rilasciare Italian · revision 39187

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=1298–1309, Statute of the Wool Guild of Siena|origins=la laxō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ri.laʃˈʃa.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rilasciare''' (first-person singular present rilàscio, first-person singular past historic rilasciài, past participle rilasciàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include ''relassare'', ''relaxare'', ''relasciare'' and ''rilassare''.^(GDLI|16, 353)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|relaxō|t=to loosen, release; to relieve]], reshaped after [[m|it|lasciare|t=to leave, let go]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI|16, 353) The Latin verb is formed from [[m|la|laxō|t=to loosen, slacken]] with the prefix [[m|la|re-|t=back, again]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Sabatini–Coletti calls the verb the popular word beside the learned [[rilassare]], from the same Latin verb.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Körting 1907)

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+ Some dictionaries explain the sense “to leave again” as formed anew in Italian, [[af|it|ri-|lasciare]];^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) GRADIT dates that sense from 1598 and lists it under a separate heading.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) Wiktionary takes the whole verb from [[ri-]] and [[lasciare]], with the sense “to relax” borrowed from Latin.^(Wiktionary) Treccani attributes the sense “to put a new product on the market” to [[en|release]].^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in the statute of the Wool Guild of Siena of 1298–1309, in the sense “to set free”: no outlaw may be ''relassato'', released from his ban, before he has paid his creditor.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|16, 353)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Lives of the Desert Fathers, in the 14th century, use the verb for loosening or relaxing, and the old language also had “to forgive, remit” and “to give up”, both now obsolete.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) The sense “to leave again” is recorded in Perugian documents of 1410.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The office sense “to issue, hand over” a document appears in Lorenzo Magalotti before 1712;^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) Tommaseo and Bellini still condemned it in 1872 as improper, but it is now the commonest use, together with ''rilasciare un'intervista'', “to give an interview”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) In medicine and physiology it is used for relaxing muscles and for glands or cells releasing hormones or neurotransmitters.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020) The reflexive ''rilasciarsi'' “to split up again”, of a couple, is recorded from 1959.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1298–1309 – The Siena wool statute uses the verb for “to release”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1355 – ''Rilasciamento'' is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1410 – ''Rilasciare'' “to leave again” appears in Perugian documents.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1465 – Filarete uses ''rilascio''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1712 – Lorenzo Magalotti uses the verb for “to issue, hand over”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1959 – Reflexive ''rilasciarsi'' “to split up again” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|release]], to set free a prisoner or hostage: ''Il sospettato è stato rilasciato in serata.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To [[m|en|issue]] and hand over a document: ''Il comune rilascia la carta d'identità.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To give an interview or a statement: ''Il ministro non ha rilasciato commenti.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To relax muscles or nerves.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(physiology)'' To release a substance such as a hormone.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # To leave again; to leave behind again: ''Ho rilasciato l'ombrello in treno.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(nautical)'' Of a ship, to put into port because of bad weather or damage.^(Treccani 2011)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' To forgive, remit.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rilasciamento]]

+ * [[rilascio]]

+ * [[rilasciabile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rilassare]]

+ * [[lasciare]]

+ * [[la|relaxō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}