gioco

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See also: giocò

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin iocus. Compare English joke.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.ko/
  • Audio (IT):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔko
  • Hyphenation: giò‧co

Noun

gioco m (plural giochi)

  1. game
    (proverb)
    un bel gioco dura poco
    never take a joke too far
    (literally, “a good game doesn't last long”)
    (proverb)
    gioco di mano, gioco di villano
    never use your fists
    (literally, “a game of hands, (is) the game of a lout”)
    (proverb)
    il gioco non vale la candela
    the game's not worth the candle
  2. (mechanics) backlash
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒo.ko/
  • Rhymes: -oko
  • Hyphenation: gió‧co

Verb

gioco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of giocare

Further reading

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