spione

See also: Spione

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spiō, from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”). By surface analysis, spiare (“to spy”) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: spi‧ó‧ne

Noun

spione m (plural spioni, feminine spiona)

1. sneak, telltale
2. (slang) peeper

Synonyms

• sicofante
• delatore
• canarino

Descendants

• → French: espion (or perhaps only influenced by Italian)
  • → Basque: espioi
  • → German: Spion (or directly from Italian)
  • → Norman: espion
  • → Portuguese: espião
  • → Turkish: ispiyon

Further reading

• spione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• spione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• spione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• spióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• spïóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Sepino, esponi, opsine, penosi, pesino