cassone
English
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A cassone.
Etymology
From Italian cassone. Doublet of caisson and cajón.
Noun
cassone (plural cassones or cassoni)
- A highly-decorated traditional Italian dowry chest.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 107:
- There was the huge Italian cassone, with its fantastically painted panels and its tarnished gilt mouldings, in which he had so often hidden himself as a boy.
- 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, p. 45:
- On the way through he paused to look at a handsome cassone that stood against the wall; then he caught sight of the gramophone.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 107:
See also
cassone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Escanos, Ocsenas, casones
Italian
Etymology
From cassa + -one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasˈso.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: cas‧só‧ne
Noun
cassone m (plural cassoni)
- Augmentative of cassa; large chest or case
- cofferdam, caisson, pontoon
- skip (for waste), dumpster
- truck dumping / tipping body
Derived terms
- cassonetto
Anagrams
- cessano, nascose
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian cassone.
Noun
cassone n (plural cassone)
- large chest or case
Declension
Declension of cassone
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cassone | cassonele | (niște) cassone | cassonele |
genitive/dative | (unui) cassone | cassonelui | (unor) cassone | cassonelor |
vocative | cassone | cassonelor |