bambino

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US/bæmˈbinoʊ/

noun

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

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OriginItalian bambino →
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Meanings

nounbambino (plural bambinos or bambini)

plural bambinos · plural bambini

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

    These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.

    1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna young child who is just beginning to walk

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toddleryearlingtot
Broader
childkidyoungster
Also see
toddlertotyearling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianbambino
  2. Italianbambino
  3. Englishbambino

Borrowed from Italian bambino.

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Cite this entry
APA

bambino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bambino

MLA

“bambino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bambino. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bambino,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bambino.

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