parola d'ordine

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “word of order”.

Noun

parola d'ordine f (plural parole d'ordine)

1. (military) password, watchword
2. (figurative, by extension) codeword
   • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:

     L'accenno di O'Brien andava preso per un segno, una parola d'ordine.

     O’Brien’s remark must obviously have been intended as a signal, a codeword.

     (literally, “O'Brien's hint was to be taken as a sign, a codeword.”)