guaglione

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan guaglione.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaʎˈʎo.ne/[1]
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: gua‧glió‧ne

Noun

guaglione m (plural guaglioni)

  1. (Naples) boy, rascal[2]

References

  1. ^ guaglione in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ guaglione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

  • 3. Guaio in Dante Olivieri, Dizionario etimologico italiano. 1961.

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin gāneōnem (“glutton”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Or it is simply echoic in origin, related to It. guaio, as the English verb to wail is related to woe. In fact, the Neapolitan verb uaglia means "to cry," as a baby or young animal.”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɡ)waˈʎːonə/, /waˈʝːoːn(ə)/

Noun

guaglione m (plural guagliune, feminine singular guagliona, feminine plural guaglione)

  1. boy

Descendants

  • → Italian: guaglione

Noun

guaglione f pl

  1. plural of guagliona, feminine plural of guaglione

Synonyms

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