"pulcinella" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /pul.t͡ʃiˈnɛl.la/ Forms: polcinella [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛlla Etymology: From the theatrical character Named after Pulcinella. Etymology templates: {{lang|it|<i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Pulcinella</i>}} Pulcinella, {{named-after|it|<i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Pulcinella</i>}} Named after Pulcinella Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} pulcinella m (invariable)
  1. a puppet of Pulcinella; Punchinello Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-pulcinella-it-noun-m7dfZuZE
  2. a person who cannot behave seriously; a buffoon, a fool Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: buffone
    Sense id: en-pulcinella-it-noun-9tMW6FCA Disambiguation of People: 34 66 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian nouns with irregular gender, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with irregular gender: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pulcinella di mare, pulcinellata, pulcinellesco, segreto di pulcinella

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "word": "pulcinella di mare"
    },
    {
      "word": "pulcinellata"
    },
    {
      "word": "pulcinellesco"
    },
    {
      "word": "segreto di pulcinella"
    }
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    }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/pul.t͡ʃiˈnɛl.la/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulcinella"
}

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