🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

petizione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pe.tiˈtjo.ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Petition/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Hanno firmato una petizione per salvare il bosco."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.

    "Citizens gathered signatures for a petition to improve public park facilities."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make or present a formal request to an authority figure or governing body.

    "Local residents plan to petition the city council against the new zoning laws."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin petitio meaning 'a request' or 'application', stemming from petere 'to seek, strive for, or attack'. It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially retaining a legal and religious sense before broadening to mean any formal written request submitted to an authority.

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