencivenni uses it for the cut of clothes.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1491 – A Florentine record has ''taglio'' for a length of cloth.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1673 – Paolo Segneri uses it for a wound.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1797 – ''Taglio cesareo'' is recorded.^(DEI|3699)

+ * 1879 – The Tommaseo–Bellini dictionary records the figurative sense “cut, suppression”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|cutting]], the act of cutting and its result: ''Il taglio del prato richiede un'ora.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A [[m|en|cut]], an incision, or a wound made by something sharp: ''Si è fatto un taglio sul pollice aprendo la scatola.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Amputation, ''(surgery)'' an incision.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A cut, a reduction or removal of part of something: ''Il governo annuncia tagli alla sanità.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The way something is cut: the cut of a garment, a [[m|en|haircut]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(figurative)'' The slant, tone or approach of a speech or a piece of writing.^(GRADIT 2003)^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The cutting [[m|en|edge]] of a blade.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)^(DELI 1999)

+ # A piece cut from a whole: a cut of meat, a length of cloth.^(DELI 1999)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The [[m|en|denomination]] of a banknote.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(oenology)'' The blending of wines.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[taglietto]]

+ * [[intagliare]]

+ * [[attagliare]]

+ * [[controtaglio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tagliare]]

+ * [[taglia]]

+ * [[ritaglio]]

+ * [[intaglio]]

+ * [[la|talea]]

+ * [[fr|taille]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Darci un taglio'' (colloquial) means to put an end to a discussion or a situation, and ''a doppio taglio'' “double-edged” is said of an action that may also harm the one who takes it.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''Pizza al taglio'' is pizza sold by the slice.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011) GDLI records a rare Tuscan adjective ''taglio'' “cut”, the past participle without its ending.^(GDLI|20, 686)

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+ ==References==

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