zimbello

See also: zimbellò

Italian

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal cembel, from Vulgar Latin *cymbellum, from Latin cymbalum.[1]

Noun

zimbello m (plural zimbelli)

  1. (venatorial) a decoy bird; either alive and tethered, or made of wood, etc., lure
  2. (figuratively) flattery
  3. (figuratively) a laughing stock, jest, patsy
  4. (ethology) mockups to stimulate animal behavior

Verb

zimbello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zimbellare

References
  1. zimbello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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