poltrone

Meaning

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Hyphenated as
pol‧tró‧ne
Pronounced as (IPA)
/polˈtro.ne/
Etymology

From poltro (“lazy, cowardly”), from poltro ("couch, bed"; compare Lombard polter (“couch”), Venetan poltrona (“couch”)), ultimately from Lombardic polstar (“cushion, pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr (“cushion, pillow”) + -one. Cognate with Old High German polstar (“bolster”), English bolster. The adjective is derived from the noun.

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