ordinazione
order
noun or-dee-nah-TSYOH-neh Rare
Origin: From Latin ordinatio, from ordinare (to arrange, to ordain).
Also means
ordination
Usage Note
Ordinazione covers two distinct senses: a restaurant order (fare un'ordinazione — 'to place an order') and the religious rite of ordination into the priesthood. Context disambiguates clearly. In everyday restaurant Italian, ordine is also commonly used interchangeably for a food order.
Examples
"Il cameriere ha preso la nostra ordinazione."
Natural Translation
The waiter took our order.

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