Rivestiti

Rivestiti is the plural form of the past participle rivestire and is used either as an adjective or as part of a compound verb form. It describes beings or objects that have been clothed, covered, or furnished with a layer or covering. When referring to people, it can mean they have dressed themselves or are wearing certain garments; when referring to objects, it indicates a coating or covering has been applied. Typical constructions include i muri sono rivestiti di marmo (the walls are clad in marble) and si sono rivestiti per la cerimonia (they dressed themselves for the ceremony). The feminine plural is rivestite.

Etymology and origin: rivestiti derives from rivestire, meaning to revest or to clothe again, formed from ri- (a reiterative or intensifying prefix) plus vestire, which comes from the Latin vestirē/vestis, meaning to clothe. The sense expanded historically to include coverings, coatings, or linings applied to surfaces or objects, as in walls rivestite di piastrelle or tetti rivestiti di piombo.

Usi principali: in edilizia e interior design, rivestiti is used to describe surfaces that have been clad or surfaced with a material, such as walls rivestiti di marmo or soffitti rivestiti di legno. In moda e vita quotidiana, rivestiti often appears with reflexive form si sono rivestiti to indicate people dressing for an occasion. In linguaggio tecnico, rivestire also has senses of arming or investing in a function or role, though in contexts that refer to clothing or coverings, rivestiti retains its primary sense of being clad or covered. The related noun rivestimento denotes the coating or cladding itself.