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giuoco piano

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
giuo-co pi-ano
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chess opening

Etymology

From Italian Giuoco Piano, from giuoco+piano.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Giuoco Pianos (plural)

Phrases

Giuoco Pianissimo

Frequently Paired Words

Giuoco Pianissimo Sicilian Defense Spanish Opening

Synonyms

Italian game Italian opening

Questions

What does giuoco piano mean?
A chess opening
Where does giuoco piano come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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