zanna

From Lombardic zan (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Compare German Zahn (“tooth”). Doublet of dente.

the tooth of an animal; especially the tusk of an elephant, boar etc. and the fang of a dog, wolf etc.


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


trippa

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Compare Spanish tripa and Portuguese tripa.


vigneto

From Latin vīnētum, influenced by vigna.


malandra

From Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).

uder

(veterinary medicine) malanders, a scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse


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)


inchiodare

it-verb

inchiodàre (first-person singular present inchiòdo, first-person singular past historic inchiodài, past participle inchiodàto, auxiliary avére)

inchiodàre (canonical)
inchiòdo (first-person present singular)
inchiodài (first-person historic past singular)
inchiodàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
inchiodàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
inchiodàndo (gerund)
inchiodànte (participle present)
inchiodàto (participle past)
inchiòdo (first-person indicative present singular)
inchiòdi (indicative present second-person singular)
inchiòda (indicative present singular third-person)
inchiodiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
inchiodàte (indicative plural present second-person)
inchiòdano (indicative plural present third-person)
inchiodàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
inchiodàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
inchiodàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
inchiodavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
inchiodavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
inchiodàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
inchiodài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
inchiodàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
inchiodò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
inchiodàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
inchiodàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
inchiodàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
inchioderò (first-person future indicative singular)
inchioderài (future indicative second-person singular)
inchioderà (future indicative singular third-person)
inchioderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
inchioderéte (future indicative plural second-person)
inchioderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
inchioderèi (conditional first-person singular)
inchioderésti (conditional second-person singular)
inchioderèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
inchioderébbe (conditional singular third-person)
inchioderémmo (conditional first-person plural)
inchioderéste (conditional plural second-person)
inchioderèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
inchioderébbero (conditional plural third-person)
inchiòdi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
inchiòdi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
inchiòdi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
inchiodiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
inchiodiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
inchiòdino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
inchiodàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
inchiodàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
inchiodàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
inchiodàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
inchiodàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
inchiodàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
inchiòda (imperative second-person singular)
inchiòdi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
inchiodiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
inchiodàte (imperative plural second-person)
inchiòdino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
inchiodàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
inchiòdi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
inchiodiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
inchiodàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
inchiòdino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(veterinary medicine) to accidentally drive a nail into (a horse) while shoeing it


baffo

Ho i baffi.

E la gente che legge i giornali / Sta parlando dell'uomo coi baffi / L'altro ieri è arrivato a Parigi

1973, “1940 [title]”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

And the people who read the papers / Say that the man with the moustache / Arrived the day before yesterday in Paris


idrofobo

it-adj

idrofobo (feminine idrofoba, masculine plural idrofobi, feminine plural idrofobe)

idrofoba (feminine)
idrofobi (masculine plural)
idrofobe (feminine plural)

(chemistry, veterinary medicine) hydrophobic


spulciare

it-verb

spulciàre (first-person singular present spùlcio, first-person singular past historic spulciài, past participle spulciàto, auxiliary avére)

spulciàre (canonical)
spùlcio (first-person present singular)
spulciài (first-person historic past singular)
spulciàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
spulciàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
spulciàndo (gerund)
spulciànte (participle present)
spulciàto (participle past)
spùlcio (first-person indicative present singular)
spùlci (indicative present second-person singular)
spùlcia (indicative present singular third-person)
spulciàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
spulciàte (indicative plural present second-person)
spùlciano (indicative plural present third-person)
spulciàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
spulciàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
spulciàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
spulciavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
spulciavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
spulciàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
spulciài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
spulciàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
spulciò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
spulciàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
spulciàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
spulciàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
spulcerò (first-person future indicative singular)
spulcerài (future indicative second-person singular)
spulcerà (future indicative singular third-person)
spulcerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
spulceréte (future indicative plural second-person)
spulcerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
spulcerèi (conditional first-person singular)
spulcerésti (conditional second-person singular)
spulcerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
spulcerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
spulcerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
spulceréste (conditional plural second-person)
spulcerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
spulcerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
spùlci (first-person present singular subjunctive)
spùlci (present second-person singular subjunctive)
spùlci (present singular subjunctive third-person)
spulciàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
spulciàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
spùlcino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
spulciàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
spulciàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
spulciàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
spulciàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
spulciàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
spulciàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
spùlcia (imperative second-person singular)
spùlci (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
spulciàmo (first-person imperative plural)
spulciàte (imperative plural second-person)
spùlcino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
spulciàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
spùlci (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
spulciàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
spulciàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
spùlcino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, veterinary medicine) to take out the fleas from, to groom, to deflea


arrembare

arrembàre (first-person singular present arrémbo or (traditional) arrèmbo, first-person singular past historic arrembài, past participle arrembàto, auxiliary avére)

arrembàre (canonical)
arrémbo (first-person present singular)
arrèmbo (first-person present singular traditional)
arrembài (first-person historic past singular)
arrembàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
arrembàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
arrembàndo (gerund)
arrembànte (participle present)
arrembàto (participle past)
arrémbo (first-person indicative present singular)
arrèmbo (Traditional first-person indicative present singular)
arrémbi (indicative present second-person singular)
arrèmbi (Traditional indicative present second-person singular)
arrémba (indicative present singular third-person)
arrèmba (Traditional indicative present singular third-person)
arrembiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
arrembàte (indicative plural present second-person)
arrémbano (indicative plural present third-person)
arrèmbano (Traditional indicative plural present third-person)
arrembàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
arrembàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
arrembàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
arrembavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
arrembavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
arrembàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
arrembài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
arrembàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
arrembò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
arrembàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
arrembàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
arrembàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
arremberò (first-person future indicative singular)
arremberài (future indicative second-person singular)
arremberà (future indicative singular third-person)
arremberémo (first-person future indicative plural)
arremberéte (future indicative plural second-person)
arremberànno (future indicative plural third-person)
arremberèi (conditional first-person singular)
arremberésti (conditional second-person singular)
arremberèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
arremberébbe (conditional singular third-person)
arremberémmo (conditional first-person plural)
arremberéste (conditional plural second-person)
arremberèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
arremberébbero (conditional plural third-person)
arrémbi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
arrèmbi (Traditional first-person present singular subjunctive)
arrémbi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
arrèmbi (Traditional present second-person singular subjunctive)
arrémbi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
arrèmbi (Traditional present singular subjunctive third-person)
arrembiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
arrembiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
arrémbino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
arrèmbino (Traditional plural present subjunctive third-person)
arrembàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
arrembàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
arrembàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
arrembàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
arrembàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
arrembàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
arrémba (imperative second-person singular)
arrèmba (Traditional imperative second-person singular)
arrémbi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
arrèmbi (Traditional formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
arrembiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
arrembàte (imperative plural second-person)
arrémbino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
arrèmbino (Traditional formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
arrembàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
arrémbi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
arrèmbi (Traditional formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
arrembiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
arrembàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
arrémbino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
arrèmbino (Traditional formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Uncertain. Possibly from above, though the semantic development is not clear.

(intransitive, veterinary medicine) to suffer from founder or laminitis (of horses) [auxiliary avere]


centopelle

From cento + pelle. Or linked Latin centipelliō, centipellium, from centum + pellis; cf. Romanian cimpoi (“bagpipe”).


baio

it-adj

baio (feminine baia, masculine plural bai, feminine plural baie)

baia (feminine)
bai (masculine plural)
baie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French bai, or Old Occitan, ultimately from Latin badius.


frogia

(usually in the plural) nostril (of an equid)


rondinella

From rondine + -ella (diminutive suffix).

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


zoonotico

zoonotico (feminine zoonotica, masculine plural zoonotici, feminine plural zoonotiche)

zoonotica (feminine)
zoonotici (masculine plural)
zoonotiche (feminine plural)


flussione

(veterinary medicine) Synonym of iridociclite


ticchio

(chiefly veterinary medicine) tic, twitch


corba

From the obsolete term curva, probably influenced by French courbe.

(veterinary medicine) an exostosis of the rear margin of a horse's hock


nagana

(pathology, veterinary medicine) nagana or n'gana (cattle disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei via tse-tse fly)


capogatto

it-noun

capogatto m (plural capogatti or capigatti)

(veterinary medicine) staggers (animal disease)


bargiglio

Maybe from Medieval Latin bargilla (“knapsack”).

snood (flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)


busecca

A variant of busecchia (“gut, intestine”), uncertain in origin: possibly from Latin vēsīcula, diminutive of vēsīca (“bladder”), or connected with buzzo (“belly, paunch”). Cognate to Lombard büseca.

(northern Italy, chiefly Milan) tripe (food)


fanone

Inherited from Late Latin fanōnem, from Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana); see also modern German Fahne.


giarda

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَذ (jaraḏ). Compare Medieval Latin zarda.

[equus] quandōque nāscitur cum zardīs

1605 [1304–1309], “Delle infermità de’ cavalli, e cure loro [On the illnesses of horses, and cure thereof]” (chapter 10), Libro nono - Di tutti gli animali, che si nutricano in villa [Ninth book - On all the animals which are fed on the farm], in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 408:

[the horse] is sometimes born with spavins


spulciatura

(veterinary medicine) removal of fleas, nits etc.


tabaccone

tabaccone m (plural tabacconi, feminine tabaccona)


torcinaso

Verb-object compound, composed of torci (“to twist”) + naso (“nose”).

it-verb-obj

(veterinary medicine) twitch (device for controlling a horse during minor surgery or other operations)


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.

der

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


giardone

(veterinary medicine) Synonym of giarda (“spavin”)


raboso

(uncountable) a red wine produced from this grape


podologico

it-adj

podologico (feminine podologica, masculine plural podologici, feminine plural podologiche)

podologica (feminine)
podologici (masculine plural)
podologiche (feminine plural)


antropozoonosi

(veterinary medicine) infectious disease transmitted to humans by another vertebrate


antroponosi

(veterinary medicine) infectious disease transmitted to a vertebrate by a human


cagnolo

cagnolo (feminine cagnola, masculine plural cagnoli, feminine plural cagnole)

cagnola (feminine)
cagnoli (masculine plural)
cagnole (feminine plural)

From cane (“dog”) + -olo (diminutive suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”). Compare Sicilian cagnolu.

(veterinary medicine) having a deviated hoof tip (of horses)