polichinelo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom French Polichinelle, from Neapolitan Pulecenella, of uncertain origin (see Italian Pulcinella).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛlu
- Hyphenation: po‧li‧chi‧ne‧lo
Noun
editpolichinelo m (plural polichinelos)
- (singular only) Pulcinella, Punchinello (a short clown in the commedia dell'arte)
- jumping jack (exercise performed by jumping with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead)
Derived terms
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Neapolitan
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛlu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛlu/5 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese singularia tantum
- pt:Characters from folklore