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cartellone

billboard; poster

noun kar-tel-LOH-neh Rare

Also means

theatre programme; playbill

Usage Note

Cartellone has two main uses: in advertising it is a large billboard or hoarding, while in theatre it denotes the season programme or playbill (il cartellone della stagione). The idiom essere in cartellone means a show is currently running. Its augmentative suffix -one signals large size relative to the base cartello (sign/placard).

Examples

"Lo spettacolo è in cartellone fino a marzo."

Natural Translation

The show is on the playbill until March.

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