chitarrone

chitarrone

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Italian chitarra
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
Latin -ō
Italian -one
Italian chitarronebor.
English chitarrone

    Borrowed from Italian chitarrone.

    Noun

    chitarrone (plural chitarrones)

    1. Synonym of theorbo.

    Derived terms

    Italian

    Etymology

      From chitarra (“guitar”) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ki.tarˈro.ne/
      • Rhymes: -one
      • Hyphenation: chi‧tar‧ró‧ne

      Noun

      chitarrone m (plural chitarroni)

      1. augmentative of chitarra: a large guitar
      2. (derogatory) an untuned guitar
      3. (music) synonym of tiorba (“theorbo”)
      4. (figurative, derogatory) poetaster (unskilled poet)
        Synonym: poetastro
        Hypernym: poeta
      5. (figurative, derogatory) a fat woman
        Hypernym: donna

      Further reading

      • chitarrone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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