Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

testone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: te-stone
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.

Etymology

From Portuguese tostão, ulimately from Italian testone (“big head”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: testone

Inflected Forms

testones (plural)

Questions

What does testone mean?: An ancient subunit of a Portuguese cruzado.
Where does testone come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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