nasone

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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 Romanesco) a cast iron cylindric water fountain with a hooked faucet found mainly in Rome

References

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

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