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palinsesto

programming schedule, schedule grid

noun pah-leen-SEH-stoh Rare
Communication Media

Origin: From Greek 'palimpsestos' (scraped again) — a manuscript whose original text was scraped off and reused; the media sense arose by analogy with overwriting.

Also means

palimpsest

Usage Note

Palinsesto in modern Italian predominantly means a television or radio broadcast schedule (il palinsesto televisivo). Its original meaning — a manuscript that has been scraped and rewritten — survives in scholarly contexts. Always masculine, regular plural i palinsesti.

Examples

"Il palinsesto estivo prevede molti film."

Natural Translation

The summer schedule includes many films.

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