versione Italian · revision 39156

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1729, Anton Maria Salvini|origins=la vertō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /verˈsjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''versione''' ''f'' (plural versioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-med|versio|alt=versiō]], a noun of action from [[m|la|versus]], the past participle of [[m|la|vertō|t=to turn; to translate]].^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto 1968) In Medieval Latin it meant the spoiling of wine poured off and an inheritance, but classical compounds such as [[m|la|conversiō]] and [[m|la|eversiō]] already contain it.^(DELI 1999) Nocentini calls it New Latin, formed on the model of [[m|la|conversiō]].^(Nocentini 2010) The same word is [[fr|version]] and [[es|versión]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The more recent senses were taken from French [[m|fr|version]], which passed from “translation” (1596) to “a way of telling an event” (1787).^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) DEI records the sense “account” from 1877, with French and English (1788) parallels, and the obstetric sense from 1932;^(DEI|4032)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Devoto–Oli take the medical sense from English.^(DEI|4032)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is Anton Maria Salvini, before 1729, with the sense “translation into another language”;^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) Salvini writes of a new Greek version of the Bible and of a French version.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The Zingarelli dates the word to 1584.^(Zingarelli 2010) Tommaseo–Bellini give an older, obsolete sense “revolution, rotation” from Giovanni Villani, who blames an event on the ''versione'' of Mars and Saturn.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “account, way of telling an event” is recorded in the Milanese press in 1800.^(DELI 1999) In the 17th and 18th centuries ''versione'' was used for translations of the Bible, the Koran and Homer, and Tommaseo distinguished it from ''traduzione'': a ''versione'' follows the original word by word, a translation renders its sense.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) In Italian schools a ''versione'' is still the exercise of translating from Latin or Greek.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The 20th century added the industrial sense, the set of changes that give a product a different look or features (1942), and the product itself (1961).^(DELI 1999) Film-making uses it for a film made or dubbed for a different audience, and computing for a numbered release of a program.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wikizionario)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – Giovanni Villani uses ''versione'' for the revolution of planets.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

+ * Before 1729 – Salvini uses ''versione'' for a translation.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

+ * 1800 – The Milanese press uses it for an account of events.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1877 – Fanfani and Arlia record the sense “way of telling a fact”.^(DEI|4032)

+ * 1932 – The obstetric sense is recorded.^(DEI|4032)

+ * 1942 – Panzini records the sense “modified model of a product”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1961 – ''Versione'' names the modified product itself.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[traduzione|alt=translation]] from one language into another, especially as a school exercise: ''Domani abbiamo una versione di greco.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A particular way of telling or interpreting an event: ''I due testimoni hanno dato versioni diverse della lite.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # An [[adattamento|alt=adaptation]] of a work in another form or medium: ''la versione teatrale di un romanzo''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(cinema)'' A version of a film made for another audience; a [[doppiaggio|alt=dubbed]] version: ''la versione italiana del film''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # A variant of a product with modified features; the product itself: ''la versione sportiva di un'utilitaria''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(computing)'' A numbered release of a program.^(Wikizionario)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(medicine)'' Turning of the fetus in the womb.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(DEI|4032)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[retroversione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[verso]]

+ * [[conversione]]

+ * [[la|verto]]

+ * [[fr|version]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Italian schools ''versione'' is the usual word for a translation exercise from Latin or Greek: ''versione dal latino''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}