gonfio

See also: gonfiò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡon.fjo/
• Rhymes: -onfjo
• Hyphenation: gón‧fio

Etymology 1

From the short past participle of gonfiare (“to inflate”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle gonfiato.^[1]

Adjective

gonfio (feminine gonfia, masculine plural gonfi, feminine plural gonfie)

1. swollen
2. bombastic (person)
3. inflated (tire)

Derived terms

• gonfiamente
• gonfiore

Further reading

• gonfio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• gonfio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gonfio

1. first-person singular present indicative of gonfiare

References

1. Ledgeway 2016: 221

Further reading

• Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.