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gioco

gioco

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See also: giocò

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin iocus. Compare English joke.

Alternative forms

giuoco (literary)
ioco (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔ.ko/
Audio (IT): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔko
Hyphenation: giò‧co

Noun

gioco m (plural giochi)

game
(proverb)
un bel gioco dura poco
never take a joke too far
(literally, “a good game doesn't last long”)

(proverb)
gioco di mano, gioco di villano
never use your fists
(literally, “a game of hands, (is) the game of a lout”)

(proverb)
il gioco non vale la candela
the game's not worth the candle
(mechanics) backlash

Derived terms

giochino (“pastime”)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒo.ko/
Rhymes: -oko
Hyphenation: gió‧co

Verb

gioco

first-person singular present indicative of giocare

Further reading

gioco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
gioco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
gioco in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
gioco in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
giòco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
giòco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana