rivista Italian · revision 39328

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation, semantic loan|attested=1612, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /riˈvis.ta/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rivista''' ''f'' (plural riviste)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[rivedere|t=to see again, review]], used as a noun.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Devoto 1968) Its main modern senses were modelled on French: the military “review, inspection” on [[fr|revue]], and the sense “periodical” on the same French word, which itself took it from [[en|review]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(DEI|3269) DEI notes that the word in the sense “act of reviewing” is a native Italian word, while the periodical is a translation of the English word, perhaps through French, and the military term certainly comes from French.^(DEI|3269) Sabatini–Coletti instead treats the periodical as a calque of the English word and the military review as one of the French word.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's earliest dates are in Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger: an inspection by an officer in 1612 and the act of looking something over again in 1618.^(DELI 1999) GRADIT and Zingarelli date the word to before 1595.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 17th and 18th centuries ''rivista'' was an inspection or check of things, people or places, often in ''dare la rivista''.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The military parade of troops before an authority is recorded from 1835, and the phrase ''passare in rivista'', criticized by purists, gave the general sense of a methodical survey.^(DELI 1999)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ The sense “periodical” appeared with the 19th-century press: a translation of 1828, then the titles ''Rivista europea'' and ''Rivista viennese'' in 1838;^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo marked it as taken from French.^(DELI 1999) Today it covers both a specialist journal and an illustrated magazine.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The theatrical ''rivista'', a show of songs, dances and comic sketches, developed in the 1930s, recorded from 1931.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1595 – GRADIT's date for the first record.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1612 – Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger uses ''rivista'' for an inspection.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1835 – The sense “military parade” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1838 – ''Rivista europea'' and ''Rivista viennese'' use the word as a periodical's title.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1931 – ''Rivista'' is recorded for a variety show.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|magazine]], especially a popular illustrated periodical: ''Ho comprato una rivista da leggere in aereo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|journal]] or review, a specialist periodical in a particular field: ''una rivista di linguistica''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(military)'' A [[m|en|review]]: an inspection of troops and their equipment, or a parade of troops before an authority.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(theatre)'' A variety show of songs, dances and comic or satirical sketches.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' A further check or quick revision: ''dare una rivista agli appunti''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rivistaiolo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rivedere]]

+ * [[revisione]]

+ * [[fr|revue]]

+ * [[en|review]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Passare in rivista'' means to inspect troops, and by extension to go through a set of facts or possibilities one by one.^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}