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contadina

contadina noun: an Italian peasant woman.

Noun

contadina (plural contadinas or contadine)

  1. An Italian peasant woman.
    • The mellowest lamplight and the easiest chair had been placed at his disposal by Baptiste—subtlest of servants; the novel half uncut, the novel lemon-coloured and tender, with the ivory knife athwart it like a dagger in a contadina's hair, had been pushed within the soft circle—a circle which, for...1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC

Forms of contadina

pluralcontadinas
pluralcontadine

Origin of contadina

Borrowed from Italian contadina.

Questions about contadina

What does contadina mean?
Contadina means an Italian peasant woman.
What part of speech is contadina?
Contadina is a noun.
What is the plural of contadina?
The plural of contadina is contadinas.

Words near contadina in the dictionary

  1. contactor
  2. contactors
  3. contacts
  4. contactual
  5. contactually
  6. contadina
  7. contadinas
  8. contadine
  9. contadini
  10. contadino
  11. contadinos

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