Italian

Proper noun

Bambino m

1. The baby Jesus

English

Noun

bambino ‎(plural bambinos or bambini)

1. A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Italian

Etymology

From onomatopoeia bambo for the first stammerings of children.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bamˈbino]

Noun

bambino m ‎(plural bambini, feminine bambina)

1. child, baby, toddler (of unspecified sex)
2. (baby) boy, young boy
3. Breed of short hairless cats

Derived terms

• bambino soldato
• bimbo

Descendants

• French: bambin