pensione

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noun

An Italian boarding house.

“Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley (2024), Ripley, season 1, episode 7: “I'm staying at a little pensione on Via dei Coronari.””

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Meanings

nounpensione (plural pensiones or pensioni)

plural pensiones · plural pensioni

  1. An Italian boarding house.

    Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley (2024), Ripley, season 1, episode 7: “I'm staying at a little pensione on Via dei Coronari.”

Origin

  1. Italianpensione
  2. Englishpensione

Borrowed from Italian pensione. Doublet of pension.

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Translations

Finnish pensionaatti
  • pensionaattiItalian boarding house

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APA

pensione. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensione

MLA

“pensione.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensione. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pensione,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensione.

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