pallone

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/pəˈləʊni/

noun

A traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball.

OriginItalian pallone →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

pallone1

nounpallone (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA traditional Italian game played with a large leather ball.

    “Go and play pallone.” “I am a married man,” he answered, without raising his head. “I do not play games any more.”

    1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread

Pallone2

proper nounPallone (plural Pallones)

plural Pallones

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Italianpallone“large ball”
  2. Englishpallone

Borrowed from Italian pallone (“large ball”), from palla (“ball”). Doublet of balloon.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pallone

sonytonyTonibolognastonytyronenoniJoniphonyabalonebonyoniBerlusconijoaniezambonibaloneycronyyoniminestronecalzonemascarponeMaroneyamaronecony
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pallone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallone

MLA

“pallone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pallone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallone.

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