"pisello" meaning in Italian

See pisello in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /piˈzɛl.lo/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-pisello.wav Forms: piselli [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛllo Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *pisellum, diminutive of Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la-vul|*pisellum}} Vulgar Latin *pisellum, {{inh|it|la|pisum}} Latin pisum, {{der|it|grc|πίσον}} Ancient Greek πίσον (píson) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} pisello m (plural piselli)
  1. pea (plant and vegetable) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pisello-it-noun-1-ZoASbC
  2. (vulgar, slang) cock, pickle (penis) Tags: masculine, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pisello-it-noun-yHEg15qu Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Legumes, Vegetables Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Legumes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 24 76 Synonyms: cazzo, calippo, fava, pisello, pistolino, uccello, pipi, minchia, batacchio, bigolo, bischero, belìn [Genoa], mazza, pirla [Milan], meggia, pesce, volatile, nerchia, alabarda, talpa, lancia, pinca, pipo, mazzolo, bongo, salsiccia, spingarda, torrone, trapano, verga
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pisellino (english: willy) [childish], pisello odoroso (english: sweet pea)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "willy",
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ],
      "translation": "willy",
      "word": "pisellino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sweet pea",
      "translation": "sweet pea",
      "word": "pisello odoroso"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bāzillāʔ",
      "word": "بَازِلَّاء"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "piżella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bizéli",
      "word": "μπιζέλι"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bizele"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bizelji"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "lang_code": "lad",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bizelya"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "bezel",
          "word": "безел"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bezelye"
    }
  ],
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      "*pisellum",
      "Reconstruction:Latin/pisellum"
    ],
    [
      "pisum",
      "pisum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "πίσον",
      "πίσον#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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    },
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        "3": "pisum"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piselli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "pisello m (plural piselli)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pi‧sèl‧lo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "pi‧sèl‧lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "pea (plant and vegetable)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pisello-it-noun-1-ZoASbC",
      "links": [
        [
          "pea",
          "pea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "10 90",
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          "_dis": "24 76",
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      ],
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          "cock",
          "cock"
        ],
        [
          "pickle",
          "pickle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(vulgar, slang) cock, pickle (penis)"
      ],
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cazzo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "calippo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "fava"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pisello"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pistolino"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "uccello"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "minchia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "batacchio"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bigolo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bischero"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Genoa"
          ],
          "word": "belìn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "mazza"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Milan"
          ],
          "word": "pirla"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "meggia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pesce"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "volatile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "nerchia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "alabarda"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "talpa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "lancia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pinca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "mazzolo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "salsiccia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "spingarda"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "torrone"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "trapano"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "verga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈzɛl.lo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛllo"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-pisello.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pisello"
}
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    "Italian 3-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛllo",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛllo/3 syllables",
    "it:Legumes",
    "it:Vegetables"
  ],
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      "english": "willy",
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ],
      "translation": "willy",
      "word": "pisellino"
    },
    {
      "english": "sweet pea",
      "translation": "sweet pea",
      "word": "pisello odoroso"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bāzillāʔ",
      "word": "بَازِلَّاء"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "lang_code": "mt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "piżella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "bizéli",
      "word": "μπιζέλι"
    },
    {
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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        {
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "lang_code": "rup",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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            "borrowed"
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        {
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "bezel",
          "word": "безел"
        }
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      "lang_code": "tr",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "pisum"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "piselli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pi‧sèl‧lo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "pi‧sèl‧lo"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "pea (plant and vegetable)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pea",
          "pea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian slang",
        "Italian vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cock, pickle (penis)"
      ],
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        [
          "cock",
          "cock"
        ],
        [
          "pickle",
          "pickle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(vulgar, slang) cock, pickle (penis)"
      ],
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "cazzo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "calippo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "fava"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pisello"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pistolino"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "uccello"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "minchia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "batacchio"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bigolo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bischero"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Genoa"
          ],
          "word": "belìn"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "mazza"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "tags": [
            "Milan"
          ],
          "word": "pirla"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "meggia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pesce"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "volatile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "nerchia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "alabarda"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "talpa"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "lancia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pinca"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "pipo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "mazzolo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "bongo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "salsiccia"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "spingarda"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "torrone"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "trapano"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:pene",
          "word": "verga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piˈzɛl.lo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛllo"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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