ufficio

• officio (dated)
• uffizio, ufizio (literary)
• uficio, offizio, ofizio, oficio (archaic)

From earlier officio, from Latin officium (“duty, office”), derived from ops (“wealth, resources”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep- (“to work”). Doublet of opificio and officina.

• IPA^(key): /ufˈfi.tʃo/, [uˈfːiːt͡ʃo]

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• Hyphenation: uf‧fì‧cio

ufficio m (plural uffici)

1. (archaic) moral duty
2. (dated) task, duty

   Synonyms: obbligo, dovere

3. (dated, by extension) beneficial intervention
4. office

ufficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of ufficiare