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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)
- chubby child, baby face
- rag doll
- simpleton
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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