marrone
See also: Marrone
Italian
Etymology
Originally Tuscan, from Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon, “sweet chestnut”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *māros (“great”), referring to the size of the nut, related to Welsh mawr and Cimbrian môr, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marˈro.ne/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: mar‧ró‧ne
Adjective
marrone (plural marroni)
- brown
Noun
marrone m (plural marroni)
- brown
- a large and savoury/savory chestnut variety
- the tree that produces that chestnut
- (by extension) chestnut
- Synonym: castagna
- (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) ball, bollock
- Synonyms: coglione, (plural) palle, marone
- botch up
Derived terms
- marroneto
Descendants
- → French: marron (see there for further descendants)
See also
| bianco | grigio | nero |
| rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone | giallo; crema |
| verde chiaro; limetta | verde | verde acqua, acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro |
| ciano, azzurro, celeste; blu petrolio, foglia di tè | azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro | blu |
| violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |
Further reading
- Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana
Anagrams
- marnerò, normare, normerà