English Explanatory Dictionary

Italian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to Italy.
  2. Pertaining to its people or their cultures.
  3. Pertaining to their language.
  4. Using an italic style; italic.
noun
  1. An inhabitant of Italy or a person of Italian descent.
  2. The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.
  3. A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
  4. Ellipsis of Italian cloth.
  5. Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.
  6. Ellipsis of Italian bread.
  7. Ellipsis of Italian sandwich.

Pronunciation

ĭ-tăl''yən /ɪˈtæl.jən/ en-us-Italian.ogg /aɪˈtæl.jən/ ī-tăl􂀽'yən /əˈtæl.jən/ /əˈtæ.jən/

Word forms

Italian more Italian most Italian Italians

Etymology

From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”).

Synonyms

Italish dago Eyetie Itie goombah greaseball guido guinea Italian macaroni paisan pizzahead pizza nigger spaghetti spic spigotty white negro white nigger wog wop

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Italian terms

Derived words

anti-Italian Italian a Italian bee Italian brainrot Italian brain rot Italian bread Italian cloth Italian cypress Italian dandelion Italian dressing Italian East Africa Italian Game Italian greyhound Italian ice Italian iron Italian ivy Italian juice Italian kale Italian millet Italian paste Italian Riviera Italian sighthound Italian Somaliland Italian stone pine Italian strawflower Italian strike Italian thistle Italian vermouth Sicilian Italian Italian of the East Old Italian
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