mercatino

Italian

Etymology 1

From mercato (market) + -ino (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mer.kaˈti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧tì‧no

Noun

mercatino m (plural mercatini)

  1. street market, market
Derived terms

Further reading

  • mercatino1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From mercato (market) + -ino (pertaining to).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mer.kaˈti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧tì‧no

Noun

mercatino m (plural mercatini, feminine mercatina)

  1. a street vendor with a stall
  2. (figurative) lout, boor

Adjective

mercatino (feminine mercatina, masculine plural mercatini, feminine plural mercatine)

  1. loutish, boorish

Further reading

  • mercatino2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /merˈka.ti.no/
  • Rhymes: -atino
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cà‧ti‧no

Verb

mercatino

  1. inflection of mercatare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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