recente Italian · revision 38809

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1292, Bono Giamboni|origins=la recēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /reˈt͡ʃɛn.te/^(Wiktionary)

+ * Regional: /reˈt͡ʃen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recente''' ''m or f'' by sense (plural recenti, superlative recentissimo)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older form [[ricente]] was common in the 13th and 14th centuries.^(DEI|3217)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|recēns|t=fresh; new, recent]], a learned word.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) DEI calls it probably literary: the Latin word has popular outcomes across Romance, but not in the Italian dialects;^(DEI|3217)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary adds that the older form [[ricente]] may be inherited.^(DEI|3217)^(Wiktionary) The Latin word survives in [[ro|rece|t=cold]], [[fur|rezint]], Engadine [[m|rm|argèint]], [[fro|roisent]], [[es|recién]] and [[pt|recente]], and was borrowed as [[fr|récent]].^(REW 1935)^(Körting 1907)^(DEI|3217) Its derivative [[la|recentō|t=to refresh]] lives on in the dialects, and in [[fr|rincer|t=to rinse]].^(DELI 1999)^(REW 1935)

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+ The Latin word is probably a compound of [[m|la|re-|t=again, back]] and [[itc-pro|*kent(i)-|t=young, first]], from [[ine-pro|*ken-t-|t=young, new]], related to [[grc|καινός|tr=kainós|t=new]] and [[sa|कनीन|tr=kanī́na|t=young]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Nocentini compares the root with [[sga|cinim|t=to spring forth]].^(Nocentini 2010) DELI calls the origin unclear.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is Bono Giamboni, before 1292, with the sense “done or happened a short time ago”;^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) GRADIT and Devoto–Oli date the word before 1313.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Giamboni writes of the fallen cities of Spain that console ''la nostra ricente miseria'', “our recent misery”.^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The early writers also used the word in the Latin sense “fresh”: Boccaccio speaks of ''le recenti ombre de' pini'', “the cool shade of the pines”, and Tommaseo records ''ricente acqua'' and ''pan recente'', fresh water and fresh bread.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Dante has ''piaghe … recenti e vecchie'', “wounds new and old”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The sense “fresh” is now obsolete.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ In the periods of history and archaeology ''recente'' marks the latest phase of a period, as in ''miceneo recente''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Derivatives followed: the adverb ''recentemente'' in Tasso (before 1595), ''recentissime'', the latest news of the night, in Nievo (1857–1858), and the Latinism ''recenziore'', “more recent”, in Roberto Longhi (1921–1922).^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''ricente''.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

+ * Before 1313 – GRADIT's and Devoto–Oli's date for ''recente''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ * Before 1595 – Tasso uses ''recentemente''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1857–1858 – Nievo uses ''recentissime'' for the latest news.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1921–1922 – Roberto Longhi uses ''recenziore''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|recent]]: that happened or was made a short time ago: ''È una scoperta molto recente.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # Belonging to the phase of a period closest to the present; late: ''il Paleolitico recente''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' [[fresco|alt=Fresh]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[recentemente]]

+ * [[recentissime]]

+ * [[recenziore]]

+ * [[recentazione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ricente]]

+ * [[la|recens]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Di recente'' means “recently, not long ago”: ''L'ho rivisto di recente.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}