poltrone

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /polˈtro.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧ne

Etymology 1

From poltro (“lazy, cowardly”), from poltro ("couch, bed"; compare Lombard polter (“couch”), Venetan poltrona (“couch”)), ultimately from Lombardic polstar (“cushion, pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr (“cushion, pillow”) +‎ -one. Cognate with Old High German polstar (“bolster”), English bolster.

The adjective is derived from the noun.

Adjective

poltrone (feminine poltrona, masculine plural poltroni, feminine plural poltrone)

  1. lazy, indolent, sluggish
    Synonyms: indolente, ozioso, pigro

Noun

poltrone m (plural poltroni, feminine poltrona)

  1. lazy person, indolent person, sluggard
    Synonyms: battifiacca, lavativo, ozioso, pelandrone, perdigiorno, scansafatiche
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Catalan: poltró
  • → Middle French: poltron
  • → Spanish: poltrón

Etymology 2

Noun

poltrone f

  1. plural of poltrona
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