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ambientazione

setting

noun ahm-byen-tah-TSYOH-neh Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Also means

backdrop

Usage Note

Ambientazione is the word used for the setting of a novel, film, or play — where and when the story takes place. In Italian literary criticism, l'ambientazione storica refers to a historical setting. The word derives from ambiente (environment), so the focus is on how the world around characters is constructed.

Examples

"L'ambientazione del romanzo è medievale."

Natural Translation

The setting of the novel is medieval.

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