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italian
English
it
Italian
Etymology
From en enm Italian, from en la-med Italiānus, from en la Italia Italy. en Italia -n<id:pertaining to>.
Pronunciation
ĭ-tăl'yən RP,GA,CA, en /ɪˈtæl.jən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Italian.wav Southern England
en en-us-Italian.ogg GenAm
en /aɪˈtæl.jən/ US less common, see en Eye-talian, ī-tăl'yən
en /əˈtæl.jən/ /ɪˈtæl.jən/ /əˈtæ.jən/ AU
en æljən 3
Adjective
Pertaining to Italy.
en Italian borders
Pertaining to its people or their cultures.
en European
en Italian cuisines
Pertaining to their language.
en Indo-European
en Italian verbs
en obsolete not comparable Using an italic style; italic.
en 1868 Henry Noel Humphreys A History of the Art of Printing 175 It has been shown that there was a great disposition on the part of some German printers, especially Albert Durer, to adopt the rounded Italian type; others preferring the crisp angularity of the Gothic black-letter, even for general purposes; while for books of devotion it appears to have been deemed the more orthodox; the Italian style of type being deemed an innovation.
Synonyms
en Italish
Derived terms
en anti-Italian Italian a Italian pool frog Italian bee Italian green bean Italian bread Italian cloth Italian cypress Italian dandelion Italian dressing Italian East Africa Italian Game Italian woodbine Italian greyhound Italian ice Italian iron Italian flat bean Italian juice Italian kale Italian millet Italian brain rot Italian ivy Italian Riviera Italian stone pine Italian paste Italian brainrot Italian strawflower Italian sighthound Italian Somaliland Italian strike Italian thistle Italian vermouth Sicilian Italian extra-Italian Gallo-Italian Italian poutine Italian tomato Italianate Italianesque Italianicity Italianisation Italianise Italianish Italianism Italianist Italianistic Italianistics Italianize Italianly Italianness Judeo-Italian
Translations
of or pertaining to Italy
Afrikaans: af Italiaans
Albanian: sq italian
Arabic: ar إِيطَالِيّ
Tunisian Arabic: aeb طَلْيَانِي ṭalyēni
Armenian: hy իտալական
Asturian: ast italianu
Azerbaijani: az italyan
Basque: eu italiar
Belarusian: be італья́нскі
Bulgarian: bg италиа́нски
Burmese: my အီတလီ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue талія́нськый
Catalan: ca italià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 意大利 意大利的 Yìdàlì de, cmn 意 yì
Corsican: co talianu, co italianu
Czech: cs italský, cs vlašský
Danish: da italiensk
Dutch: nl Italiaans, nl Italiaanse
Esperanto: eo itala
Estonian: et itaalia
Farefare: gur itali
Faroese: fo italskur
Finnish: fi italialainen
Franco-Provençal: frp étalien
French: fr italien
Friulian: fur talian
Galician: gl italiano
Georgian: ka იტალიური, ka იტალიელი
German: de italienisch
Greek: el ιταλικός
Hawaiian: haw ʻĪkālia
Hebrew: he אִיטַלְקִי italkí
Hindi: hi इतालवी, hi इटालियन, hi इटली,
Hungarian: hu olasz
Icelandic: is ítalskur
Ido: io Italiana
Indonesian: id Italia
Interlingua: ia italiano
Irish: ga Iodálach
Italian: it italiano
Japanese: ja イタリア イタリアの Itaria no, ja 伊 い, i
Javanese: jv Itali
Kashubian: csb italsczi
Kazakh: kk италияндық, kk италиялық
Khmer: km អ៊ីតាលី
Korean: ko 이탈리아 ^이탈리아-의
Kyrgyz: ky италян, ky итальян
Lao: lo ອິຕາລີ
Latin: la italicus m, la italus m poetic, la italis f poetic, la italiciānus, la italiānus
Latvian: lv itāļu, lv itāliešu, lv itālisks
Lithuanian: lt itališkas
Macedonian: mk италијански
Malay: ms Itali
Maltese: mt Taljan
Māori: mi Itariana
Marathi: mr इटालियन
Mòcheno: mhn balsch
Mongolian: mn итали
Nauruan: na Italionise
Neapolitan: nap taliano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb italiensk
Nynorsk: nn italiensk
Occitan: oc italian
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu италїискъ
Pashto: ps ايټالوي iṭalawí
Persian: fa ایتالیایی itâliyâyi
Polish: pl włoski
Portuguese: pt italiano, pt ítalo, pt itálico
Romanian: ro italian, ro italienesc
Russian: ru италья́нский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eadailteach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh италѝја̄нскӣ, sh талѝја̄нскӣ
Latin: sh italìjānskī, sh talìjānskī
Slovak: sk taliansky
Slovene: sl italijánski
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb włóski
Spanish: es italiano, es ítalo, es tano
Swedish: sv italiensk
Tagalog: tl Italyano
Tajik: tg итолиявӣ
Telugu: te ఇటాలియను
Thai: th อิตาเลียน, th อิตาลี
Turkish: tr İtalyan
Turkmen: tk italýan
Ukrainian: uk італі́йський
Urdu: ur اطالوی itālvī
Uyghur: ug ئىتاليان
Uzbek: uz italyan
Vietnamese: vi Ý, vi Ý Đại Lợi
Volapük: vo Litaliyänik, obsolete vo Tälik
Welsh: cy Eidalaidd
Yiddish: yi איטאַליעניש
Zhuang: za Eiqdaihleih
of or pertaining to Italians
Afrikaans: af Italiaans
Armenian: hy իտալական
Asturian: ast italianu
Bulgarian: bg италиански
Esperanto: eo itala
Finnish: fi italialainen
French: fr italien
Galician: gl italiano m
Georgian: ka იტალიური
German: de italienisch
Hawaiian: haw ʻĪkālia
Hindi: hi इतालवी, hi इटालियन
Latin: la italicus m, la italis f poetic, la italus m poetic
Latvian: lv itāliešu, lv itāļu, lv itālisks
Malay: ms orang Itali, ms Itali
Mòcheno: mhn balsch
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb italiensk
Nynorsk: nn italiensk
Polish: pl włoski
Portuguese: pt italiano, pt ítalo, pt itálico
Romanian: ro italian, ro italienesc, ro italic
Spanish: es italiano, es ítalo
Swedish: sv italiensk
Telugu: te ఇటాలియను
Volapük: ♂♀ vo Litaliyänanik, ♂ vo hi-Litaliyänanik, ♀ vo ji-Litaliyänanik
Yiddish: yi איטאַליעניש
of or pertaining to the Italian language
Afrikaans: af Italiaans
Armenian: hy իտալերեն
Asturian: ast italianu
Bulgarian: bg италиански
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 義大利語
Corsican: co italianu, co talianu
Esperanto: eo itala, eo itallingva
Finnish: fi italiankielinen, fi italialainen
French: fr italien, fr italophone
Galician: gl italiano m
Georgian: ka იტალიური
German: de italienisch, de italienischsprachig, de italienischsprachlich, de italophon
Hawaiian: haw ʻĪkālia
Hindi: hi इतालवी, hi इटालियन
Italian: it italiano m
Latin: la italicus m
Latvian: lv itāļu, lv itāliešu, lv itālisks
Malay: ms bahasa Itali, ms Itali
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb italiensk
Nynorsk: nn italiensk
Polish: pl włoski, pl włoskojęzyczny
Portuguese: pt italiano
Romanian: ro italian, ro italienesc
Spanish: es italiano, es ítalo
Swedish: sv italiensk
Tatar: tt италча
Telugu: te ఇటాలియను
Volapük: vo Litaliyänapükik
Noun
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en Q50001en countable A person from Italy or of Italian descent.
en Thesaurus:Italian person
en A tour group of Italians is visiting Westminster Cathedral today.
en 2012-05-05 Phil McNulty Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool w:BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17878435 As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy. https://web.archive.org/web/20160118044832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17878435 18 January 2016
en Q192786 en uncountable cooking A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
en A: What's for dinner tonight? B: I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some Italian tonight!
en 1995 Betty Crocker's New Italian Cooking 5 Simple Cannoli, Lemon Ice, or a delicious Tira Mi Su. With so many wonderful recipes, you can eat Italian anytime.
en Q146778 en countable textiles en Italian cloth<id:Q146778>.
en They bought a bolt of the finest Italian that can be had this side of Italy.
en Q26877308 en uncountable en Italian vermouth<id:Q26877308>, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.
en gin and Italian
en 1971 John Doxat The World of Drinks and Drinking 102 So the English women would have been interested in American drinks, and in came the gin-and-Italian, for example.
en crusty yeasted bread in oblong loaf en Italian bread<id:crusty yeasted bread in oblong loaf>.
en Can I please get a meatball sub on Italian? Thank you!
en Q25004038 en countable Maine en Italian sandwich<id:Q25004038>.
en Can I please get an Italian and a beer? Thank you!
Derived terms
en Italian of the East Old Italian Sicilian Italian
Translations
person from Italy wop
Afrikaans: af Italianer
Albanian: sq italian m
Arabic: ar إِيطَالِيّ m, ar إِيطَالِيَّة f
Aragonese: an italián m, an italiana f
Armenian: hy իտալացի
Asturian: ast italianu m, ast italiana f
Azerbaijani: az italyan, az италјан
Basque: eu italiar
Belarusian: be італья́нец m, be італья́нка f
Bengali: bn ইতালীয়
Breton: br Italianeg
Bulgarian: bg италиа́нец m, bg италиа́нка f
Catalan: ca italià m, ca italiana f
Cherokee: chr ᎠᎢᏔᎵ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 意大利人 yìdàlìrén
Corsican: co talianu m, co taliana f, co italianu m, co italiana f
Czech: cs Ital m, cs Italka f
Danish: da italiener c
Dutch: nl Italiaan m, nl Italiaanse f
Esperanto: eo italo, f eo italino
Estonian: et itaallane, et itaallased p
Farefare: gur Italia-nẽra, gur Italga ethnically
Finnish: fi italialainen
French: fr Italien m, fr Italienne f
Friulian: fur talian m
Galician: gl italiano m, gl italiana f
Georgian: ka იტალიელი
German: de Italiener m, de Italienerin f
Greek: el Ιταλός m, el Ιταλίδα f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰταλός m
Hawaiian: haw ʻĪkālia
Hebrew: he אִיטַלְקִי italkí
Hindi: hi इतालवी, hi इटालियन
Hungarian: hu olasz
Icelandic: is Ítali m
Interlingua: ia italiano m, ia italiana f
Italian: it italiano m, it italiana f
Japanese: ja イタリア人 いたりあじん, itariajin
Kazakh: kk италиялық
Korean: ko 이탈리아인, ko 이태리인, ko 이탈리아 사람, ko 이태리 사람
Latin: la italus m, la itala f, la italis f poetic
Latvian: lv itālis m, lv itālietis, lv itāliete f
Lithuanian: lt italas m, lt italė f
Macedonian: mk Италијанец m, mk Италијанка f
Malay: ms orang Itali, ms Itali
Maltese: mt Taljan m, mt Taljana f
Neapolitan: nap taliano m, nap talianu m, nap taliana f, nap italianu m, nap italiana f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb italiener m
Nynorsk: nn italienar m
Occitan: oc italian m
Persian: fa ایتالیایی itâliyâyi
Polish: pl Włoch m-pr, pl Włoszka f
Portuguese: pt italiano m, pt italiana f, pt ítalo m, pt itálico m
Romanian: ro italian m, ro italiancă f, ro italiană f
Russian: ru италья́нец m, ru италья́нка f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eadailteach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Италѝја̄н m, sh Талѝја̄н m, sh Италија́нац m, sh Талија́нац m, sh Италѝја̄нка m, sh Талѝја̄нка m
Latin: sh Italìjān m, sh Talìjān m, sh Italijánac m, sh Talijánac m, sh Italìjānka f, sh Talìjānka f
Sicilian: scn talianu m, scn taliana f, scn italianu m, scn italiana f
Slovak: sk Talian m, sk Talianka f
Slovene: sl Italijàn m, sl Italijánka f
Spanish: es italiano m, es italiana f, es ítalo m, es tano m
Swahili: sw Mwitalia, sw Mwitali
Swedish: sv italienare c sv italienska c
Telugu: te ఇటాలియను
Turkish: tr İtalyan
Ukrainian: uk італі́єць m, uk італі́йка f
Venetan: vec itaƚian m, vec itaƚiana f
Vietnamese: vi người Ý (vi 𠊛意)
Volapük: ♂♀ vo Litaliyänan, ♂ vo hi-Litaliyänan, ♀ vo ji-Litaliyänan, obsolete vo Tälan
Yiddish: yi איטאַליענער m
Proper noun
en Q652 The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.
en Corsican<id:Q33111> Sicilian<id:Q33973> Tuscan<id:Q1990745>
en Old Italian
en The tour group asked their questions in Italian, and their tour guide translated.
en-GB Fiona Sampson The other Dordogne: exploring France’s unspoiled Périgord region w:The Guardian 2024-07-20 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jul/20/the-other-dordogne-france-unspoiled-perigord-region-perigueux 0261-3077 In Occitan a stroll, una passejada, is close to the Italian passeggiata, and a reminder of what a public business it is to amble these streets. https://web.archive.org/web/20240916213322/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jul/20/the-other-dordogne-france-unspoiled-perigord-region-perigueux
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Italiaans
Albanian: sq gjuha italiane
Arabic: ar الإِيطَالِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة الإِيطَالِيَّة f al-luḡa l-ʔīṭāliyya, ar إِيطَالِيّ m colloquial
Aragonese: an italián m
Armenian: hy իտալերեն
Asturian: ast italianu m
Azerbaijani: az italyan, az италјан
Basque: eu italiera
Belarusian: be італья́нская мо́ва f, be італья́нская f
Breton: br Italianeg
Bulgarian: bg италиански m
Catalan: ca italià m
Cherokee: chr ᎢᏔᎵ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 意大利文 ji3 daai6 lei6 man5
Mandarin: cmn 意大利語 yìdàlìyǔ
Cornish: kw Italek
Corsican: co talianu, co italianu
Czech: cs italština f
Danish: da italiensk n
Dutch: nl Italiaans
Esperanto: eo Itala
Estonian: et Itaalia
Farefare: gur italle, gur italne
Faroese: fo italskt n
Finnish: fi italia
Franco-Provençal: frp étalien m, frp italien m
French: fr italien m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Italjaansk
Galician: gl italiano m
Georgian: ka იტალიური, ka იტალიური ენა
German: de Italienisch n
Greek: el ιταλικά n-p
Greenlandic: kl italiamiutut
Hebrew: he אִיטַלְקִית f italkít
Hindi: hi इतालवी f, hi इटालियन f
Hungarian: hu olasz
Icelandic: is ítalska f
Ido: io Italiana
Indonesian: id Bahasa Italia
Interlingua: ia italiano
Irish: ga Iodáilis
Italian: it italiano m
Japanese: ja イタリア語 イタリアご, itariago, ja 伊語 いご, igo
Korean: ko 이탈리아어
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Talyanî
Latin: la lingua italica, la italicum n
Latvian: lv itāļu valoda, lv itāliešu valoda f
Limburgish: li Ieteljaansj n
Lithuanian: lt Italų, lt Itališkai
Macedonian: mk италијански
Malay: ms Itali, ms bahasa Itali
Maltese: it-mt Taljan
Māori: mi reo Itariana
Mapudungun: arn italia dungun
Marathi: mr इटालियन
Mingrelian: xmf იტალიური ნინა
Mòcheno: mhn balsch
Moksha: mdf италиень
Mongolian: mn итали
Navajo: nv Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bizaad
Neapolitan: nap taliano m, nap talianu m nap italianu m
Nepali: ne इटालियन
Norman: nrf Italien m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb italiensk m
Nynorsk: nn italiensk m
Occitan: oc italian m
Persian: fa ایتالیایی itâliyâyi
Polish: (język) pl włoski m
Portuguese: pt italiano
Romanian: ro italiană f
Russian: ru италья́нский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Eadailtis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (adjective) sh италѝја̄нскӣ m, sh талѝја̄нскӣ m
Latin: (adjective) sh italìjānskī m, sh talìjānskī m
Sicilian: scn talianu m, scn italianu m
Sinhalese: si ඉතාලි, si ඉතාලි භාෂාව
Slovak: sk taliančina
Slovene: sl italijánščina f
Somali: so Talyani
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb italšćina f
Upper Sorbian: hsb italšćina f
Spanish: es italiano m
Swahili: sw Kiitaliano, sw Kiitalia
Swedish: sv italienska c
Tagalog: tl Italyano
Tamil: ta இத்தாலியன்
Tarantino: roa-tar tagliàne
Tatar: tt италия
Telugu: te ఇటాలియను
Thai: th ภาษาอิตาลี
Tigrinya: ti ጣሊያንኛ
Turkish: tr İtalyanca
Ukrainian: uk італі́йська f
Urdu: ur اطالوی itālvī
Uzbek: uz italyancha
Venetan: vec itaƚian m
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Ý (vi 㗂意)
Volapük: vo Litaliyänapük, obsolete vo Tälapük
Walloon: wa itålyin
Welsh: cy Eidaleg
Yiddish: yi איטאַליעניש
Zulu: zu Isintaliyane
See also
it
Further reading
1 it ita
ita
Anagrams
en aaiilnt Antilia Taliani
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Demonyms Ethnonyms Italian Italy Languages Nationalities Wines
Basque
Pronunciation
Proper noun
eu proper noun form
eu Italia ine indef
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Italia gen s
Anagrams
fi aaiilnt laitain liaanit litania