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dispositivo

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dispositif, from Latin dispositus, perfect passive participle of dispōnō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.spo.ziˈti.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: di‧spo‧si‧tì‧vo

Adjective

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dispositivo (feminine dispositiva, masculine plural dispositivi, feminine plural dispositive)

  1. (law) being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum

Noun

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dispositivo m (plural dispositivi)

  1. appliance, device, equipment, setup
  2. (law) dispositif, operative part, purview

Further reading

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  • dispositivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • dispositivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • dispositivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • dispositivo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • dispositivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • dispositivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin dispositus-ivo (compare French dispositif).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ivu
  • Hyphenation: dis‧po‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

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dispositivo (feminine dispositiva, masculine plural dispositivos, feminine plural dispositivas)

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Noun

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dispositivo m (plural dispositivos)

  1. device (piece of equipment)
    Synonyms: aparelho, aparato

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin dispositus-ivo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /disposiˈtibo/ [d̪is.po.siˈt̪i.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: dis‧po‧si‧ti‧vo

Adjective

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dispositivo (feminine dispositiva, masculine plural dispositivos, feminine plural dispositivas)

  1. dispositive, regulatory

Noun

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dispositivo m (plural dispositivos)

  1. appliance, device, equipment
  2. presence (of police forces)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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