fattone

Italian

Etymology 1

From fatto, from Latin factus (done”, “made), perfect passive participle of faciō (to do, make), from Proto-Italic *fakiō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁- (to put, place). By surface analysis, fatto (stoned”, “high) +‎ -one (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fatˈto.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: fat‧tó‧ne

Noun

fattone m (plural fattoni, feminine fattona)

  1. (slang) pothead (person who smokes marijuana)

Etymology 2

From fatto (masculine singular past participle of fare) +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfat.to.ne/
  • Rhymes: -attone
  • Hyphenation: fàt‧to‧ne

Participle

fattone (feminine fattane, masculine plural fattine, feminine plural fattene)

  1. compound of fatto, the masculine singular past participle of fare, with ne
    • 2025 March 28, “Ancona, Luigi Piovano e la Form sul palco dello Sperimentale [Ancona, Luigi Piovano and the FORM [Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche (Regional Orchestra of The Marche Foundation)] on the stage of the Sperimentale]”, in CentroPagina.it[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2026, retrieved 25 January 2026:
      Da allora, è uno dei brani più celebri della storia della musica, amplificato anche dall'uso fattone all'interno di film molto noti, tra i più recenti, Il discorso del re.
      Since then, it is [has become] one of the most famous track in the history of music, amplified also by the use made of it in very notorious films, among the most recent, The King's Speech.

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