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cicerone

/ˈsɪsəˌəʊn/SIH-sur-ohn
/ˈsɪsɚˌoʊn/SIH-sur-ohn

Meaningguide

Common meaning: guide who explains a place's history or art

Journey through time

  1. Italiancicerone‘guide’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsguide → Roman oratorCicero‘Roman orator’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsRoman orator → guide who explains a place's history or artcicerone‘guide who explains a place's history or art’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian cicerone ‘guide’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CICERONE, p. 110 · dictionary scan

Roots

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