Pinocchio

American  

[pi-noh-kee-oh] / pɪˈnoʊ kiˌoʊ /

noun

1. the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.

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Etymology

Origin of Pinocchio

< Italian: literally, pine seed, pine cone, equivalent to pin ( o ) pine ¹ + -occhio < Vulgar Latin *-uc ( u ) lu ( m ), Latin -i-culum; see -i-, -cule ¹

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Example Sentences

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Pinocchio

Genetic and anatomical studies now show that the reptile long referred to as the Pinocchio chameleon is not the species scientists thought it was.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025

Del Toro answered with two names: "Pinocchio and Frankenstein."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

Ainsworth, also from the U.K., voiced Pinocchio in Disney+’s live-action “Pinocchio” in 2022 and played Miles in Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

The lavish folk tale draws from the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 cartoon film "Pinocchio," about a puppet wishing to become a real boy.

From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023

And I noticed that some of the stars had arranged themselves into a shape that looked very much like someone with a long nose telling a lie—the Pinocchio constellation!

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

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