team Italian · revision 39313

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1909, Premoli|origins=en team}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈtim/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''team''' ''m'' (invariable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|en|team]], first “a team of draught animals harnessed together” and then “a sports team”.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) DELI describes the English word as Germanic, of Indo-European origin, with the literal meaning “group”.^(DELI 1999)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is Palmiro Premoli's ''Vocabolario nomenclatore'' (Milan, 1909), with the sense “sports team”.^(DELI 1999) The ''Giornale di Udine'' of 5 May 1911 reports the first matches ''fra i teams così composti'', “between the teams so made up”.^(DELI 1999) Zingarelli gives an earlier date, 1897.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Panzini's dictionary listed ''team'' as a word of sport, and Migliorini equated it with French ''équipe''.^(GDLI|20, 782) From 1961 it also names a group of researchers, and later any group of people who share out the tasks of a common job.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) English military words such as ''combat team'' came into Italian with the Allied armies in the Second World War.^(GDLI|20, 782) ''Lavorare in team'' is a common phrase today.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1897 – Zingarelli's date for the first record.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 1909 – Premoli records ''team'' “sports team”.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1911 – The ''Giornale di Udine'' uses the plural ''teams''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1961 – The sense “group of researchers” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|team]] of athletes.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # A group of people who work together on the same task, each with their own part: ''Ha formato un team di giovani ingegneri.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[squadra]]

+ * [[équipe]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The word is pronounced /tim/ in Italian and is masculine; it is usually invariable, though the English plural ''teams'' is also used.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Italian synonyms are ''squadra'', ''gruppo'' and ''équipe''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}