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doping

doping

noun DOH-peeng Rare

Origin: English loanword, entered Italian in the 20th century via sport.

Usage Note

Doping is an invariable English loanword in Italian — its plural is the same form: i doping is rarely used; the word almost always appears in the singular. It is masculine and used without an article when functioning as a compound modifier: caso doping (doping case).

Examples

"Il ciclista è stato squalificato per doping."

Natural Translation

The cyclist was disqualified for doping.

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