delloperazione

Delloperazione is not a standard Italian word by itself. The correct form is dell’operazione, a contracted prepositional phrase meaning “of the operation.” It results from the combination di + l’ before a vowel-initial noun; here l’ stands for the definite article elided before a vowel, yielding dell’.

In Italian grammar, dell’operazione functions to connect a noun to a broader context such as possession, attribution, or relation. The noun operazione is feminine and singular, so the phrase dell’operazione agrees with it. The prepositional phrase often appears as a modifier or complement in sentences, for example: esito dell’operazione (the outcome of the operation), complicazioni dell’operazione (complications of the operation), costo dell’operazione (cost of the operation), tempo necessario dell’operazione (time required for the operation).

This form is common in medical, technical, and general prose, and it is part of a broader pattern where di + definite article contracts to forms like del, dello, della, dell’, and dei/degli/delle depending on the following noun.

Notes on form: the version “delloperazione” without an apostrophe is nonstandard and usually the result of typographical error, misreading, or a branding choice in titles. Standard Italian usage requires the apostrophe: dell’operazione. In summary, dell’operazione is the proper grammatical construction to express “of the operation” in Italian.