fattone

Italian

Etymology 1

From fatto, from Latin factus (“done”, “made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“to do, make”), from Proto-Italic *fakiō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”). By surface analysis, fatto (“stoned”, “high”) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fatˈto.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: fat‧tó‧ne

Noun

fattone m (plural fattoni, feminine fattona)

1. (slang) pothead (person who smokes marijuana)

Etymology 2

From fatto (past participle of fare) +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfat.to.ne/
• Rhymes: -attone
• Hyphenation: fàt‧to‧ne

Participle

fattone (feminine fattane, masculine plural fattine, feminine plural fattene)

1. compound of fatto, the masculine singular past participle of fare, with ne

Anagrams

• tonfate