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Pinocchio

/pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/US/pɪˈnoʊ.ki.oʊ/

Pinocchio proper noun: 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.

pinocchio: the fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the...
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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.
  2. The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.

Noun

Pinocchio (plural Pinocchios)

  1. One who lies often; a liar.
    Synonyms:
    liar
  2. One who has difficulty hiding lies.

Pinocchio meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

Pinocchio in Hindi

protagonist
पिनोकियो pinokiyo

Pinocchio in Tamil

protagonist
பின்னோகியோ piṉṉōkiyō

Pinocchio in Telugu

protagonist
పినోకియో pinōkiyō

Pinocchio in Malayalam

protagonist
പിനോക്യോ pinōkyō
More languagesFewer languages
Pinocchio in Arabic
بِينُوكْيُو bīnūkyū
Pinocchio in Malay
Pinokio
Pinocchio in Indonesian
Pinokio
Pinocchio in Persian
پینوکیو
Pinocchio in Thai
ปิน็อกกีโอ bpì-nɔ́k-gii-oo
Pinocchio in Vietnamese
Pinocchio

Synonyms of Pinocchio

Forms of Pinocchio

pluralPinocchios

Origin of Pinocchio

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).

Words formed from Pinocchio

Phrases with Pinocchio

Words that rhyme with Pinocchio

Questions about Pinocchio

What does Pinocchio mean?
Pinocchio means 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.
What is Pinocchio in Hindi?
Pinocchio in Hindi is पिनोकियो (pinokiyo). See Pinocchio meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Pinocchio?
Pinocchio can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Pinocchio?
Pinocchio is pronounced /pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Pinocchio in the dictionary

  1. Pino
  2. pinobanksin
  3. pinocarveol
  4. pinocarvone
  5. Pinocchian
  6. Pinocchio
  7. Pinocchio illusion
  8. Pinocchio illusions
  9. Pinocchios
  10. pinocembrin
  11. pinocembrine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pinocchio (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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