nasone

Italian edit

un nasone (sense 3)

Etymology edit

From naso, suffixed with -one (augmentative suffix) for the first sense and -one (agent noun forming suffix) in the other senses.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /naˈzo.ne/, (traditional) /naˈso.ne/^[1]
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: na‧só‧ne

Noun edit

nasone m (plural nasoni, feminine (only sense 2) nasona)

(informal) Augmentative of naso; a big nose
il nasone della Befana ― Befana's big nose
(informal) a person with a large nose
Guarda che nasone quello là!
Look at that man with a big nose!
(originally Rome) a cast iron cylindric water fountain with a hooked faucet found mainly in Rome

References edit

^ naso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

nasone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
nasone on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams edit

annose, nonesa

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