What does distintivo in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word distintivo in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use distintivo in Italian.

The word distintivo in Italian means distinctive, characteristic, badge, pin, distinctive characteristic, distinguishing feature, distinctive characteristic, distinguishing feature. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word distintivo

distinctive, characteristic

aggettivo (caratteristica unica)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il segno distintivo delle persone impazienti è lo sbattere dei piedi.
One characteristic of impatient people is that they tap their feet.

badge, pin

sostantivo maschile (identificazione: categoria)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questo distintivo mostra che lavoro al quinto piano.
This badge shows that I work on the fifth floor.

distinctive characteristic, distinguishing feature

sostantivo maschile (elemento identificativo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

distinctive characteristic, distinguishing feature

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.