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Italian
Etymology
From barba + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barˈbo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: bar‧bó‧ne
Noun
barbone m (plural barboni, feminine barbona)
- Augmentative of barba (“full beard; thick beard”)
- (by extension) vagrant
- Synonyms: clochard, vagabondo
- (zoology) poodle
- Synonym: barboncino
un cane barbone- A stray dog.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
barbone f
- plural of barbona
Further reading
- barbone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- barbone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa