Adjective: poltrone
Hyphenation: pol‧tró‧ne
| Singular m. | poltrone |
| Singular f. | poltrona |
| Plural m. | poltroni |
| Plural f. | poltrone |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like poltrone
zuccone,
pannone,
birbone,
sandone,
chiacchierone,
sottone,
pacioccone,
signore,
tontolone,
spiritosone,
credulone,
leggere,
crapulone,
poltrone,
sgobbone,
guascone,
sporcaccione,
sprecone,
buzzicone,
timidone, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From poltro (“lazy, cowardly”), from poltro ("couch, bed"; compare Lombard polter (“couch”), Venetan poltrona (“couch”)), ultimately from Lombardic polstar (“cushion, pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr (“cushion, pillow”) + -one. Cognate with Old High German polstar (“bolster”), English bolster.
2. The adjective is derived from the noun.
Verbs referencing "poltrone"
Catalan Adjectives
poltró.
Translations