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nasone

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Italian

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un nasone (sense 3)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

References

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

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