guaglione

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan guaglione.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaʎˈʎo.ne/[1]
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: gua‧glió‧ne

Noun

guaglione m (plural guaglioni)

  1. (Naples) boy, rascal[2]

References
  1. guaglione in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. guaglione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading
  • 3. Guaio in Dante Olivieri, Dizionario etimologico italiano. 1961.

Neapolitan

Alternative forms
  • uaglione (italianized eye dialect)
  • uagliò (apocope, italianized eye dialect)
  • walio (anglicized eye dialect)

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin gāneōnem (“glutton”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(ɡ)waˈʎːonə/, /waˈʝːoːn(ə)/

Noun

guaglione m (plural guagliune, feminine singular guagliona, feminine plural guaglione)

  1. boy

Descendants
  • → Italian: guaglione

Noun

guaglione f pl

  1. plural of guagliona, feminine plural of guaglione

Synonyms
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