orecchione
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orecchione m (plural orecchioni)
- Augmentative of orecchio: a large ear
- (in the plural) mumps
- long-eared bat (of genus Plecotus)
- (derogatory, vulgar, slang) a male homosexual
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- orecchione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- orecchione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- orecchióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- orecchióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Categories:
- Italian terms suffixed with -one (augmentative)
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/one
- Rhymes:Italian/one/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian augmentative nouns
- Italian derogatory terms
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