Etymology

normale

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Today it means: A normal espresso drink, neither ristretto (shorter) nor lungo (longer). Full definition →

Italian normale
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromnormale“normal”
  2. English todaynormale

Borrowed from Italian normale (“normal”). Doublet of normal.

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