Giacometti, Alberto Syllabification: (Gia·co·met·ti, Alberto)Pronunciation: /ˌjäkəˈmetē/Definition of Giacometti, Alberto (1901–66), Swiss sculptor and painter. His most typical works are of emaciated and extremely elongated human forms, such as Invisible Object (1934–35), and Man Pointing (1947). Giacometti, Alberto in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Giacometti, Alberto in the British & World English dictionary