pentimento

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Italian pentimento (“repentance, penance, penitence; remorse; change of opinion; correction; traces of a previous image or work in an artwork”), from pentìrsi (“to repent; to regret”) + -mento (suffix forming nouns representing the actions of verbs to which it is attached). Pentìrsi is derived from Latin paenitēre, the present active infinitive of paeniteō (“to cause to repent; to repent; to be sorry, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”). === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛntəˈmɛntoʊ/, [-ɾə-], [-ɾoʊ] Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ Hyphenation: pen‧ti‧men‧to Plural: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛnti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛntəˈmɛnti/, [-ɾə-], [-ɾi] Hyphenation: pen‧ti‧men‧ti === Noun === pentimento (plural pentimenti or pentimentos) (art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable. Synonym: pentiment ==== Derived terms ==== pentimentoed ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== palimpsest === References === === Further reading === pentimento on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === From pentirsi (“to repent, regret”) +‎ -mento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pen.tiˈmen.to/ Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: pen‧ti‧mén‧to === Noun === pentimento m (plural pentimenti) penitence, penance, repentance remorse Synonyms: rammarico, rimpianto, rincrescimento (art, literature) a change between the old sketch/stub of a work from its final form Synonyms: cambiamento, rifacimento un'opera eseguita senza pentimenti ― a work executed without changes (from the sketch/stub) ==== Descendants ==== → English: pentimento (learned) === Further reading === pentimento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana