testone

English

Etymology

From Portuguese tostão, ulimately from Italian testone (“big head”).

Noun

testone (plural testones)

  1. An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

    From testa +‎ -one.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tesˈto.ne/[1]
    • Rhymes: -one
    • Hyphenation: te‧stó‧ne

    Noun

    testone m (plural testoni)

    1. augmentative of testa f
      Alternative form: testona

    Descendants

    • → French: teston

    Noun

    testone m (plural testoni, feminine testona)

    1. blockhead, dunderhead

    Noun

    testone f

    1. plural of testona

    References

    1. ^ “testone” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Further reading

    • “testone”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
    • “testone” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
    • “68914907d53226fa46084130” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
    • “testóne” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
    • “testóne”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
    • “testone”, in Sinonimi e Contrari (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2003
    • “testone”, in Enciclopedia Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
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