cassone

English

A cassone.

Etymology

From Italian cassone. Doublet of caisson and cajón.

Noun

cassone (plural cassones or cassoni)

1. A highly-decorated traditional Italian dowry chest.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 107:

     There was the huge Italian cassone, with its fantastically painted panels and its tarnished gilt mouldings, in which he had so often hidden himself as a boy.

   • 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 45:

     On the way through he paused to look at a handsome cassone that stood against the wall; then he caught sight of the gramophone.

See also

• cassone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Escanos, Ocsenas, casones

Italian

Etymology

From cassa +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈso.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: cas‧só‧ne

Noun

cassone m (plural cassoni)

1. Augmentative of cassa; large chest or case
2. cofferdam, caisson, pontoon
3. skip (for waste), dumpster
4. truck dumping / tipping body

Derived terms

• cassonetto

Anagrams

• cessano, nascose

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cassone.

Noun

cassone n (plural cassone)

1. large chest or case

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cassone	cassonele		cassone	cassonele
genitive-dative	cassone	cassonelui		cassone	cassonelor
vocative	cassone			cassonelor