Meaning
streetlight, lamppost
- a tall outdoor light fixture along streets, parks, or squares
In a sentence
I lampioni della via si accendono sempre alle sette di sera.
The streetlights on the road always turn on at seven in the evening.
C'è un gatto seduto sotto quel lampione spento.
There is a cat sitting under that unlit lamppost.
Perché non riparano il lampione davanti a casa tua?
Why don't they repair the streetlamp in front of your house?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| lampione | masculine · singular |
| lampioni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Morphologically an augmentative of 'lampada', but functions as an independent lexical noun.