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Definition: PUNCHINELLO |
PUNCHINELLONoun1. A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. |
Date "PUNCHINELLO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Etymology: Punchinello \Pun`chi*nel"lo\, noun. [Italian pulcinella, probably originally word of endearment, diminutive of pulcina, pulcino, chicken, from the Latin expression pullicenus, pullus. See Pullet.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PUNCHINELLO |
| Etymologies containing "PUNCHINELLO": Punch. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Punchinello (1926) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
punchinello | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PUNCHINELLO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кукла с гърбица и дълъг нос (punch), клоун (clown, funnyman, harlequin, mountebank, the vice, zany), нисък набит човек, полишинел (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polichinel (punch), marionet (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | janklaassen (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polichinelle (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kasperle (clown, fool, punch), Kasperl (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωμικό πρόσωπο (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | paprikajancsi (clown, harlequin, punch, zany). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pulcinella (punch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unchinellopay polichinelo (punch), pessoa baixa e gorda. (various references) полишинель. (various references) lakrdijaš (buffoon, jester, macaroon, pantaloon, pierrot, zany). (various references) polichinela (punch). (various references) polichinell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PUNCHINELLO": punchinellos. (additional references) | |
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"PUNCHINELLO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Polcinello, Ponchielli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PUNCHINELLO" (pronounced 'Pun`chi*nel"lo'): Adelantadillo, Apollo, Armadillo, Bilalo, Blanquillo, Bolo, Brocatello, Caballo, Cello, Colocolo, Coyotillo, Mabolo, Matajuelo, morello, Orlo, Palo, Peccadillo, Piloncillo, Pueblo, Puntello, Pupelo, Saltarello, silo, Vespillo, Violoncello. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-l-l-n-n-o-p-u" | |
-3 letters: euphonic, luncheon, nucleoli, phenolic, pinochle, puncheon. | |
-4 letters: chinone, choline, chopine, copihue, cullion, helicon, hellion, nonuple, nucelli, nuclein, nucleon, penuchi, phocine, pinhole, pinnule, pinocle. | |
-5 letters: chopin, cineol, cohune, collie, conine, couple, enolic, holpen, leucin, lichen, lineup, locule, loculi, louche, loupen, lupine, niello, nuclei, nuncio, nuncle, ocelli, oilcup, online, pencil, phenol, phonic, pilule, pinole, plench. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-l-l-n-n-o-p-u" | |
+1 letter: punchinellos. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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