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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian chitarrone.
Noun
chitarrone (plural chitarrones)
- 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)
- Augmentative of chitarra: a large guitar
- (derogatory) an untuned guitar
- (music) Synonym of tiorba (“theorbo”)
- (figurative, derogatory) poetaster (unskilled poet)
- Synonym: poetastro
- Hypernym: poeta
- (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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