novità Italian · revision 39162

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /no.viˈta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''novità''' ''f'' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Older forms are [[roa-oit|novitade]] and [[roa-oit|novitate]], and also [[roa-oit|nuovità]].^(GDLI)^(Wiktionary)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|novitās|t=newness, novelty]], from [[m|la|novus|t=new]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(DEI|2607) The older forms [[roa-oit|novitade]] and [[m|roa-oit|novitate]] continue the Latin accusative [[m|la|novitās|alt=novitātem]], and the modern word is their shortened form.^(Wiktionary)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) The same learned word is [[es|novedad]].^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The Latin noun is formed from [[m|la|novus]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tās]], and Wiktionary suggests that it may be as old as [[ine-pro|*néwoteh₂ts]].^(Wiktionary) The inherited Italian word from the same base is [[nuovo]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is a document of 1291, followed by Bono Giamboni before 1292, with the sense “something new, newly invented or introduced; something that happens anew”.^(DELI 1999) The Zingarelli dates the word to 1282.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante uses ''novitate'' and ''novità'' for newness and for strange new things: in the ''Paradiso'' “the novelty of the sound and the great light” (''la novità del suono e 'l grande lume'') make him eager to know their cause, and in the ''Purgatorio'' his eyes are “eager to see novelties”.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) From the 14th century the word also meant news, the events of the day: Matteo Villani writes the histories and ''novità'' of his own times.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The sense “strangeness, oddity” is now literary.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010) In older and literary use ''novità'' also meant political change, and even revolt or sedition, as in Nievo's phrase about a city “reluctant to make ''novità''”;^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''far novità contro qualcuno'' meant to oppose someone.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020) Modern Italian uses it above all for news (''ci sono novità?'') and for new products presented to the public, in publishing, music and fashion.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1291 – ''Novità'' is first recorded in a document.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses it.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1307 – Dante writes ''novitate'' in the ''Convivio''.^(GDLI)

+ * 14th century – Giovanni and Matteo Villani use the word for current events.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|newness]], [[originalità|alt=originality]]: the quality of being new or recent: ''la novità di un'idea''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A change or [[innovazione|alt=innovation]] in some field: ''Il nuovo direttore ha portato molte novità.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A new product or work presented to the public for the first time: ''le novità della fiera del libro''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # [[m|en|news]]: information about recent events: ''Hai saputo la novità?''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(literary)'' Strangeness, oddity.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(literary, dated)'' Revolt, [[sommossa|alt=uprising]].^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nuovo]]

+ * [[novello]]

+ * [[la|novitas]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Novità'' is invariable: ''una novità'', ''le novità''.^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003) ''Che novità è questa?'' expresses surprise and displeasure at something unusual;^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) ''Novità?'', “what's new?”, is a common greeting.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) ''Non è una novità'' is said of something already well known.^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

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