tappone

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tappa +‎ -one.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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