cicerone C2 Topic:Travel US /ˌsɪsəˈroʊni/ UK /ˌtʃɪtʃəˈrəʊni/ See IPA manual Freq #150915 Meanings 1 noun a guide who conducts visitors around a place and explains its history, art, or antiquities A knowledgeable cicerone led us through the ruins and translated the inscriptions. 2 verb to guide someone around the sights of a place The curator agreed to cicerone the visiting scholars through the gallery. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a guide who conducts... guidedocenttour guide 2 verb · to guide someone around the... guideconduct Word family Derived forms ciceroning Related forms Ciceroguide Etymology Borrowed from Italian cicerone, originally a humorous allusion to the Roman orator Cicero and a guide's learned talkativeness. Cicero's name comes from Latin cicer ("chickpea"). Topics Travel External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cicerone **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˌsɪsəˈroʊni/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌtʃɪtʃəˈrəʊni/ **Frequency rank:** 150915 ## Meanings 1. a guide who conducts visitors around a place and explains its history, art, or antiquities 2. to guide someone around the sights of a place ## Examples - A knowledgeable cicerone led us through the ruins and translated the inscriptions. - The curator agreed to cicerone the visiting scholars through the gallery. ## Synonyms - guide - docent - tour guide ## Derived Forms - ciceroning ## Related Forms - Cicero - guide ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian cicerone, originally a humorous allusion to the Roman orator Cicero and a guide's learned talkativeness. Cicero's name comes from Latin cicer ("chickpea"). ## Topics - Travel markdown