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scienza

science

noun SHEHN-tsah Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'scientia', knowledge

Also means

knowledge

Usage Note

Scienza opens with the soft 'sci' sound, never a hard 's-k'. The plural le scienze names school subjects, as in scienze naturali. The wry phrase non è una scienza esatta means 'it isn't rocket science'.

Examples

"La scienza spiega molti fenomeni."

Natural Translation

Science explains many phenomena.

Literal Translation

The science explains many phenomena.

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