orecchione
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]orecchione m (plural orecchioni)
- Augmentative of orecchio: a large ear
- (in the plural) mumps
- long-eared bat (of genus Plecotus)
- (derogatory, vulgar, slang) a male homosexual
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- orecchione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- orecchione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- orecchióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- orecchióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms suffixed with -one (augmentative)
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- Italian masculine nouns
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