buono
See also: Buono
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bonus, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbwɔː.no], /ˈbwɔno/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: buò‧no
Usage notes
The apocopic form buon and (optionally) the contracted form buon' are used before masculine and feminine singular nouns, respectively, in the same manner as the indefinite article (i.e. buon giorno, buon amico but buono zio, buona sera but buon'amica, etc.).
Derived terms
- buongiorno
- buonsenso, buon senso
- buonumore, buon umore
- di buon'ora
See also
Mirandese
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