mattone
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bricks2.jpg/220px-Bricks2.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]The origin is uncertain, perhaps from Latin maltha (“cement”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mattone m (plural mattoni)
- brick
- (figurative) building block
- brick, brick red (color)
- (dialectal, Tuscany, card games) diamond
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Serbo-Croatian: màtūn
Further reading
[edit]- mattone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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