poltrone

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /polˈtro.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧ne

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

poltrone (feminine poltrona, masculine plural poltroni, feminine plural poltrone)

  1. lazy, indolent, sluggish
    Synonyms: indolente, ozioso, pigro

Noun[edit]

poltrone m (plural poltroni, feminine poltrona)

  1. lazy person, indolent person, sluggard
    Synonyms: battifiacca, lavativo, ozioso, pelandrone, perdigiorno, scansafatiche
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Descendants[edit]
  • → Catalan: poltró
  • → Middle French: poltron
  • → Spanish: poltrón

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

poltrone f

  1. plural of poltrona
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