contadino

Italian contadino

contadino (plural contadinos or contadini)

1. An Italian peasant.
   • 2007, Dean L. McLeod, Port Chicago, page 51:

     By 1910, about 31 Italian families were living in or near Nichols and working at the General Chemical Company. Many of them were contadinos sponsored by family.

From Medieval Latin contadinus (“farmer”) (near-synonym of vilicus), from contado (“county”) +‎ -ino. Compare Sicilian cuntatinu.

• IPA^(key): /kon.taˈdi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧dì‧no

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contadino m (plural contadini, feminine contadina)

1. peasant, farmer, bond

   Synonyms: cafone, campagnolo

contadino (feminine contadina, masculine plural contadini, feminine plural contadine)

1. rural, country

• contadinesco

• contadinella
• contado

• condonati