unaggiunta

Un’aggiunta is an Italian noun meaning an addition or supplement. The indefinite article is una, but before a vowel the form becomes un’aggiunta, with elision indicated by the apostrophe. The word can refer to something that is added to a person, object, text, list, contract, or plan.

Etymology and sense

The term derives from aggiunta, itself from aggiungere, “to add.” It is used broadly to denote an extra element, a supplement, or an appendage—whether physical, textual, or conceptual. In everyday language, it can describe an extra item appended to a document, an additional feature in a device, or supplementary information included in a communication.

Typical uses

- In writing and publishing: an’aggiunta to a chapter or article.

- In contracts or official documents: un’aggiunta al testo, a clause added later.

- In technology and products: un’aggiunta di funzionalità, a new feature added to a software or device.

- In everyday speech: refer to any extra element or supplement.

Orthography and usage notes

In standard Italian, the correct form before a vowel is un’aggiunta. Some texts, especially in informal contexts or in branding, may appear as unaggiunta, but this is nonstandard and generally discouraged in formal writing. The noun aggiunta is closely related and often used when not emphasizing the elided form, or when referring to additions in a more general sense.

Relation to other terms

Aggiunta is related to complement, supplement, or addendum. In mathematics, the corresponding term for a sum is addizione or somma; aggiunta is more commonly about a supplementary part rather than a mathematical operation.