pesone

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (payment; pension).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈzo.ne/, (traditional) /peˈso.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: pe‧só‧ne

Noun

pesone f (plural pesoni)

  1. alternative form of pigione:
    1. rent (payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property)
      • 1431, Stefano Caffari, untitled document; collected in “104r”, ASR, SS. Annunziata, 140, in Micol Marazza, editor, I diari in volgare romanesco di Stefano Caffari (1417–1452) - Riedizione e commento linguistico, 1st edition, Rome: Aracne, 2022 April 4, →ISBN, Renzo Cheche, page 58:
        Habe Gironimo de Renzo Cheche per la pesone de la casa che tenemo fiorini IJ ½ per uno anno (Romanesco)
        Gironimo [son] of Renzo Cheche, takes 2,5 fiorini for one year as the rent of our house