lumacone

Italian

Etymology

From lumaca (“slug”) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lu.maˈko.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ma‧có‧ne

Noun

lumacone m (plural lumaconi)

  1. Augmentative of lumaca
  2. (large) slug
  3. (figurative) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)

Further reading
  • lumacone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • lumacone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • lumacone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • lumacóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • lumacóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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