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8-letter words (2 found)

CICERONE,CROCEINE,

7-letter words (5 found)

CICOREE,CORNICE,CROCEIN,CROCINE,ECCRINE,

6-letter words (7 found)

CICERO,COERCE,COINER,ENCORE,ORCEIN,ORCINE,RECOIN,

5-letter words (17 found)

CERCI,CERIC,CERNE,CEROC,CONIC,CORNI,CRINE,CROCI,CRONE,IRONE,NICER,NIECE,ONCER,ORCIN,RECCE,RECCO,RECON,

4-letter words (36 found)

CERE,CERO,CINE,CION,CIRE,COIN,COIR,CONE,CONI,CORE,CORN,CREE,CROC,CRON,ECCE,ECCO,EINE,ERIC,ERNE,ICER,ICON,INRO,IRON,NICE,NOIR,NORI,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,REEN,REIN,RENO,RICE,RINE,ROIN,RONE,

3-letter words (26 found)

CEE,CON,COR,ECO,EEN,ENE,EON,ERE,ERN,ICE,ION,IRE,NEE,NIE,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,REC,REE,REI,REN,REO,RIN,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EN,ER,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 106 words from cicerone according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cicerone

cicerone

Etymology

1726, from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (chickpea) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (pea). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/, /sɪsəˈɹəʊni/

Noun

cicerone (plural cicerones or ciceroni)

  1. A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.

Related terms

  • Ciceronian

Translations

Verb

cicerone (third-person singular simple present cicerones, present participle ciceroning, simple past and past participle ciceroned)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.

References

Anagrams

  • croceine

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cicerone, from Italian cicerone.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

Noun

cicerone anim

  1. cicerone

Declension

Further reading

  • "cicerone" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator, from cicer (chickpea), a reference to his warts, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (pea). By surface analysis, Latin Cicero +‎ -one (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃeˈro.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ró‧ne

Noun

cicerone m (plural ciceroni)

  1. a guide who shows people around tourist sights
  2. (informal) a know-it-all or smart ass

Descendants

  • Catalan: cicerone
  • English: cicerone
  • Esperanto: ĉiĉerono
  • French: cicérone
  • Spanish: cicerone

Further reading

  • cicerone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • concerei, concerie

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian cicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

Noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)

  1. cicerone (guide who shows people tourist sights)

Related terms

  • Cícero
  • ciceroneado
  • ciceronear
  • ciceroniano
  • cicerônico

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicerone or French cicérone.

Noun

cicerone m (plural ciceroni)

  1. cicerone

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicerone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiθeˈɾone/ [θi.θeˈɾo.ne]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /siseˈɾone/ [si.seˈɾo.ne]
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Syllabification: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

Noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)

  1. guide, cicerone (person)
    Synonym: guía

Further reading

  • “cicerone”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org