FromItalian bambino
bambino (plural bambinos or bambini
Achild orbaby , especially arepresentation inart of theinfant Christ wrapped inswaddling clothes .[from 18th c.] 1988 The Flight of the Iguana :These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scutteringbambinos , each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.
James A. H. Murray et al. , editors (1884–1928 ), “Bambino”, inA New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary I (A–B) , London:Clarendon Press ,→OCLC page645 , column 1.“bambino ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC Onomatopoeic bambo -ino ( diminutive suffix ) .
IPA (key ) : /bamˈbi.no/ Audio (un bambino): (file )
Rhymes:-ino Hyphenation:bam‧bì‧no bambino m plural bambini feminine bambina diminutive bambinétto ( “ smallish child ” ) or bambinùccio ( “ baby ” ) ,augmentative bambinóne ( “ large child; child-like person ” ) ,pejorative bambinàccio endearing bambinèllo
child ,baby ,toddler ,tot ( male or of unspecified gender ) (baby)boy , young boy ( zoology ) 
