contadino

Italian contadino

contadino (plural contadinos or contadini)

1. An Italian peasant.
   • 2007, Dean L. McLeod, Port Chicago, page 51:

     By 1910, about 31 Italian families were living in or near Nichols and working at the General Chemical Company. Many of them were contadinos sponsored by family.

From contado (“countryside”) +‎ -ino. Compare Sicilian cuntatinu.

• IPA^(key): /kon.taˈdi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dì‧no

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contadino m (plural contadini, feminine contadina)

1. peasant, farmer, bond

   Synonyms: cafone, campagnolo

contadino (feminine contadina, masculine plural contadini, feminine plural contadine)

1. rural, country

• contadinesco

• contadinella
• contado

• → Medieval Latin: contadīnus

• condonati