🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

non identificato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nɔn i.den.ti.fiˈka.to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unidentified/ˌʌn.aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La polizia ha esaminato un cadavere non identificato."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not recognized, proven, or known; whose identity has not been established.

    "The police found several bags of an unidentified powder at the scene."
  2. 2

    Specifically referring to an aircraft or object whose origin and nature are not known (as in UFO).

    "Radar operators tracked an unidentified flying object moving at high speed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix un- (meaning 'not') combined with identified, which stems from the Late Latin identificare (from idem 'same' + facere 'to make'). The adjective form came into prominent use in the 19th century to describe things whose identity has not been established or recognized.

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