# cicerone
## English
### Etymology

1726, from Italian cicerone (surface analysis cicero + -one (augmentative)), from Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero), the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). Possibly humorous reference to loquaciousness of guides.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /t͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/, /sɪsəˈɹəʊni/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

cicerone (plural cicerones or ciceroni)
* A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.
** 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days, Part I, Chapter 7:East, still doing the cicerone, pointed out all the remarkable characters to Tom as they passed […]
** 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 3:he was in the act of making his evening plans with the same smelly but nice cicerone in a café-au-lait suit whom he had hired already twice at the same Genoese hotel [...].
** 1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, page 360:Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.
** 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 279:“First,” advised their cicerone in the matter, Professor Svegli of the University of Pisa, “try to forget the usual picture in two dimensions.”

#### Derived terms

* ciceronage
* ciceroneship
* ciceronism

#### Related terms

* Ciceronian

#### Translations
### Verb

cicerone (third-person singular simple present cicerones, present participle ciceroning, simple past and past participle ciceroned)
* (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To show (somebody) the sights, acting as a tourist guide.
** 1841, Charles Lever, chapter 17, in Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, volume 1, page 151:Accordingly, as three o'clock struck, six dashing-looking light dragoons were seen slowly sauntering up the dining-hall, escorted by Webber, who, in full academic costume, was leisurely ciceroning his friends and expatiating upon the excellences of the very remarkable portraits which graced the walls.

### References

* 1 2 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “cicerone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* croceine

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cicerone, from Italian cicerone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̻is̻eɾone/ [s̻i.s̻e.ɾo.ne]
* IPA: (most dialects) /s̻is̻eɾone/ [s̻i.s̻e.ɾo.ne]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /s̺is̺eɾone/ [s̺i.s̺e.ɾo.ne]
* Rhymes: -one
* Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

### Noun

cicerone anim
* cicerone

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cicerone”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cicerón

### Etymology

1775, from Spanish cicerone, from Italian cicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.

### Noun

cicerone m or f (plural cicerones)
* cicerone (guide who shows people tourist or cultural sights)
** 1775, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Eu non pensei, meu Farruco:Gardaimo de adulazons dos que obran polos seus fins, gardaimo de mas latins e peores ciceronsGuard him of the flatteries of the ones who work for their own shake, guard him of bad jargons and worst cicerones

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cicerone”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin Cicerōnem, form of Cicerō, agnomen of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator, from cicer (“chickpea”), a reference to his warts, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiker- (“pea”). By surface analysis, Latin Cicero +‎ -one (agentive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃeˈro.ne/
* Rhymes: -one
* Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ró‧ne

### Noun

cicerone m (plural ciceroni)
* a guide who shows people around tourist sights
* (informal) a know-it-all or smart ass

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: cicerone
* → English: cicerone
* → Esperanto: ĉiĉerono
* → French: cicérone
* → Spanish: cicerone

### Further reading

* cicerone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* concerei, concerie

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Italian cicerone, named after Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.seˈɾõ.ni/
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.seˈɾõ.ni/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /si.seˈɾo.ne/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.sɨˈɾɔ.nɨ/
* Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

### Noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)
* cicerone (guide who shows people tourist sights)

#### Related terms

* Cícero
* ciceroneado
* ciceronear
* ciceroniano
* cicerônico

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicerone or French cicérone.

### Noun

cicerone m (plural ciceroni)
* cicerone

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cicerone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θiθeˈɾone/ [θi.θeˈɾo.ne]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /siseˈɾone/ [si.seˈɾo.ne]
* Rhymes: -one
* Syllabification: ci‧ce‧ro‧ne

### Noun

cicerone m or f by sense (plural cicerones)
* guide, cicerone (person)
    Synonym: guía

### Further reading

* “cicerone”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10