What does funzione in Italian mean?

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

The word funzione in Italian means job, role, purpose, use, function, function, acting, serving as, acting, substitute, algebraic function, exponential function, religious service, mass, running, operating, depending on, according to, in the role of, occupational allowance, his function is to, his purpose is to, her function is to, her purpose is to, activation, start-up, preside over a function, officiate at a function. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word funzione

job, role

sostantivo femminile (persone: mansione, ruolo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La funzione di Giovanni consisteva nel pulire le varie stanze.
Giovanni's job is to clean the various rooms.

purpose, use

sostantivo femminile (cose: utilizzo, ruolo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questo telefono cellulare ha moltissime funzioni.
This mobile phone has many functions.

function

sostantivo femminile (cerimonia religiosa, rito) (event)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il matrimonio cattolico è una funzione religiosa.
Catholic weddings are religious functions.

function

sostantivo femminile (relazione matematica) (math)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il compito in classe di matematica sarà sulle funzioni.
The maths test will be on functions.

acting, serving as

locuzione aggettivale (vice, sostituto)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

acting, substitute

(vice, sostituto)

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

algebraic function

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

exponential function

religious service, mass

sostantivo femminile (messa)

Si prega di spegnere il cellulare durante tutta la funzione religiosa.
We kindly ask that you turn your mobile phones off for the whole duration of the religious service.

running, operating

locuzione aggettivale (operativo)

depending on, according to

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (relativamente a)

(conjunction: Connects words, clauses, and sentences--for example, "and," "but," "because," "in order that.")
Il nostro corso adatta i contenuti in funzione della preparazione dei partecipanti.
Our course adapts its contents depending on the participants.

in the role of

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (con la qualifica, il compito di)

Mio cugino è stato chiamato in funzione di arbitro tra i due contendenti.

occupational allowance

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

his function is to, his purpose is to, her function is to, her purpose is to

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

activation, start-up

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Anche il governatore era presente alla messa in funzione della nuova diga.
Even the governor came to the new dam's activation.

preside over a function, officiate at a function

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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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.