consegna Italian · revision 39333

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /konˈseɲ.ɲa/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''consegna''' ''f'' (plural consegne)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a deverbal noun from [[consegnare|t=to hand over]], formed without a suffix.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto 1968) The verb is [[bor|la|cōnsignō|t=to seal, authenticate]], from [[m|la|signō|t=to mark]], a derivative of [[m|la|signum|t=sign]], with its vowel adapted to Italian [[segnare]] and [[segno]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI|1067)^(Wiktionary) Nocentini traces the meanings from “to put a seal on” through the legal sense “to register, deposit” to the military “to pass on a written order”.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ The military senses “orders for a guard” and “confinement to barracks” follow [[fr|consigne]], a noun of the same origin that had these meanings in the 18th century;^(DEI|1067)^(GDLI) DEI treats the military word as a calque of the French.^(DEI|1067)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is the correspondence of the Florentine Republic with its envoys, of the 14th to 16th centuries, in the sense of the act of handing something over.^(DELI 1999) GRADIT, Nocentini and Devoto–Oli date the noun to the 16th century, and Zingarelli to 1567.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Florentine laws of the 16th and 17th centuries use ''consegna'' for the formal handing over of goods and animals, and for the declaration of property to an office.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The army gave it the sense of the orders a sentry receives (1824) and then of a light punishment that keeps a soldier in barracks (1930).^(DELI 1999) From the military orders the word spread to any strict instruction, as in ''la consegna del silenzio''.^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ In commerce and law it is the delivery of goods to a buyer and the transfer of possession, with many technical phrases: ''consegna a domicilio'' “home delivery”, ''pagamento alla consegna'' “cash on delivery”, ''consegna differita'' “deferred delivery”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(GDLI)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) At school it is also the instructions for a written exercise.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th–16th century – The word appears in the letters of the Florentine Republic to its envoys.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1567 – Zingarelli's date for ''consegna''.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 1824 – Ballerini records the sense “orders for guard duty”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1930 – Bruno Cicognani uses it for confinement to barracks.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|delivery]], handover: the act of handing something to someone, often formally: ''la consegna dei diplomi''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(commerce, law)'' The delivery of goods to the person who bought them, or the transfer of possession of a thing: ''La consegna è prevista per lunedì.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Custody, safekeeping, in phrases such as ''dare in consegna'' and ''prendere in consegna'': ''Ho lasciato le chiavi in consegna al vicino.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(military)'' The orders a soldier receives for his duties, especially guard duty; by extension, a strict instruction: ''Avevano la consegna di non far entrare nessuno.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(military)'' A punishment that keeps soldiers in barracks, without leave: ''tre giorni di consegna''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(nautical)'' A written order for the conduct of navigation or the ship's internal service.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Instructions for a task, especially a school exercise.^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[riconsegna]]

+ * [[consegnatario]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[consegnare]]

+ * [[segno]]

+ * [[fr|consigne]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Passare le consegne'' means to hand over the papers and information of an office or post to one's successor.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Gabrielli 2020)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}