acicula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

lbor

Scandix pecten-veneris
Scandix pecten-veneris#Translingual

shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)


beta

From Latin bēta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


mela

it-noun

mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)

mele (plural)
melétta (diminutive)
melìna (diminutive)
melóna (augmentative)
melàccia (pejorative)

Inherited from Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, likely from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).


zabaione

→ Chinese: 薩巴里安尼 (sàbālǐ'ānní)

→ English: zabaglione

desctree

→ French: sabayon
→ English: sabayon
→ Finnish: sabayon

→ Portuguese: zabaione

Possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

sabaia<t:Illyrian barley beer><pos:from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*sab-</i> (“taste”)>

(usually uncountable) zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)


patata

→ Afar: bataatá


uovo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n.
The irregular plural uova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.

un uovo di gallina

meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani


limone

it-noun

limone m (plural limoni, diminutive limoncìno or limoncèllo)

limoni (plural)
limoncìno (diminutive)
limoncèllo (diminutive)


lattuga

lattuga f (plural lattughe, diminutive lattughìna, augmentative lattugóna or lattugóne m, pejorative lattugàccia)

lattughe (plural)
lattughìna (diminutive)
lattugóna (augmentative)
lattugóne (augmentative masculine)
lattugàccia (pejorative)

From Old Italian lattuca, from Latin lactūca.


rutabaga

Borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).


zucchina

Diminutive from zucca (“gourd, squash”) + -ina (“diminutive suffix”).


zucca

it-noun

zucca f (plural zucche, diminutive zucchétta or zucchettìna or zucchétto m or zucchettìno m or zucchìna or zucchìno m, augmentative zuccóna or zuccóne m, pejorative zuccàccia (“pumpkin, squash, head”))

zucche (plural)
zucchétta (diminutive)
zucchettìna (diminutive)
zucchétto (diminutive masculine)
zucchettìno (diminutive masculine)
zucchìna (diminutive)
zucchìno (diminutive masculine)
zuccóna (augmentative)
zuccóne (augmentative masculine)
zuccàccia (pejorative)

From Late Latin cucutia (via metathesis and apheresis), from Latin cucurbita (“gourd”). Doublet of cocuzza and cucurbita.


arancio

From arancia (“orange (fruit”), from arancio (“orange (tree)”).


arancio

→ Sardinian: aràngiu

Borrowed from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “elephant taste”).


pomodoro

it-noun

pomodoro m (plural pomodori or pomidoro or (popular) pomidori)

pomodori (plural)
pomidoro (plural)
pomidori (common plural)

desctree

→ Arabic: بَنَدُورَة (banadūra) (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine)
→ Armenian: պանատուրա (panatura) (dialectal)
→ Turkish: banadura (dialectal)

desc

→ Armenian: ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor) (calque)

→ Georgian: ოქროვაშლა (okrovašla) (calque) (chiefly Gurian dialect)

→ English: pomodoro

→ Lithuanian: pomidòras

→ Neapolitan: pummarola

→ Polish: pomidor

desctree

→ Russian: помидо́р (pomidór)
→ Armenian: պոմիդոր (pomidor)
→ Azerbaijani: pomidor
→ Persian: پامادور (pâmâdor)
→ Bashkir: помидор (pomidor)
→ Crimean Tatar: pamidor
→ Georgian: პომიდორი (ṗomidori), პამიდორი (ṗamidori) — colloquial
→ Uyghur: پەمىدۇر (pemidur)
→ Uzbek: pomidor
→ Yakut: помидор (pomidor)
→ Yiddish: פּאָמידאָר (pomidor)

→ Ukrainian: помідор (pomidor)

Univerbation of pomo (“apple”) + d' (“of”) + oro (“gold”), literally “golden apple”. Possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow. Earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) goes back to Matthiolus (1544).
A red strain was later developed in Moorish Africa, which came to be known in Italy as pomo dei mori (“apple of the Moors”).

univerbation

salsa di pomodoro

pasta al pomodoro

an Italian food typically prepared with pasta, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, and various other fresh ingredients. See pasta al pomodoro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Prendete pomodori di campo, perchè quelli d'orto sono più acquosi, e preferite i piccoli ai grandi.

1895, Pellegrino Artusi, “Conserva di pomodoro senza sale [Saltless tomato preserves]”, in La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene [Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well], 2nd edition, Florence, page 418:

Take field tomatoes, as those from the garden are too watery, and choose small ones over large ones. (Baca, Murtha; Sartarelli, Stephen, transl. [2003; first published 1997], University of Toronto Press)

pomo del Perù

Peruvian apple; however ambiguous as to whether he was referring to the same plant

mentioned by Anguillara in 1561 (under the plural form pomi del Perù)

pomo d'amore

therefore not to be confused with English love apple (which may have been a mistranslation of pomo d'oro or a calque of French pomme d’amour; itself a possible corruption of aforementioned Italian pomo dei mori) nor with Sicilian puma d'amuri


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


aglio

it-noun

aglio m (plural agli, diminutive agliétto)


ananas

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


mamma

mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)


basilico

From Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), nominalized neuter form of the adjective βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal, kingly”), derived from βασιλεύς (basileús, “master; king”).

Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum#Translingual


ambrosia

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).


durian

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


quinoa

it-noun

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.


asparago

From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


carciofo

→ Middle French: carchoffle

→ Polish: karczoch

→ Spanish: alcachofa

Borrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf). Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.

bor

Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)


frutto

it-noun

frutto m (plural frutti, diminutive frutterèllo or frutticèllo or fruttìno or frutticìno)

frutti (plural)
frutterèllo (diminutive)
frutticèllo (diminutive)
fruttìno (diminutive)
frutticìno (diminutive)

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

fruttidoro

Fructidor; a month in the French Republican Calendar

fruttifero

that produces fruit (a plant/tree), fertile (soil, ground), useful, profitable

(figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest


polio

From [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “white, grey”).

the plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)


cornetto

From corno (“horn”, from Latin cornū) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cornū</i>


riso

From Late Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).


arachide

From Ancient Greek ἀράχιδνα (arákhidna), diminutive of ἄρακος (árakos).


origano

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(by extension) any plant of the genus Origanum

oregano, specifically:
any plant of the genus Origanum


cipolla

it-noun

cipolla f (plural cipolle, diminutive cipollìna or cipollétta, augmentative cipollóne m, pejorative cipollàccia or cipollàccio m)

cipolle (plural)
cipollìna (diminutive)
cipollétta (diminutive)
cipollóne (augmentative masculine)
cipollàccia (pejorative)
cipollàccio (masculine pejorative)

→ Slavomolisano: čipula

Inherited from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

1964, Domenico Paolella, ...e poi scoppiò la guerra: ora per ora, minuto per minuto, il 31 agosto '39, V. Bompiani, page 77

Klaus takes his accurate pocketwatch from the breastpocket: seven minutes to midnight.

Klaus cava dal taschino la sua precisa cipolla: mancano sette minuti a mezzanotte.


ruta

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).


satsuma

1922: from Japanese 薩摩 (さつま, Satsuma); see above.

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


ciliegia

ciliegia f (plural ciliegie or ciliege, diminutive ciliegìna, augmentative ciliegióna)

ciliegie (plural)
ciliege (plural)
ciliegìna (diminutive)
ciliegióna (augmentative)

From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa. Double hypercorrectism : Tuscan corrects intervocalic R → intervocalic L (assuming that cer- is a Lombard pronunciation) ; and corrects -SA → -GIA (mistakenly assuming -sa is another Lombard pronunciation) ; same for garea→ galera, another hypercorrectism


fragola

it-noun

fragola f (plural fragole, diminutive fragolétta or fragolìna, augmentative fragolóna or fragolóne m)

fragole (plural)
fragolétta (diminutive)
fragolìna (diminutive)
fragolóna (augmentative)
fragolóne (augmentative masculine)


ciliegio

From the Tuscan ciriegio, from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus.


dattero

Inherited from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos). Doublet of dattilo.

(zoology) Synonym of dattero di mare (“date mussel”)


carota

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (kărōtón).


maro

From Latin marum, from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron).


noce

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


stevia

Borrowed from translingual Stevia, taxonomic genus named after 16ᵗʰ century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).


lenticchia

From Vulgar Latin *lenticla, syncopated form of Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns.


predella

Borrowed from Lombardic brīdil, *predel (“bridle”), compare briglia, likely a doublet from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz, cognate with English bridle.

bor+

(archaic, equestrianism) part of the bridle of a horse which attaches to the bit


albicocca

From Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoce.

uder

اَلْبَرْقُوق


albicocca

اَلْبَرْقُوق


carvi

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ).


feno

Venetian Slang, contraction of fenocio (finocchio)


balilla

a member of a Fascist paramilitary youth movement in the time of Benito Mussolini


fagiolo

it-noun

fagiolo m (plural fagioli, diminutive fagiolétto or fagiolìno, augmentative fagiolóne, pejorative fagiolàccio)

fagioli (plural)
fagiolétto (diminutive)
fagiolìno (diminutive)
fagiolóne (augmentative)
fagiolàccio (pejorative)

→ Serbo-Croatian: fažola

→ Slavomolisano: fažo

From Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) or from Ancient Greek φασούλια (phasoúlia), φασολιά (fasoliá) or related to either. Unrelated to fava.


fagiolino

(usually in the plural) green bean (immature pod of beans eaten as a vegetable)


broccolo

→ Catalan: bròquil

→ English: broccolo, broccoli

Diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“projecting, pointed”), of Gaulish origin, related to Gaelic brog (“awl”). Cognate with Sicilian vròcculu.


cavolfiore

→ German: Karfiol

→ Hungarian: karfiol

desctree

→ Polish: kalafior
→ Yiddish: קאַליפֿיאָר (kalifyor)

From cavolo + fiore. Compare French chou-fleur, English cauliflower.


batata

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.


cipollina

erba cipollina, aglio ungherese, porro settile


finocchio

→ Albanian: finok

→ English: finocchio

→ Greek: φινόκιο (finókio)

From Late Latin fēnuculum (contracted to a later Vulgar Latin form *fenuclum), from a diminutive of Latin fēnum. The slang sense is of Tuscan origin and probably derives from the archaic meaning “worthless person”, although many different folk etymologies exist.


melanzana

desc

→ Byzantine Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

→ Austrian German: Melanzani

→ Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

→ Macedonian: малиџано (malidžano)

→ English: malidzano

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: меланцана

Latin script: melancana

→ Slovene: melancána

→ Tigrinya: መለንዛና (mälänzana)

From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī) or वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.

der

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)


barbabietola

From barba (“beard”) + bietola (“beet”).


bietola

From Latin bēta, probably influenced by blitum (a kind of spinach). Compare French blette.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual


cece

From Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱer- (“pea”).


cetriolo

→ English: jadrool

From Vulgar Latin *citriŏlum. Doublet of citrullo.

cetriolo sottaceto


cicoria

desctree

→ German: Zichorie, Cichorie (obsolete)
→ Swedish: cikoria
→ Finnish: sikuri

First attested 1361. From Medieval Latin or Late Latin *cichōria, from the plural of Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).


cumino

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: кумин, комин, кимин, кмин

Latin script: kumin, komin, kimin, kmin

→ Slovene: kumin, kumina, kmin, tmin

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).


dragoncello

From dragone (“dragon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

suffix

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual


menta piperita

it-noun

menta piperita f (plural mente piperite)


pastinaca

From Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).


peperone

peperone m (plural peperoni, diminutive peperoncino)

peperoni (plural)
peperoncino (diminutive)

→ English: pepperoni

→ German: Peperoni


pisello

desc

→ Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ)

→ Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ)

→ Greek: μπιζέλι (bizéli) (via the plural)

→ Turkish: bezelye

From Vulgar Latin *pisellum, diminutive of Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).


polenta

→ Catalan: polenta

→ English: polenta

→ Finnish: polenta

→ French: polenta

→ German: Polenta, Plente

→ Turkish: polenta


porro

→ Alemannic German: Bor


prezzemolo

A syncope of earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a cross of Latin petroselīnum and sēmen (thus "stone seed") as in Sardinian perdusèmene. The Latin word borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

der

πετροσέλῑνον


radicchio

→ English: radicchio

→ German: Radicchio

desc

→ Greek: ραδίκιον (radíkion), ραδίκιν (radíkin), ραδίκι (radíki)

ραντίτσιο (rantítsio), ραντίκιο (rantíkio)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رادیكیه (radikiye)

→ Armenian: ըռատիքյա (əṙatikʻya)

From Latin rādīcula (“little root”) (with early loss of /u/ and a change in gender), from rādīc- (“root”). Compare Romanian ridiche.

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


ravanello

From rafano (“horseradish”) + -ello (diminutive suffix). Compare Portuguese rabanete and Spanish rábano, rabanito.

affix

Raphanus sativus
Raphanus sativus#Translingual


scorzonera

Scorzonera hispanica
Scorzonera hispanica#Translingual

black salsify (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica)


spinacio

qualifier

final -t perhaps influenced by <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Salat</i>

→ Middle High German: spināt (final -t perhaps influenced by Salat)

desctree

German: Spinat
→ Kashubian: szpinat
→ Russian: шпинат (špinat)
→ Bashkir: шпинат (şpinat)
→ Serbo-Croatian: шпинат / špìnāt
→ Ukrainian: шпина́т (špynát)

From Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx), probably through Ibero-Romance.

derived

Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ)

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea#Translingual


cocomero

it-noun

cocomero m (plural cocomeri, diminutive cocomerìno or cocomerétto or cocomerèllo, augmentative cocomeróne, pejorative cocomeràccio)

cocomeri (plural)
cocomerìno (diminutive)
cocomerétto (diminutive)
cocomerèllo (diminutive)
cocomeróne (augmentative)
cocomeràccio (pejorative)

With ending changed to -o due to analogy, from Latin cucumerem (“cucumber”).

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual

watermelon, specifically:
the plant Citrullus lanatus


fico

it-adj

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

fica (feminine)
fichi (masculine plural)
fiche (feminine plural)
fichissimo (superlative)

From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.


lampone

Borrowed from Gallo-Italic, compare Piedmontese àmpola, Lombard ampon, Venetan ampoma, ampómola, with the initial l- by concretion of the definite article.


mandarancio

From mandarino (“mandarin”) + arancio (“orange (tree)”).


mandarino

mandarin (bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)


melagrana

From the variant melagranata, from Vulgar Latin *melum granatum (cf. Italian melogranato, melograno), from Latin mālogrānātum or mālagrānātum.


melone

it-noun

melone m (plural meloni, diminutive meloncìno)

→ German: Melone

→ Hunsrik: Mëlon

From Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).


nespola

From Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Compare Portuguese nêspera and Spanish níspero.


prugna

From Vulgar Latin *prunea, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon). Cognate with Sicilian prunu.


ribes

→ Mòcheno: ribes

From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).


cavolo cappuccio

it-noun

cavolo cappuccio m (plural cavoli cappucci)


cavolo rapa

cavolo rapa m (plural cavoli rapa or cavoli rape)

cavoli rapa (plural)
cavoli rape (plural)


fava

From Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).


oliva

From Latin olīva, from Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or from Pre-Classical Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loywom.


verdone

From verde (“green”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

affix

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual

European greenfinch, greenfinch (Chloris chloris)


taccola

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


taccola

Borrowed from Lombardic tahā, tahhala. Compare German Dohle (“jackdaw”).

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

(figurative, obsolete):
gossip, tittle-tattle


grano

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

ingranare

to engage; to mesh; to fit in, get along


rafano

From Latin raphanus, from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos). Cognate with Piedmontese ràfan.


vegetale

From Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.


bieta

From Latin bēta, from Celtic. See also bietola. Probably influenced by blitum (a kind of spinach); compare French blette.

(archaic, chiefly regional) Synonym of bietola


arancia

it-noun

arancia f (plural arance, diminutive arancìna)

desctree

→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge, orange
Middle French: orange, orenge
French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran
Scots: orange, oranger
Norman: orange

Feminine form of arancio (“orange (tree)”), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga).


edera

From Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).


ghianda

From Latin glāns, glāndem, with change in declension, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”). Compare French gland, Romanian ghindă.


aneto

From Latin anethum, from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).


agrume

→ French: agrume

→ Serbo-Croatian: agrumi

→ Slovene: agrumi

From Vulgar Latin or Medieval Latin ācrūmen (“something sour or bitter”), ultimately from Latin ācer (“sharp, sour, bitter”). Cognate to Old French aigrun (“sour fruit”).


vigneto

From Latin vīnētum, influenced by vigna.


uovo di Pasqua

it-noun

uovo di Pasqua m (plural uova di Pasqua f)


teff

Unadapted borrowing from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).


castagna

→ Danish: kastanje

→ Italiot Greek: kastagnèa

→ Norwegian: kastanje

From Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).


miglio

Back-formation from the plural miglia, from Latin mīlia n pl (“thousand”) in the phrase mīlia passuum (“thousand paces”). Doublet of mille.

(units of measure) the Italian mile, a traditional unit of length derived from the Roman mile


maneggio

→ Old French: manege

French: manège

→ Middle English: *manage, *menage

English: manage

(equestrianism) riding (of horses), dressage


mandorla

it-noun

mandorla f (plural mandorle, diminutive mandorlina or mandorlétta)

mandorle (plural)
mandorlina (diminutive)
mandorlétta (diminutive)

→ English: mandorla

→ Galician: mandorla

→ Polish: mandorla

→ Serbo-Croatian: mandula

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).


mandorlo

From Vulgar Latin *amandulus, from Latin amygdalus, from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος (amúgdalos), ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).


tuorlo

Il tuorlo d'uovo è una delle principali fonti della vitamina A.

Egg yolk is one of the primary sources of vitamin A.


scalogno

From Latin ascalōnia cēpa (“onion from Ashkelon”).


pesco

From Vulgar Latin *pessicus, from Latin persicus. Doublet of persico.


frumento

it-noun

frumento m (plural frumenti, augmentative frumentóne)

frumenti (plural)
frumentóne (augmentative)

From Latin frumentum, from fruor (“to enjoy”).


vernaccia

→ Catalan: garnatxa

any of several varieties of white grape cultivated in Liguria, Tuscany and Sardinia

any of several white wines produced from these grapes


brachetto

a variety of grape grown in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont


malvasia

→ English: malvasia

From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).


nebbiolo

From nebbia (“fog”) + -olo, because the grapes seem to be covered with fog. Cognate with Piedmontese nebieul.

Il nebbiolo continua a cuoprire i vigneti in tutto il resto del Canavesano, […]

1836, Rocco Ragazzoni, Repertorio d’Agricoltura e di Scienze Economiche ed Industriali, volume 3, page 273:

The nebbiolo continues to cover the vineyards in all the rest of Canavese, […]

L’uva, naturalmente, è la stessa: la singolare nebbiolo.

2011, Federico Oldenburg, translated by Luisa Cortese, Il Profumo del Vino, Planeta:

The grape, naturally, is the same: the unique nebbiolo.

(usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (grape variety)

“Dove hai preso questo Nebbiolo?”. “Non è Nebbiolo,” dice Angelo, “è Cabernet Sauvignon.”

2007, Giorgio Bocca, Il Provinciale: Settant’anni di vita italiana, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, page 289:

“Where did you get this Nebbiolo?”. “It’s not nebbiolo, said Angelo, “it is Cabernet Sauvignon.”

(usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes)


padano

it-adj

padano (feminine padana, masculine plural padani, feminine plural padane)

padana (feminine)
padani (masculine plural)
padane (feminine plural)

of, pertaining to or originating in the valley of the river Po


originario

originario (feminine originaria, masculine plural originari, feminine plural originarie)

originaria (feminine)
originari (masculine plural)
originarie (feminine plural)


fagopiro

From Latin fagus (“beech”) and Ancient Greek πυρός (purós, “wheat”).


nocciola

From Vulgar Latin *nuceola, from nuceus (“of nuts”), from Latin nux (“nut”). Compare Ligurian nisêua, Sicilian nuzzola, Venetan noxeła, Romansch nitschola, and also French noisette.


dragone

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.

[…] come l’aquila
nel reluttante dragon sbramatasi
poggiando su l’ali pacate
a l’aereo nido torna e al sole

1898, Giosuè Carducci, “Cadore”, in Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 982, lines 125–128:

Like the eagle, having appeased itself with the reluctant weever, resting on the peaceful wings, returns to the aerial nest, and to the sunlight

(zoology) greater weever (Trachinus draco)

(regional, Apulia) name of several species of fish in the Dasyatidae family

a rocket used to light fireworks from a distance

(astronomy, usually capitalized) Draco (constellation)


granoturco

Univerbation of grano + turco, itself a calque of New Latin frumentum turcicum. Literally, “Turkish corn”, coined by European botanists of the 1530s who were unaware that the plant was introduced from America.


anguria

From Ancient Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) (plural ἀγγούρια (angoúria)). Probably originally meaning “cucumber”.


mandorlato

mandorlato (feminine mandorlata, masculine plural mandorlati, feminine plural mandorlate)

mandorlata (feminine)
mandorlati (masculine plural)
mandorlate (feminine plural)

(relational) almonds (mainly referring to food made with almonds)


susina

From susino (“plum tree”), from Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa (“ancient capital of Elam”).


germe di grano

it-noun

germe di grano m (plural germi di grano)


finocchione

a variety of sweet fennel typical of Bologna


anice

From Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson), from Egyptian i-K1:n-s-t-Hn:Z2 (jnst), name of an edible plant (possibly anise).


pineta

From Latin pīnēta. By surface analysis, pino + -eta.


volteggiare

it-verb

volteggiàre (first-person singular present voltéggio, first-person singular past historic volteggiài, past participle volteggiàto, auxiliary avére)

volteggiàre (canonical)
voltéggio (first-person present singular)
volteggiài (first-person historic past singular)
volteggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
volteggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
volteggiàndo (gerund)
volteggiànte (participle present)
volteggiàto (participle past)
voltéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
voltéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
voltéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
volteggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
volteggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
voltéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
volteggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
volteggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
volteggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
volteggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
volteggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
volteggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
volteggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
volteggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
volteggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
volteggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
volteggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
volteggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
volteggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
volteggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
volteggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
volteggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
volteggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
volteggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
volteggerèi (conditional first-person singular)
volteggerésti (conditional second-person singular)
volteggerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
volteggerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
volteggerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
volteggeréste (conditional plural second-person)
volteggerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
volteggerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
voltéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
voltéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
voltéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
volteggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
volteggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
voltéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
volteggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
volteggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
volteggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
volteggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
volteggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
volteggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
voltéggia (imperative second-person singular)
voltéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
volteggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
volteggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
voltéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
volteggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
voltéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
volteggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
volteggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
voltéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


baldo

it-adj

baldo (feminine balda, masculine plural baldi, feminine plural balde)

balda (feminine)
baldi (masculine plural)
balde (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French bald, from Frankish *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. Cognate with Old English beald. More at English bold.

bold, self-confident, brave, fearless, doughty


grosella

currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)


colombina

From colomba (“dove”) + -ina (diminutive suffix).

affix

a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle


rabarbaro

→ German: Rhabarber


coriandolo

From coriandro + -olo, with loss of the second /r/.


farro

→ English: farro

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *farrum, from Latin far (“emmer”).

Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum#Translingual

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual


spelta

From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).


corniola

From corniolo, ultimately from Latin cornus.

the fruit of the cornel, cornelian cherry


anacardio

Borrowed from Medieval Latin anacardium, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upon”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”).

Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale#Translingual


susino

From Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa.


uovo alla coque

it-noun

uovo alla coque m (plural uova alla coque f)


cotogna

From cotogno (“quince tree”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin root cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Also possibly from mela cotogna, from Latin māla cotōnea, also a feminine singular from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”).


gattaia

From gatto (“cat”) + -aia. Distinct form gattara.


pomodorino

From pomodoro + -ino (diminutive suffix).


riso integrale

riso integrale m (usually uncountable, plural risi integrali)


grano duro

From grano (“wheat; grain”) + duro (“hard; erect”).


arborio

After Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.


issopo

From Latin hysopum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).


rondinella

From rondine + -ella (diminutive suffix).

a football/soccer player in the Brescia team (having colours/colors similar to the bird)


trotterellare

it-verb

trotterellàre (first-person singular present trotterèllo, first-person singular past historic trotterellài, past participle trotterellàto, auxiliary avére)

trotterellàre (canonical)
trotterèllo (first-person present singular)
trotterellài (first-person historic past singular)
trotterellàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
trotterellàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
trotterellàndo (gerund)
trotterellànte (participle present)
trotterellàto (participle past)
trotterèllo (first-person indicative present singular)
trotterèlli (indicative present second-person singular)
trotterèlla (indicative present singular third-person)
trotterelliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
trotterellàte (indicative plural present second-person)
trotterèllano (indicative plural present third-person)
trotterellàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
trotterellàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
trotterellàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
trotterellavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
trotterellavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
trotterellàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
trotterellài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
trotterellàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
trotterellò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
trotterellàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
trotterellàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
trotterellàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
trotterellerò (first-person future indicative singular)
trotterellerài (future indicative second-person singular)
trotterellerà (future indicative singular third-person)
trotterellerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
trotterelleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
trotterellerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
trotterellerèi (conditional first-person singular)
trotterellerésti (conditional second-person singular)
trotterellerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
trotterellerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
trotterellerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
trotterelleréste (conditional plural second-person)
trotterellerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
trotterellerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
trotterèlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
trotterèlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
trotterèlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
trotterelliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
trotterelliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
trotterèllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
trotterellàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
trotterellàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
trotterellàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
trotterellàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
trotterellàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
trotterellàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
trotterèlla (imperative second-person singular)
trotterèlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
trotterelliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
trotterellàte (imperative plural second-person)
trotterèllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
trotterellàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
trotterèlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
trotterelliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
trotterellàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
trotterèllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(equestrianism) to trot [auxiliary avere]


clementina

Borrowed from French clémentine, from Clemente.


sbalestrare

sbalestràre (first-person singular present sbalèstro, first-person singular past historic sbalestrài, past participle sbalestràto, auxiliary avére)

sbalestràre (canonical)
sbalèstro (first-person present singular)
sbalestrài (first-person historic past singular)
sbalestràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
sbalestràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
sbalestràndo (gerund)
sbalestrànte (participle present)
sbalestràto (participle past)
sbalèstro (first-person indicative present singular)
sbalèstri (indicative present second-person singular)
sbalèstra (indicative present singular third-person)
sbalestriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sbalestràte (indicative plural present second-person)
sbalèstrano (indicative plural present third-person)
sbalestràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sbalestràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sbalestràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sbalestravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sbalestravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sbalestràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sbalestrài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sbalestràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sbalestrò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sbalestràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sbalestràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sbalestràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sbalestrerò (first-person future indicative singular)
sbalestrerài (future indicative second-person singular)
sbalestrerà (future indicative singular third-person)
sbalestrerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sbalestreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sbalestrerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sbalestrerèi (conditional first-person singular)
sbalestrerésti (conditional second-person singular)
sbalestrerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
sbalestrerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
sbalestrerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
sbalestreréste (conditional plural second-person)
sbalestrerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
sbalestrerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
sbalèstri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sbalèstri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sbalèstri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sbalestriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sbalestriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sbalèstrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sbalestràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sbalestràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sbalestràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sbalestràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sbalestràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sbalestràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sbalèstra (imperative second-person singular)
sbalèstri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sbalestriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sbalestràte (imperative plural second-person)
sbalèstrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sbalestràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sbalèstri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sbalestriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sbalestràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sbalèstrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, equestrianism) to swing one's legs out (of a horse, as a defect of gait) [auxiliary avere]


pummarola

Borrowed from Neapolitan pummarola (“tomato”), in turn an alteration of Italian pomodoro (literally “golden fruit, golden apple”).

der

(southern Italy, chiefly Naples) tomato sauce, especially for pasta


fiorone

From fiore + -one. Compare French fleuron.


sanguinella

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, oblique stem sanguin-) + -ella.

Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea#Translingual


patata americana

it-noun

patata americana f (plural patate americane)


cavolino di Bruxelles

cavolino di Bruxelles m (plural cavolini di Bruxelles)


cavoletto di Bruxelles

cavoletto di Bruxelles m (plural cavoletti di Bruxelles)


cipollone

From cipolla (“onion”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


fagiolone

From fagiolo (“bean”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus#Translingual

runner bean, scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)


finocchiaccio

From finocchio + -accio (pejorative of finocchio).


cicerchia

From Latin cicercula, diminutive of cicer (“chickpea”).

chickling vetch (plant with edible seeds similar to peas)


cime di rapa

turnip greens, rapini (Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris var. esculenta)


mela cotogna

From Latin māla cotōnea, from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”), from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).

uder

μηλοκυδώνιον


mela selvatica

it-noun

mela selvatica f (plural mele selvatiche)


agnocasto

Vitex agnus-castus
Vitex agnus-castus#Translingual


ambiare

it-verb

ambiàre (first-person singular present àmbio, first-person singular past historic ambiài, past participle ambiàto, auxiliary avére)

ambiàre (canonical)
àmbio (first-person present singular)
ambiài (first-person historic past singular)
ambiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
ambiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
ambiàndo (gerund)
ambiànte (participle present)
ambiàto (participle past)
àmbio (first-person indicative present singular)
àmbi (indicative present second-person singular)
àmbia (indicative present singular third-person)
ambiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
ambiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
àmbiano (indicative plural present third-person)
ambiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ambiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ambiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ambiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ambiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ambiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ambiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ambiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ambiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ambiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ambiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ambiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ambierò (first-person future indicative singular)
ambierài (future indicative second-person singular)
ambierà (future indicative singular third-person)
ambierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
ambieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ambierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ambierèi (conditional first-person singular)
ambierésti (conditional second-person singular)
ambierèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
ambierébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ambierémmo (conditional first-person plural)
ambieréste (conditional plural second-person)
ambierèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
ambierébbero (conditional plural third-person)
àmbi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
àmbi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
àmbi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ambiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ambiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
àmbino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ambiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ambiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ambiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ambiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ambiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ambiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
àmbia (imperative second-person singular)
àmbi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ambiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
ambiàte (imperative plural second-person)
àmbino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ambiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
àmbi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ambiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
ambiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
àmbino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amblāre, syncopated form of Latin ambulāre. Doublet of ambulare.

(archaic, equestrianism, intransitive) to amble (of a horse)


prugnolo

St. George's mushroom
St. George's mushroom

(mycology) St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)


pomodoro ciliegino

it-noun

pomodoro ciliegino m (plural pomodori ciliegini)


fragolina di bosco

fragolina di bosco f (plural fragoline di bosco)


arancia sanguinella

arancia sanguinella f (plural arance sanguinelle)


bagigi

Short for babbagigi (“chufa, tiger nut”), from Arabic حَبّ الْعَزِيز (ḥabb al-ʕazīz, “chufa, tiger nut”).

der

حَبّ الْعَزِيز

(northern Italy, especially Venice) peanuts


baggiana

From Latin [faba] bāiāna (“bean from Baiae”).


battifianco

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + fianco (“haunch, flank”).

it-verb-obj

(equestrianism) stable rail, stable partition (horizontal pole or low wall separating horse boxes in a stable)


betonica

From Latin betōnica or ve(t)tōnica, from Vettones, a people in Lusitania of possible Celtic origin, either Gaulish, Celtiberian, or Hispano-Celtic. Compare French bétoine, Spanish betónica.

Stachys officinalis
Stachys officinalis#Translingual


tanaceto

Tanacetum vulgare
Tanacetum vulgare#Translingual


frumentone

From frumento (“grain”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


caracollare

it-verb

caracollàre (first-person singular present caracòllo, first-person singular past historic caracollài, past participle caracollàto, auxiliary avére)

caracollàre [auxiliary avere] (canonical)
caracòllo (first-person present singular)
caracollài (first-person historic past singular)
caracollàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
caracollàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
caracollàndo (gerund)
caracollànte (participle present)
caracollàto (participle past)
caracòllo (first-person indicative present singular)
caracòlli (indicative present second-person singular)
caracòlla (indicative present singular third-person)
caracolliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
caracollàte (indicative plural present second-person)
caracòllano (indicative plural present third-person)
caracollàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
caracollàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
caracollàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
caracollavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
caracollavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
caracollàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
caracollài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
caracollàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
caracollò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
caracollàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
caracollàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
caracollàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
caracollerò (first-person future indicative singular)
caracollerài (future indicative second-person singular)
caracollerà (future indicative singular third-person)
caracollerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
caracolleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
caracollerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
caracollerèi (conditional first-person singular)
caracollerésti (conditional second-person singular)
caracollerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
caracollerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
caracollerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
caracolleréste (conditional plural second-person)
caracollerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
caracollerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
caracòlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
caracòlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
caracòlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
caracolliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
caracolliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
caracòllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
caracollàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
caracollàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
caracollàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
caracollàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
caracollàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
caracollàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
caracòlla (imperative second-person singular)
caracòlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
caracolliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
caracollàte (imperative plural second-person)
caracòllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
caracollàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
caracòlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
caracolliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
caracollàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
caracòllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From caracollo + -are. First attested in 1618.

(equestrianism) to caracole (of a horse or rider)


topinambur

Borrowed from French topinambour, from Old Tupi Tupinamba, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated.

Helianthus tuberosus
Helianthus tuberosus#Translingual

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)


colocasia

taro, elephant ears (plant of genus Colocasia)


colubrina

Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (“arum”), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).

der

Blitum bonus-henricus
Blitum bonus-henricus#Translingual

Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)


imperatoria

From New Latin Imperatoria, the previous genus in which this plant was assigned.


noce americano

it-noun

noce americano m (plural noci americani)

hickory (any of various trees of the genus Carya)


uovo al tegamino

uovo al tegamino m (plural uova al tegamino f)


uova strapazzate

scrambled eggs (a dish made by beating and frying eggs, sometimes mixed with milk)


uovo di giornata

uovo di giornata m (plural uova di giornata f)


nepitella

→ English: nepitella

a perennial herb of species Clinopodium nepeta (syn. Calamintha nepeta)


levistico

From Late Latin levisticum < Latin ligusticus.


melica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


mirabolano

Borrowed from Old French mirabolan, from Latin myrobalanum, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).


nocepesco

From noce (“walnut tree”) + pesco (“peach tree”).


nettarina

Substantivization of the feminine singular of nettarino (adjective).


pinocchio

From Vulgar Latin *pīnuculus, from pīnus (“pine”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).


raperonzolo

→ German: Rapunzel (see there for further descendants)

Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum (“turnip”). By surface analysis, rapa (“turnip”) + -onzolo.

surf

Campanula rapunculus
Campanula rapunculus#Translingual


santoreggia

Satureja hortensis
Satureja hortensis#Translingual

(particularly) summer savory (Satureja hortensis)


tabaccone

it-noun

tabaccone m (plural tabacconi, feminine tabaccona)


visciola

Borrowed from Frankish or Lombardic wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Compare German Weichsel.

Prunus cerasus var. austera
Wikispecies:Prunus cerasus var. austera

sour cherry, morello cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus var. austera)


visciolo

From visciola (“sour cherry, morello cherry”).

sour cherry tree, morello cherry tree (Prunus cerasus var. austera)


babaco

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ
Proto-Tupian *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa
Old Tupi 'ybá
Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu
Old Tupi -gûasu
Old Tupi 'ybagûasu
Nheengatu babasúbor.
Brazilian Portuguese babaçubor.
Italian babaco
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese babaçu.

bor+

Alternative form: babassu


tordilio

Borrowed from translingual Tordylium, from Ancient Greek τορδύλιον (tordúlion).


diospiro

(regional) Synonym of cachi (“persimmon”)


a pelo

Literally, “on hair”. Compare Spanish a pelo.

cavalcare a pelo

(equestrianism) bareback, without a saddle


armellino

desctree

→ German: Marille
→ Czech: meruňka
→ German: Marunke
→ Ladin: marila, marile
→ Polish: morela
→ Ukrainian: море́ля (morélja)
→ Serbo-Croatian: марѐлица / marèlica
→ Slovak: marhuľa
→ Slovene: marẹ̑la, marẹ̑lica


babbagigi

From Arabic حَبّ الْعَزِيز (ḥabb al-ʕazīz, “chufa, tiger nut”).

bor

حَبّ الْعَزِيز

Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus esculentus#Translingual


bulbocastano

From Latin bulbus (“bulb”) + Ancient Greek κάστανον (kástanon, “chestnut”).

der

Bunium bulbocastanum
Bunium bulbocastanum#Translingual

great pignut, earthnut (Bunium bulbocastanum)


cocuncio

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual


meliga

From earlier melica, from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”). Compare Catalan melca.


uovo all'occhio di bue

it-noun

uovo all'occhio di bue m (plural uova all'occhio di bue f)

uova all'occhio di bue (feminine plural)

Literally, “egg made in the shape of an ox's eye”.


uovo all'ostrica

it-noun

uovo all'ostrica m (plural uova all'ostrica f)


uovo in camicia

uovo in camicia m (plural uova in camicia f)


uovo affogato

uovo affogato m (plural uova affogate f)


appiolo

it-adj

appiolo (feminine appiola, masculine plural appioli, feminine plural appiole)

appiola (feminine)
appioli (masculine plural)
appiole (feminine plural)


cavolo nero

Brassica oleracea var. acephala#Translingual

kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala, edible plant similar to cabbage)


carnaroli

carnaroli (medium-grain variety of rice)


verdacchio

From verde (“green”) + -acchio (“somewhat”, attenuative suffix).


bisnaga

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastinaca.


pado

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάδος (pádos).


fraina

Borrowed from Lombard fraina, from Latin farragō. Doublet of farragine.


cedrangolo

From cedro (“cedar”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγουρον (ángouron, “cucumber”). Compare Sicilian citràngulu.


serpillo

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum#Translingual

wild thyme (plant of the species Thymus serpyllum)


petonciano

From Arabic بَاتِنْجَان (bātinjān), from now archaic Persian باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī, “aubergine”). Compare melanzana.

der

Sono da preferirsi i petonciani piccoli e di mezzana grandezza, nel timore che i grossi non siano amari per troppa maturazione.

1876, Pellegrino Artusi, La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene [The Science of Cooking and the Art of Fine Dining], BUR, published 2010, →ISBN:

Small or medium-sized aubergines should be preferred, fearing the bigger ones are bitter due to excessive ripeness.

Nei diversi dialetti italiani la melanzana è denominata petonciano, petronciano o petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (nel Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicilia) e dizioni similari.

2014, Giovanni Ballarini, La cucina dei numeri primi [The Cookery of Prime Numbers], Tarka, →ISBN:

In the various dialects of Italy eggplant is named petonciano, petronciano or petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (in Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicily) and similar denominations.

(rare, central Italy, chiefly Tuscan) aubergine (British); eggplant (US)

central Italy; chiefly Tuscan; central Italy; chiefly Tuscan


camedrio

From Latin chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus).


bamia

From Arabic بَامِيَا (bāmiyā) or بَامِيَة (bāmiya).

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


fuetto

(nautical) a small cable used to support or fasten a sail.


falanghina

Possibly, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Compare falanga and falange.

(also uncountable) falanghina (grape and wine from Campania)


catalogna

From Catalogna (“Catalonia”), where this variety came from.

a variety of chicory used in some regional dishes


spadona

it-adj

spadona (feminine-only, feminine plural spadone)


santoreggia domestica

it-noun

santoreggia domestica f (plural santoregge domestiche)


santoreggia montana

santoreggia montana f (plural santoregge montane)


miyagawa

1936: from Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa, “Shrine River”), a nickname for Kamo River in Kyōto, on whose banks it was possibly grown.

bor

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


Senatore Cappelli

Named after Italian politician Raffaele Cappelli (1848–1921).

named-after

Si prova una certa emozione nel vedere distese intere di grani Duro Lucano, Saragolla, Senatore Cappelli, dalle spighe alte più di una persona, con i quali si potranno ottenere paste e farine vere.

2007, Gino Girolomoni, Maccheroni acqua e farina. 90 ricette di una rinnovata cultura alimentare, Editoriale Jaca Book, →ISBN, page 131:

Il grano fu messo in commercio nel 1923 con il nome di Cappelli, nel frattempo divenuto senatore. Strampelli rilasciò anche altre varietà di grano duro come il Milazzo e il Tripolino, ma fu il Senatore Cappelli a ottenere il maggiore successo tra […]

2013, Dario Bressanini, Pane e bugie: La verità su ciò che mangiamo. I pregiudizi, gli interessi, i miti, le paure, Chiarelettere, →ISBN:


Saragolla

Questo settantatreenne agricoltore di Torano - da tre lustri specializzato nella lavorazione del farro rosso - è l’anima di un piccolo gruppo di coltivatori che - dalle colline sull’Adriatico fino alla Fortezza di Civitella - ha riportato alla luce un cereale dimenticato per secoli: il grano Saragolla.

2004 July 11, “E a Torano la pasta con l’archeo-grano”, in Corriere della Sera:

(agriculture) a hard wheat variety similar to kamut, Triticum turanicum subsp. polonicum


porrandello

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum#Translingual

wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)


porraccio

From porro (“leek”) + -accio (pejorative suffix).


sebesteno

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).


fagiolo corallo

it-noun

fagiolo corallo m (plural fagioli corallo)

Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus#Translingual

runner bean, scarlet runner bean, multiflora bean (Phaseolus coccineus)


calcatreppola

any of various thorny plants:
field eryngo (Eryngium campestre)


carciofo romanesco

carciofo romanesco m (plural carciofi romaneschi)


carciofi alla giudia

a way of frying carciofi romaneschi, a variety of artichoke, in Rome Italy.


pizzutello

a type of tomato used for regional sauces specific of Sicily


barba di frate

barba di frate f (plural barbe di frate)

In questa fase della nostra storia, occorre fare scelte consapevoli. Le verdure, in questo periodo, sono molto adatte: gli asparagi sono un tipo di vegetale primaverile come la barba di frate (molto più conveniente).

2012, Titty.m, Un mosaico di leggerezza e di piacere, Titty.M

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

barilla plant (Soda inermis, syn. Salsola soda) (succulent shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin)


riso venere

Literally, “Venus rice, beautiful-woman rice”.


riso carnaroli

carnaroli rice (variety of medium-grained rice)


riso arborio

arborio rice (variety of short-grained rice)


riso comune originario

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; short-grained rice


riso semifino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-grained rice


riso fino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-to-long-grained rice


riso superfino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; extra-long-grained rice


calaminta

Borrowed from Latin calamintha, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē).


cumino dei prati

it-noun

cumino dei prati m (plural cumini dei prati)


cicuta acquatica

cicuta acquatica f (plural cicute acquatiche)

Cicuta virosa
Cicuta virosa#Translingual

(uncountable) cowbane, northern water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)


cicuta maggiore

cicuta maggiore f (plural cicute maggiori)

Conium maculatum
Conium maculatum#Translingual

(uncountable) poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)


cicuta di Socrate

cicuta di Socrate f (plural cicute di Socrate)

Synonym of cicuta maggiore (“poison hemlock”)


cicuta minore

(uncountable) fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)


cicuta aglina

Synonym of cicuta minore (“fool's parsley”)


falso prezzemolo

falso prezzemolo m (plural falsi prezzemoli)


pesco noce

nectarine (Prunus persica subsp. persica)


pesca nettarina

pesca nettarina f (plural pesche nettarine)


noce di acagiù

noce di acagiù f (plural noci di acagiù)


noce del Brasile

noce del Brasile f (plural noci del Brasile)


noce del Pará

noce del Brasile
noce del Brasile#Italian


noce delle Maldive

noce delle Maldive f (plural noci delle Maldive)


noce di hickory

noce di hickory f (plural noci di hickory)


noce nero

Juglans nigra
Juglans nigra#Translingual

(uncountable) black walnut (Juglans nigra)


erba acciuga

Synonym of santoreggia; summer savory (Satureja hortensis)


raboso

(uncountable) a red wine produced from this grape


icaco

Ellipsis of prugna icaco (“cocoplum fruit”).


marupa

wood from trees of the family Simaroubaceae


puleggio

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


mirride

From Latin myrrhis, from Ancient Greek μυρρίς (murrhís), from μύρρᾱ (múrrhā).

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


cirimoia

From Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual


sbergia

a variety of peach cultivated in Sicily and Calabria


spillettoni

Synonym of acicula (“shepherd's needle”)


tragoselino

From Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).


meliaca

From Latin armeniaca (“apricot tree”), derived from Armenia.


piaffare

it-verb

piaffàre (first-person singular present piàffo, first-person singular past historic piaffài, past participle piaffàto, auxiliary avére)

piaffàre (canonical)
piàffo (first-person present singular)
piaffài (first-person historic past singular)
piaffàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
piaffàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
piaffàndo (gerund)
piaffànte (participle present)
piaffàto (participle past)
piàffo (first-person indicative present singular)
piàffi (indicative present second-person singular)
piàffa (indicative present singular third-person)
piaffiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
piaffàte (indicative plural present second-person)
piàffano (indicative plural present third-person)
piaffàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
piaffàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
piaffàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
piaffavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
piaffavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
piaffàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
piaffài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
piaffàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
piaffò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
piaffàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
piaffàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
piaffàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
piafferò (first-person future indicative singular)
piafferài (future indicative second-person singular)
piafferà (future indicative singular third-person)
piafferémo (first-person future indicative plural)
piafferéte (future indicative plural second-person)
piafferànno (future indicative plural third-person)
piafferèi (conditional first-person singular)
piafferésti (conditional second-person singular)
piafferèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
piafferébbe (conditional singular third-person)
piafferémmo (conditional first-person plural)
piafferéste (conditional plural second-person)
piafferèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
piafferébbero (conditional plural third-person)
piàffi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
piàffi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
piàffi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
piaffiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
piaffiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
piàffino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
piaffàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
piaffàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
piaffàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
piaffàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
piaffàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
piaffàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
piàffa (imperative second-person singular)
piàffi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
piaffiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
piaffàte (imperative plural second-person)
piàffino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
piaffàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
piàffi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
piaffiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
piaffàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
piàffino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from French piaffer, of onomatopoeic origin.

(intransitive, dressage) to execute a piaffer


castalda

Aegopodium podagraria
Aegopodium podagraria#Translingual


rocambola

Borrowed from French rocambole, from regional German Rockenbolle.


staffarsi

staffàrsi (first-person singular present mi stàffo, first-person singular past historic mi staffài, past participle staffàto)

staffàrsi (canonical)
mi stàffo (first-person present singular)
mi staffài (first-person historic past singular)
staffàto (participle past)
staffàrsi (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
staffàndosi (gerund)
staffànte (participle present)
staffàto (participle past)
mi stàffo (first-person indicative present singular)
ti stàffi (indicative present second-person singular)
si stàffa (indicative present singular third-person)
ci staffiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
vi staffàte (indicative plural present second-person)
si stàffano (indicative plural present third-person)
mi staffàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti staffàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si staffàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ci staffavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi staffavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si staffàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi staffài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ti staffàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
si staffò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ci staffàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vi staffàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
si staffàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mi stafferò (first-person future indicative singular)
ti stafferài (future indicative second-person singular)
si stafferà (future indicative singular third-person)
ci stafferémo (first-person future indicative plural)
vi stafferéte (future indicative plural second-person)
si stafferànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mi stafferèi (conditional first-person singular)
ti stafferésti (conditional second-person singular)
si stafferèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
si stafferébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ci stafferémmo (conditional first-person plural)
vi stafferéste (conditional plural second-person)
si stafferèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
si stafferébbero (conditional plural third-person)
mi stàffi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ti stàffi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
si stàffi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ci staffiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vi staffiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
si stàffino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mi staffàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ti staffàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
si staffàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ci staffàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vi staffàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
si staffàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
stàffati (imperative second-person singular)
si stàffi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
staffiàmoci (first-person imperative plural)
staffàtevi (imperative plural second-person)
si stàffino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
staffàrti (imperative negative second-person singular)
ti staffàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
si stàffi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
staffiàmoci (first-person imperative negative plural)
ci staffiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
staffàtevi (imperative negative plural second-person)
vi staffàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
si stàffino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(equestrianism) to get a foot caught in the stirrup (when falling from a horse)


mela canina

Compare English dogberry and see more cognates there.


restare al palo

(horse racing) (of a horse) to refuse to move or start racing