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plesso

school building

noun PLES-soh Less Common
People & Society Education

Origin: From Latin plexus (intertwined), past participle of plectere (to braid).

Also means

complex

Usage Note

Plesso in everyday modern Italian most commonly means a school building or site (plesso scolastico), especially one of several buildings belonging to the same institution. In anatomy and medicine it retains the Latin sense of a network or plexus of nerves or vessels (plesso brachiale = brachial plexus). The educational sense is by far the most frequent in administrative Italian. Plural: i plessi.

Examples

"Gli alunni del plesso centrale si incontrano in palestra."

Natural Translation

The pupils of the main building meet in the gym.

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