aquilone

kite

noun ah-kwee-LOH-neh Rare

Origin: From aquila 'eagle,' with augmentative suffix -one

Also means

north wind

Usage Note

Aquilone primarily means the toy kite flown in the wind — far volare un aquilone ('to fly a kite'). In literary usage it can also denote the north wind. The plural is regular: gli aquiloni.

Examples

"I bambini volano l'aquilone al parco."

Natural Translation

The children fly the kite in the park.

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