passamontagna
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of passa (“to pass”) + montagna (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]passamontagna m (invariable)
- balaclava
- 1947, Primo Levi, “Storia di dieci giorni”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 195:
- A tarda notte venne ancora il medico greco, con un sacco sulle spalle e un passamontagna.
- The Greek medic came late an night, with a sack on his shoulders and a balaclava.
References
[edit]- ^ passamontagna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
[edit]- passamontagna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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