piccione

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piccione

  • /pitˈt͡ʃone/

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dal verbo latino pipiare cioè "pigolare", per il caratteristico verso di tale uccello

noun piccioni

  1. uccello di colore grigio diffusissimo nelle grandi città
  2. vulgar termine dialettale per indicare la figa

Similar: colombo, allocco, citrullo, credulone, ingenuo, sprovveduto, semplicione · Opposite: furbacchione, marpione, volpone

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In English

  • dove bird of the family Columbidae, especially one smaller than a pigeon — see also p
  • pigeon bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae — see also dove

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@misc{piccione_2026,
  title = {piccione},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/piccione},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}