cagione

Italian

Alternative forms

  • cascione, casgione (archaic, Tuscan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin occāsiōnem with apheresis. Doublet of occasione, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈd͡ʒo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: ca‧gió‧ne

Noun

cagione f (plural cagioni)

  1. (dated, literary) cause, reason
  2. (archaic, poetic) guilt

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cagione in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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