doping
doping
noun DOH-peeng Rare
Origin: English loanword, entered Italian in the 20th century via sport.
Usage Note
Doping is an invariable English loanword in Italian — its plural is the same form: i doping is rarely used; the word almost always appears in the singular. It is masculine and used without an article when functioning as a compound modifier: caso doping (doping case).
Examples
"Il ciclista è stato squalificato per doping."
Natural Translation
The cyclist was disqualified for doping.
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