esplosione Italian · revision 39050

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1677|origins=la plaudō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /es.ploˈzjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''esplosione''' ''f'' (plural esplosioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|explōsiō|t=driving off by clapping]], from [[m|la|explōdō|t=to drive off the stage by clapping, to reject]], a compound of [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|plōdō|t=to clap]], the old form of [[m|la|plaudō]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(OLD 2012) In Latin the noun apparently meant the driving of a play off the stage.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) GRADIT treats it instead as an Italian derivative of [[esplodere]] with the suffix [[-ione]], and Sabatini–Coletti as a borrowing of [[fr|explosion]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ The modern sense “bursting” was not Latin: it was taken from French, where the noun is recorded from 1581 and the verb [[m|fr|exploser|t=to blow up]] from 1801.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) DEI also credits French with the figurative sense, an outburst of joy or grief.^(DEI|1544)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Zingarelli date the first record to 1677, in the extended sense of a sudden, intense outburst;^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(DELI 1999) DELI's first record is Antonio Cocchi (1748), for the violent reaction of explosives, with a strong release of gas and heat.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(DELI 1999) Cocchi praises the great advantage that gunpowder, with its very powerful ''esplosione'', has given the art of war.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 18th century ''esplosione'' was a term of physics and chemistry, and the verb [[esplodere]] at first meant “to dispel” (before 1758).^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo marked the word as non-Tuscan and rejected its figurative use: in his view one should not speak of an ''esplosione'' of anger, joy or applause.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The figurative sense won all the same, and the verb gained the meaning “to burst out in violent feeling” in the 20th century (Sbarbaro).^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ Modern Italian uses the word for the noise of a blast, a sudden outbreak of disease or revolt, the ''esplosione demografica'' “population explosion”, the combustion stroke of an engine, and in phonetics the release of a stop consonant.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1581 – French ''explosion'' is first recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1677 – ''Esplosione'' is first recorded, for a sudden outburst.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 1748 – Antonio Cocchi uses it for the explosion of gunpowder.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1797 – ''Esplodere'' “to blow up” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1834 – The adjective ''esplosivo'' is recorded; the noun follows in 1885.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1932 – ''Implosione'' is formed on the model of ''esplosione'', first in phonetics.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|explosion]], a violent and destructive [[scoppio|alt=blast]]: ''L'esplosione ha distrutto due palazzi.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The loud noise of such a blast: ''Abbiamo sentito un'esplosione in lontananza.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A sudden, violent outburst of feeling: ''un'esplosione di rabbia''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A sudden outbreak or rapid growth of something, such as a disease, a revolt or a population: ''l'esplosione demografica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(engineering)'' In an internal combustion [[motore|alt=engine]], the rapid burning of the fuel mixture.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(geology)'' The first phase of a volcanic [[eruzione|alt=eruption]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(phonetics)'' The release of the closure at the end of a [[occlusiva|alt=stop consonant]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[esplosivo]]

+ * [[implosione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[esplodere]]

+ * [[esploditore]]

+ * [[plaudire]]

+ * [[applauso]]

+ * [[la|explosio]]

+ * [[fr|explosion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}