Meaning
lead
- grey
- bullet
In a sentence
Questo tubo è fatto di piombo.
This pipe is made of lead.
Hai visto il cielo color piombo oggi?
Did you see the lead-gray sky today?
Per fortuna, non c'era piombo nel giocattolo.
Luckily, there was no lead in the toy.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| piombo | masculine · singular |
| piombi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For the metal, use piombo; for the writing tool, use matita, even though pencils historically contained graphite, not lead.
- As a color word, grigio piombo is common; plain piombo alone as a color sounds literary or context-dependent.
- For ammunition, piombo often appears in plural-like collective uses such as usare il piombo; proiettile is more specific for a single bullet.