tappone

Italian

Etymology

From tappa +‎ -one.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tapˈpo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: tap‧pó‧ne

Noun

tappone m (plural tapponi)

  1. (cycling, originally humorous) Augmentative of tappa; a particularly gruelling stage or leg of a race
    il tappone dolomitico ― the dolomitic stage (in the Giro d'Italia)

Further reading
  • tappa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.