cane

it-noun

cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna, diminutive canìno m or canìna f or cagnétto m or cagnétta f or cagnettìno m or cagnettìna f, augmentative cagnóne, pejorative cagnàccio, endearing cagnolìno)

cani (plural)
cagna (feminine)
canìno (diminutive masculine)
canìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnétto (diminutive masculine)
cagnétta (diminutive feminine)
cagnettìno (diminutive masculine)
cagnettìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnóne (augmentative)
cagnàccio (pejorative)
cagnolìno (endearing)

From the Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Sicilian cani.


cane

Oggi fa un freddo cane!


zebra

(in the plural, informal) zebra crossing/crosswalk


alpaca

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Vicugna pacos
Vicugna pacos#Translingual

(uncountable) a fabric made out of a mixture of wool and cotton


lama

Borrowed from French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.


guanaco

Borrowed from Spanish guanaco, from Quechua wanaku.

Lama guanicoe
Lama guanicoe#Translingual

guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)


koala

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.


bongo

Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus eurycerus#Translingual


bongo

bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)


pollo

From Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).


larva

From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).


pesce

it-noun

pesce m (plural pesci, diminutive pescétto or (more common) pesciolìno or (uncommon) pesciatèllo, augmentative (slightly augmentative) pesciòtto; pescióne, pejorative pesciàccio, derogatory (uncommon) pesciùccio, diminutive-derogatory (literary) pesciàtto or pesciàttolo)

pesci (plural)
pescétto (diminutive)
pesciolìno (common diminutive)
pesciatèllo (diminutive uncommon)
pesciòtto (augmentative)
pescióne (augmentative)
pesciàccio (pejorative)
pesciùccio (derogatory uncommon)

Inherited from Latin piscem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


toro

Inherited from Classical Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of tauro, which is a learned borrowing.

Qual è quel toro che si slaccia in quella / c’ ha ricevuto già ’l colpo mortale, / che gir non sa, ma qua e là saltella […]

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 22–24; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

Just like a bull who breaks free, after having already received the fatal blow, cannot escape, and just jumps around […]

[…] il pastor, a cui il fier lupo ha tolto / Il più bel toro del cornuto armento

1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro I”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Poliziano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, Turin, section 66, lines 3–4; collected in Poemetti italiani, volume 1, publ. Michel Angelo Morano, 1797, page 63:

[…] the shepherd, from whom the fierce wolf has taken the best bull of the horned herd

(figurative) bull (large, strong man; also, a virile man)


gnu

Borrowed from French gnou, from Khoekhoe ǃnu:, likely onomatopoeic in origin.


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)


panda

Borrowed from French panda, apparently from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya).


cobra

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra, feminine of coluber (“snake, serpent”).


apollo

From the name of the Greek god of beauty, Apollo, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Parnassius apollo
Wikispecies:Parnassius apollo

Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)


coyote

it-noun

coyote m (usually invariable, plural (rare, proscribed) coyoti)

Unadapted borrowing from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.


vacca

vaccóna<g:f><q:also with figurative derogatory meaning>,vaccóne<g:m>

vaccàccia<qq:uncommon, often used figuratively as an insult>

vacca f (plural vacche, diminutive vaccarèlla or vaccherèlla or vacchétta or (rare) vacchìna or (rare) vacchicìna, augmentative (also with figurative derogatory meaning) vaccóna f or vaccóne m, pejorative vaccàccia (uncommon, often used figuratively as an insult), derogatory (rare) vaccùccia)

vacche (plural)
vaccarèlla (diminutive)
vaccherèlla (diminutive)
vacchétta (diminutive)
vacchìna (diminutive rare)
vacchicìna (diminutive rare)
vaccóna (also augmentative feminine)
vaccóne (augmentative masculine)
vaccàccia (often pejorative uncommon)
vaccùccia (derogatory rare)

→ Alemannic German: Wagge

(vulgar, slang, figurative, derogatory) whore, slut


vespa

Coordinate term: lambretta

(motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter


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


formica

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi. Cognates include Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx).


sorcio

(colloquial, Rome) a person with a thorough knowledge of small details of urban geography


topo

topo m (plural topi, feminine topa, diminutive topìno or topolìno; (less common) topétto or topettìno, augmentative topóne or topolóne, pejorative topàccio)

topi (plural)
topa (feminine)
topìno (diminutive)
topolìno (diminutive)
topétto (uncommon)
topettìno (uncommon)
topóne (augmentative)
topolóne (augmentative)
topàccio (pejorative)

From Latin talpa (“mole”) with a change in gender. The original [ɫ] appears to have vocalized to [u̯] in pre-literary Tuscan, with the resulting [au̯] regularly yielding [ɔ], as in Latin aurum (“gold”) > Italian òro. Doublet of talpa.


ratto

Inherited from Latin rapidus (“quick”). Doublet of rapido, which was borrowed.

Ma quell'anime, ch'eran lasse e nude, ¶ cangiar colore e dibattero i denti, ¶ ratto che 'nteser le parole crude.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, page 29, lines 109–111:

But those souls, who were weary and naked, changed their colour/color and gnashed their teeth together, as soon as they heard the cruel words.


zanzara

From Late Latin zinzala, of imitative origin.

Ho ucciso la zanzara.


lucertola

From Latin lacertula, diminutive of lacerta (“lizard”). Doublet of alligatore. Compare Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese lagarto (“lizard”).


lupo

For Vulgar Latin *lūpus instead of the attested Latin lupus (which would have given the non-existent **lopo), also reflected by Piedmontese luv, perhaps imitative of the wolf's howling. Doublet of lupus and lovo.

onomatopoeic

imitative


elefante

it-noun

elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

elefanti (plural)
elefantessa (feminine)


oca

oca f (plural oche, diminutive ochina or ochétta, augmentative ocóna, pejorative ocàccia)

oche (plural)
ochina (diminutive)
ochétta (diminutive)
ocóna (augmentative)
ocàccia (pejorative)

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

cog

(figurative) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)


uccello

From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Doublet of augello, which was borrowed from Occitan. Compare Neapolitan auciello, Ligurian öxéllo, Sicilian auceḍḍu.

uccellagione

hunting or shooting birds; The season for doing this; the birds killed

uccellaia

a large number of birds;a place where hawking takes place; confused chatter; affair (of the heart); deception; mockery

uccellare

to catch birds or fowl; to fool or trick


canguro

From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.


gatto

it-noun

gatto m (plural gatti, feminine gatta, diminutive gattìno, augmentative gattóne, pejorative gattàccio or gattonàccio, derogatory gattùccio)

gatti (plural)
gatta (feminine)
gattìno (diminutive)
gattóne (augmentative)
gattàccio (pejorative)
gattonàccio (pejorative)
gattùccio (derogatory)

la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi

non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco

tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino


bue

bue m (plural buoi, derogatory (figurative only) buaccio (“dimwit, fool”), diminutive-derogatory (figurative only) buacciolo (“dimwit, fool”))

buoi (plural)
buaccio (“dimwit, fool”) (derogatory figuratively)

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull, or ox”). Compare Spanish buey. Doublet of bove.


agnello

agnello m (plural agnelli, feminine agnella)

From Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus. Cognates include Catalan anyell, French agneau and Romanian miel.

Egli ha raccontato un breve aneddoto su un americano che, in uno zoo di Mosca, aveva visto, con sua grande sorpresa, una gabbia che conteneva un lupo e un agnello.

He related a short anecdote about an American who, to his surprise, had seen a cage containing a wolf and a lamb in a Moscow zoo.


becco

From Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

beak (anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak)


becco

Uncertain. Probably from either Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”) or Proto-Celtic *bukkos, whence French bouc. The -e- is most readily explained through the Middle High German plural böcke (early on also unrounded; compare contemporary Bavarian Beck). Alternatively from Latin ībex, though this is more problematic. Compare also northern French bique.

Il sangue si usa in medicina, preso da molti animali […] come il sangue di colombo, di tortora, di testuggine marina, di becco, et d'altri

1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 97:

Blood is used in medicine, taken from various animals, like blood of pigeon, of turtledove, of tortoise, of billygoat, and of others


chiocciola

From a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *clociola, diminutive of *clocea, from metathesis of Latin cochlea (“snail”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), cognate with κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish”).

(typography, computing) the “@” symbol, commercial at, at sign


iena

From Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina, “a sow”).


quagga

From a Khoisan term, probably Haiǁom, Khoekhoe ǁkoaah, apparently of imitative origin.


giraffa

→ Czech: žirafa

→ Maltese: ġiraff

desctree

→ Middle French: giraffe
French: girafe
→ Catalan: girafa
→ Luxembourgish: Giraff
→ Polish: żyrafa
→ Romanian: girafă f
→ Russian: жираф (žiraf)
→ Georgian: ჟირაფი (žirapi)
→ Ingrian: žirafa
→ Swedish: giraff
→ Finnish: kirahvi
→ English: giraffe

desc

→ Middle High German: geraff, seraffe, schraffe

desctree

German: Giraffe
→ Danish: giraf
→ Dutch: giraf, giraffe
→ Hungarian: zsiráf

→ Portuguese: girafa

→ Spanish: jirafa
→ Basque: jirafa
→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffa
Borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ, borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from سرنا + پَا (pā).


gru

From Latin gruem f or m (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Cognate with French grue f, Spanish grua f, Portuguese grou m, Romanian grui m.


cappuccino

→ Catalan: caputxí, caputxino

→ Dutch: cappuccino

→ English: cappuccino

→ Finnish: cappuccino

→ French: cappuccino

desc

→ German: Cappuccino, → Kapuziner (calque)

→ Polish: cappuccino

→ Portuguese: capuchino

→ Spanish: capuchino, cappuccino

→ Swedish: cappuccino

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) + -ino. The coffee gets its name from the color of the beverage, which is reminiscent of the color of monks' habits.

(slang) French letter, rubber johnny (condom)


porco

it-adj

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porci, feminine plural porche)

porca (feminine)
porci (masculine plural)
porche (feminine plural)

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

terrible, dirty, bad (used as a curse or swearword)


mosca

it-noun

mosca f (plural mosche, diminutive moschétta or moschìna or moschìno m or moschettìna, augmentative (uncommon) moscóna, pejorative moscàccia)

mosche (plural)
moschétta (diminutive)
moschìna (diminutive)
moschìno (diminutive masculine)
moschettìna (diminutive)
moscóna (augmentative uncommon)
moscàccia (pejorative)

From Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare Spanish mosca.

(by extension, figurative):
soul patch (narrow beard)

(in the plural) Black spots on a horse's coat.

(nautical, historical) aviso, advice boat


cicala

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda.


nocciolo

Probably derived from Latin nucleus (perhaps the variant form nuculeus), from nux (“nut”), or from the diminutive nucleolus; alternatively from nuceu(m), nuceus (“of nuts”), with influence from nocciola. Compare Sicilian nòzzulu.

uxi

il nòcciolo di un'albicocca ― an apricot kernel


corgi

Borrowed from English corgi, from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) and ci (“dog”).


ibis

From Latin ībis, from Ancient Greek ἶβις (îbis), from Egyptian hbj.


ocelot

Unadapted borrowing from French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).


leone

it-noun

leone m (plural leoni, feminine leonessa, diminutive leoncèllo or leoncìno)

leoni (plural)
leonessa (feminine)
leoncèllo (diminutive)
leoncìno (diminutive)

(astrology) Leo, the Zodiac sign for the lion, covering July 23 - August 22


chimera

From Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira).

chimaera, a kind of shark of the genus Chimaera


macaco

From Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.


scimmia

scimmia f (plural scimmie, augmentative scimmione)

scimmie (plural)
scimmione (augmentative)

From earlier scimia, Latin sīmia, from Ancient Greek σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”). For more examples of initial s- palatalized to sci-, see scialiva, scempio, sciringa (doublet of siringa). Compare Sicilian scìmia.

der

Bisognerebbe mandarci a visitarlo tutti gli allievi di Hitler e di Stalin, i quali furono a loro volta modeste scimmie di Licurgo, il vero caposcuola dei totalitari

1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo tredicesimo: Licurgo [Thirteenth Chapter: Lykourgos]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 122:

It [Sparta] should be visited by every disciple of Hitler and Stalin, who in turn were but small apers of Lykourgos, the true founder of totalitarians


vitello

→ Ottoman Turkish: ودله (vedela)

From Latin vitellus. Compare Romanian vițel, French veau, Catalan vedella .


maki

Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maka.


addax

Unadapted borrowing from Latin addax, apparently from an African language.


mammifero

it-adj

mammifero (feminine mammifera, masculine plural mammiferi, feminine plural mammifere)

mammifera (feminine)
mammiferi (masculine plural)
mammifere (feminine plural)


capra

From Latin capra, from its masculine version caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.


termite

termite (white-bodied, wood-consuming insect)


calliope

From Calliope, from Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), Muse of eloquence and epic poetry.

Calliope calliope
Calliope calliope#Translingual

the bird Calliope calliope: Siberian rubythroat


wallaby

Unadapted borrowing from English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi.


zafferano

Borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

bor+

lesser black-backed gull
lesser black-backed gull


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.


zecca

→ English: zecchin

→ French: sequin

→ English: sequin

→ Maltese: zekka

Borrowed from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”).


zecca

Borrowed from Lombardic zekka. Compare German Zecke, Dutch teek, English tick, Sicilian zicca.


daino

Borrowed from Old French daine, daim, from Late Latin dāmus, from Latin dāma.


bambino

it-noun

bambinóne<t:large child; child-like person>

bambino m (plural bambini, feminine bambina, diminutive bambinétto (“smallish child”) or bambinùccio (“baby”), augmentative bambinóne (“large child; child-like person”), pejorative bambinàccio, endearing bambinèllo)

bambini (plural)
bambina (feminine)
bambinétto (diminutive)
bambinùccio (diminutive)
bambinóne (augmentative)
bambinàccio (pejorative)
bambinèllo (endearing)

→ English: bambino

→ French: bambin

→ Sicilian: bamminu, vamminu

Onomatopoeic bambo for the first stammerings of children, plus -ino (diminutive suffix).


topa

(vulgar, slang) pussy (female genitalia)


moffetta

Probably from a diminutive of muffa (“mildew, mold”), itself of Germanic/Lombardic origin.


serpente

From Latin serpentem, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.


condor

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cóndor.


orca

(nautical, historical) hulk (large ship used for transportation)


barbo

barbel (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)


Stregatto

Blend of strega (“witch, sorceress”) + gatto (“cat”).


cervo

it-noun

cervo m (plural cervi, feminine cerva, diminutive (uncommon) cervétto or cervìno, augmentative cervóne)

cervi (plural)
cerva (feminine)
cervétto (diminutive uncommon)
cervìno (diminutive)
cervóne (augmentative)

From Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂wós, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).


salmone

salmon, especially the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)


boga

desc

→ Tunisian Arabic: بوقة (būga, “bogue, Boops boops”)

From Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”).


immagine

it-noun

immagine f (plural immagini, diminutive immaginina or immaginétta, pejorative immaginùccia)

immagini (plural)
immaginina (diminutive)
immaginétta (diminutive)
immaginùccia (pejorative)

From Latin imāginem (“image, imitation”), from Proto-Italic *imā (“copy”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“copy”). Doublet of imago, and also the now-archaic mania.


pulcinella di mare

After its appearance, said to resemble that of theatrical character Pulcinella.

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica#Translingual


gattino

gattino m (plural gattini, feminine gattina)

From gatto (“cat”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


gallina

it-noun

gallina f (plural galline, masculine gallo)


agama

From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).


cigno

From Latin cygnus, cycnus, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

any member of the Cygnus taxonomic genus – swan


argentina

desc

→ Tunisian Arabic: أرجنتينا (ʔarjantīna, “argentine, Argentina sphyraena”)


alice

From Latin allēc (“fish sauce”), or alternatively from hallex, hallecem.


acciuga

Borrowed from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

anchovy (any of the fish in the family Engraulidae family), particularly European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)


lamia

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia).

vernacular name of several species of fish:

(Tuscan) Synonym of canesca (“school shark”)

(Sicily) Synonym of rana pescatrice (“anglerfish”)

(Liguria) Synonym of bandiera rossa (“red bandfish”)


colombo

it-noun

colombo m (plural colombi, diminutive colombino)


quokka

Setonix brachyurus
Setonix brachyurus#Translingual


noki

Procavia capensis
Procavia capensis#Translingual

dassie rat, rock rat (Procavia capensis)


dattero

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

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


velociraptor

Borrowed from Latin vēlōcem raptōrem (literally “quick thief”).


papero

it-noun

papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)

paperi (plural)
papera (feminine)
paperétto (diminutive)
paperìno (diminutive)
paperòtto (diminutive)
paperòttolo (diminutive)
paperùccio (diminutive)
paperóne (augmentative)
paperàccio (pejorative)

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (“to quack”).


grillo

From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening)


volpe

volpe f (plural volpi, diminutive volpétta or volpìna or volpìno m or volpicèlla or volpicìno m, augmentative volpóna or volpóne m, pejorative volpàccia; (always figurative) volponàccia or volponàccio m, diminutive-augmentative volpacchiòtta or volpacchiòtto)

volpi (plural)
volpétta (diminutive)
volpìna (diminutive)
volpìno (diminutive masculine)
volpicèlla (diminutive)
volpicìno (diminutive masculine)
volpóna (augmentative)
volpóne (augmentative masculine)
volpàccia (pejorative)

From Latin vulpēs (accusative vulpem) from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”).


fusa

(music) quasihemidemisemiquaver, semihemidemisemiquaver (hundred twenty-eighth note)


breme

Borrowed from Old French bresme. See French brème.


delfino

→ Romanian: delfin


calamaro

→ Catalan: calamar

→ Spanish: calamar

→ English: calamari

From a Central Italian variant of calamaio, ultimately from Latin calamus.


ragno

From Latin arāneus (“spider”), related to arānea (“spider”).

(film) a tripod on which a camera is placed

(numismatics) an unidentified Venetian coin of the late Renaissance

a type of ladle used to scoop up fried foods


apar

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish apar, from Old Tupi.

Synonym of mataco (“southern three-banded armadillo”)


vampiro

Borrowed from French vampire, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.


corvo

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.


tordo

→⇒ Armenian: տորդիկ (tordik)

From Latin turdus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.


kha-nyou

kha-nyou, Laotian rock rat, rat squirrel


rodeo

bitterling (any fish of the genus Rhodeus)


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


cinghiale

From an earlier *singhiale, *singhiare, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, from syncopation of Latin singulāris [porcus]. Compare Catalan senglar, Occitan singlar, French sanglier, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singolare.


sitatunga

sitatunga, marsh buck (Tragelaphus spekii)


terrier

Borrowed from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.


orso

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Italian orso

etymon

non vendere la pelle dell'orso prima di averlo ucciso


grizzly

Unadapted borrowing from English grizzly.


polpo

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Cognates include Spanish pulpo and Sicilian purpu. Unrelated to polpa.


dogo

From a confluence of English dog and French dogue.


spatola

Borrowed from Late Latin spatula, diminutive of Latin spatha. Compare spalla, an inherited doublet.


cammello

From Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), of Semitic origin.


ghepardo

From French guépard, from Italian gattopardo.


pecora

pecore (plural)
ariete (masculine)
montone (masculine)

From Latin pecora, neuter plural of pecus (“cattle”), from pecū, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock, domestic animals”).


cavallo

it-noun

cavallìno,cavallétto<q:only in specific meanings>

cavallo m (plural cavalli, feminine cavalla, diminutive cavallìno or (only in specific meanings) cavallétto, augmentative cavallóne or cavallòtto, pejorative cavallàccio, endearing-derogatory cavallùccio)

cavalli (plural)
cavalla (feminine)
cavallìno (diminutive)
cavallétto (diminutive specific)
cavallóne (augmentative)
cavallòtto (augmentative)
cavallàccio (pejorative)

→ Alemannic German: Kawall

→ Greek: καβάλος (kaválos)

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo, Galician cabalo, French cheval, Catalan cavall, Spanish caballo, Romanian cal.


cagna

cagna f (plural cagne, masculine cane, diminutive cagnétta or cagnòla or cagnolìna)

cagne (plural)
cane (masculine)
cagnétta (diminutive)
cagnòla (diminutive)
cagnolìna (diminutive)

→ Franco-Provençal: cagne


mucca

Uncertain, possibly a merging of muggire and vacca, or from Alemannic German Mugg. Compare English moo cow.


tonno

From Late Latin tunnus, from Latin thunnus, thynnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

(ichthyology) any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus

tuna, specifically:
the edible flesh of the tuna


moscardino

dormouse, common dormouse, hazel dormouse


orata

desc

→ Tunisian Arabic: أوراطا (ʔūrāṭa, “sea bream, Sparus aurata”)

From Vulgar Latin *orāta, from Latin aurāta. Compare Spanish dorado, Portuguese dourada, French daurade, Dalmatian ourata.

Sparus aurata
Sparus aurata#Translingual


sardina

→ Tunisian Arabic: سردينة (sardīna, “sardine, Sardina pilchardus”)

→ German: Sardine

Sardina pilchardus
Sardina pilchardus#Translingual


triglia

From Ancient Greek τρίγλη (tríglē, “mullet”).


merluzzo

È nel periodo che va da gennaio ad aprile che il miglior merluzzo viene catturato e trasformato in stoccafisso secondo il metodo tradizionale.

It is in this period, from January to April, that the best quality cod is caught, and the best traditional stockfish is made.


trota

From Late Latin tructa, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs).

Le specie presenti sono la trota fario, il salmerino alpino (protetto) e la trota mormorata.

The species present are river trout, arctic char (protected) and marble trout.


conchiglia

From Latin conchȳlium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel”).


farfalla

Perhaps from Old Italian parpaglione, from Latin papiliō (“butterfly”). Compare Old French paveillon, Catalan papalló, Provençal parpalhos, Lombardic parpaja. The f is difficult to account for, though it might be due to the Tuscan gorgia.
Alternatively, from the dialectal Arabic word in Maltese farfett, Tunisian Arabic فرططو/فرفطو (farṭaṭṭu/farfaṭṭu), which is from Berber; compare Kabyle aferṭeṭṭu (“butterfly, moth”). Forms with a second -f- are apparently attested within Berber as well, but are at any rate explainable. For the -ll-, the Arabic emphatic [tˤ] could easily have been interpreted by southern Italians as their retroflex [ɖ] and then replaced with the cognate [l] as the word moved northwards (compare Sicilian beddu versus Italian bello).

cog

(usually in the plural) pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties


lumaca

From Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx. See also limaccia.

a passo di lumaca

(figurative) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)

(usually in the plural) type of pasta shaped like a snail's shell


struzzo

→ Hungarian: strucc

→ Romanian: struț

From Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


galgo

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), derived from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gallico.


airone

Partly from French héron, partly from Lombardic heigaro.


anatra selvatica

it-noun

anatra selvatica f (plural anatre selvatiche)


coniglio

coniglio m (plural conigli, feminine coniglia)

→ Greek: κουνέλι (kounéli)

→ Sardinian: conigliu

Ultimately from Latin cunīculus. Judging by its /ʎʎ/, borrowed via a Western Romance language, perhaps some variety of Gallo-Italic. Doublet of cunicolo.


coniglietto

coniglietto m (plural coniglietti, feminine coniglietta)

coniglietti (plural)
coniglietta (feminine)


fagiano

fagiano m (plural fagiani, feminine fagiana)

→ Hungarian: fácán

→ Maltese: faġan

From Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).


lepre

la lepre venne distanziata dalla testuggine

the hare was outdistanced by the tortoise


maiale

maiale m (plural maiali, feminine maiala)

→? Maltese: majjal

From Latin maiālis, from the goddess Maia.

Un caso di salmonellosi in un maiale è inoltre stato annunciato.

In addition, a case of salmonellosis was reported in one pig.


rospo

Uncertain, possibly derived from Proto-West Germanic *ruspōn (“to make a sound, croak”). Compare Old High German rospōn (“to croak, rustle, chatter”), Middle Low German rospen (“to croak, belch”).


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.


gazza

Probably from Old High German agaza (“magpie”), from Proto-Germanic *agatjō (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare Occitan agaça/gacha, French agace, and possibly Catalan garsa.


rinoceronte

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).


dragoncello

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

suffix

Synonym of filaria di Medina (“Guinea worm”)

filaria di Medina
filaria di Medina#Italian


pastinaca

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


scinco

From Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).


drago

From earlier draco, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare dragone, from the Latin accusative form.

E' Guelfi soli di Fiorenza usaron per generale insegna la rossa sopra un drago verde

16ᵗʰ century, Vincenzo Borghini, Dell'arme delle famiglie fiorentine, Florence: Pietro Gaet. Viviani, published 1755, page 44, collected in Discorsi di monsignore D. Vincenzio Borghini - parte seconda:

And the Guelphs of Florence alone used a red one [eagle] above a green dragon as their coat of arms

(zoology) any lizard of the Draco taxonomic genus


vongola

Borrowed from Neapolitan vongola, from Latin conchula, from concha. Displaced Old Italian gongola.


capretto

it-noun

capretto m (plural capretti, feminine capretta)

→ English: capretto


tricheco

Borrowed from New Latin trichechus, a term derived by Linnaeus from Greek.


bradipo

→ Esperanto: bradipo
→ Ido: bradipo

Learned borrowing from Latin bradypus, from Ancient Greek. Compare Greek βραδύπους (vradýpous, literally “slow foot”).


bovaro

it-noun

bovaro m (plural bovari, feminine bovara)


bovino

it-adj

bovino (feminine bovina, masculine plural bovini, feminine plural bovine)

bovina (feminine)
bovini (masculine plural)
bovine (feminine plural)


bracco

From Proto-Germanic *brakko (“setter”). Compare French braque (“pointer”).


bufalo

From Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos) "antelope, wild ox".


cavia

From New Latin Cavia, from Old Galician-Portuguese çavia (“the spiny rat”), from Old Tupi saujá. Compare Portuguese sauiá.


golo

From Latin galbulus. See also gaulo and gravolo.

Synonym of gruccione (“European bee-eater”)


fennec

Borrowed from French fennec, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).


picchio

From Vulgar Latin *pīccus, from Latin pīcus, influenced by picchiare. Perhaps derived by means of a hypothetical *pīcculus.


passero

From Latin passer remodeled as a third-declension noun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).


cinciallegra

From cincia (“tit”) + allegra (“happy”, “joyous”).


cincia

it-noun

cincia f (plural cince, diminutive cinciarèlla or cincina)

cince (plural)
cinciarèlla (diminutive)
cincina (diminutive)


fringuello

fringuello m (plural fringuelli, diminutive fringuellino or fringuellétto)

fringuelli (plural)
fringuellino (diminutive)
fringuellétto (diminutive)


gabbiano

From a derivative of Latin gāvia, possibly a Vulgar Latin root *gavianus. Compare Italian gavotta (“sort of red mullet”).


gheppio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰγυπιός (aigupiós). Compare ghezzo < Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios). Documented in Italian since 1336–8.


nibbio

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *niblus, syncopated form of Latin nibulus, from an alteration of Latin milvus.

Il nibbio e li altri uccelli che battan poco le alie, vanno cercando il corso del vento e quando il vento regnia in alto, allora essi fieno veduti in grande altura, e se regnia basso, essi stanno bassi.

c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il volo”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 123:

The kite and the other birds that seldom flap their wings, look for the flow of the wind and when the wind reigns high, then they will be seen at great heights, and if it reigns low, they stay low.


colomba

a traditional Italian Easter cake baked in the shape of a dove


falco di palude

it-noun

falco di palude m (plural falchi di palude)


uria

From Ancient Greek οὐρία (ouría, a kind of duck).


cicogna

From Latin cicōnia, derived from Proto-Indo-European *kekoh₂n-, from the root *keh₂n- (“to sing”).


cicogna gozzuta

it-noun

cicogna gozzuta f (plural cicogne gozzute)


astore

Borrowed from Old Occitan austor, from Vulgar Latin *acceptōrem, modification of Latin accipiter (“hawk”). Unlikely to derive from Latin astŭrem (“type of hawk”), considering its stress position.

Eutriorchis astur
Eutriorchis astur#Translingual

Madagascan serpent eagle (Eutriorchis astur)


sparviere

Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *sparwaraz (“sparrow-hawk”), from *sparwô (“sparrow”) + *arô (“eagle”). Compare French épervier. Cognate with sparrow.


forapaglie

Verb-object compound, composed of fora (“to pierce”) + paglie (“stalk of straw”).


codibugnolo

From coda (“tail”) + bugnolo (“small basket”).


avvoltoio monaco

it-noun

avvoltoio monaco m (plural avvoltoi monaci)

Eurasian black vulture
Eurasian black vulture

Aegypius monachus
Aegypius monachus#Translingual

monk vulture, Eurasian black vulture, black vulture, cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)


anatra mandarina

anatra mandarina f (plural anatre mandarine)


allodola

From a Vulgar Latin *alaudula, the diminutive of Latin alauda (“lark”), of Gaulish origin. Doublet of alauda.

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual


martin pescatore

martin pescatore m (plural martin pescatori)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: مارتی (martı), مارطی (martı), مرتی (martı), مرطی (martı)
Turkish: martı


fischione

From fischio (“whistle”) + -one. From the sound they make when flying.


marzaiola

Anas querquedula
Anas querquedula#Translingual


canapiglia

From canapa (“hemp”), for the greyish-whitish color of its feathers.

Mareca strepera
Mareca strepera#Translingual

Anas strepera
Anas strepera#Translingual

gadwall (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera)


pinguino

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn.


pinguino imperatore

it-noun

pinguino imperatore m (plural pinguini imperatori)


pinguino reale

pinguino reale m (plural pinguini reali)


airone cenerino

airone cenerino m (plural aironi cenerini)

Ardea cinerea
Ardea cinerea#Translingual


airone rosso

Ardea purpurea
Ardea purpurea#Translingual


gufo delle nevi

gufo delle nevi m (plural gufi delle nevi)

Bubo scandiacus
Bubo scandiacus#Translingual


francolino

desctree

→ French: francolin
→ Catalan: francolí
→ Dutch: frankolijn
→ English: francolin


francolino di monte

it-noun

francolino di monte m (plural francolini di monte)


tarabuso

tarabuso m (plural tarabusi, diminutive tarabusino)

tarabusi (plural)
tarabusino (diminutive)


airone guardabuoi

airone guardabuoi m (plural aironi guardabuoi)

Bubulcus ibis
Bubulcus ibis#Translingual


falco coda rossa

falco coda rossa m (plural falchi coda rossa)


falco pescatore

falco pescatore m (plural falchi pescatori)


poiana calzata

poiana calzata f (plural poiane calzate)

rough-legged buzzard
rough-legged buzzard

Buteo lagopus
Buteo lagopus#Translingual


cardinale

From Late Latin cardinālis (“cardinal; chief presbyter”).


cardinale rosso

it-noun

cardinale rosso m (plural cardinali rossi)


verdone

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

affix

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual

European greenfinch, greenfinch (Chloris chloris)


fanello nordico

it-noun

fanello nordico m (plural fanelli nordici)


verdone di Cina

verdone di Cina m (plural verdoni di Cina)


ciuffolotto

From ciufolare, archaic variant of zufolare (“to whistle”).

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual

Eurasian bullfinch, bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)


ciuffolotto scarlatto

ciuffolotto scarlatto m (plural ciuffolotti scarlatti)

Carpodacus erythrinus
Carpodacus erythrinus#Translingual

common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)


airone bianco maggiore

airone bianco maggiore m (plural aironi bianchi maggiori)

great egret, great white egret, white heron, or common egret (Ardea alba, syn. Casmerodius albus)


casuario di Bennett

casuario di Bennett m (plural casuari di Bennett)


casuario australiano

casuario australiano m (plural casuari australiani)

double-wattled cassowary
double-wattled cassowary

southern cassowary or double-wattled cassowary


casuario uniappendicolato

casuario uniappendicolato m (plural casuari uniappendicolati)

single-wattled cassowary
single-wattled cassowary

northern cassowary or single-wattled cassowary


avvoltoio collorosso

avvoltoio collorosso m (plural avvoltoi collorossi)


cicogna bianca

cicogna bianca f (plural cicogne bianche)


merlo acquaiolo

merlo acquaiolo m (plural merli acquaioli)

white-throated dipper
white-throated dipper

Cinclus cinclus
Cinclus cinclus#Translingual


biancone

any within the subfamily Circaetinae of snake eagles


albanella minore

albanella minore f (plural albanelle minori)


albanella reale

albanella reale f (plural albanelle reali)


piccione

→ Greek: πιτσούνι (pitsoúni)

→ Sardinian: piccione, piccioni

→ Slavomolisano: pičun

→ Spanish: pichón

Borrowed from Neapolitan piccione, from Latin pīpiōnem. Doublet of pippione.

a pigeon; more accurately the rock pigeon, feral pigeon or domestic pigeon


colombaccio

From colomba (“dove”) + -accio (pejorative suffix).

suffix

Columba palumbus
Columba palumbus#Translingual

wood pigeon, ringdove (Columba palumbus)


taccola

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


taccola

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

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual


cigno selvatico

it-noun

cigno selvatico m (plural cigni selvatici)

Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus#Translingual


emù

Borrowed from French émou, from English emu.

Dromaius novaehollandiae
Dromaius novaehollandiae#Translingual


pettirosso

From petto (“chest, breast”) + rosso (“red”).


pinguino saltarocce

pinguino saltarocce m (plural pinguini saltarocce)


pinguino saltatore

pinguino saltatore m (plural pinguini saltatori)


pinguino fronte dorata

pinguino fronte dorata m (plural pinguini fronti dorate)


pinguino macaroni

pinguino macaroni m (plural pinguini macaroni)


pinguino dal becco grosso

pinguino dal becco grosso m (plural pinguini dal becco grosso)

Fiordland crested penguin
Fiordland crested penguin

Fiordland penguin or Fiordland crested penguin


pinguino del Fiordland

pinguino del Fiordland m (plural pinguini del Fiordland)


pinguino delle Snares

pinguino delle Snares m (plural pinguini delle Snares)

Snares crested penguin
Snares crested penguin

Snares Islands penguin
Snares Islands penguin

Snares penguin, Snares crested penguin or Snares Islands penguin


pinguino crestato

pinguino crestato m (plural pinguini crestati)

erect-crested penguin
erect-crested penguin


pinguino minore

pinguino minore m (plural pinguini minori)


lanario

Borrowed from Latin lānārius (19th century).


falco della regina

falco della regina m (plural falchi della regina)


falco pellegrino

falco pellegrino m (plural falchi pellegrini)


lodolaio

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual

the hobby or Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)


fulmaro

New Latin, from Old Norse full (“foul”) + mar (“gull”), from its aroma.


gallinella d'acqua

gallinella d'acqua f (plural gallinelle d'acqua)


ghiandaia

From Late Latin glandāria, from glandārius (“pertaining to acorns”), derived from Latin glāns (“acorn, nut”).

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


strolaga

Perhaps a blend of strologo, strolago (“furtuneteller”) + folaga (“coot”).

Near-synonyms: gavide, gaviforme


strolaga beccogiallo

strolaga beccogiallo f (plural strolaghe beccogiallo)

Gavia adamsii
Gavia adamsii#Translingual


strolaga mezzana

strolaga mezzana f (plural strolaghe mezzane)

black-throated diver
black-throated diver

Gavia arctica
Gavia arctica#Translingual

black-throated diver, Arctic loon (Gavia arctica)


strolaga maggiore

strolaga maggiore f (plural strolaghe maggiori)

great northern diver
great northern diver

great northern diver, common loon (Gavia immer)


strolaga minore

strolaga minore f (plural strolaghe minori)

Gavia stellata
Gavia stellata#Translingual

red-throated diver, red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)


ibis eremita

Geronticus eremita
Geronticus eremita#Translingual

northern bald ibis, hermit ibis or waldrapp (Geronticus eremita)


corriere

→ Middle French: corier

→ English: courier

desctree

French: courrier
→ Danish: kurer
→ Polish: kurier
→ Turkish: kurye

→ Middle High German: kurier

German: Kurier


aquila di mare a coda bianca

it-noun

aquila di mare a coda bianca f (plural aquile di mare a coda bianca)

white-tailed sea eagle
white-tailed sea eagle

white-tailed eagle, sea eagle, erne or white-tailed sea eagle


aquila di mare di Steller

aquila di mare di Steller f (plural aquile di mare di Steller)


aquila pescatrice africana

aquila pescatrice africana f (plural aquile pescatrici africane)

Haliaeetus vocifer
Haliaeetus vocifer#Translingual


aquila urlatrice

aquila urlatrice f (plural aquile urlatrici)


aquila pescatrice del Madagascar

aquila pescatrice del Madagascar f (plural aquile pescatrici del Madagascar)

aquile pescatrici del Madagascar (plural)

Madagascan fish eagle
Madagascan fish eagle


aquila di Haast

aquila di Haast f (plural aquile di Haast)


aquila gigante della Nuova Zelanda

aquila gigante della Nuova Zelanda f (plural aquile giganti della Nuova Zelanda)

aquile giganti della Nuova Zelanda (plural)


aquila arpia

Harpia harpyja
Harpia harpyja#Translingual

harpy eagle, or the American harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)


aquila del Bonelli

aquila del Bonelli f (plural aquile del Bonelli)


cavaliere d'Italia

cavaliere d'Italia m (plural cavalieri d'Italia)


rondine comune

rondine comune m (plural rondini comuni)


pernice

→ Alemannic German: Parniise

Inherited from Latin perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).


pernice bianca

it-noun

pernice bianca f (plural pernici bianche)


averla

shrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae)


averla

it-verb

avérla (pronominal, first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) la hò, first-person singular past historic la èbbi or la ébbi, past participle avùto, first-person singular future la avrò, first-person singular subjunctive la àbbia, second-person singular imperative àbbila, auxiliary avére)

avérla (canonical)
la hò (first-person present singular)
la èbbi (first-person historic past singular)
la ébbi (first-person historic past singular)
avùto (participle past)
la avrò (first-person future singular)
la àbbia (first-person singular subjunctive)
àbbila (imperative second-person singular)
avére (auxiliary)
avérla (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
avèndola (gerund)
avènte (participle present)
abbiènte (participle present)
avùto (participle past)
la hò (first-person indicative present singular)
la hài (indicative present second-person singular)
la hà (indicative present singular third-person)
la abbiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
la avéte (indicative plural present second-person)
la hànno (indicative plural present third-person)
la avévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
la avévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
la avéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
la avevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
la avevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
la avévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
la èbbi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
la ébbi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
la avésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
la èbbe (historic indicative past singular third-person)
la ébbe (historic indicative past singular third-person)
la avémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
la avéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
la èbbero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
la ébbero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
la avrò (first-person future indicative singular)
la avrài (future indicative second-person singular)
la avrà (future indicative singular third-person)
la avrémo (first-person future indicative plural)
la avréte (future indicative plural second-person)
la avrànno (future indicative plural third-person)
la avrèi (conditional first-person singular)
la avrésti (conditional second-person singular)
la avrèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
la avrébbe (conditional singular third-person)
la avrémmo (conditional first-person plural)
la avréste (conditional plural second-person)
la avrèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
la avrébbero (conditional plural third-person)
la àbbia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
la àbbia (present second-person singular subjunctive)
la àbbia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
la abbiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
la abbiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
la àbbiano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
la avéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
la avéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
la avésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
la avéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
la avéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
la avéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
àbbila (imperative second-person singular)
la àbbia (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abbiàmola (first-person imperative plural)
abbiàtela (imperative plural second-person)
la àbbiano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
avérla (imperative negative second-person singular)
la avére (imperative negative second-person singular)
la àbbia (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abbiàmola (first-person imperative negative plural)
la abbiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
abbiàtela (imperative negative plural second-person)
la abbiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
la àbbiano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(archaic) Alternative form of avercela (“to hold a grudge”) [with con]


averla piccola

it-noun

averla piccola f (plural averle piccole)

Lanius collurio
Lanius collurio#Translingual


averla maggiore

averla maggiore f (plural averle maggiori)


averla cenerina

averla cenerina f (plural averle cenerine)


averla capirossa

averla capirossa f (plural averle capirossa)

Lanius senator
Lanius senator#Translingual


gabbiano reale

gabbiano reale m (plural gabbiani reali)


gabbiano comune

gabbiano comune m (plural gabbiani comuni)


usignolo

From earlier lusignolo, lusignuolo, from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, derived from Latin luscinia. Compare rosignolo.


pettazzurro

From petto (“chest, breast”) + azzurro (“azure, blue”).


sparviero dei pipistrelli

it-noun

sparviero dei pipistrelli m (plural sparvieri dei pipistrelli)

Macheiramphus alcinus
Macheiramphus alcinus#Translingual


pinguino degli antipodi

pinguino degli antipodi m (plural pinguini degli antipodi)


pinguino occhigialli

pinguino occhigialli m (plural pinguini occhigialli)


gruccione

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual


passero solitario

passero solitario m (plural passeri solitari)


fringuello alpino

fringuello alpino m (plural fringuelli alpini)

white-winged snowfinch
white-winged snowfinch

snowfinch, properly the white-winged snowfinch


sula bassana

Morus bassanus
Morus bassanus#Translingual


ballerina bianca

ballerina bianca f (plural ballerine bianche)

Motacilla alba
Motacilla alba#Translingual


ballerina gialla

ballerina gialla f (plural ballerine gialle)

Motacilla cinerea
Motacilla cinerea#Translingual


pigliamosche

Verb-object compound, composed of piglia (“to grab”) + mosche (“flies”).


lince

Borrowed from Latin lynx, whence also Doublet of lonza (inherited).


foca

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor.?
Latin phōca?
Italian foca
 Inherited from Latin phōca f, from Ancient Greek φώκη f (phṓkē).
Compare French phoque m.


capovaccaio

Neophron percnopterus
Neophron percnopterus#Translingual

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)


nocciolaia

Nucifraga caryocatactes
Nucifraga caryocatactes#Translingual

spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)


nitticora

From translingual Nycticorax, from Ancient Greek νυκτικόραξ (nuktikórax, “night crow”).

der

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax
Nycticorax nycticorax#Translingual

black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)


culbianco

From cul(o) (“butt, behind”) + bianco (“white”).

compound

Oenanthe oenanthe
Oenanthe oenanthe#Translingual


rigogolo

From Vulgar Latin *aurigalbulus (literally “golden-yellow bird”), derived from Latin aurum (“gold”) + galbulus (“yellow bird”).

compound

Oriolus oriolus
Oriolus oriolus#Translingual


assiolo

From Latin axiō + -olo (diminutive suffix).


tartaruga

→ Galician: tartaruga

→ Portuguese: tartaruga

→ Spanish: tartaruga

From Late Latin tartarucha, feminine form of tartaruchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare French tortue, Spanish tortuga.

der

(military) testudo (Roman military formation)

(cooking) type of bread roll having a pattern of criss-cross incisions

addominali a tartaruga
addominali a tartaruga#Italian

(colloquial) Clipping of addominali a tartaruga (“six pack”).


dugongo

Borrowed from English dugong, from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong.


cardinale ciuffo rosso

it-noun

cardinale ciuffo rosso m (plural cardinali ciuffo rosso)


cincia dal ciuffo

cincia dal ciuffo f (plural cince dal ciuffo)


cincia bigia alpestre

cincia bigia alpestre f (plural cince bigie alpestri)


passero domestico

passero domestico m (plural passeri domestici)


passera sarda

Passer hispaniolensis
Passer hispaniolensis#Translingual


passera spagnola

passera spagnola f (plural passere spagnole)


passera d'Italia

passera d'Italia f (plural passere d'Italia)


passero italiano

passero italiano m (plural passeri italiani)


passera mattugia

Passer montanus
Passer montanus#Translingual


pavone

pavone m (plural pavoni, feminine pavona or pavonessa)

pavoni (plural)
pavona (feminine)
pavonessa (feminine)

→ Bulgarian: пау́н (paún)

→ Macedonian: паун (paun)

→ Sardinian: pavoni, povoni (Campidanese)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: паун

Latin script: paun


pellicano comune

pellicano comune m (plural pellicani comuni)

great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pelecanus onocrotalus#Translingual


falco pecchiaiolo

falco pecchiaiolo m (plural falchi pecchiaioli)


fagiano comune

fagiano comune m (plural fagiani comuni)


picchio cenerino

picchio cenerino m (plural picchi cenerini)

grey-headed woodpecker
grey-headed woodpecker


ciuffolotto delle pinete

ciuffolotto delle pinete m (plural ciuffolotti delle pinete)

Pinicola enucleator
Pinicola enucleator#Translingual


spatola minore

spatola minore f (plural spatole minori)


zigolo delle nevi

zigolo delle nevi m (plural zigoli delle nevi)


mignattaio

From mignatta (“leech”) + -aio (suffix denoting an occupation). The zoological sense derived from the archaic belief that the bird fed on leeches.

suffix

Plegadis falcinellus
Plegadis falcinellus#Translingual


svasso maggiore

it-noun

svasso maggiore m (plural svassi maggiori)


svasso piccolo

svasso piccolo m (plural svassi piccoli)


voltolino

(zoology) a bird from the Porzana genus, usually a crake


criceto

Borrowed from translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček.

ruota del criceto


petrello

great-winged petrel Pterodroma macroptera

Juan Fernández petrel Pterodroma externa

Hawaiian petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis

white-necked petrel Pterodroma cervicalis

black-winged petrel Pterodroma nigripennis

Masatierra petrel Pterodroma defilippiana

Mangareva petrel ?†Pterodroma leucoptera


petrello di Madera

petrello di Madera m (plural petrelli di Madera)


rondine montana

rondine montana f (plural rondini montane)


berta minore mediterranea

berta minore mediterranea f (plural berte minori mediterranee)

Puffinus yelkouan
Puffinus yelkouan#Translingual


gracchio alpino

gracchio alpino m (plural gracchi alpini)


gracchio corallino

gracchio corallino m (plural gracchi corallini)

chough, red-billed chough or Cornish chough


avocetta

→ French: avocette
→ English: avocet

→ Portuguese: avoceta

→ Spanish: avoceta

Possibly from a corruption of Latin avis (“bird”).


scarafaggio

Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
it:scarafaggio

For Vulgar Latin *scarafaius (cf. 10th c. glosses scarafagius), a local, perhaps Oscanized variant of Latin scarabaeus (“scarab, dung beetle”), of uncertain origin. This variant is also reflected by several Provencal forms. Compare Sicilian scravagghiu.


scarabeo

From Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).


topino

Riparia riparia
Riparia riparia#Translingual

sand martin or bank swallow, Riparia riparia


gabbiano tridattilo

it-noun

gabbiano tridattilo m (plural gabbiani tridattili)

black-legged kittiwake
black-legged kittiwake

kittiwake, properly the black-legged kittiwake


saltimpalo

From saltare (“to jump”) + in (“in”) + palo (“stake, post”).


gufo sghignazzante

it-noun

gufo sghignazzante m (plural gufi sghignazzanti)


beccaccia

woodcock, properly the Eurasian woodcock


canarino

canarino del Mozambico o canarino frontegialla

Serinus canaria
Serinus canaria#Translingual


verzellino

From verde (“green”), with an influence from verza (“Savoy cabbage”).

Serinus serinus
Serinus serinus#Translingual


canarino del Mozambico

canarino del Mozambico m (plural canarini del Mozambico)

yellow-fronted canary or green singing finch


canarino solforato

canarino solforato m (plural canarini solforati)


canarino solferino

canarino solferino m (plural canarini solferini)


picchio muratore

picchio muratore m (plural picchi muratori)


pinguino africano

pinguino africano m (plural pinguini africani)


pinguino del Capo

pinguino del Capo m (plural pinguini del Capo)


pinguino di Humboldt

pinguino di Humboldt m (plural pinguini di Humboldt)


pinguino di Magellano

pinguino di Magellano m (plural pinguini di Magellano)


pinguino delle Galapagos

pinguino delle Galapagos m (plural pinguini delle Galapagos)


fraticello

From frate (“friar”) + -icello (diminutive suffix).


rondine di mare

it-noun

rondine di mare f (plural rondini di mare)


beccapesci

Verb-object compound, composed of becca (“to peck, to peck up”) + pesci (“fish”).


tortora dal collare orientale

it-noun

tortora dal collare orientale f (plural tortore dal collare orientale)

Eurasian collared dove
Eurasian collared dove

collared dove, properly the Eurasian collared dove


allocco

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin uluccus.


beccafico

→ English: beccafico

Verb-object compound, composed of becca (“to peck, to peck up”) + fico (“fig”).


sterpazzola di Sardegna

it-noun

sterpazzola di Sardegna f (plural sterpazzole di Sardegna)

spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata, Curruca conspicillata, Melizophilus conspicillatus)


magnanina

Sylvia undata
Sylvia undata#Translingual


fagiano di monte

fagiano di monte m (plural fagiani di monte)


gallina prataiola

gallina prataiola f (plural galline prataiole)


picchio muraiolo

picchio muraiolo m (plural picchi muraioli)


scricciolo

Diminutive of Old Italian scriccio, from Lombardic *skrīko; cf. Swedish skrika (“jay”), English shrike.


cesena

Turdus pilaris
Turdus pilaris#Translingual


merlo dal collare

merlo dal collare m (plural merli dal collare)


tordela

Turdus viscivorus
Turdus viscivorus#Translingual


barbagianni

From barba (“uncle”, dialectal Northern Italy and Ticino) + Gianni (“Italian given name equivalent to Johnny”).


astore codalunga

it-noun

astore codalunga m (plural astori codalunga)

Urotriorchis macrourus
Urotriorchis macrourus#Translingual

long-tailed hawk (Urotriorchis macrourus)


arvicola

Borrowed from translingual Arvicola, derived from Latin arvum (“field”) + -cola (suffix indicating an inhabitant).


arvicola delle nevi

arvicola delle nevi f (plural arvicole delle nevi)


marmotta

→ Mòcheno: marmota


marmotta americana

marmotta americana f (plural marmotte americane)


marmotta caligata

marmotta caligata f (plural marmotte caligate)


lince persiana

lince persiana f (plural linci persiane)


gatto dorato asiatico

gatto dorato asiatico m (plural gatti dorati asiatici)


gatto del deserto della Cina

gatto del deserto della Cina m (plural gatti del deserto della Cina)


gatto della giungla

gatto della giungla m (plural gatti della giungla)


gatto delle sabbie

gatto delle sabbie m (plural gatti delle sabbie)


gatto dai piedi neri

gatto dai piedi neri m (plural gatti dai piedi neri)


uccello rapace

uccello rapace m (plural uccelli rapaci)


riccio

→ Catalan: rínxol

From Latin ēricius (“a hedgehog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).

der

In full: riccio di mare


baco da seta

From the nouns baco (“worm”) and seta (“silk”), with the preposition da.


orbettino

Diminutive of orbo (“blind”). Compare French orvet.


basilisco

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

basilisk, a lizard of the genus Basiliscus


porcospino

From Latin porcus (“pig”) + spinus (“spine”).


felino

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus (“feline”), from fēlēs (“cat”).


felino

it-adj

felino (feminine felina, masculine plural felini, feminine plural feline)

felina (feminine)
felini (masculine plural)
feline (feminine plural)


tagua

pecari del Chaco
pecari del Chaco#Italian


tapiro

From French tapir, from Old Tupi tapiira.


micio

Probably derived from mucio, a form used in southern italian dialects, from Latin mūsiō (“cat”). Isidore of Seville quotes mūsiō as the correct form and cattus as the popular (vulgar) form in his Etymologiæ.
False cognate of Albanian micë (“cat”).

micio, micio!

pussy, pussy-cat, puss (affectionate term for a cat)


micia

(taboo, vulgar, slang) female genitalia, pussy


procione

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”).


antilope

New Latin [Term?], from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops), of uncertain origin.


capibara

Borrowed from Spanish capibara; from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual


cerbiatto

it-noun

cerbiatto m (plural cerbiatti, feminine cerbiatta)


babirussa

From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).


molva

(ichthyology) any member of the Molva taxonomic genus: ling, particularly the common ling (Molva molva)


renna

From French renne, from Icelandic hreinn.


caribù

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, ultimately from Proto-Algonquian.


tafano

From Vulgar Latin *tafānus, from Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).

(figurative, by extension) gadfly (one who upsets the status quo)


giaguaro

Coordinate term: pantera


coccinella

From the scientific Latin genus name Coccinella, from coccinus.


caimano

From Spanish caimán, from Kari'na acayouman.


geco

Borrowed from English gecko, from Malay gekok (also written geˀkok or gĕkoq).


coccodrillo

→ Maltese: kukkudrill

Inherited from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


alligatore

Borrowed from English alligator, from Early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”).
Doublet of lucertola (“lizard”).


squalo

Probably borrowed from Latin squālus; attested 15th century. Compare French squale.


granchio

From a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cancrulus or *cranc(u)lus (following metathesis and syncopation), diminutive of Latin cancer, or from the accusative form cancrum through an intermediate Vulgar Latin form *cranclu or *crancru. The Latin derives from Proto-Italic *kankros, dissimilation of *karkros (“enclosure”) (because the pincers of a crab form a circle), from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). See also the doublet cancro (“cancer”).


cavalluccio marino

it-noun

cavalluccio marino m (plural cavallucci marini)


cavalluccio

a traditional anise cookie from Siena typically consumed at Christmas


puledro

puledro m (plural puledri, feminine puledra)

From Vulgar Latin *pullētrus, from Latin pullus (“young animal”, whence Italian pollo), likely via a Gallo-Italic language, for expected polletro.

der

whence Italian <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">pollo</i>


istrice

From Latin hystrīcem, from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix). The porcupine exists in the wild in parts of southern Italy.

crested porcupine, European porcupine, Old World porcupine, hystricognath, porpentine


uovo di Pasqua

it-noun

uovo di Pasqua m (plural uova di Pasqua f)


pidocchio

From Late Latin peduclus, contracted form of peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Sicilian pidicchiu.


cetaceo

From Latin cetus (“whale, porpoise, dolphin”), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos, “sea-monster or huge fish”).


pipistrello

→ French: pipistrelle

From the above archaic forms (with /v/ > /p/ via assimilation), from Vulgar Latin *vespertillum, diminutive from Latin vespertiliōnem.

Al chiarore dell'apertura del portone i pipistrelli schifosi svolazzavano nell'oscuro spazio, ed alcuni avean profittato del momento per sprigionarsi e solcare l'atrio colonnato del convento.

1870, Giuseppe Garibaldi, chapter XLIII, in Cantoni il volontario [Cantoni the Volunteer]:


anfibio

From Latin amphibius, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios).


ghiro

From Vulgar Latin glīrus (attested in the Appendix Probi), from Latin glīrem.

dormouse (especially the edible dormouse), loir


baza

Aviceda cuculoides
Aviceda cuculoides#Translingual

African cuckoo-hawk, African baza (Aviceda cuculoides)


procellaria

any of several seabirds of the family Procellariidae, especially the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters


sciacallo

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, “jackal”).


mammut

From obsolete Russian мамант (mamant) (modern ма́монт (mámont)), probably from an Uralic language.


cucciolo

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cattulus (“whelp, puppy”), from Latin catŭlus (“puppy”). Compare with Spanish cachorro.


zigrino

kitefin shark (marine fish of the family Dalatiidae)


cagnolino

it-noun

cagnolino m (plural cagnolini, feminine cagnolina)

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

af

(swimming, masculine singular only) dog paddle, doggy paddle


calabrone

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin form *carabriōnem, from Latin crābrōnem, from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from a Proto-Indo-European form *krH-s-r-o, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”).


maggiolino

From maggio (“May”) + -ino. Compare English May bug, Dutch meikever, German Maikäfer, Russian ма́йский жук (májskij žuk).

cog

ма́йский жук


sgombro

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


orice

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux).

(Antelopes) oryx (Orix dammah and Orix gazella)


maneggio

→ Old French: manege

French: manège

→ Middle English: *manage, *menage

English: manage

(equestrianism) riding (of horses), dressage


alosa

From Latin alausa, from Gaulish *alawda.


gastrica

averla capirossa
averla capirossa#Italian

Lanius senator
Lanius senator#Translingual

Synonym of averla capirossa (“woodchat shrike”) (Lanius senator)

Synonym of averla cenerina (“lesser grey shrike”) (Lanius minor)

Oenanthe hispanica
Oenanthe hispanica#Translingual

Synonym of monachella (“black-eared wheatear”) (Oenanthe hispanica)


maialino

it-noun

maialino m (plural maialini, feminine maialina)


tucano

it-adj

tucano (feminine tucana, masculine plural tucani, feminine plural tucane)

tucana (feminine)
tucani (masculine plural)
tucane (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese tucano, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.


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


tuorlo

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

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


pulce

From Latin pūlicem, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).


muflone

→ Catalan: mufló

desctree

→ French: mouflon
→ English: mouflon
→ German: Mufflon

From Late Latin mufrō (“wild sheep”), related to Latin musimō (“wild sheep”), both probably of pre-Roman origin.


scoiattolo

Diminutive (see -olo) of earlier scoiatto, from scoriatto, from Vulgar Latin *scuriatus, from scurius, variant of Latin sciūrus.


granduca

→ Ottoman Turkish: غراندوقه (granduka)

Turkish: granduka

Univerbation of gran (“great; big”) + duca (“duke”).


lontra

→ Sardinian: lontra

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra.


soriano

it-adj

soriano (feminine soriana, masculine plural soriani, feminine plural soriane)

soriana (feminine)
soriani (masculine plural)
soriane (feminine plural)


soriano

it-noun

soriano m (plural soriani, feminine soriana)


persiano

persiano m (plural persiani, feminine persiana)


abissino

it-adj

abissino (feminine abissina, masculine plural abissini, feminine plural abissine)

abissina (feminine)
abissini (masculine plural)
abissine (feminine plural)


certosino

Chartreux (domestic cat) (feminine: certosina)


nilgai

bluebuck, blaubok, blue antelope, nilgai, nilgau, blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus)


meticcio

it-noun

meticcio m (plural meticci, feminine meticcia)

Remade from or influenced by French métis, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus. Cf. the older form mesticcio and also misticcio. The archaic variants mestizo, mestizzo were taken from Spanish mestizo.


colubro

(zoology) any member of the Coluber taxonomic genus


spermaceti

→ Turkish: ispermeçet

From Latin sperma (“sperm”) + Latin cētī (“of the whale”).


mellivora

Borrowed from translingual Mellivora, derived from Latin mellem (“honey”) + -vorus (“-eating, -devouring”, adjectival suffix).


bombo

Onomatopoeic, from Latin bombum, from bombus (“buzz, humming sound”).


furetto

it-noun

furetto m (plural furetti, feminine furetta)

From Vulgar Latin *furittum (“petty thief”), which is derived from Latin fūr (“thief”).
Cognate to French furet (“ferret”), Spanish hurón (“ferret”).


elefantino

it-adj

elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantini, feminine plural elefantine)

elefantina (feminine)
elefantini (masculine plural)
elefantine (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin elephantinus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos).


capriolo

any of several small European deer (but especially the roe deer)


stallone

From Frankish *stallo. Compare French étalon.

stallion (male horse kept primarily as a stud)


cappone

From Vulgar Latin *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare English capon, French chapon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.


castoro

From an older castore, from Latin castōrem, from Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr).


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


leonessa

it-noun

leonessa f (plural leonesse, masculine leone)

From leone + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


mastino

Borrowed from Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mans'tinus < *mansuetīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mānsuetus (“tamed”).


porcellino

it-noun

porcellino m (plural porcellini, feminine porcellina)

porcellini (plural)
porcellina (feminine)


rancio

Borrowed from Spanish rancho. Doublet of ranch and rancho.

(military) each of the main meals given out to soldiers daily


ranocchio

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, a diminutive from Latin rāna (“frog”), with a masculine form later becoming more widespread; by surface analysis, rana + -occhio. Compare ranuncolo.


redine

Originally the plural of archaic redina, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately or directly from Latin retineō (“hold back”).


scimmione

From scimmia + -one (augmentative suffix).


segugio

From Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Spanish sabueso), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷetor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).


ape regina

queen, queen bee (reproductive female animal in a hive)


falcone

Il falcone, per la sua alterigia e superbia, vole signioreggiare e sopraffare tutti li altri uccelli che son di rapina, e sen desidera essere solo; e spesse volte s’è veduto il falcone assaltare l’aquila, regina delli uccelli.

c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Allegorie ed emblemi”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 307:


babbuino

it-noun

babbuino m (plural babbuini, feminine babbuina)


animaletto

From animale + -etto (diminutive suffix).

(informal) little or young animal (or representation or model of an animal)


aringa

→ Armenian: առինկ (aṙink)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رینغه

Turkish: ringa

→ Arabic: رِنْكة (rinka)

→ Armenian: ռինկա (ṙinka)

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hāring. First attested in the it, but in common usage only as of the 14th c.


cornacchia

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cornacla, alteration of Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx.


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


biscia

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin bīstia, from Latin bēstia. Cognate to Italian bestia, a borrowing from Latin.

snake (non-poisonous, such as the grass snake)


checca

Possibly an onomatopoeic form akin to Checca, hypocoristic form of the female given name Francesca.

grattachecca

dessert based on ice and flavours/flavors or syrups

(derogatory, vulgar, slang) fairy, poof, faggot (homosexual who thinks or behaves effeminately)


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)


gamberetto

From gambero (“prawn”) + -etto (diminutive suffix).


gambero

→ Arabic: قَمْبَرِيّ (qambariyy)

→ Hijazi Arabic: قَمْبَري (gambari)

→ Tunisian Arabic: ڨمبري (gumbri)

From Vulgar Latin gambarus, from Latin gammarus, cammarus, from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).


occhione

From occhio (“eye”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

Eurasian stone-curlew
Eurasian stone-curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus
Burhinus oedicnemus#Translingual

(ornithology) any member of the Burhinus taxonomic genus, particularly a Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

(ichthyology) blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)


idrofobo

it-adj

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

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

(chemistry, veterinary medicine) hydrophobic


dugo

(northern Italy) Synonym of gufo reale (“Eurasian eagle owl”)


capitone

→ English: capitone

From Latin capitōnem. Cf. also cavedano.

a large eel, traditionally eaten at Christmas


donnola

From Medieval Latin domnula, diminutive of domina. Compare Portuguese doninha.


sferrare

it-verb

sferràre (first-person singular present sfèrro, first-person singular past historic sferrài, past participle sferràto, auxiliary avére)

sferràre (canonical)
sfèrro (first-person present singular)
sferrài (first-person historic past singular)
sferràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
sferràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
sferràndo (gerund)
sferrànte (participle present)
sferràto (participle past)
sfèrro (first-person indicative present singular)
sfèrri (indicative present second-person singular)
sfèrra (indicative present singular third-person)
sferriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sferràte (indicative plural present second-person)
sfèrrano (indicative plural present third-person)
sferràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sferràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sferràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sferravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sferravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sferràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sferrài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sferràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sferrò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sferràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sferràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sferràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sferrerò (first-person future indicative singular)
sferrerài (future indicative second-person singular)
sferrerà (future indicative singular third-person)
sferrerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sferreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sferrerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sferrerèi (conditional first-person singular)
sferrerésti (conditional second-person singular)
sferrerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
sferrerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
sferrerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
sferreréste (conditional plural second-person)
sferrerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
sferrerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
sfèrri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sfèrri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sfèrri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sferriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sferriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sfèrrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sferràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sferràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sferràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sferràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sferràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sferràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sfèrra (imperative second-person singular)
sfèrri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sferriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sferràte (imperative plural second-person)
sfèrrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sferràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sfèrri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sferriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sferràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sfèrrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *exferrāre. By surface analysis, s- + ferro (“horseshoe”), ferri (“shackles”) + -are. Cognate with Sicilian sfirrari.

surf

(transitive, farriery) to unshoe (a horse)


sferra

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, deverbal from sferrare (“to unshoe (a horse)”) + -a. Compare Neapolitan sferra and Sicilian sferra.

(farriery) exhausted horseshoe; the old horseshoe after it is removed from the hoof of a horse


dromedario

Borrowed from Latin dromedārius, based on Ancient Greek δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”). More at dromedary.

der

δρομὰς κάμηλος


barrire

it-verb

barrìre (first-person singular present barrìsco, first-person singular past historic barrìi, past participle barrìto, auxiliary avére)

barrìre (canonical)
barrìsco (first-person present singular)
barrìi (first-person historic past singular)
barrìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
barrìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
barrèndo (gerund)
barrènte (participle present)
barrìto (participle past)
barrìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
barrìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
barrìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
barriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
barrìte (indicative plural present second-person)
barrìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
barrìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
barrìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
barrìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
barrivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
barrivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
barrìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
barrìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
barrìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
barrì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
barrìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
barrìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
barrìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
barrirò (first-person future indicative singular)
barrirài (future indicative second-person singular)
barrirà (future indicative singular third-person)
barrirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
barriréte (future indicative plural second-person)
barrirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
barrirèi (conditional first-person singular)
barrirésti (conditional second-person singular)
barrirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
barrirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
barrirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
barriréste (conditional plural second-person)
barrirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
barrirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
barrìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
barrìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
barrìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
barriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
barriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
barrìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
barrìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
barrìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
barrìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
barrìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
barrìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
barrìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
barrìsci (imperative second-person singular)
barrìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
barriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
barrìte (imperative plural second-person)
barrìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
barrìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
barrìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
barriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
barrìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
barrìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive) to trumpet (of an elephant) [auxiliary avere]


barrito

trumpet, trumpeting (call of an elephant)


testuggine

Inherited from Latin testūdinem (“tortoise, turtle”).


aragosta

From earlier aligusta, most likely from Latin locusta (probably through a Vulgar Latin form lacusta), with partial concretion or agglutination and false deglutination of the preceding article. Compare the borrowed doublet locusta.


ariete

Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).


cagnaccio

From cane (“dog”) + -accio (pejorative suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”).

af

smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)


orsetto lavatore

it-noun

orsetto lavatore m (plural orsetti lavatori)


formicaio

From formica + -aio, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Spanish hormiguero, Portuguese formigueiro, Friulian furmiâr, Romanian furnicar, Catalan formiguer.

(figurative) any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy; beehive


acaro

From Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”), from ἀκαρής (akarḗs, “tiny”).


ippocampo

From ippo- + (kámpos, Greek "sea monster”).


millepiedi

Univerbation of mille (“a thousand”) + piedi (“feet”). Compare also centopiedi.


tirannosauro

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).


mantide

From Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”).


animalista

it-noun

animalista m or f by sense (masculine plural animalisti, feminine plural animaliste)

animalisti (masculine plural)
animaliste (feminine plural)


lamantino

From French lamantin, alteration of Spanish manatí.


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


marangone

From Medieval Latin mergō, mergōnem, from Latin mergus (cf. smergo, Portuguese mergulhão, Spanish somorgujo, Sicilian maraguni). Also cognate with Venetan marangon and Romansch marangun (“carpenter”).


capretta

it-noun

capretta f (plural caprette, masculine capretto)


mugnaia

(central Italy) Synonym of mignattino (“black tern”)


agnellino

From agnello + -ellino or agnello + -ino.


briglia

Probably from Frankish *brigdil, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz. Compare Sicilian brigghia.


gerbillo

From French gerbille, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”).


pescecane

pescecane m (plural pescecani or pescicani)


pulcino

From Late Latin pullicēnus, pullicīnus, diminutive form of Latin pullus (“chicken; young animal”). Compare French poussin.


astice

Borrowed from Latin astacī, plural of astacus, from Ancient Greek ἀστακός (astakós).

Synonym of gambero di mare (“European lobster”)


morello

it-adj

morello (feminine morella, masculine plural morelli, feminine plural morelle)

morella (feminine)
morelli (masculine plural)
morelle (feminine plural)


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)


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]