cicerone
UK/t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/
cicerone noun: a guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
Noun
cicerone (plural cicerones or ciceroni)
- A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
- East, still doing the cicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed[…]1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7
- he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone in a café-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...].1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 3
Verb
cicerone (third-person singular simple present cicerones, present participle ciceroning, simple past and past participle ciceroned)
- To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
- 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 leisurely ciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the...1841, Charles Lever, chapter 17, in Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1, page 151
cicerone meaning in Tamil
cicerone in Tamil
- ஊரதிசயங்காட்டி
Examples of cicerone in a sentence
- Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, page 360:
- “First,” advised their cicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.”2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 279:
Forms of cicerone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cicerones |
| plural | ciceroni |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cicerones |
| present participle | ciceroning |
| past participle | ciceroned |
| past | ciceroned |
Origin of cicerone
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.
Words formed from cicerone
Questions about cicerone
- What does cicerone mean?
- Cicerone means a guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
- What is cicerone in Tamil?
- Cicerone in Tamil is ஊரதிசயங்காட்டி. See Cicerone meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cicerone in a sentence?
- Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.
- What part of speech is cicerone?
- Cicerone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cicerone?
- Cicerone is pronounced /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cicerone?
- The plural of cicerone is cicerones.
Words near cicerone in the dictionary
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