cafone

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian cafone. === Noun === cafone (plural cafones) (US, slang) A boorish, uneducated Italian-American. == Italian == === Etymology === Uncertain. Originally from southern Italy, compare Neapolitan cafone, Sicilian cafuni, possibly of Oscan origin. Another theory traces it to the phrase c'a fune (literally “with a rope”), used to mock those from the countryside who would tie themselves to each other with rope to not get lost. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈfo.ne/ Rhymes: -one Hyphenation: ca‧fó‧ne === Noun === cafone m (plural cafoni, feminine cafona) peasant (derogatory) boor Synonym: burino ==== Derived terms ==== cafonaggine cafoncello cafoneria cafonismo ==== Descendants ==== → English: cafone (“uneducated Italian-American”, noun) → Portuguese: cafona (“tacky”, adjective) === Noun === cafone f pl plural of cafona === References === === Further reading === cafone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === focena