🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tentativo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tentaˈtivo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Versuch/fɛɐ̯ˈzuːx/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha fatto un altro tentativo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of trying to achieve or do something; an attempt.

    "Sein erster Versuch, die Prüfung zu bestehen, war erfolgreich."
  2. 2

    A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact; an experiment.

    "Im Chemieunterricht haben wir einen interessanten Versuch durchgeführt."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle High German words 'versuoch' and the verb 'versuochen', rooted in Old High German 'firsuohhōn'. Originally carrying meanings of testing, tasting, or attempting, it evolved to denote both a deliberate effort to achieve something and a scientific experiment.

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