bambino

== English == === Etymology === From Italian bambino. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bæmˈbinoʊ/ === Noun === bambino (plural bambinos or bambini) A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. [from 18th c.] === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Bambino”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645, column 1. “bambino”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic bambo for the first stammerings of children, plus -ino (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bamˈbi.no/ Rhymes: -ino Hyphenation: bam‧bì‧no === Noun === 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) breed of short hairless cats ==== Derived terms ==== bambino soldato bimbo (“baby”) ==== Related terms ==== bambola (“doll”) ==== Descendants ==== → English: bambino → French: bambin → Maltese: bambin → Sicilian: bamminu, vamminu ==== See also ==== ragazzo