partecipare Italian · revision 38873

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1305–1306, Giordano da Pisa|origins=la particeps}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /par.te.t͡ʃiˈpa.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''partecipare''' (first-person singular present partécipo or partècipo, first-person singular past historic partecipài, past participle partecipàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ The older form [[roa-oit|participare]], closer to Latin, is now archaic.^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|participō|t=to make a sharer; to share in]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GDLI) The Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|particeps|t=sharing, partaking]],^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Devoto 1968) a compound of [[m|la|pars|t=part]] and [[m|la|capiō|t=to take]], so that it meant “taking a part”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|2784)^(Wikizionario) GDLI notes that Latin also had a secondary deponent form of the verb.^(GDLI)

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+ The same Latin verb gave [[fr|participer]], recorded in 1320, and [[es|participar]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(GDLI)^(DEI|2784) The older [[roa-oit|participare]] is the earliest form, and the modern spelling appears in Giovanni Villani.^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is ''participare'' in the Lent sermons of Giordano da Pisa (1305–1306), meaning “to take part, to be present”;^(DELI 1999) GRADIT and Devoto–Oli date the verb to 1306, while Zingarelli gives 1268.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) The transitive sense “to make known, to announce” is in Bartolomeo da San Concordio, who died in 1347.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the older language the verb often meant to enjoy one's share of a common good, a right or an honour, and in politics to have a share in the government of a city.^(GDLI) Dante writes in the ''Convivio'' that some people ''meno partecipano del nome del filosofo'', “have less share in the name of philosopher”,^(GDLI) and Giovanni Villani that certain nobles ''non partecipavano nell'onore'', “had no share in the honour”.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The construction with ''di'', “to share in a nature or quality”, is recorded in Gallo's poems before 1503 and in Machiavelli.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The transitive use, to give someone a share of something, survives only in literary Italian, and an old sense “to converse” has died out.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) The formal “to announce” is still used for weddings and births.^(Treccani 2011)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) In the 20th century the verb took on a social and political sense, to contribute actively to the life of an institution such as a school, and in school language it is said of a pupil who follows the lessons and takes part in them.^(Treccani 2011)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''Partecipazione'' and ''partecipante'' go back to the 14th century, and ''compartecipare'' to Late Latin.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1305–1306 – Giordano da Pisa uses ''participare'' for “to take part”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1347 – Bartolomeo da San Concordio uses it for “to make known”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1348 – Giovanni Villani writes ''partecipare''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 14th century – ''Partecipazione'' and ''partecipante'' are recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|2784)

+ * Before 1503 – The sense “to be or become a sharer” is recorded in Gallo's poems.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1857 – ''Compartecipazione'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To [[m|en|take part]], to [[m|en|participate]] (+ ''a''); to be present at: ''Quest'anno la nostra scuola parteciperà al torneo regionale.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To contribute to, to share in costs, profits or rights: ''Tutti i soci partecipano ai guadagni della cooperativa.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' Of a pupil, to follow the lessons attentively and take an active part: ''In classe è sempre attento e partecipa molto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To share in another's feelings (+ ''a''): ''Partecipiamo di cuore al vostro lutto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To share in a nature or quality (+ ''di''): ''Ogni scelta politica partecipa delle contraddizioni del suo tempo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(transitive, formal)'' To [[m|en|announce]], to make known: ''L'azienda ha partecipato la notizia ai dipendenti con una lettera.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(transitive, literary)'' To share something with others.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[partecipazione]]

+ * [[partecipante]]

+ * [[partecipativo]]

+ * [[partecipabile]]

+ * [[compartecipare]]

+ * [[compartecipazione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[partecipe]]

+ * [[parte]]

+ * [[la|particeps]]

+ * [[fr|participer]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Partecipare'' takes the auxiliary ''avere''.^(Wiktionary)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The present is stressed ''partécipo'', with ''partècipo'' as a variant.^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}