Feminine

autorità

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine, invariable, uncountable) authority (power to enforce rules or give orders)
  2. (feminine, in-plural, invariable) authorities (bodies that have power and control in a particular sphere)
  3. (feminine, invariable) extended meanings
  4. (broadly, feminine, invariable) prestige, influence
  5. (broadly, feminine, invariable) an authoritative testimony or claim
  6. (broadly, feminine, invariable) an influential example
  7. (feminine, invariable, rare) a quote from a literary work
  8. (feminine, invariable) authority (person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
au‧to‧ri‧tà
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aw.to.riˈta/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auctōritātem, derived from auctor.

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