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Meaning of "piccanin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICCANIN

Variant of piccaninny.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PICCANIN

piccanin  [ˈpɪkəˌnɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICCANIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piccanin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICCANIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piccanin in the English dictionary

The definition of piccanin in the dictionary is a Black African child.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICCANIN


adenine
ˈædənɪn
agglutinin
əˈɡluːtɪnɪn
artemisinin
ˌɑːtɪˈmɪzɪnɪn
bradykinin
ˌbrædɪˈkaɪnɪn
cholecystokinin
ˌkɒlɪˌsɪstəˈkaɪnɪn
conin
ˈkəʊnɪn
Cronin
ˈkrəʊnɪn
diosgenin
daɪˈɒsdʒəˌnɪn
feminine
ˈfɛmɪnɪn
hemagglutinin
ˌhiːməˈɡluːtɪnɪn
Lenin
ˈlɛnɪn
lignin
ˈlɪɡnɪn
linen
ˈlɪnɪn
melanin
ˈmɛlənɪn
melatonin
ˌmɛləˈtəʊnɪn
renin
ˈriːnɪn
ronin
ˈrəʊnɪn
run-in
ˈrʌnɪn
serotonin
ˌsɛrəˈtəʊnɪn
tannin
ˈtænɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICCANIN

picaroon
Picasso
picayune
picayunish
picayunishly
picayunishness
piccadill
piccadillo
Piccadilly
piccalilli
piccaninnies
piccaninny
Piccard
piccata
piccolo
piccoloist
piccy
pice
picene
piceous

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICCANIN

alanin
anthocyanin
betacyanin
Bulganin
cyanin
eumelanin
haemocyanin
hemocyanin
Manganin
phaeomelanin
phthalocyanin
phycocyanin
plastocyanin
safranin
uranin

Synonyms and antonyms of piccanin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piccanin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICCANIN

Find out the translation of piccanin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of piccanin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piccanin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

piccanin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piccanin
570 millions of speakers

English

piccanin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piccanin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

piccanin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

piccanin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piccanin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piccanin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piccanin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Piccanin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

piccanin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piccanin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piccanin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piccanin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piccanin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

piccanin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिकनिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piccanin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piccanin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piccanin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

piccanin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piccanin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piccanin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaffertjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piccanin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piccanin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piccanin

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICCANIN»

The term «piccanin» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICCANIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «piccanin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «piccanin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piccanin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICCANIN»

Discover the use of piccanin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piccanin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Acid Alex
The other one is smaller, so let's call him Piccanin. Now, Makhulu always gets Piccanin to take the other kids' milk money to make the poor little bastards feel even worse. How would you feel ifa titch took your milk money and you could do  ...
Al Lovejoy, 2005
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Zachariah: The Boer Diamond
Follow the piccanin, we will be just behind you.' He came around into view again and went and spoke to the piccanin, who was standing with a blank look on his face. After a lot of indicating and explaining the piccanin finally nodded.
Malcolm Colley, 2013
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The Spirit Trap
Piccanin Bwana Owain, for instance, played with Shadrick's sister's son, Tikki asthough Piccanin Bwana was another blackboy. 'No good evercan come outofsuch a friendship,' Shadrickhadtold his sister. No good would come out of N' kusikas ...
Sara Banerji, 2014
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African Stories
“Missus, my missus, you said when you took a piccanin for the house, that piccanin would be me.” But Jane did not give way. She still felt as if Tembi were on probation. And the demanding, insistent, impatient thing in Tembi did not seem to her ...
Doris Lessing, 2014
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Missionary Register
My dady [husband] want to flog piccanin : me say, ' No flog piccanin ; flog me.' Me cry tae [till] me poor like a stick'' — till her sorrow had made her flesh look poor, and like a stick ; pointing, at the same time, to her body, and arms, and legs.
‎1825
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Gun and Camera in Southern Africa
Piccanin," as he was always called, acted as cook's help and bottlewasher, and being a ready, active little chap, became a most popular member of the trek. It was Piccanin's black, good-humoured face that appeared to us at dawn, as he drew ...
H.A. Bryden
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Collected Papers - Osborn Zoological Society, Yale University
M. piccanin, form nebulosa, n. Pronotum greyish-brown as in f. piccanin, clavus very slightly darkened at the extreme apex, corio-claval suture blackish, corium with a very large black discal suffusion which extends back internally to the ...
Yale University. Osborn Zoological Laboratory, 1932
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Collected Papers - Osborn Zoological Society, Yale University
M. piccanin, form nebulosa, n. Pronotum greyish-brown as in f . piccanin, clavus very slightly darkened at the extreme apex, corio-claval suture blackish, corium with a very large black discal suffusion which extends back internally to the ...
Osborn Zoological Laboratory, 1932
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African Radio Plays
If I give you belly you should be happy because I marry you to born piccanin for me, I marry you to born many piccanin for me. If you don't man-piccanin for me who goes stay for our house? Abu, if I don't go man-piccanin now, every time I have ...
Wolfram Frommlet, 1991
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ROAD TO LITHIUM LODGE
The two of us, me the youngster, were to work the farm.What a lesson I learnt. And work I worked alright. I was put in charge of the piggery, about 500 of the unpredictable Irish canaries. I was given a big piccanin about 14 years old to help me.
George Henry Nolan, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICCANIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piccanin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Coach ends 18-season drought as Bays win Jackson Cup
Dean Piccanin scored for Powell River. Comox Valley lost to Campbell River 4-3 in penalty kicks for the Challenge Cup (teams below Div. «Victoria News, Mar 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Piccanin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/piccanin>. May 2024 ».
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