"pagliaccio" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /paʎˈʎat.t͡ʃo/ Forms: pagliacci [plural], pagliaccia [feminine]
Rhymes: -attʃo Etymology: The traditional Italian character's outfit was made of the same fabric used to cover straw mattresses: from paglia (“straw”), from Latin palea (“chaff”), whence British English paillasse (“bed made of straw”) and general English pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”). Cognate with Piedmontese pajasso. Etymology templates: {{m|it|paglia||straw}} paglia (“straw”), {{der|it|la|palea||chaff}} Latin palea (“chaff”), {{m|en|paillasse||bed made of straw}} paillasse (“bed made of straw”), {{m|en|pallet||bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times}} pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”), {{cog|pms|pajasso}} Piedmontese pajasso Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} pagliaccio m (plural pagliacci, feminine pagliaccia)
  1. (also derogatory) clown, buffoon Wikipedia link: it:pagliaccio Tags: also, derogatory, masculine Derived forms: pagliaccesco, pagliaccetto, pagliacciata, pesce pagliaccio
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Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Pajass",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Pajass m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Pajass m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "بِلْيَاتْشُو",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: بِلْيَاتْشُو m (bilyātšū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: بِلْيَاتْشُو m (bilyātšū)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "payasu",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: payasu m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: payasu m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "pailazo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: pailazo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: pailazo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pallasso",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: pallasso m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: pallasso m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bajads",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "c"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bajads c",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bajads c"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "paljas",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: paljas m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: paljas m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "pajaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: pajaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: pajaco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "pajatso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: pajatso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: pajatso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "paillasse",
            "3": "paillassine",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: paillasse m, paillassine f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: paillasse m, paillassine f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "pallaso",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: pallaso m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: pallaso m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Bajazzo",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Bajazzo m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Bajazzo m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "παλιάτσος",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: παλιάτσος m (paliátsos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: παλιάτσος m (paliátsos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "pojáca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: pojáca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: pojáca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "paliasso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: paliasso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: paliasso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "bajas",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: bajas m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: bajas m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "palhassa",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: palhassa m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: palhassa m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "pajac",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m-an"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pajac m anim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: pajac m anim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "palhaço",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: palhaço m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: palhaço m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Paliass"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Paliass",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Paliass"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "paiață",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: paiață f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: paiață f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пая́ц",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m-an"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пая́ц m anim (pajác)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пая́ц m anim (pajác)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "па̀јац",
            "3": "pàjac",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: па̀јац m, pàjac m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: па̀јац m, pàjac m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pagghiazzu",
            "3": "pagliazzu",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: pagghiazzu m, pagliazzu m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: pagghiazzu m, pagliazzu m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "payaso",
            "3": "payasa",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: payaso m, payasa f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: payaso m, payasa f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "pajas",
            "3": "pajazzo",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "c",
            "g2": "c"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: pajas c, pajazzo c",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: pajas c, pajazzo c"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "پالیاچو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "palyaço"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پالیاچو (palyaço)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پالیاچو (palyaço)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "palyaço",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: palyaço, palyanço",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: palyaço, palyanço"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "palyaço",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: palyaço",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: palyaço"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "pȧjacca",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vilamovian: pȧjacca m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vilamovian: pȧjacca m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּאַיאַץ",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: פּאַיאַץ m (payats)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: פּאַיאַץ m (payats)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "paglia",
        "3": "",
        "4": "straw"
      },
      "expansion": "paglia (“straw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "palea",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chaff"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin palea (“chaff”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "paillasse",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bed made of straw"
      },
      "expansion": "paillasse (“bed made of straw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pallet",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times"
      },
      "expansion": "pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pms",
        "2": "pajasso"
      },
      "expansion": "Piedmontese pajasso",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The traditional Italian character's outfit was made of the same fabric used to cover straw mattresses: from paglia (“straw”), from Latin palea (“chaff”), whence British English paillasse (“bed made of straw”) and general English pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”). Cognate with Piedmontese pajasso.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pagliacci",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pagliaccia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "pagliaccio m (plural pagliacci, feminine pagliaccia)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pa‧gliàc‧cio"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "pagliaccesco"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagliaccetto"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagliacciata"
        },
        {
          "word": "pesce pagliaccio"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1889, Edmondo De Amicis, “Febbraio”, in Cuore, page 139",
          "text": "Scrivi un bell’articolo sulla Gazzetta, – gli disse, – tu che sai scrivere: tu racconti i miracoli del piccolo pagliaccio e io faccio il suo ritratto; la Gazzetta la leggon tutti, e almeno per una volta accorrerà gente. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "id": "en-pagliaccio-it-noun-73xh01~R",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "clown",
          "clown"
        ],
        [
          "buffoon",
          "buffoon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also derogatory) clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:pagliaccio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/paʎˈʎat.t͡ʃo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-attʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pagliaccio"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pagliaccesco"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagliaccetto"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagliacciata"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesce pagliaccio"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "Pajass",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Alemannic German: Pajass m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Alemannic German: Pajass m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "بِلْيَاتْشُو",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: بِلْيَاتْشُو m (bilyātšū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: بِلْيَاتْشُو m (bilyātšū)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "payasu",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: payasu m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: payasu m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eu",
            "2": "pailazo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Basque: pailazo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Basque: pailazo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pallasso",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: pallasso m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: pallasso m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bajads",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "c"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: bajads c",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: bajads c"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "paljas",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: paljas m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: paljas m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "pajaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: pajaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: pajaco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "pajatso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: pajatso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: pajatso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "paillasse",
            "3": "paillassine",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: paillasse m, paillassine f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: paillasse m, paillassine f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "pallaso",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: pallaso m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: pallaso m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Bajazzo",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Bajazzo m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Bajazzo m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "παλιάτσος",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: παλιάτσος m (paliátsos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: παλιάτσος m (paliátsos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "pojáca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: pojáca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: pojáca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "paliasso",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: paliasso",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: paliasso"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "bajas",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: bajas m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: bajas m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "palhassa",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: palhassa m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: palhassa m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "pajac",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m-an"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: pajac m anim",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: pajac m anim"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "palhaço",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: palhaço m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: palhaço m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Paliass"
          },
          "expansion": "Hunsrik: Paliass",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hunsrik: Paliass"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "paiață",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: paiață f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: paiață f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пая́ц",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m-an"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пая́ц m anim (pajác)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пая́ц m anim (pajác)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "па̀јац",
            "3": "pàjac",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: па̀јац m, pàjac m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: па̀јац m, pàjac m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pagghiazzu",
            "3": "pagliazzu",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: pagghiazzu m, pagliazzu m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: pagghiazzu m, pagliazzu m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "payaso",
            "3": "payasa",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: payaso m, payasa f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: payaso m, payasa f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "pajas",
            "3": "pajazzo",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "c",
            "g2": "c"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: pajas c, pajazzo c",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: pajas c, pajazzo c"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "پالیاچو",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "palyaço"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پالیاچو (palyaço)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: پالیاچو (palyaço)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "palyaço",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: palyaço, palyanço",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: palyaço, palyanço"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "palyaço",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: palyaço",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: palyaço"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wym",
            "2": "pȧjacca",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vilamovian: pȧjacca m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vilamovian: pȧjacca m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "פּאַיאַץ",
            "bor": "1",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: פּאַיאַץ m (payats)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: פּאַיאַץ m (payats)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "paglia",
        "3": "",
        "4": "straw"
      },
      "expansion": "paglia (“straw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "palea",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chaff"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin palea (“chaff”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "paillasse",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bed made of straw"
      },
      "expansion": "paillasse (“bed made of straw”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pallet",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times"
      },
      "expansion": "pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pms",
        "2": "pajasso"
      },
      "expansion": "Piedmontese pajasso",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The traditional Italian character's outfit was made of the same fabric used to cover straw mattresses: from paglia (“straw”), from Latin palea (“chaff”), whence British English paillasse (“bed made of straw”) and general English pallet (“bed made of straw or hay used in medieval times”). Cognate with Piedmontese pajasso.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pagliacci",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pagliaccia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "pagliaccio m (plural pagliacci, feminine pagliaccia)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pa‧gliàc‧cio"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian derogatory terms",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Italian terms derived from Latin",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Italian quotations",
        "Rhymes:Italian/attʃo",
        "Rhymes:Italian/attʃo/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1889, Edmondo De Amicis, “Febbraio”, in Cuore, page 139",
          "text": "Scrivi un bell’articolo sulla Gazzetta, – gli disse, – tu che sai scrivere: tu racconti i miracoli del piccolo pagliaccio e io faccio il suo ritratto; la Gazzetta la leggon tutti, e almeno per una volta accorrerà gente. […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "clown",
          "clown"
        ],
        [
          "buffoon",
          "buffoon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(also derogatory) clown, buffoon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:pagliaccio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/paʎˈʎat.t͡ʃo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-attʃo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pagliaccio"
}

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