bambino
/bamˈbiːnəʊ
/noun (plural bambini /bamˈbiːni/ or bambinos)
1A baby or young child: she admits that she is expecting a summer bambino...
- No wonder the Blairs hope their little bambino is of the fairer sex.
- Nobody minds if you bring the bambini along or your shoes are scruffy - there may be grand hotels but there are plenty of inexpensive pensioni as well.
- The following morning was eerie in silence; even our bambinos were stilled in crying.
1.1An image of the infant Jesus: you may want to make stars for your Christmas tree or a radiant bambino...
- He created the world's first Christmas creche, complete with a real bambino, in the corner of a village church in 1223.
- The life-like bambini appeared unperturbed, their faces calm and angelic, their wide eyes turned to the sky.
Origin
Early 18th century: Italian, diminutive of bambo 'silly'.