occhione
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From occhio (“eye”) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]occhione m (plural occhioni)
- (chiefly in the plural) Augmentative of occhio: big eye
- eyebolt
- Synonym: occhiolo
- (ornithology) any member of the Burhinus taxonomic genus, particularly a Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- (ichthyology) blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
- Synonym: occhialone
- a large, circular window
- Synonym: occhialone
Further reading
[edit]- occhione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- occhione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- occhióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- occhióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Categories:
- Italian terms suffixed with -one (augmentative)
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/one
- Rhymes:Italian/one/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian augmentative nouns
- it:Ornithology
- it:Ichthyology
- it:Architectural elements
- it:Shorebirds
- it:Sparids