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pallone

/pəˈləʊni/

pallone noun: a traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball.

Noun

pallone (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball.
    • “Go and play pallone.”
      “I am a married man,” he answered, without raising his head. “I do not play games any more.”1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

Proper noun capitalized: Pallone

Pallone (plural Pallones)

  1. A surname.

Forms of pallone

pluralPallones

Origin of pallone

Borrowed from Italian pallone (“large ball”), from palla (“ball”). Doublet of balloon.

Words that rhyme with pallone

38 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pallone

What does pallone mean?
Pallone means a traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball.
What part of speech is pallone?
Pallone can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pallone?
Pallone is pronounced /pəˈləʊni/.

Words near pallone in the dictionary

  1. pallograph
  2. pallographic
  3. pallographs
  4. pallography
  5. palloidin
  6. pallone
  7. Pallones
  8. pallophotophone
  9. pallophotophones
  10. pallopterid
  11. pallopterids

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