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Qual è la mia misura di anello?

What is my ring size?

Pronunciation

'Anello' — a-NEL-lo. Double 'l'.

When to use it

Ask in jewellery shops when considering a ring purchase. Ring sizing in Italy uses European (ISO) standard measured in millimetres of internal diameter. Italian jewellers have sizing tools.

What it means

Italian ring sizes use the internal diameter in mm: size 16 = 16mm diameter. A sizing ring ('misuratore') is a set of graduated rings. Different from UK (letters) and US (numbers). 'Qual è la mia misura' asks for your size in general.

Variations

Può misurarmi il dito?

Can you measure my finger?

Asks for a measurement.

Porto il diciassette di anello.

I take a seventeen in rings.

States the Italian ring size.

Questo anello si può ridimensionare?

Can this ring be resized?

Important for gifts or imperfect fits.

Mini Dialogue

Cliente: Qual è la mia misura di anello? Non lo so. Gioielliere: Gliela misuro io. Provi questo anellino... è un diciassette. Cliente: Bene. E questo anello è disponibile nel diciassette? Gioielliere: Sì, ce l'abbiamo.

Customer: What is my ring size? I don't know. Jeweller: I'll measure it for you. Try this sizing ring... it's a seventeen. Customer: Good. And is this ring available in a seventeen? Jeweller: Yes, we have it.

Cultural Note

Italian jewellery sizing uses millimetres (ISO standard). Italian goldsmiths ('orafi') are considered among the best in the world — particularly those from the Valenza district in Piedmont and the Arezzo area in Tuscany, which are global hubs for gold jewellery manufacturing.

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