buono
See also: Buono
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buoni, feminine plural buone, superlative buonissimo, diminutive (informal) bonìno or buonìno or (archaic) bonétto, augmentative (informal) bonóne)
Usage notesEdit
- 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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NounEdit
buono m (plural buoni)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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
MirandeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
buono (feminine buona, masculine plural buonos, feminine plural buonas)