padroni

pa·dro·ne

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puh-droh-nee, -ney; Italian pah-draw-ne]
- /pəˈdroʊ ni, -neɪ; Italian pɑˈdrɔ nɛ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puh-droh-nee, -ney; Italian pah-draw-ne]
- /pəˈdroʊ ni, -neɪ; Italian pɑˈdrɔ nɛ/

Definitions of padroni word

noun plural padroni a master; boss. 1
noun plural padroni an employer, especially of immigrant laborers, who provides communal housing and eating arrangements, controls the allocation of pay, etc., in a manner that exploits the workers. 1
noun plural padroni an innkeeper. 1

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Origin of padroni

First appearance:

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

From Italian, dating back to 1660-70; See origin at patron

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Parts of speech for Padroni

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Padroni

padroni popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

padroni usage trend in Literature

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