Nuovo Devoto-Oli 7.0.0

Nuovo Devoto-Oli, the dictionary of contemporary Italian, edited by Giacomo Devoto, Gian Carlo Oli, Luca Serianni, Maurizio Trifone.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THE USE OF THE APP:

This app does NOT contain the Nuovo Devoto-Oli dictionary. To download and consult the Nuovo Devoto-Oli on iPad and iPhone, it is necessary to activate a valid license for the digital version of the dictionary; all necessary information to complete the activation is available on the website dizionario.devoto-oli.it.

Purchasing the digital version of the dictionary via In-App Purchase is not supported.

The Nuovo Devoto-Oli aims to be a fundamental linguistic tool that explains words in a clear, comprehensive, and in-depth manner and guides the reader towards a correct use of the language. A new concept of a dictionary that meets today's reader's needs.

The new sections "linguistic first aid," "To say it in Italian," "Style Issues," and "Mined Words" delve into all those aspects of Italian that may be sources of doubt, focusing on particularly critical words or expressions, explaining evolving norms, and suggesting the most appropriate uses based on context or situation.

The app is designed to offer a tool capable of facilitating research and consultation on mobile devices with a special focus on text accessibility:

• Voice search: pronounce the search term and view results.
• Flexed form search: search for a term from its declined or conjugated form;
• Customization tools: favorite selection, creation of textual notes;
• New accessibility menu: choose a high readability font, set high-contrast display, determine line spacing, and font size;
• Sharing definitions via social media and email.

Key Features of Nuovo Devoto-Oli:

• 115,000 entries;
• 300,000 definitions;
• 500 neologisms and new meanings;
• Over 600 usage notes ("To say it in Italian," "Style Issues," "Mined Words");
• 45,000 idioms and phrases;
• 25,000 verbs, adjectives, and nouns with governing usage;
• 90,000 etymologies;
• 33,000 entries with synonyms and antonyms totaling 180,000;
• Complete conjugation of all verbs, feminine and plural forms of all nouns, adjectives, and pronouns;
• Audio pronunciation for almost all entries.

The dictionary can be downloaded to the device and consulted offline; an Internet connection is only required for listening to audio files and sharing terms.