Italian word
impressionismo
Impressionism (the 19th-century French art movement)
Looks like
impressionism
same — borrowed from French
⚠️ The trap
Same word, same meaning. The trap: in Italian 'fare impressione' means 'to make an impression' OR 'to shock/disturb' ('quella scena mi ha fatto impressione' = that scene disturbed me). In English 'to make an impression' is almost always positive.
To say "same — borrowed from French" in Italian:
impressionismo (correct)
"impressionismo" in English means:
Impressionism (the 19th-century French art movement)
Example
"L'impressionismo ha rivoluzionato la pittura europea alla fine dell'Ottocento."
"Impressionism revolutionised European painting at the end of the 19th century."
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