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capannone

warehouse

noun kah-pan-NOH-neh Rare

Also means

shed

Usage Note

Capannone is a large industrial or agricultural building: a warehouse, factory shed, or hangar. It is the augmentative of capanna (hut, cabin). In northern Italian industrial zones, i capannoni are the characteristic large manufacturing sheds. It is always masculine despite the -e ending.

Examples

"Il macchinario è conservato in un capannone."

Natural Translation

The machinery is stored in a warehouse.

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