French word

aggiornamento

Pronunciation

IPA/aʒjɔʁnamɛnto/

Meaning

  • masculine nounupdate

Example

Pour assurer sa survie électorale, le parti a engagé un profond aggiornamento de ses structures, de son programme et de son discours.

To ensure its electoral survival, the party carried out a major update of its structures, program, and discourse.

Illustration for aggiornamento (update)

More examples

Un aggiornamento est nécessaire pour utiliser la nouvelle fonctionnalité.

An update is necessary to use the new feature.

Core concept

A deliberate refresh that brings an existing system, plan, or body of information into line with current conditions.

Common phrases

  • télécharger l'aggiornamento

    download the update

  • installer l'aggiornamento

    install the update

  • annuler l'aggiornamento

    cancel the update

Similar words

mise à jour: New data or files used to update software or a system.
actualisation: A state in which displayed information has been rewritten with current content.
version: The form or identifying number of a document or software at a given time.
correctif: A small program or file distributed to fix a software fault.

Definition in French

Désigne une mise à jour appliquée à un système, un fichier ou une information afin de les rendre actuels.

Word origin

The French noun is borrowed from Italian aggiornamento, formed from aggiornare and related to giorno, with -amento marking an action or result.

Usage tips

  • French uses the masculine article un in un aggiornamento, despite the word's final -o; mise à jour is more usual in everyday technical French.

Other meanings

  • revisionnoun

Opposites

  • obsolescenceobsolescencenoun

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