popolano

Italian

Etymology 1

From popolo (“people”) +‎ -ano (“-an, related to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po.poˈla.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: po‧po‧là‧no

Adjective

popolano (feminine popolana, masculine plural popolani, feminine plural popolane)

1. relational adjective of popolo (“people”): people's, of the people

   Synonym: popolare

Derived terms

• popolanamente

Noun

popolano m (plural popolani, feminine popolana)

1. man of the people
2. (archaic) citizen
3. (archaic) parishioner

   Synonym: parrocchiano

   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella settima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     […] furono nella chiesa di San Paolo sepelliti, della quale per avventura erano popolani.

     […] they were buried in Saint Paul’s church, of which, as it so happened, they were parishioners.

Noun

popolano m (plural popolani)

1. (historical, numismatics, Milan) a 20-centesimos coin minted in 1863

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.po.la.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔpolano
• Hyphenation: pò‧po‧la‧no

Verb

popolano

1. third-person plural present indicative of popolare