benedizione
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin benedictiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.ne.ditˈt͡sjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: be‧ne‧di‧zió‧ne
Noun
benedizione f (plural benedizioni)
- (religion) blessing (pronouncement invoking divine aid)
- (religion, rare) praise, commendation
- (religion) blessing (divine or supernatural aid, or reward)
- (transferred sense) a wish of good fortune
- (figurative, rare) good fortune, good luck
- (transferred sense, rare) a consecrated item, thought to bring good luck
- (obsolete, very rare) charity (goods or money given to those in need)
Related terms
Further reading
- benedizione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “benedizióne”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 2 balc–cerr, UTET, 1962, page 168f.