abbadino

Italian

Etymology

From Ligurian abaìn, abæn. Compare abate (“abbot”) (slate dormers had the same grey color of an abbot's habit).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ab.baˈdi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧dì‧no

Noun

abbadino m (plural abbadini)

  1. roofing slate

Further reading
  • abbadino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • abbadino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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