Pinocchio

See also: pinocchio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pinocchio, possibly from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or constructed from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”), also similar to Pino, diminutive of Giuseppe (“Joseph”), as is Geppetto (the maker of Pinocchio).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/, /pɪˈnəʊ.kɪ.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnoʊ.ki.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ

Proper noun

Pinocchio

1. The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.

   Coordinate term: Geppetto

2. The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.

Derived terms

• Pinocchian
• Pinocchio illusion

Translations

protagonist

Albanian: Pinoku Arabic: بِينُوكْيُو m (bīnūkyū) Armenian: Պինոկիո (Pinokio) Azerbaijani: Pinokkio Basque: Pinotxo Belarusian: Піно́кіа m (Pinókia) Bulgarian: Пинокио m (Pinokio) Catalan: Pinotxo m Chinese: Cantonese: 皮諾曹 / 皮诺曹 (pei4 nok6 cou4), 皮諾丘 / 皮诺丘 (pei4 nok6 jau1) Mandarin: 皮諾喬 / 皮诺乔 (Pínuòqiáo), 皮諾曹 / 皮诺曹 (Pínuòcáo), 匹諾曹 / 匹诺曹 (Pǐnuòcáo) Danish: Pinocchio c Dutch: Pinokkio m Esperanto: Pinokjo Finnish: Pinokkio French: Pinocchio (fr) m Galician: Pinocho Georgian: პინოქიო (ṗinokio) German: Pinocchio m Greek: Πινόκιο m (Pinókio) Hebrew: פִינוֹקִיוֹ m (Pinókio) Hindi: पिनोकियो m (pinokiyo) Hungarian: Pinokkió (hu) Icelandic: Gosi m Indonesian: Pinokio Italian: Pinocchio m Japanese: ピノキオ (Pinokio), ピノッキオ (Pinokkio) Korean: 피노키오 (Pinokio) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پینوکیو (pînukîw) Latin: Pīnoculus m Lithuanian: Pinocchio Macedonian: Пино́кио m (Pinókio) Malay: Pinokio Malayalam: പിനോക്യോ (pinōkyō) Norwegian: Pinocchio Occitan: Pinòqui m Persian: پینوکیو Polish: Pinokio (pl) m Portuguese: Pinóquio m, Pinocchio m Romanian: Pinocchio (ro) m Russian: Пино́ккио (ru) m (Pinókkio) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Пинокио m Roman: Pinokio m Sicilian: Pinocchiu m Slovak: Pinocchio Slovene: Ostržek m Spanish: Pinocho m Swahili: Pinokyo Swedish: Pinocchio Tamil: பின்னோகியோ (piṉṉōkiyō) Telugu: పినోకియో (pinōkiyō) Thai: ปิน็อกกีโอ (bpì-nɔ́k-gii-oo) Turkish: Pinokyo Ukrainian: Піно́ккіо m (Pinókkio) Vietnamese: Pinocchio

fairy tale

Danish: Pinocchio c Dutch: Pinokkio m Esperanto: Pinokjo Finnish: Pinokkio French: Pinocchio (fr) m German: Pinocchio m Hebrew: פִינוֹקִיוֹ m (Pinókio) Icelandic: Gosi m Italian: Pinocchio m Latin: Pīnoculus m Macedonian: Пино́кио m (Pinókio) Malay: Pinokio Polish: Pinokio (pl) m Portuguese: Pinóquio m, Pinocchio m Romanian: Pinocchio (ro) m Spanish: Pinocho m Thai: ปิน็อกกีโอ (bpì-nɔ́k-gii-oo) Turkish: Pinokyo

Noun

Pinocchio (plural Pinocchios)

1. One who lies often; a liar.

   Synonym: liar

2. One who has difficulty hiding lies.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Translations

one who lies often — see also liar

Portuguese: Pinóquio m, pinóquio m Spanish: pinocho m

one who has difficulty hiding lies

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Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: (please verify) pînokyo

See also

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Further reading

• Pinocchio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Pinocchio

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Etymology

Possibly from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”) +‎ -occhio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈnɔk.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
• Hyphenation: Pi‧nòc‧chio

Proper noun

Pinocchio m

1. Pinocchio (character and fairy tale)

Derived terms

• pinocchiesco
• pinocchietto

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pinocchio m

1. alternative spelling of Pinóquio