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principio.

beginning, start, inception

9 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/prinˈt͡ʃi.pjo/

  1. beginning, start, inception

    error-lua-exec · masculine
    il principio di una azione.
    il principio di una nuova vita.

  2. first part; first paragraph, first subsection

    error-lua-exec · masculine

  3. beginning

    error-lua-exec · masculine
    al principio del giorno/del secolo
    al principio tutto andava bene

  4. first; appetizers, antipastos, starters, hors d'oeuvre

    concrete · error-lua-exec · in-plural · masculine
    i principi del libro

  5. beginning, cause, source, reason

    error-lua-exec · masculine
    quella vincita fu il principio della fortuna della famiglia.
    il malcontento ebbe principio dall’imposizione di nuove tasse.

  6. principle

    error-lua-exec · masculine · plural-normally
    principi di economia / di linguistica
    principi giuridici

  7. principle, moral norm, ethic value

    error-lua-exec · masculine
    sani principi
    informare il proprio comportamento a principi di equità/di giustizia/di correttezza
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin prīncipium, derived from prīncipis, princĭpis, genitive singular of prīnceps (“first”) (compare principe (“prince”) from the meaning "chief").

verb/prinˈt͡ʃi.pjo/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of principiare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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