pischello

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Phonosymbolic term. Perhaps derived from pivello (“greenhorn”, “novice”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /piˈskɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: pi‧schèl‧lo

Noun[edit]

pischello m (plural pischelli, feminine pischella)

  1. (Rome) a young or otherwise inexperienced male, specifically:
    1. boy, lad
      Synonym: ragazzo
  2. (by extension) a young man
    1. (figurative) greenhorn, novice (male)
      Synonym: pivello

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Further reading[edit]

  • pischello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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