🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

di dotazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /di dotaˈtsjoːne/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Government-issue/ˈɡʌv.ərn.məntˌɪʃ.uː/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Indossava scarponi di dotazione militare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Provided, authorized, or standardized by a government, especially for military personnel.

    "He wore a standard pair of government-issue boots during basic training."
As noun
  1. 1

    An item of equipment, clothing, or food supplied by the government or military.

    "The backpack was heavy, durable, and clearly marked as government-issue."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'government' (from Old French 'gouvernement') combined with 'issue' (meaning supplies distributed by an authority). Originally emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in military contexts to designate official equipment supplied to service members, the term eventually broadened to describe anything standardized, utilitarian, or mass-produced by official decree.

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