Etymology

From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#EFFETTO effectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efˈfɛt.to/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#EFFETTOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#EFFETTO
• Rhymes: -ɛttoCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛtto#EFFETTOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛtto/3 syllables#EFFETTO
• Hyphenation: ef‧fèt‧to

Noun

effetto m (plural effetti, diminutive effettùccioCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#EFFETTO, augmentative effettóneCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#EFFETTO, pejorative effettàccioCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#EFFETTO or effettùccioCategory:Italian links with redundant wikilinks#EFFETTO)Category:Italian lemmas#EFFETTOCategory:Italian nouns#EFFETTOCategory:Italian countable nouns#EFFETTOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#EFFETTOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#EFFETTOCategory:Pages with entries#EFFETTOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#EFFETTO

1. effect (in all senses)

   causa ed effetto ― cause and effectCategory:Italian terms with usage examples#EFFETTO

   senza effetto ― ineffectual; uselessCategory:Italian terms with usage examples#EFFETTO

2. appearance, show (the way something looks out)

   effetto nevicata ― snow-like appearanceCategory:Italian terms with usage examples#EFFETTO

3. impression, sensation
4. (sportsCategory:it:Sports#EFFETTO) spin (on a ball)
5. (in the plural) belongings, personal effects

   Synonym: effetto personale

Further reading

• effetto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• effetto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• effetto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• effetto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• effètto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• effètto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana