notizie

news

noun noh-TEE-tsyeh Rare

Origin: Latin notitia (knowledge, report)

Usage Note

Notizie is the standard plural noun for 'news' — it is almost always used in the plural in Italian (le notizie, not la notizia for broadcast news as a whole). The singular notizia means a single piece of news. Notizie is both the nominative plural and used after prepositions (ho sentito delle notizie).

Examples

"Ho sentito le notizie questa mattina alla radio."

Natural Translation

I heard the news this morning on the radio.

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