impressione Italian · revision 39354

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1282, Restoro d'Arezzo|origins=la premō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /im.presˈsjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impressione''' ''f'' (plural impressioni, diminutive impressioncèlla)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|impressio|t=a pressing into; an imprint]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Latin noun was formed from [[m|la|impressus]], the past participle of [[m|la|imprimō|t=to press into, stamp]], which is [[m|la|in-|t=on, into]] added to [[m|la|premō|t=to press]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(OLD 2012) It belongs with the Italian verb [[imprimere]], whose noun it is.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ [[fr|impression]] is recorded from 1259, before the Italian word, and [[es|impresión]] has the same double sense of “impression” and “printing”.^(DEI|1968)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GDLI|7, 518)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in Restoro d'Arezzo's treatise on the composition of the world, of 1282, in the concrete sense of pressing something so that it leaves a mark.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Restoro compares wax that is glad to receive the impression of a seal.^(GDLI|7, 518)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By 1354 Iacopo Passavanti used the word for a physical sensation caused by something outside the body, and in the 14th century the ''Ottimo'' commentary on Dante used it for the effect of an event on the mind and feelings.^(DELI 1999) The sense “personal opinion”, an idea suggested by instinct rather than reasoning, is recorded before 1484 in Luigi Pulci.^(DELI 1999)

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+ With printing the word gained the sense “printing, edition”, recorded in 1477–1480, so that a ''terza impressione'' is a third printing of a book.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) Old Italian also used it for an assault or charge in battle and for a disturbance of the weather, both now obsolete.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ The derivative ''impressionare'' is recorded in the first half of the 17th century.^(Nocentini 2010) The French painters' term ''impressionniste'', suggested to the critic Louis Leroy by Monet's picture ''Impression, soleil levant'' (1873), came into Italian as ''impressionista'' in 1883.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1282 – Restoro d'Arezzo uses ''impressione'' for the mark left by pressing.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1354 – Iacopo Passavanti uses it for a physical sensation.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 14th century – The ''Ottimo'' commentary uses it for an emotional effect on the mind.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1477–1480 – The sense “printing, edition” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1484 – Luigi Pulci uses it for a subjective opinion.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1883 – ''Impressionista'' is borrowed from French.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A physical or emotional [[m|en|sensation]] produced by something outside oneself: ''un'impressione di umido''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # An [[m|en|impression]], a personal idea or feeling not based on reasoning: ''Ho l'impressione che stia per piovere.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The effect that a person or thing has on others, ''fare buona'' or ''cattiva impressione'', to make a good or bad impression.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # Strong emotion, shock, or a feeling of [[m|en|disgust]], ''fare impressione'', to upset, or also to amaze: ''Gli aghi mi fanno impressione.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(uncommon)'' The act of pressing something onto a surface so as to leave a mark, and the mark itself.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(printing)'' The act of printing, a [[m|en|printing]] or edition of a book, and the look of the printed type.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(archaic)'' An assault, a charge.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impressionare]]

+ * [[impressionabile]]

+ * [[impressionabilità]]

+ * [[impressionante]]

+ * [[impressionista]]

+ * [[impressionismo]]

+ * [[impressionistico]]

+ * [[sovrimpressione]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[impresso]]

+ * [[imprimere]]

+ * [[pressione]]

+ * [[la|impressio]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''A prima impressione'' means “at first sight, judging by one's first feelings”.^(Treccani 2011) The diminutive is ''impressioncella''.^(Wiktionary)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}