buono
See also: Buono
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bonus, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buoni, feminine plural buone, superlative buonissimo, diminutive (informal) bonìno or buonìno or (archaic) bonétto, augmentative (informal) bonóne)
Usage notes edit
- The apocopic form buon and (optionally) the contracted form buon' are used before masculine and feminine singular nouns, respectively, in the same manner as the indefinite article (i.e. buon giorno, buon amico but buono zio, buona sera but buon'amica, etc.).
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Related terms edit
See also edit
- buono
- migliore
- ottimo
- buonissimo
Noun edit
buono m (plural buoni)
References edit
- ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 710: “buono; buona; buoni” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buonos, feminine plural buonas)
Derived terms edit
interjections
proper nouns
References edit
“buono” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.
Neapolitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
buono (feminine singular bona, masculine plural buone, feminine plural bone)
References edit
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 710: “buono; buona; buoni” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “buono”, in Schedario Napoletano