ufficioso
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin officiōsus. By surface analysis, ufficio (“office, service”) + -oso (“-ous, -y”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /uf.fiˈt͡ʃo.zo/, (traditional) /uf.fiˈt͡ʃo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: uf‧fi‧ció‧so
Adjective
[edit]ufficioso (feminine ufficiosa, masculine plural ufficiosi, feminine plural ufficiose)
- (rare, literary) gentle, dutiful, kind
- Synonyms: cortese, gentile, servizievole
- unofficial, off-the-record
- Antonym: ufficiale
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms suffixed with -oso
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ozo
- Rhymes:Italian/ozo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/oso
- Rhymes:Italian/oso/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian terms with rare senses
- Italian literary terms