Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pensione

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: pen-sione
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Italian boarding house.

Example Sentences

"Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley (2024), Ripley, season 1, episode 7: “I'm staying at a little pensione on Via dei Coronari.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pensione. Doublet of pension.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: pensione

Inflected Forms

pensiones (plural) pensioni (plural)

Questions

What does pensione mean?: An Italian boarding house.
Where does pensione come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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