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Italian
Etymology
From vitello (“calf”) + -one (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.telˈlo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: vi‧tel‧ló‧ne
Noun
vitellone m (plural vitelloni, feminine vitellona)
- Augmentative of vitello
- bullock
- beef (from a young animal)
- loafer (idle person)
Further reading
- vitellone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- vitellone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- vitellone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- vitellóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- vitellóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana