decade

Derived from Latin decadem, accusative of decas. By surface analysis, deca- + -ade.

(now uncommon) decade (a period of 10 days)


tempo

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→ German: Tempo

→ Hungarian: tempó

→ Japanese: テンポ

→ Korean: 템포 (tempo)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tempo

→ Polish: tempo

→ Romanian: tempo

→ Russian: темп (temp)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: темпо

Latin script: tempo

→ Spanish: tempo

→ Turkish: tempo

→ Ukrainian: темп (temp)

From Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

fugge tempo, sí che mai non riede

13ᵗʰ century, Guittone d'Arezzo, “O dolce terra aretina”, in https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Rime_(Guittone_d%27Arezzo), collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 92, line 105:

Time escapes, such that it never returns

Elena vedi, per cui tanto reo
tempo si volse, e vedi 'l grande Achille,
che con amore al fine combatteo.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

You see Helen, for whom so much ruthless time passed; and you see the great Achilles, who in the end fought against Love.

sì che i gran nomi e i fatti egregi e soli
fortuna o morte o tempo non involi

1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro Ⅰ”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, collected in Poesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1988, section 1, page 41:

So that the illustrious names, and the simple, distinguished facts are not taken away by Fate, or Death, or Time

[…] e l'uomo e le sue tombe
E l'estreme sembianze e le reliquie
Della terra e del ciel traveste il Tempo.

1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 8:

Time changes man, his tombs, his final appearance, and the relics of the Earth and Heaven.

[…] per andar di tempo,
Per variar d’affetti e di pensieri,
obbliarvi non so […]

1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “ⅩⅩⅡ. Le ricordanze [22. Remembrances]”, in Canti^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Canti_(Leopardi_-_Donati).djvu), Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 84, lines 79–81:

Despite the time, the changes in feelings and thoughts, I cannot forget you

Potrei qui esporre, di fatti, in un albero genealogico, l’origine e la discendenza della mia famiglia e dimostrare come qualmente non solo ho conosciuto mio padre e mia madre, ma e gli antenati miei e le loro azioni, in un lungo decorso di tempo, non tutte veramente lodevoli.

1904, Luigi Pirandello, “Premessa”, in Il fu Mattia Pascal [The Late Mattia Pascal], published 1919, page 2:

I could indeed explain here, through a genealogic tree, the origin and descent of my family, and prove how not only I knew my father and mother, but also my ancestors and their deeds in a long stretch of time, not all of them quite honorable.


secondo

→ Switzerland German: Secondo

From Latin secundus (“he who follows, second”), from sequor (“to follow”).

inh

(fractional number) second (unit of time)


or

apocopic form of ora (“now”), used almost exclusively in the forms or ora (“just now”) and or sono (“ago”)


età

etade (alternative archaic)
etate (alternative archaic)


moderno

it-adj

moderno (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderni, feminine plural moderne, superlative modernissimo)

moderna (feminine)
moderni (masculine plural)
moderne (feminine plural)
modernissimo (superlative)

From Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”).


mese

From Latin mēnsem (“month”). Compare Catalan mes, French mois, Portuguese mês, Romansch mais, Spanish mes.


spesso

From Latin spissus. Compare Spanish espeso, Portuguese espesso, French épais.

Spesso sto a casa.


calendario

→ Cimbrian: kalandardjo


ora

ore (plural)
hora (alternative obsolete)

Inherited from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “hour”).

(time) hour (a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes))


futuro

From Latin futūrus (future participle of esse).


periodo

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, period of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

der

(chemistry) period (in the periodic table)

period, time, span, run
period (in the periodic table)

(physics) the time between successive peaks or troughs in a sinusoidal phenomenon

(astronomy) the time taken for a planet to orbit its star; year


ieri

hieri (alternative obsolete)
jeri (alternative obsolete)


minuto

→ Maltese: minuta


prima

Pensa prima di parlare.


eterno

First attested 14th century. From Latin aeternus, from an earlier form aeviternus, derived from aevum (“time; age”).

[…] E come il vento ¶ odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello ¶ infinito silenzio a questa voce ¶ vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno

1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “XII. L'infinito [12. The Infinite]”, in Canti^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Canti_(Leopardi_-_Donati).djvu), Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 49, lines 8–11:

And, as I hear the wind blowing through these plants, I compare that infinite silence to this voice, and I think of eternity


continuo

continui (plural)
continovo (alternative obsolete)

that which has continuity or continuousness

(physics, philosophy) that whose perception cannot be broken down into various distinct elementary perceptions


poco

From Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos, derived from the root *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare French peu, Portuguese pouco, Spanish poco.

a tra poco

Dopo ciò poco vid’io quello strazio
far di costui a le fangose genti,
che Dio ancor ne lodo e ne ringrazio.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–60; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

A little after that, I saw such havoc made of him by the people of the mire, that still I praise and thank my God for it.


semestre

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).


crai

Inherited from Latin crās (“tomorrow”). See procrastinare, a related borrowing.


settimana

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”). Compare Romanian săptămână.


tramonto

From tramontare (“to set, go down; to fade”, literally “to set beyond the mountains”).


millennio

Borrowed from Latin millennium. Re-analyzable as mille + -ennio.


secolo

secoli (plural)
sec. (alternative abbreviation)

→ Ladino: sekolo

il secolo dei Lumi

i secoli bui


annuale

From Late Latin annuālis, from Latin annus.


orologio

From Latin hōrologium, from Koine Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).


stagione

→ Cimbrian: stadjónge

From earlier *stacione, from Latin statiōnem. Doublet of stazzo, stazzone, stazio, and stazione, the first two of which were also inherited from Latin, while the latter two were borrowed.

doublet

season (quarter of a year, part of year with something special)


frequente

it-adj

frequente (plural frequenti, superlative frequentissimo)

frequenti (plural)
frequentissimo (superlative)


recente

recente (plural recenti, superlative recentissimo)

recenti (plural)
recentissimo (superlative)
ricente (alternative archaic)

Borrowed or semi-learned term from Latin recentem. The older form ricente may be inherited, however.


cronometro

time trial (in cycling and other sports)


stasera

From 'sta (“this”, apheretic form of esta f sg) + sera (“evening”). Compare Romanian astă-seară.

compound

Sei libero stasera?


serale

scuola serale


iersera

From ieri (“yesterday”) + sera (“evening”).

hier sera (alternative obsolete)
hieri sera (alternative obsolete)
hiersera (alternative obsolete)
ier sera (alternative)
ieri sera (alternative)
jer sera (alternative obsolete)
jeri sera (alternative obsolete)
jersera (alternative obsolete)


avantieri

avanti (“before”) + ieri (“yesterday”) See also French avant-hier.

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


attuale

it-adj

attuale (plural attuali, superlative attualissimo)

attuali (plural)
attualissimo (superlative)

From Late Latin āctuālis, derived from Latin āctus.


anteriore

former, previous, prior, earlier, preceding in time


epoca

a quell'epoca

All'epoca dei fatti, Virginia aveva 17 anni.

2020 August 3, Enrico Franceschini, “Le perversioni del principe Andrea nelle carte desecretate del processo Epstein [Prince Andrew's perversions in the declassified papers of the Epstein trial]”, in la Repubblica:

At the time of the facts, Virginia was 17 years old.


orario

orario (feminine oraria, masculine plural orari, feminine plural orarie)

oraria (feminine)
orari (masculine plural)
orarie (feminine plural)

From Late Latin hōrārium. Cognate with Piedmontese orari.


stamattina

From 'sta (“this”, apheretic form of esta f sg) + mattina (“morning”).


stamani

From 'sta (“this”, aphaeretic form of questa f sg) + mane (“morning”, literary).


in ritardo

essere in ritardo

late, behind, after, overdue, belated, slow (of time)


giornata

Borrowed from Old French jornee. Documented from 1230–50. Derivable from giorno + -ata.


nottata

From notte, analogous to giornata. Compare French nuitée.


temporaneo

it-adj

temporaneo (feminine temporanea, masculine plural temporanei, feminine plural temporanee)

temporanea (feminine)
temporanei (masculine plural)
temporanee (feminine plural)

temporary, provisional, interim, makeshift


cronologico

cronologico (feminine cronologica, masculine plural cronologici, feminine plural cronologiche)

cronologica (feminine)
cronologici (masculine plural)
cronologiche (feminine plural)


di tanto in tanto

LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-di tanto in tanto.wav

occasionally, sometimes, now and then, every now and then, from time to time


ogni tanto

occasionally, sometimes, now and then, every now and then, from time to time, once in a while


decennale

From Latin decennālis (“decennial”), from decennis (“10-year”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”).

decennial, of or related to a ten year period


ventennio

ventenni (plural)
Ventennio (alternative)

From venti (“twenty”) + -ennio (“-year period”).

af

nell'ultimo ventennio del secolo scorso

in the last twenty years of the last century


da poco

Ellipsis of da poco tempo (literally “since little time”)


tempo di guerra

it-noun

tempo di guerra m (plural tempi di guerra)


stase

Colloquial contraction of stasera, from 'sta (“this”, apheretic form of questa f sg) + sera (“evening”).

compound

Sei libero stase?


or sono

Tre anni or sono comprammo questa casa.

It is (now) three years since we bought this house.

Ho trovato quasi più giovani e certo più belle le signore ch'io conobbi or sono dodici anni a Bologna.

The ladies I met twelve years ago in Bologna seemed to me almost younger and certainly more beautiful.


c'era una volta

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time


di lì a poco

soon afterwards, shortly after, some time later


l'altro ieri

l'altrieri (alternative)
l'altr'ieri (alternative)


entro breve tempo

entro brevi tempi (alternative)
entro tempi brevi (alternative)


entro brevi tempi

entro breve tempo
entro breve tempo#Italian


vicennale

From Latin vīcennālis, from vīcennium + -ālis, from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vīciēs (“twenty times”) + annus (“year”) + -is.

vicennial, occurring once every twenty years


vicennio

From Latin vicennium (“20-year period”), from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vicies (“twenty each”) + annus (“year”) + -is. Cognate with Italian vicennale.


poscrai

From Latin post crās. By surface analysis, post- (“after”) + crai (“tomorrow”).

surf

(archaic, literary) overmorrow, the day after tomorrow


stasse

Sei libero stasse?


acronico

it-adj

acronico (feminine acronica, masculine plural acronici, feminine plural acroniche)

acronica (feminine)
acronici (masculine plural)
acroniche (feminine plural)

From a- + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) + -ico or a- + Ancient Greek χρονῐκός (khronĭkós).


da mo

Da quando? — Da mo!

Quelli da mo che si conoscono!

(central-southern Italy, originally ironic) since a very long time ago, for ages


il giorno del mai

andere aber […] subjectiv für die Befugniß erweiternd […], und Erlaubnisse enthalten, die Vollführung aufzuschieben, ohne doch den Zweck aus den Augen zu verlieren, der diesen Aufschub, […] nicht auf den Nimmertag […] auszusetzen

2011 [1795], chapter 6, Prima sezione, che contiene gli articoli preliminari per la pace perpetua fra gli stati [First section, which contains the preliminary articles for perpetual peace among states], in Maria Chiara Pievatolo, transl., Per la pace perpetua [For perpetual peace], translation of Zum ewigen Frieden by Immanuel Kant (in German); contained in Immanuel Kant: Sette scritti politici liberi, Florence: Firenze University Press, 2011:

Other ones [laws], on the other hand […] , are subjectively extensive, […] and contain the permission to postpone their implementation, without losing sight of their purpose, which does not allow to delay until the first of never

the first of never, February 31 (a nonexistent day, that will never come)


il giorno di San Mai

Leon. […] Rosina è fuori dai pupilli, è mia fidanzata; ci penso io.
Marc. Quando la manterrai, quando l’avrai sposata nel giorno... nel giorno di san mai!

1866, Ulisse Mengozzi, “Scena III [Scene 3]”, Atto primo [First act], in Una vittima innocente sacrificata dal potere temporale, ovvero La morte di Cesare Locatelli [An innocent victim sacrificed by the secular power, or The death of Cesare Lucatelli] (play), Florence: Tipografia nazionale di V. Sodi, page 27:

Leonardo: […] Rosina is not among the pupils; she is my fiancée. I will take care of her.
Marco: When you support her financially, when you marry her, on the day... on the first of never!