🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Proprietà

Pronunciation / Transliteration: proprieta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Property/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La proprietà è fondamentale per la sicurezza."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.

    "The house and the land are part of her property."
  2. 2

    A characteristic or quality of something.

    "The property of water that allows it to exist in three states is fascinating."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'property' originates from the Latin 'proprietas', meaning 'ownership', which evolved through Old French 'propriete' in the Middle Ages. The term has shifted from a general sense of possession to specifically denote real estate or land ownership in modern usage.

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