binomial

Italian translation: binomio

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English term or phrase:	binomial
Italian translation:	binomio
Entered by:	Paul O'Brien

08:50 Feb 14, 2011

English to Italian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: binomial

i.e. "fish & chips", "salt and pepper", "health and safety".
binomio seems to have a specifically mathematical connotation in italian.
any ideas?

Paul O'Brien KudoZ activity Questions: 1439 (9 open) (5 without valid answers) (89 closed without grading) Answers: 769 Argentina
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binomio / connubio / coppia

Explanation:
Dal DeMauro, per "binomio":
3. s.m. CO estens., coppia di due valori, due idee e sim. tra loro fortemente connessi: il binomio amore e morte nella poesia romantica

Io direi che "binomio" va bene, ma ti do altre due potenziali alternative. Ciao!

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-02-14 08:55:05 GMT)
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anche "accoppiata" può andar bene...

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Note added at 6 days (2011-02-21 08:22:08 GMT) Post-grading
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grazie Pauley! :o)

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Sara Negro
Italy
Local time: 15:42

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

binomio / connubio / coppia

Sara Negro

3 +1

abbinamento

Chiara-Firenze

Discussion entries: 8

James (Jim) Davis

Seychelles

My suggested English term

08:38 Feb 15, 2011

which would be a true or closer synonym of binomio in English: there isn't one. The translation of "binomio" into English has to be "invented" case by case. Or anyway that is my experience of the word.

James (Jim) Davis

Seychelles

Legitimacy

08:36 Feb 15, 2011

well from binomial to binomio would probably always be legitimate. The reverse is possible for words but would probably send most English readers reaching for their dictionaries and is really stretching meanings in English.

Paul O'Brien

Argentina

ASKER

there is plenty of evidence

08:22 Feb 15, 2011

to suggest that binominal and binomio are used in this specific linguistic sense. they don't have to prevail over other uses in order to be legitimate. and i'm still waiting for your suggested english term.

James (Jim) Davis

Seychelles

Fine

08:19 Feb 15, 2011

but you can't apply that common usage of the Italian binomio to the English word binomial and you can't stretch the definition of the English to include pairs of ideas, rather than specific words.

Paul O'Brien

Argentina

ASKER

what about this?

08:06 Feb 15, 2011

http://www.treccani.it/Portale/elements/categoriesItems.jsp?...

James (Jim) Davis

Seychelles

UK IT comparison

07:50 Feb 15, 2011

As I suspected binomial gets around 80,000 Ghits on UK sites and binomio over 5 million. I don't have a set term for two things which usually go together in English. When translating binomio into English I have never used binomio and would think very hard before doing so.

http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="binomi...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q="binomial" sit...

Paul O'Brien

Argentina

ASKER

not at all,

18:31 Feb 14, 2011

dear boy. you're exaggerating. what term do you normally use?

James (Jim) Davis

Seychelles

That is a very rare use

16:07 Feb 14, 2011

of the word binomial that you are giving there Pauley! Its most common use in English is in mathematics. Its second use is for two word names in scientific nomenclature such as genus and species. The shorter oxford dictionary doesn't give your type of example.

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

abbinamento

Explanation:
o anche abbinata

Chiara-Firenze
Italy
Local time: 15:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

binomio / connubio / coppia

Sara Negro
Italy
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

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