paragone
Italian
Etymology
From paragonare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.raˈɡo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧gó‧ne
Noun
paragone m (plural paragoni)
- comparison
- Synonyms: accostamento, commisurazione, comparazione, confronto, parallelo
- (uncountable, printing, dated) a large size of type, standardized as 20 point
Derived terms
- pietra di paragone (“touchstone”)
Further reading
- paragone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- arpagone
Spanish
Verb
paragone
- inflection of paragonar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative