appunto
See also: appuntò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apˈpun.to/, [äpˈpun̪t̪o]
- Stress: appùnto
- Hyphenation: ap‧pun‧to
Etymology 1
Back-formation from appuntare.
Noun
appunto m (plural appunti)
- note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
- gli studenti prendono appunti ― the students take notes
- reproach
- (computing, especially in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad
Derived terms
- fare un appunto a (“to find fault with”)
- prendere appunti (“to take notes”)
Alternative forms
- a punto (obsolete)
Adverb
appunto
- exactly, precisely
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, lines 7–9, page 281:
- Già eravamo, a la seguente tomba, ¶ montati dello scoglio in quella parte ¶ ch'a punto sovra mezzo 'l fosso piomba.
- We had already on the following tomb ¶ ascended to that portion of the crag ¶ which o'er the middle of the moat hangs plumb.
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Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
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