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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian minchiuni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /minˈkjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: min‧chió‧ne
Adjective
minchione (feminine minchiona, masculine plural minchioni, feminine plural minchione, diminutive minchioncèllo or minchioncìno, augmentative minchioncióne, pejorative minchionàccio)
- (vulgar, offensive) idiotic
Noun
minchione m (plural minchioni, feminine minchiona)
- (vulgar, offensive) idiot
- Synonym: semplicione
Further reading
- minchione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- minchione in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- minchione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- minchione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- minchióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- minchióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana