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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /polˈtro.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧ne
Etymology 1
From poltro (“lazy, cowardly”), from poltro ("couch, bed"; compare Lombard polter (“couch”), Venetian poltrona (“couch”)), ultimately from Lombardic polstar (“cushion, pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr (“cushion, pillow”) + -one. Cognate with Old High German polstar (“bolster”), English bolster.
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Adjective
poltrone (feminine poltrona, masculine plural poltroni, feminine plural poltrone)
- lazy, indolent, sluggish
- Synonyms: indolente, ozioso, pigro
Noun
poltrone m (plural poltroni, feminine poltrona)
- lazy person, indolent person, sluggard
- Synonyms: battifiacca, lavativo, ozioso, pelandrone, perdigiorno, scansafatiche
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Etymology 2
Noun
poltrone f
- plural of poltrona