bamboccio

See also: Bamboccio

Italian

Etymology

From bambo +‎ -occio; cf. bambino. Compare Italian mammoccio/mammolo which could be a regional doublet regressively assimilated.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bamˈbɔt.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔttʃo
  • Hyphenation: bam‧bòc‧cio

Noun

bamboccio m (plural bambocci, diminutive bamboccìno or bamboccétto or bambocciòtto, augmentative bamboccióne)

  1. chubby child, baby face
  2. rag doll
  3. simpleton

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: bamboche
  • → Maltese: bamboċċ

Further reading

  • bamboccio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • bamboccio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • bamboccio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • bamboccio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • bambòccio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • bambòccio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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