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‧ gioielleria ‧ gioiello + -eria ‧
‧ gioia f ‧ joy / delight ‧ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gioia ‧
‧ gioiello ‧ jewel ‧ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gioiello ‧
‧ gioielli ‧ jewels ‧
‧ Jewel ‧ Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. ‧ From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joiel, of uncertain origin. ‧ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jewel ‧
Thank you a thousand times, and here is a lingot. I came to view this thread thinking exactly what you just said, and to see what was what with this sentence.
Hi Tracie, "gioielleria" as "assortimento, insieme di gioielli" (Treccani definition, assortment or set of jewelry) is uncountable, therefore you cannot have "una gioielleria" in that sense, just as you cannot have "a jewelry". The same can be said for the meaning of "l’arte di lavorare i gioielli, e il loro commercio" (the art of crafting jewels and their trade), so the only acceptable meaning is "negozio nel quale si vendono i gioielli" (store in which jewels are sold).
As an aside, an assortment of cheap jewels and a store that sells them is called "bigiotteria": it's an adaptation of the French bijouterie which refers to actual jewelry, but in Italian it was originally used to refer to theater props and came to be associated with inexpensive decorations.
Thank you for taking the time to explain all that. I did read this entire thread before commenting, so I had seen what others had offered by way of explanation. My main problem with it was that, as Teresinha noted, DL actually taught "gioielleria" as "jewelry." And then it tossed this sentence out. I agree that "una gioielleria" doesn't seem to make sense--which is why the sentence was confusing, and I didn't know how to translate it, or what it was trying to express. I wish DL had taught this term differently or with more diversity (as it does with many other words--such as the prepositions), before tossing this sentence at users, I guess is my point.
In Portuguese "il negozio nel quale si vendono i gioielli" is called "joalheria", very similar to "gioielleria", isn'it?
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Oh! That´s much better, thanks. That wasnt explained before, thats why i got it wrong
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Cool! Just like in Spanish.
Carniceria = meat store
Lavanderia = laundromat
Taqueria = taco restaurant
Then the hint in the software is wrong. It suggests "jewelry" as an appropriate translation.
i bielive thats because of the "una", so it tells you its one thing. jewelry is many, while jewelry store is one
But the translation would have to be modified a little bit because we say, "he has a PIECE of jewelry" not "He has a jewelry." Maybe Italians just don't have to add that "piece of" in front of gioielleria to still identify it as a single item?
I got the same problem. The team that coordinate this kind of exercises lacks some out of the book situations. Writing only jewelry instead of jewelry store or shop wouldn't change its meaning nor understanding.
I'm with susiecallo on this. I put "jewellers" deliberately to see whether it would be accepted. It wasn't and yet it is almost the only word you would ever hear in UK for a store selling jewellery.
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It is accepted in Feb 2019' though DL wants an apostrophe. I don't think that's how it's used in UK.
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It´d be awesome to have some feedback, grammar rules, etc., I mean explanations when necessary. That would help a lot. =)
In English it's either jewelry shop/store or jewellers. Duolingo marked me wrong for jewellers.
All I have to add is that Duo teaches us something that is wrong in the beginning of this course, when they say that the jewelry is la gioielleria. According to Collins dictionary there are only two meanings of the latter and they are Click here!.
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There is still (2017-09-05) the question on "jewelry" which has gioelleria as correct answer.
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In the link you provide, 'jewelry store' is mentioned as American English. So where is the issue?
This is what I have penned. So many words meaning the same thing! LOL!
● gioiello {m}. jewel · piece of jewelry · piece of jewellery
● gioielli {m pl} jewelry · Jewels · jewellery
● gioielleria. {f}. jewelry · jewellery · jewellery store · jewelry store · jeweler's craft · jeweller's craft · jeweler's · jeweler's shop · jeweller's · jeweller's shop
● gioielliere {m} jeweller · jeweler
● gioiellieri {m pl} jewelers
● gioiellino {m} gem · jewel · piece of jewellery · piece of jewelry
● gioiellini {m pl} gems
Please tell me if you spot any error or mistake in the above definitions.
Grazie!
Can this sentence be used figuratively, as an expression that the man has many personal ornaments? For example, "L'uomo ha una gioielleria nella sua stanza" could mean that he has a lot of necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other items in his room that could normally be found at a jewelry store. Am I right in assuming this?
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Yes, that would be also possible. Gioielleria means both a jewelry store (or jewelers) and 'small decorative items worn for personal adornment' (From Wikipedia).
" the man has one jewellery" makes no sense in English. " the man has one piece of jewellery" would be better.
Is gioielli (jewelry) feminine or masculine and which form of 'the' does it use?
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For Dean. il gioiello (the jewel)=masculine. I gioielli =Jewelry, the whole collection of jewels you own, or that is in the "jewelry shop".
'Gioielleria' is a bugger to spell, especially when the word has not actually been introduced before!
For me 'gioielleria' is one of the hardest words to pronounce. I thought I was pronouncing the word properly but always got it wrong. The female voice sounds like she is saying" joy-ah-lidia" so that is what I said and it was marked correct. lol.
it does present gioielleria as jewelry (it tells you it means jewelry), but when it is a man it's an obvious mistake? Seen so many italian men w jewelry....
"the man has a jewellery " is incorrect english. In english one says "an item of jewellery" for one piece or " jewellery " for one or more items.
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gioielleria is the place where jewels/jewelry are sold.
gioiello is what is sold in a gioielleria.
What you mean is l'uomo ha un gioiello but that's not the original sentence.
Can Duolingo add gioielleria to the vocabulary, yet? This suggested translation would be unacceptable in English.
in English you can say" he has a jewel" or "he has jewellery", but not"he has a jewellery"
But jewellery in English is plurale tantum, why do I have to mention he has 1, without adding a count word "piece"? Why cant I write "The man has jewellery"?
Muttley71 explains this rather well above, mnogomon. "The man has jewellery" is not the correct English translation for the sentence Duolingo gave us.
I got "the man has 1 jewellery" as the correct translation prompt. Was confused, because I know what gioielleria means in Italian, and the suggested English sentence didn't even make any sense.
This particular learning slide is one hot mess; maybe just take it out.
Told me correct answer was, "The man has a jeweler's."
See this gyazo screen cap: https://gyazo.com/23f541cfe20893a5e5a0736f9146b27e
This is a crap sentence all around and should just be withdrawn, I see that it is still causing unnecessary frustration.
Well, that's delicious, writing "you guys" and advising English lessons for other people :}
