cappone

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare English capon, French chapon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kapˈpo.ne/
Rhymes: -one
Hyphenation: cap‧pó‧ne

Noun

cappone m (plural capponi)

capon

Derived terms

accapponare, capponare (“to caponize”)
scapponata

Further reading

cappone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
cappone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
cappone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
cappóne¹ in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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