🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cancelleria

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kan-chel-le-ri-a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Office-supplies/ˈɔf.ɪs səˈplaɪz/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Abbiamo esaurito la cancelleria in ufficio."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Consumables and equipment regularly used in offices, such as paper, pens, staplers, and folders.

    "We need to order more office supplies before the end of the month."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English 'office' (from Old French and Latin 'officium', meaning duty, function, or place of business) combined with 'supplies' (from the verb 'supply', via Old French 'soupleer' from Latin 'supplere', meaning to fill up or make full). The compound term emerged in the 19th century with the growth of corporate commerce to designate consumable items used in clerical work.

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