1726,[1] fromItaliancicerone (surface analysiscicero +-one(augmentative)), fromLatinCicerōnem, form ofCicerō,agnomen ofMarcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, fromcicer(“chickpea”) fromProto-Indo-European*ḱiker-(“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.[1]
- (UK)IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/,/sɪsəˈɹəʊni/
cicerone (pluralciceronesorciceroni)
- Aguide 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 thecicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed[…]
1969,Vladimir Nabokov,Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published2011, page 3:he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nicecicerone in acafé-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...].
1987,Michael Brodsky,Xman, page360:Ultimately their gazes all rested on hiscicerone as most powerful member of the group.
2006,Thomas Pynchon,Against the Day, Vintage, published2007, page279:“First,” advised theircicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.”
cicerone (third-person singular simple presentcicerones,present participleciceroning,simple past and past participleciceroned)
- (ambitransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as atouristguide.
1841,Charles Lever, chapter 17, inCharles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1,page151: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 leisurelyciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the walls.
Borrowed fromSpanishcicerone, fromItaliancicerone.
- IPA(key): /s̻is̻eɾone/[s̻i.s̻e.ɾo.ne]
- IPA(key): (most dialects)/s̻is̻eɾone/[s̻i.s̻e.ɾo.ne]
- IPA(key): (Biscayan)/s̺is̺eɾone/[s̺i.s̺e.ɾo.ne]
- Rhymes:-one,-e
- Hyphenation:ci‧ce‧ro‧ne
cicerone anim
- cicerone
- “cicerone”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
1775, fromSpanishcicerone, fromItaliancicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
cicerone m orf (pluralcicerones)
- cicerone(guide who shows people tourist or cultural sights)
1775, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro,Eu non pensei, meu Farruco:Gardaimo de adulazons
dos que obran polos seus fins,
gardaimo de mas latins
e peorescicerons- Guard him of the flatteries
of the ones who work for their own shake,
guard him of bad jargons
and worstcicerones
FromLatinCicerōnem, form ofCicerō,agnomen ofMarcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator, fromcicer(“chickpea”), a reference to his warts, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱiker-(“pea”). Bysurface analysis,LatinCicero +-one(agentive suffix).
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃeˈro.ne/
- Rhymes:-one
- Hyphenation:ci‧ce‧ró‧ne
cicerone m (pluralciceroni)
- aguide who shows people aroundtouristsights
- (informal) aknow-it-all orsmart ass
- cicerone in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
FromItaliancicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.
cicerone m orfby sense (pluralcicerones)
- cicerone(guide who shows people tourist sights)
Borrowed fromItaliancicerone orFrenchcicérone.
cicerone m (pluralciceroni)
- cicerone
Borrowed fromItaliancicerone.
cicerone m orfby sense (pluralcicerones)
- guide,cicerone(person)
- Synonym:guía
