Pinocchio

See also: pinocchio

English

Pinocchio in 1916.

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnəʊ.kjəʊ/, /pɪˈnəʊ.kɪ.əʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnoʊ.ki.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ

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.

   Coordinate term: Geppetto

2. The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.

Derived terms

• Pinocchian
• Pinocchio illusion

Translations

protagonist

• Albanian: Pinoku
• Arabic: بِينُوكْيُو m (bīnūkyū)
• Armenian: Պինոկիո (Pinokio)
• Azerbaijani: Pinokkio
• Basque: Pinotxo
• Belarusian: Піно́кіа m (Pinókia)
• Bulgarian: Пинокио m (Pinokio)
• Catalan: Pinotxo m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 皮諾曹／皮诺曹 (pei⁴ nok⁶ cou⁴), 皮諾丘／皮诺丘 (pei⁴ nok⁶ jau¹), 木偶奇遇記／木偶奇遇记

  Mandarin: 皮諾喬／皮诺乔 (Pínuòqiáo), 皮諾曹／皮诺曹 (Pínuòcáo), 匹諾曹／匹诺曹 (Pǐnuòcáo), 木偶奇遇記／木偶奇遇记

• Danish: Pinocchio c
• Dutch: Pinokkio m
• Esperanto: Pinokjo
• Finnish: Pinokkio
• French: Pinocchio (fr) m
• Galician: Pinocho
• Georgian: პინოქიო (ṗinokio)
• German: Pinocchio m
• Greek: Πινόκιο m (Pinókio)
• Hebrew: פִינוֹקִיוֹ m (Pinókio)
• Hindi: पिनोकियो m (pinokiyo)
• Hungarian: Pinokkió (hu)
• Icelandic: Gosi m
• Indonesian: Pinokio
• Italian: Pinocchio m
• Japanese: ピノキオ (Pinokio), ピノッキオ (Pinokkio)
• Korean: 피노키오 (Pinokio)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پینوکیو (pînukîw)

• Latin: Pīnoculus m
• Lithuanian: Pinocchio
• Macedonian: Пино́кио m (Pinókio)
• Malay: Pinokio
• Malayalam: പിനോക്യോ (pinōkyō)
• Norwegian: Pinocchio
• Occitan: Pinòqui m
• Persian: پینوکیو
• Polish: Pinokio (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pinóquio m, Pinocchio m
• Romanian: Pinocchio (ro) m
• Russian: Пино́ккио (ru) m (Pinókkio)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пинокио m

  Roman: Pinokio m

• Sicilian: Pinocchiu m
• Slovak: Pinocchio
• Slovene: Ostržek m
• Spanish: Pinocho m
• Swahili: Pinokyo
• Swedish: Pinocchio
• Tamil: பின்னோகியோ (piṉṉōkiyō)
• Telugu: పినోకియో (pinōkiyō)
• Thai: ปิน็อกกีโอ (bpì-nɔ́k-gii-oo)
• Turkish: Pinokyo
• Ukrainian: Піно́ккіо m (Pinókkio)
• Vietnamese: Pinocchio

fairy tale

• Danish: Pinocchio c
• Dutch: Pinokkio m
• Esperanto: Pinokjo
• Finnish: Pinokkio
• French: Pinocchio (fr) m
• German: Pinocchio m
• Hebrew: פִינוֹקִיוֹ m (Pinókio)
• Icelandic: Gosi m
• Italian: Pinocchio m
• Latin: Pīnoculus m
• Macedonian: Пино́кио m (Pinókio)
• Malay: Pinokio
• Polish: Pinokio (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pinóquio m, Pinocchio m
• Romanian: Pinocchio (ro) m
• Spanish: Pinocho m
• Thai: ปิน็อกกีโอ (bpì-nɔ́k-gii-oo)
• Turkish: Pinokyo

Noun

Pinocchio (plural Pinocchios)

1. One who lies often; a liar.

   Synonym: liar

2. One who has difficulty hiding lies.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Translations

one who lies often — see also liar

• Portuguese: Pinóquio m, pinóquio m
• Spanish: pinocho m

one who has difficulty hiding lies

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} pînokyo

See also

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Further reading

• Pinocchio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Possibly from the rare Tuscan form pinocchio (“pine nut”) or from pino (“pine tree, pine wood”) +‎ -occhio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈnɔk.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
• Hyphenation: Pi‧nòc‧chio

Proper noun

Pinocchio m

1. Pinocchio (character and fairy tale)

Derived terms

• pinocchiesco
• pinocchietto

Portuguese

Proper noun

Pinocchio m

1. Alternative spelling of Pinóquio