rispondenza

correspondence

noun ree-spon-DEN-tsah Rare

Origin: From rispondere (to respond, to correspond); Latin respondere.

Also means

conformity, match

Usage Note

Rispondenza is a formal or technical term for correspondence between two things — a match, conformity, or fit. It is less common in everyday speech than corrispondenza; learners will encounter it more in legal, bureaucratic, or philosophical texts. The plural rispondenze is regular.

Examples

"Dobbiamo verificare la rispondenza tra i dati."

Natural Translation

We need to verify the correspondence between the data.

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