birbone

Italian

Etymology

From birba + -one.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /birˈbo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: bir‧bó‧ne

Adjective

birbone (feminine birbona, masculine plural birboni, feminine plural birbone)

  1. naughty
  2. wicked
  3. mischief

Noun

birbone m (plural birboni, feminine birbona)

  1. Augmentative of birba
  2. scoundrel, rascal

Further reading

  • birbone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • birbone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • birbone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • birbone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • birbóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • birbóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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