fanciullo

From older fancello, from fanticello, from fante, infante, from Latin īnfāns. Compare Sicilian fancellu and fanzellu.

• IPA^(key): /fanˈt͡ʃul.lo/
• Rhymes: -ullo
• Hyphenation: fan‧ciùl‧lo

fanciullo m (plural fanciulli, feminine fanciulla)

1. boy, child

   Synonym: bambino

   Antonym: adulto

• ciullo (obsolete)
• fanciullesco
• fanciullino
• fanciullone

• fanciullo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana