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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal.laˈfre.no/, /pal.laˈfrɛ.no/
- Rhymes: -eno, -ɛno
- Hyphenation: pal‧la‧fré‧no, pal‧la‧frè‧no
Noun
pallafreno m (plural pallafreni)
(literary, uncommon, historical)
- Obsolete form of palafreno.:
- palfrey (small horse used in the Middle Ages for riding)
1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata prima – Novella settima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:[…] il fe’ nobilmente vestire, e donatigli denari ed un pallafreno, nel suo arbitrio rimise l’andare e lo stare- he had him dressed like a noble, and, after gifting him money and a palfrey, let him decide whether to go or stay