Biberon is the Italian word for a baby bottle. It entered the language via the French biberon which can be traced back to the Latin verb bibere (to drink).
It is an invariable masculine noun, which means that its form does not change in the plural.
- il biberon = the baby bottle
- i biberon = the baby bottles
- un biberon = a baby bottle
- dei biberon = (some) baby bottles
II bambino preferisce il seno al biberon.
The baby prefers the breast to the bottle.
A synonym for biberon is poppatoio, a derivative of the very common verb poppare (to drink mother’s milk).
Biberon appears in the idiomatic expression avere ancora bisogno del biberon (lit. to still need one’s baby bottle). It is used to describe someone who is immature, naive or inexperienced.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honours in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, proficient in English and Italian, as well as Japanese, Welsh, and French to varying degrees of fluency. Originally from Toronto, Heather has resided in various countries, notably Italy for a period of six years. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction.
