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Italian
Etymology
From orecchio + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.rekˈkjo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: o‧rec‧chió‧ne
Noun
orecchione m (plural orecchioni)
- Augmentative of orecchio: a large ear
- (in the plural) mumps
- long-eared bat (of genus Plecotus)
- (derogatory, vulgar, slang) a male homosexual
Derived terms
Further reading
- orecchione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- orecchione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- orecchióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- orecchióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana