cicerone
English edit
Etymology edit
1726,[1] from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cicerone (plural cicerones or ciceroni)
- A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7:
- East, still doing the cicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed […]
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 3:
- he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone in a café-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...].
- 1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, page 360:
- Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 279:
- “First,” advised their cicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.”
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Translations edit
Verb edit
cicerone (third-person singular simple present cicerones, present participle ciceroning, simple past and past participle ciceroned)
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
- 1841, Charles Lever, chapter 17, in Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1, page 151:
- Accordingly, as three o'clock struck, six dashing-looking light dragoons were seen slowly sauntering up the dining-hall, escorted by Webber, who, in full academic costume, was leisurely ciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the walls.
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cicerone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish cicerone, from Italian cicerone.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne
Noun edit
cicerone anim
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | cicerone | ciceronea | ciceroneak |
ergative | ciceronek | ciceroneak | ciceroneek |
dative | ciceroneri | ciceroneari | ciceroneei |
genitive | ciceroneren | ciceronearen | ciceroneen |
comitative | ciceronerekin | ciceronearekin | ciceroneekin |
causative | ciceronerengatik | ciceronearengatik | ciceroneengatik |
benefactive | ciceronerentzat | ciceronearentzat | ciceroneentzat |
instrumental | ciceronez | ciceroneaz | ciceroneez |
inessive | ciceronerengan | ciceronearengan | ciceroneengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | ciceronerengana | ciceronearengana | ciceroneengana |
terminative | ciceronerenganaino | ciceronearenganaino | ciceroneenganaino |
directive | ciceronerenganantz | ciceronearenganantz | ciceroneenganantz |
destinative | ciceronerenganako | ciceronearenganako | ciceroneenganako |
ablative | ciceronerengandik | ciceronearengandik | ciceroneengandik |
partitive | ciceronerik | — | — |
prolative | ciceronetzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
- "cicerone" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”), a reference to his warts, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). By surface analysis, Latin Cicero + -one (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cicerone m (plural ciceroni)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: cicerone
- → English: cicerone
- → Esperanto: ĉiĉerono
- → French: cicérone
- → Spanish: cicerone
Further reading edit
- cicerone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Italian cicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne
Noun edit
cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)
- cicerone (guide who shows people tourist sights)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian cicerone or French cicérone.
Noun edit
cicerone m (plural ciceroni)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cicerone | ciceroneul | (niște) ciceroni | ciceronii |
genitive/dative | (unui) cicerone | ciceroneului | (unor) ciceroni | ciceronilor |
vocative | ciceroneule | ciceronilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian cicerone.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiθeˈɾone/ [θi.θeˈɾo.ne]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siseˈɾone/ [si.seˈɾo.ne]
- Rhymes: -one
- Syllabification: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne
Noun edit
cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)
Further reading edit
- “cicerone”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014