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Italian
Etymology
From tondo + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tonˈdo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: ton‧dó‧ne
Noun
tondone m (plural tondoni)
- Augmentative of tondo; a large circular object
- (cooking, Tuscan) a simple mildly salted fritter
- Hypernym: frittella
- (dance, Tuscan) circle done in traditional dances, like the quadrille
- Hypernym: girotondo
- (construction) an unsquared wooden beam
- Hypernym: trave
- (construction) a wooden pole used mainly in scaffolding
- Hypernym: palo
Further reading
- tondone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- tondone in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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