"cafone" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈfo.ne/ Forms: cafoni [plural], cafona [feminine]
Rhymes: -one 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. or Latin capio (“to capture”), the one who catches the sheep and goats with the loop. Etymology templates: {{unc|it}} Uncertain, {{cog|nap|cafone}} Neapolitan cafone, {{cog|scn|cafuni}} Sicilian cafuni, {{der|it|osc|-}} Oscan, {{m|it|c'a}} c'a, {{m|it|fune|lit=with a rope}} fune (literally “with a rope”), {{der|it|la|capio|t=to capture}} Latin capio (“to capture”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} cafone m (plural cafoni, feminine cafona)
  1. peasant Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cafone-it-noun-dXmC13c4 Disambiguation of People: 48 48 4 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 81 5 13
  2. (derogatory) boor Tags: derogatory, masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: burino
    Sense id: en-cafone-it-noun-6FJY88Rt Disambiguation of People: 48 48 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cafonaggine

Noun

IPA: /kaˈfo.ne/
Rhymes: -one 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. or Latin capio (“to capture”), the one who catches the sheep and goats with the loop. Etymology templates: {{unc|it}} Uncertain, {{cog|nap|cafone}} Neapolitan cafone, {{cog|scn|cafuni}} Sicilian cafuni, {{der|it|osc|-}} Oscan, {{m|it|c'a}} c'a, {{m|it|fune|lit=with a rope}} fune (literally “with a rope”), {{der|it|la|capio|t=to capture}} Latin capio (“to capture”) Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}} cafone f pl
  1. plural of cafona Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: cafona
    Sense id: en-cafone-it-noun-P6d50IeA

Inflected forms

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