istituto

institute

noun ee-STEE-too-toh Common

Origin: Latin institutum, from instituere (to establish)

Also means

school

Usage Note

Istituto covers a wide range of institutions: a research body (istituto di ricerca), a bank (istituto di credito), or a secondary school (istituto tecnico). When referring to a school, it usually means a specialist upper-secondary institution rather than an università. The plural is regular: istituti.

Examples

"Lavoro in un istituto di ricerca."

Natural Translation

I work at a research institute.

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