villano

See also: Villano

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin vīllānus, from Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vilˈla.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: vil‧là‧no

Adjective

villano (feminine villana, masculine plural villani, feminine plural villane)

  1. rude, bad-mannered

Derived terms

Noun

villano m (plural villani, feminine villana, diminutive villanèllo, augmentative villanóne, pejorative villanàccio)

  1. a rude or bad-mannered person; lout or boor
  2. (literary, archaic) peasant

Further reading

  • villano in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • villano in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • villano in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • villano in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • villàno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • villano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

vīllānō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vīllānus

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vīllānus, from Latin vīlla. Cognate with English villain, villein.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: vi‧lla‧no

Adjective

villano (feminine villana, masculine plural villanos, feminine plural villanas)

  1. peasant
  2. villainous, rude, bad-mannered

Derived terms

Noun

villano m (plural villanos, feminine villana, feminine plural villanas)

  1. villain, bad guy

Derived terms

Further reading