ufficio

See also: ufficiò

Italian

Alternative forms

officio (dated)
uffizio, ufizio (literary)
uficio, offizio, ofizio, oficio (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier officio, from Latin officium (“duty, office”), derived from ops (“wealth, resources”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep- (“to work”). Doublet of opificio and officina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ufˈfi.tʃo/, [uˈfːiːt͡ʃo]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: uf‧fì‧cio

Noun

ufficio m (plural uffici)

(archaic) moral duty
(dated) task, duty
Synonyms: obbligo, dovere
(dated, by extension) beneficial intervention
office

Derived terms

Terms derived from ufficio

buoni uffici
capoufficio
d'ufficio

officiare, ufficiare
Sant'Uffizio
ufficiale

Verb

ufficio

first-person singular present indicative of ufficiare

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