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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

servizio essenziale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /serˈvit.tsjo es.senˈt͡sja.le/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Essential Service/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl ˈsɜː.vɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sanità pubblica è considerata un servizio essenziale."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A public utility, commercial operation, or government function that is necessary for the maintenance of health, safety, security, and basic economic stability in a society.

    "During the strict lockdown, only workers in an essential service were permitted to commute."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'essential', derived from the Late Latin 'essentialis' (pertaining to essence) via Middle French, and 'service', from the Latin 'servitium' (slavery, servitude, service). Historically developed to denote public utilities and critical infrastructure necessary for the survival and basic functioning of society.

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