braccio armato

it-noun

braccio armato m (plural braccia armate f or bracci armati m)

braccia armate (feminine plural)
bracci armati (masculine plural)

Literally, “armed arm.” Compare French bras armé and Portuguese braço armado.

Per farla breve, tutti quanti gli strumenti che [gli] americani e cinesi stanno utilizzando per trasformarli nel braccio armato del governo; in europa, in Italia, si cerca invece di limitare questi strumenti.

2024, Perché l'UE blocca le AI, ma Stati Uniti e Cina no? [Why is the EU blocking AIs, but the United States and China are not?], spoken by Gio Pizzi:

In short, all the tools that the Americans and Chinese are using to transform them into the armed wing of the government; in Europe, in Italy, they are instead trying to limit these tools.


Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer


Fulco

From a variant of the personal name Folco.

a surname transferred from the given name


Rota

English: Rota


organi sessuali

sex organs, genitals, genitalia, privates


gassista

gassista m or f by sense (masculine plural gassisti, feminine plural gassiste)

gassisti (masculine plural)
gassiste (feminine plural)


gauchiste

Unadapted borrowing from French gauchiste.

ubor

leftist (person of the left wing in politics)


gaullista

it-noun

gaullista m or f by sense (masculine plural gaullisti, feminine plural gaulliste)

gaullisti (masculine plural)
gaulliste (feminine plural)


pressappochista

pressappochista m or f by sense (masculine plural pressappochisti, feminine plural pressappochiste)

pressappochisti (masculine plural)
pressappochiste (feminine plural)


uova strapazzate

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


agente di polizia

agente di polizia m or f by sense (plural agenti di polizia)


Geltrude

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”) + *þrūþiz (“strength”) or *trut- (“maiden, dear”).

a female given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Gertrude


genealogista

genealogista m or f by sense (masculine plural genealogisti, feminine plural genealogiste)

genealogisti (masculine plural)
genealogiste (feminine plural)


giacobita

giacobita m or f by sense (masculine plural giacobiti, feminine plural giacobite)

giacobiti (masculine plural)
giacobite (feminine plural)


giamburrasca

giamburrasca m or f by sense (invariable)

From Gian Burrasca (literally “Jack Seastorm”), the main character's nickname in the children's novel Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca (“Gian Burrasca's Diary”).

lang

<i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Gian Burrasca</i> (literally “Jack Seastorm”)

named-after

Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca
it:Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca


gianduia

Named after Gianduja, a Piedmontese stock character in the commedia dell'arte, in reference to its place of origin. From Piedmontese Giandoja (literally “John-o'-the-jug”).

lang

<i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Gianduja</i>

der

(usually uncountable) gianduja (Piedmontese chocolate preparation)


giavanese

it-noun

giavanese m or f by sense (plural giavanesi)


giavellottista

giavellottista m or f by sense (masculine plural giavellottisti, feminine plural giavellottiste)

giavellottisti (masculine plural)
giavellottiste (feminine plural)


ginnasiale

ginnasiale m or f by sense (plural ginnasiali)


giraffista

giraffista m or f by sense (masculine plural giraffisti, feminine plural giraffiste)

giraffisti (masculine plural)
giraffiste (feminine plural)


giuntista

giuntista m or f by sense (masculine plural giuntisti, feminine plural giuntiste)

giuntisti (masculine plural)
giuntiste (feminine plural)


globalista

globalista m or f by sense (masculine plural globalisti, feminine plural globaliste)

globalisti (masculine plural)
globaliste (feminine plural)


glossema

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”) + -ema.


Sette Nani

i Sette Nani (canonical masculine plural)

the Seven Dwarfs (fairy tale and Disney characters)


Gotha

Gotha (a town and rural district of Thuringia, Germany)


gradualista

it-noun

gradualista m or f by sense (masculine plural gradualisti, feminine plural gradualiste)

gradualisti (masculine plural)
gradualiste (feminine plural)


grillotalpa

grillotalpa f or m (masculine plural (rare) grillitalpa, feminine plural grillotalpe)

grillitalpa (masculine plural rare)
grillotalpe (feminine plural)


gruista

gruista m or f by sense (masculine plural gruisti, feminine plural gruiste)

gruisti (masculine plural)
gruiste (feminine plural)


guardafili

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + fili (“threads, wires; (archaic) lines, rows”).

it-verb-obj

filo<t:threads, wires; (archaic) lines, rows><pl:1>

(soccer) linesman, lineswoman, assistant referee


guardamacchine

it-noun

guardamacchine m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + macchine (“cars”).


guardaparco

it-noun

guardaparco m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + parco (“park”).


guardapesca

it-noun

guardapesca m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + pesca (“fishing”).


guardaportone

it-noun

guardaportone m or f by sense (usually invariable, plural guardaportoni)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + portone (“entrance, front door”).


guardasala

waiting room attendant (in a railway/railroad station)


guardascambi

it-noun

guardascambi m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + scambi (“railroad switches, points”).

it-verb-obj

(railroad) switchman/switchwoman, pointsman/pointswoman (a person who operates railroad switches, which route trains onto the right tracks)


guardavia

it-noun

guardavia f or m (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural guardavie)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to watch”) + via (“way, street”).


guarentigia

it-noun

guarentigia f (plural guarentigie or guarentige)

guarentigie (plural)
guarentige (plural)


guastamestieri

guastamestieri m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guasta (“to ruin, to damage”) + mestieri (“crafts; chores”).


hockeista

it-noun

hockeista m or f by sense (masculine plural hockeisti, feminine plural hockeiste)

hockeisti (masculine plural)
hockeiste (feminine plural)


iafetide

iafetide m or f by sense (plural iafetidi)


iberista

iberista m or f by sense (masculine plural iberisti, feminine plural iberiste)

iberisti (masculine plural)
iberiste (feminine plural)

scholar of Spanish and Portuguese language and literature


Idra

Borrowed from Latin Hydra, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔́δρᾱ (hŭ́drā, “sea serpent”).


ilozoista

it-noun

ilozoista m or f by sense (masculine plural ilozoisti, feminine plural ilozoiste)

ilozoisti (masculine plural)
ilozoiste (feminine plural)


imagista

imagista m or f by sense (masculine plural imagisti, feminine plural imagiste)

imagisti (masculine plural)
imagiste (feminine plural)


imbrattamuri

imbrattamuri m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of imbratta (“to smear, to daub”) + muri (“walls”).


immanentista

it-noun

immanentista m or f by sense (masculine plural immanentisti, feminine plural immanentiste)

immanentisti (masculine plural)
immanentiste (feminine plural)


immobilista

immobilista m or f by sense (masculine plural immobilisti, feminine plural immobiliste)

immobilisti (masculine plural)
immobiliste (feminine plural)


immoralista

immoralista m or f by sense (masculine plural immoralisti, feminine plural immoraliste)

immoralisti (masculine plural)
immoraliste (feminine plural)


imperiese

imperiese m or f by sense (plural imperiesi)


impiantista

impiantista m or f by sense (masculine plural impiantisti, feminine plural impiantiste)

impiantisti (masculine plural)
impiantiste (feminine plural)


impubere

impubere m or f by sense (plural impuberi)

Learned borrowing from Latin impūberem (“youthful”).


indianista

it-noun

indianista m or f by sense (masculine plural indianisti, feminine plural indianiste)

indianisti (masculine plural)
indianiste (feminine plural)


indoeuropeista

indoeuropeista m or f by sense (masculine plural indoeuropeisti, feminine plural indoeuropeiste)

indoeuropeisti (masculine plural)
indoeuropeiste (feminine plural)


inflazionista

inflazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural inflazionisti, feminine plural inflazioniste)

inflazionisti (masculine plural)
inflazioniste (feminine plural)


insurrezionalista

insurrezionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural insurrezionalisti, feminine plural insurrezionaliste)

insurrezionalisti (masculine plural)
insurrezionaliste (feminine plural)


integrazionista

integrazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural integrazionisti, feminine plural integrazioniste)

integrazionisti (masculine plural)
integrazioniste (feminine plural)


intellettualista

intellettualista m or f by sense (masculine plural intellettualisti, feminine plural intellettualiste)

intellettualisti (masculine plural)
intellettualiste (feminine plural)


internazionalista

internazionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural internazionalisti, feminine plural internazionaliste)

internazionalisti (masculine plural)
internazionaliste (feminine plural)


interbase

interbase m or f by sense (plural interbasi)


iranista

iranista m or f by sense (masculine plural iranisti, feminine plural iraniste)

iranisti (masculine plural)
iraniste (feminine plural)


irochese

irochese m or f by sense (plural irochesi)


irrazionalista

irrazionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural irrazionalisti, feminine plural irrazionaliste)

irrazionalisti (masculine plural)
irrazionaliste (feminine plural)


irredentista

irredentista m or f by sense (masculine plural irredentisti, feminine plural irredentiste)

irredentisti (masculine plural)
irredentiste (feminine plural)


ispanista

ispanista m or f by sense (masculine plural ispanisti, feminine plural ispaniste)

ispanisti (masculine plural)
ispaniste (feminine plural)


istituzionalista

istituzionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural istituzionalisti, feminine plural istituzionaliste)

istituzionalisti (masculine plural)
istituzionaliste (feminine plural)


italianista

italianista m or f by sense (masculine plural italianisti, feminine plural italianiste)

italianisti (masculine plural)
italianiste (feminine plural)


islamita

islamita m or f by sense (masculine plural islamiti, feminine plural islamite)

islamiti (masculine plural)
islamite (feminine plural)


khomeinista

khomeinista m or f by sense (masculine plural khomeinisti, feminine plural khomeiniste)

khomeinisti (masculine plural)
khomeiniste (feminine plural)


laboratorista

laboratorista m or f by sense (masculine plural laboratoristi, feminine plural laboratoriste)

laboratoristi (masculine plural)
laboratoriste (feminine plural)

laboratory assistant
laboratory assistant

laboratory assistant, worker or technician


lacedemone

lacedemone m or f by sense (plural lacedemoni)


laghista

laghista m or f by sense (masculine plural laghisti, feminine plural laghiste)

laghisti (masculine plural)
laghiste (feminine plural)


lanciasagola

Verb-object compound, composed of lancia (“to throw; to launch”) + sagola (“halyard”).


lappone

it-noun

lappone m or f by sense (plural lapponi)


lavaauto

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + auto (“car”).


lavadita

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + dita (“fingers”).


lavafrutta

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + frutta (“fruit”).

bowl for washing fruit before it is eaten


lavavetri

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + vetri (“glass panes”).

window cleaner (person who cleans windows)


bocia

Borrowed from Venetan bocia, probably from Italian boccia, either in the sense of “wooden ball (for the game of bocce)” or in the jocular sense of “young boy”, sometimes as well of "head".


Montano

English: Montano

a habitational surname from landforms, equivalent to English Mountain


legista

it-noun

legista m or f by sense (masculine plural legisti, feminine plural legiste)

legisti (masculine plural)
legiste (feminine plural)


legittimista

legittimista m or f by sense (masculine plural legittimisti, feminine plural legittimiste)

legittimisti (masculine plural)
legittimiste (feminine plural)


Leningrado

(historical) Leningrad (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia); former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991


Leonida

From Latin Leonida, from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας (Leōnídas).


Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian lyrical singer


lepisma

A small wingless insect of genus Lepisma, including silverfish, of species Lepisma saccharinum


letturista

letturista m or f by sense (masculine plural letturisti, feminine plural letturiste)

letturisti (masculine plural)
letturiste (feminine plural)


Velasco

Borrowed from Spanish. Doublet of Vasco.


liberalsocialista

liberalsocialista m or f by sense (masculine plural liberalsocialisti, feminine plural liberalsocialiste)

liberalsocialisti (masculine plural)
liberalsocialiste (feminine plural)


Lilla

Borrowed from French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)


linfadenoma

(pathology) lymphadenoma, Hodgkin's disease


linoleista

linoleista m or f by sense (masculine plural linoleisti, feminine plural linoleiste)

linoleisti (masculine plural)
linoleiste (feminine plural)


linotipista

linotipista m or f by sense (masculine plural linotipisti, feminine plural linotipiste)

linotipisti (masculine plural)
linotipiste (feminine plural)


liquorista

liquorista m or f by sense (masculine plural liquoristi, feminine plural liquoriste)

liquoristi (masculine plural)
liquoriste (feminine plural)


liturgista

liturgista m or f by sense (masculine plural liturgisti, feminine plural liturgiste)

liturgisti (masculine plural)
liturgiste (feminine plural)


locomotorista

locomotorista m or f by sense (masculine plural locomotoristi, feminine plural locomotoriste)

locomotoristi (masculine plural)
locomotoriste (feminine plural)


loggionista

loggionista m or f by sense (masculine plural loggionisti, feminine plural loggioniste)

loggionisti (masculine plural)
loggioniste (feminine plural)


logicista

logicista m or f by sense (masculine plural logicisti, feminine plural logiciste)

logicisti (masculine plural)
logiciste (feminine plural)


lucidista

lucidista m or f by sense (masculine plural lucidisti, feminine plural lucidiste)

lucidisti (masculine plural)
lucidiste (feminine plural)


luminista

luminista m or f by sense (masculine plural luministi, feminine plural luministe)

luministi (masculine plural)
luministe (feminine plural)

From Latin lūmen (“light”) (oblique stem lūmin-) + -ista (“-ist”).


lunarista

lunarista m or f by sense (masculine plural lunaristi, feminine plural lunariste)

lunaristi (masculine plural)
lunariste (feminine plural)


lustrastivali

lustrastivali m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of lustra (“to polish”) + stivali (“boots”).


machiavellista

it-noun

machiavellista m or f by sense (masculine plural machiavellisti, feminine plural machiavelliste)

machiavellisti (masculine plural)
machiavelliste (feminine plural)


madrigalista

madrigalista m or f by sense (masculine plural madrigalisti, feminine plural madrigaliste)

madrigalisti (masculine plural)
madrigaliste (feminine plural)


Maggiore

Maggiore m or f by sense (plural Maggiori)


malloreddus

ragù alla campidanese
ragù alla campidanese

a Sardinian form of gnocchi made with semolina dressed with a sauce named ragù alla campidanese, a traditional dish during Christmas and Easter

gnocchetti sardi
gnocchetti sardi#Italian


maltagliati

a form of pasta that has been cut into irregular shapes


-aglia

-aglia m (noun-forming suffix, plural -aglii)

From Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of -ālis.

nuvola (“cloud”) + -aglia → nuvolaglia (“mass of clouds”)

cane (“dog”) + -aglia → canaglia (“scoundrel, rogue”)

gente (“people”) + -aglia → gentaglia (“rabble, scum”)

used to create female collective nouns, often pejorative


mangiapatate

mangiapatate m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of mangia (“eat”) + patate (“potatoes”).

it-verb-obj

The Potato Eaters
Van Gogh Museum
Vincent Van Gogh


mangiapolenta

it-noun

mangiapolenta m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of mangia (“to eat”) + polenta (“polenta”).

it-verb-obj

(derogatory) northerner, person from northern Italy


manista

it-noun

manista m or f by sense (masculine plural manisti, feminine plural maniste)

manisti (masculine plural)
maniste (feminine plural)


manualista

manualista m or f by sense (masculine plural manualisti, feminine plural manualiste)

manualisti (masculine plural)
manualiste (feminine plural)


Marciano

a male given name, equivalent to English Marcianus


Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor


martellista

martellista m or f by sense (masculine plural martellisti, feminine plural martelliste)

martellisti (masculine plural)
martelliste (feminine plural)


massese

massese m or f by sense (plural massesi)


Carrara

From the Roman name, derived from Latin Carrariae (“quarries”), from a Celtic word (likely Ligurian) *kar (“stone”).

A town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries


massofisioterapista

massofisioterapista m or f by sense (masculine plural massofisioterapisti, feminine plural massofisioterapiste)

massofisioterapisti (masculine plural)
massofisioterapiste (feminine plural)


massoterapista

massoterapista m or f by sense (masculine plural massoterapisti, feminine plural massoterapiste)

massoterapisti (masculine plural)
massoterapiste (feminine plural)


meccanicista

meccanicista m or f by sense (masculine plural meccanicisti, feminine plural meccaniciste)

meccanicisti (masculine plural)
meccaniciste (feminine plural)


mechitarista

mechitarista m or f by sense (masculine plural mechitaristi, feminine plural mechitariste)

mechitaristi (masculine plural)
mechitariste (feminine plural)


medaglista

medaglista m or f by sense (masculine plural medaglisti, feminine plural medagliste)

medaglisti (masculine plural)
medagliste (feminine plural)


medievalista

medievalista m or f by sense (masculine plural medievalisti, feminine plural medievaliste)

medievalisti (masculine plural)
medievaliste (feminine plural)


meharista

a mehari rider, especially as part of camelry


melangola

Citrus aurantium
Citrus aurantium#Translingual

Seville orange, bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) (fruit)


memorialista

memorialista m or f by sense (masculine plural memorialisti, feminine plural memorialiste)

memorialisti (masculine plural)
memorialiste (feminine plural)


menscevico

it-adj

menscevico (feminine menscevica, masculine plural menscevichi or menscevici, feminine plural mensceviche)

menscevica (feminine)
menscevichi (masculine plural)
menscevici (masculine plural)
mensceviche (feminine plural)


monacense

it-noun

monacense m or f by sense (plural monacensi)


-ense

it-adj

-ense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ensi)

it-noun

-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ensi)

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also the inherited Italian doublet -ese.

lbor

used to create adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like parmense, from Parma or statunitense, from Stati Uniti


metapsichista

it-noun

metapsichista m or f by sense (masculine plural metapsichisti, feminine plural metapsichiste)

metapsichisti (masculine plural)
metapsichiste (feminine plural)


metricista

metricista m or f by sense (masculine plural metricisti, feminine plural metriciste)

metricisti (masculine plural)
metriciste (feminine plural)


mettibocca

Verb-object compound, composed of metti (“to put”) + bocca (“mouth”).


mettimale

Verb-object compound, composed of metti (“to put”) + male (“evil, harm”).


mezzemaniche

a ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved, half-sized rigatoni


migliorista

it-noun

migliorista m or f by sense (masculine plural miglioristi, feminine plural miglioriste)

miglioristi (masculine plural)
miglioriste (feminine plural)


millanta

From mille (“thousand”) + -anta, modeled after quaranta, cinquanta etc.


millenarista

millenarista m or f by sense (masculine plural millenaristi, feminine plural millenariste)

millenaristi (masculine plural)
millenariste (feminine plural)


mimodramma

(music) pantomime (early form of drama) with music


mineralista

mineralista m or f by sense (masculine plural mineralisti, feminine plural mineraliste)

mineralisti (masculine plural)
mineraliste (feminine plural)


mineralogista

mineralogista m or f by sense (masculine plural mineralogisti, feminine plural mineralogiste)

mineralogisti (masculine plural)
mineralogiste (feminine plural)


miracolista

miracolista m or f by sense (masculine plural miracolisti, feminine plural miracoliste)

miracolisti (masculine plural)
miracoliste (feminine plural)


mirmidone

mirmidone m or f by sense (plural mirmidoni)


mitologema

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυθολόγημα (muthológēma).


mitologista

it-noun

mitologista m or f by sense (masculine plural mitologisti, feminine plural mitologiste)

mitologisti (masculine plural)
mitologiste (feminine plural)


mammoletta

mammoletta m or f by sense (masculine plural mammoletti, feminine plural mammolette)

mammoletti (masculine plural)
mammolette (feminine plural)


molinista

molinista m or f by sense (masculine plural molinisti, feminine plural moliniste)

molinisti (masculine plural)
moliniste (feminine plural)


monachese

monachese m or f by sense (plural monachesi)

Alternative form of monacense: native or inhabitant of Munich


mondariso

Verb-object compound, composed of monda (“to weed”) + riso (“rice”).


montaggista

it-noun

montaggista m or f by sense (masculine plural montaggisti, feminine plural montaggiste)

montaggisti (masculine plural)
montaggiste (feminine plural)


montanista

montanista m or f by sense (masculine plural montanisti, feminine plural montaniste)

montanisti (masculine plural)
montaniste (feminine plural)


Montecchi

From the town of Montecchio Maggiore near Vicenza.

a topographic surname, equivalent to English Montagu


morfinomane

morfinomane m or f by sense (plural morfinomani)

morphinist, morphinomaniac, morphiomaniac (morphine addict)


Morgana

From Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen (a female given name unrelated with the male one Morgan, literally “sea-born”).

der

a female given name unrelated with the male one <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Morgan</i>

(Arthurian legend) Ellipsis of fata Morgana; Morgan le Fay (half-sister of King Arthur)


mottettista

it-noun

mottettista m or f by sense (masculine plural mottettisti, feminine plural mottettiste)

mottettisti (masculine plural)
mottettiste (feminine plural)


Malatesta

a surname, several members of which family were important in Italian history


mulettista

mulettista m or f by sense (masculine plural mulettisti, feminine plural mulettiste)

mulettisti (masculine plural)
mulettiste (feminine plural)


mutazionista

mutazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural mutazionisti, feminine plural mutazioniste)

mutazionisti (masculine plural)
mutazioniste (feminine plural)


mutualista

mutualista m or f by sense (masculine plural mutualisti, feminine plural mutualiste)

mutualisti (masculine plural)
mutualiste (feminine plural)

From Latin mūtuus (“mutual, reciprocal”) + -ista.


panda gigante

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Ailuropoda melanoleuca#Translingual


Nanni

a diminutive of the male given name Giovanni


Nanni

a surname transferred from the given name


napoleonide

it-noun

napoleonide m or f by sense (plural napoleonidi)


nativista

nativista m or f by sense (masculine plural nativisti, feminine plural nativiste)

nativisti (masculine plural)
nativiste (feminine plural)


naturamortista

naturamortista m or f by sense (masculine plural naturamortisti, feminine plural naturamortiste)

naturamortisti (masculine plural)
naturamortiste (feminine plural)

From natura morta (“still life”) + -ista.


nazionalcomunista

nazionalcomunista m or f by sense (masculine plural nazionalcomunisti, feminine plural nazionalcomuniste)

nazionalcomunisti (masculine plural)
nazionalcomuniste (feminine plural)


nepotista

nepotista m or f by sense (masculine plural nepotisti, feminine plural nepotiste)

nepotisti (masculine plural)
nepotiste (feminine plural)


Avicenna

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Avicenna, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā).

der

اِبْن سِينَا

Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā)

L'Aere, secondo Avicenna, è uno degli elementi delle cose generate

13ᵗʰ century, “Ⅱ. Dell'aria, e conoscimento della bontà, e malizia sua [2. About the Air, and the Discernment of Its Goodness and Badness]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 4:

Air is, according to Avicenna, one of the elements of the created things

[…] e vidi Orfeo,
Tulïo e Lino e Seneca morale;
Eulide geomètra e Tolomeo,
Ipocràte, Avicenna e Galïeno,
Averoìs che ’l gran comento feo.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto IV”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 140–144; 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:

and Orpheus saw I, Tully and Livy, and moral Seneca, Euclid, geometrician, and Ptolemy, Hippocrates, Avicenna, and Galen, and Averroes, who the great Comment made.

Avicenna (Persian polymath (c. 980–1037))


nettunista

it-noun

nettunista m or f by sense (masculine plural nettunisti, feminine plural nettuniste)

nettunisti (masculine plural)
nettuniste (feminine plural)


neutralista

neutralista m or f by sense (masculine plural neutralisti, feminine plural neutraliste)

neutralisti (masculine plural)
neutraliste (feminine plural)


nilota

nilota m or f by sense (masculine plural niloti, feminine plural nilote)

niloti (masculine plural)
nilote (feminine plural)


nominalista

nominalista m or f by sense (masculine plural nominalisti, feminine plural nominaliste)

nominalisti (masculine plural)
nominaliste (feminine plural)


noncredente

noncredente m or f by sense (plural noncredenti)


Norcia

A town in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy


novecentista

novecentista m or f by sense (masculine plural novecentisti, feminine plural novecentiste)

novecentisti (masculine plural)
novecentiste (feminine plural)

an artist or writer of the twentieth century (1900s)

a historian who specializes in the twentieth century


numida

numida m or f by sense (masculine plural numidi, feminine plural numide)

numidi (masculine plural)
numide (feminine plural)


oboista

oboista m or f by sense (masculine plural oboisti, feminine plural oboiste)

oboisti (masculine plural)
oboiste (feminine plural)


occidentalista

occidentalista m or f by sense (masculine plural occidentalisti, feminine plural occidentaliste)

occidentalisti (masculine plural)
occidentaliste (feminine plural)


ontologista

ontologista m or f by sense (masculine plural ontologisti, feminine plural ontologiste)

ontologisti (masculine plural)
ontologiste (feminine plural)


operettista

operettista m or f by sense (masculine plural operettisti, feminine plural operettiste)

operettisti (masculine plural)
operettiste (feminine plural)


operista

operista m or f by sense (masculine plural operisti, feminine plural operiste)

operisti (masculine plural)
operiste (feminine plural)


Orvieto

From Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).


paesista

paesista m or f by sense (masculine plural paesisti, feminine plural paesiste)

paesisti (masculine plural)
paesiste (feminine plural)


Paganini

Niccolò Paganini, Italian composer and violinist


palchettista

palchettista m or f by sense (masculine plural palchettisti, feminine plural palchettiste)

palchettisti (masculine plural)
palchettiste (feminine plural)

ticket holder for the gallery or an upper tier box (in a theatre)


pallamaglio

From Italian palla (“ball”) + maglio (“hammer”). From Latin palla + malleus.


pallanotista

pallanotista m or f by sense (masculine plural pallanotisti, feminine plural pallanotiste)

pallanotisti (masculine plural)
pallanotiste (feminine plural)


papista

papista m or f by sense (masculine plural papisti, feminine plural papiste)

papisti (masculine plural)
papiste (feminine plural)


pappamolla

pappamolla m or f by sense (plural pappemolli or pappemolle, masculine plural pappamolli, feminine plural pappamolle)

pappemolli (plural)
pappemolle (plural)
pappamolli (masculine plural)
pappamolle (feminine plural)

(regional) Alternative form of pappamolle


parchettista

parchettista m or f by sense (masculine plural parchettisti, feminine plural parchettiste)

parchettisti (masculine plural)
parchettiste (feminine plural)


parodista

parodista m or f by sense (masculine plural parodisti, feminine plural parodiste)

parodisti (masculine plural)
parodiste (feminine plural)


passacarte

Verb-object compound, composed of passa (“to pass”) + carte (“papers”).


passanastro

Verb-object compound, composed of passa (“to pass”) + nastro (“ribbon”).

frill of lace or embroidery with eyelets through which a ribbon can be passed, for adorning female underwear or bed linen


pastellista

it-noun

pastellista m or f by sense (masculine plural pastellisti, feminine plural pastelliste)

pastellisti (masculine plural)
pastelliste (feminine plural)


patagone

patagone m or f by sense (plural patagoni)


pavimentista

pavimentista m or f by sense (masculine plural pavimentisti, feminine plural pavimentiste)

pavimentisti (masculine plural)
pavimentiste (feminine plural)


peana

From Latin paeāna, alternative accusative form of paeān, from Ancient Greek παιάν (paián).

[…] E così tutto ¶ Cantando il dì, la gioventude argiva, ¶ E un allegro peàna alto intonando, ¶ Laudi a Febo dicean

1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book I, page 27:

And so the Argive youth, all day long singing and raising a happy paean, praised Phoebus

(Ancient Greece, historical) hymn to Apollo


personalista

personalista m or f by sense (masculine plural personalisti, feminine plural personaliste)

personalisti (masculine plural)
personaliste (feminine plural)


piastrellista

piastrellista m or f by sense (masculine plural piastrellisti, feminine plural piastrelliste)

piastrellisti (masculine plural)
piastrelliste (feminine plural)


pietista

pietista m or f by sense (masculine plural pietisti, feminine plural pietiste)

pietisti (masculine plural)
pietiste (feminine plural)


pigionale

pigionale m or f by sense (plural pigionali)


Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian dramatist and poet


Pirelli

Pirelli Tyre company


pompista

pompista m or f by sense (masculine plural pompisti, feminine plural pompiste)

pompisti (masculine plural)
pompiste (feminine plural)

pump attendant, petrol station / gas station attendant


pontista

pontista m or f by sense (masculine plural pontisti, feminine plural pontiste)

pontisti (masculine plural)
pontiste (feminine plural)


pordenonese

pordenonese m or f by sense (plural pordenonesi)


portacarta

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + carta (“paper”).


portafrutta

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + frutta (“fruit”).


portainsegna

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + insegna (“insignia, ensign, flag”).

standard bearer (person carrying the flag in front of a procession)


portamatita

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + matita (“pencil”).

pencil holder tube (metal tube used to hold a pencil stub so that it can still be used)


portamina

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + mina (“pencil lead”).


portaposta

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + posta (“mail”).


portapunta

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + punta (“drill bit”).


portatessera

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + tessera (“card, pass”).


posamine

Verb-object compound, composed of posa (“to put, to lay”) + mine (“mines”).


posapiano

From posare (“to put, to lay”) + piano (“slowly”).

af

(informal) slowpoke (US), slowcoach (UK)


pranoterapeuta

it-noun

pranoterapeuta m or f by sense (masculine plural pranoterapeuti, feminine plural pranoterapeute)

pranoterapeuti (masculine plural)
pranoterapeute (feminine plural)


pranoterapista

pranoterapista m or f by sense (masculine plural pranoterapisti, feminine plural pranoterapiste)

pranoterapisti (masculine plural)
pranoterapiste (feminine plural)


preadamita

preadamita m or f by sense (masculine plural preadamiti, feminine plural preadamite)

preadamiti (masculine plural)
preadamite (feminine plural)


precettista

precettista m or f by sense (masculine plural precettisti, feminine plural precettiste)

precettisti (masculine plural)
precettiste (feminine plural)


preraffaellita

preraffaellita m or f by sense (masculine plural preraffaelliti, feminine plural preraffaellite)

preraffaelliti (masculine plural)
preraffaellite (feminine plural)


pressapaglia

Verb-object compound, composed of pressa (“to press”) + paglia (“straw”).


prestasoldi

it-noun

prestasoldi m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of presta (“to lend”) + soldi (“money”).


programmista

it-noun

programmista m or f by sense (masculine plural programmisti, feminine plural programmiste)

programmisti (masculine plural)
programmiste (feminine plural)

(radio, television) programme/program planner


promittente

promittente m or f by sense (plural promittenti)


prosodista

prosodista m or f by sense (masculine plural prosodisti, feminine plural prosodiste)

prosodisti (masculine plural)
prosodiste (feminine plural)


prosseneta

From Latin proxeneta, a borrowing from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).


protesista

protesista m or f by sense (masculine plural protesisti, feminine plural protesiste)

protesisti (masculine plural)
protesiste (feminine plural)


Pulcinella

→ English: Punchinello

→ German: Pulcinell, Pulcinella

→ Spanish: pulchinela

Borrowed from Neapolitan Pulecenella or Puricinella, of uncertain origin, likely related to Latin pūlicem (“flea”, accusative singular of pūlex) or from Late Latin pullicēnus, pullicīnus, diminutive form of pullus (“chicken; young animal”). See pulcino. Compare Sicilian Puricineḍḍa.
Otherwise connected to the proper name Puccio d'Aniello, the name of Named after a peasant from Acerra made famous by an alleged portrait of Ludovico Carracci of which we know an engraving by Carlo Enrico di San Martino, with a face darkened by the countryside sun and a long nose, which gave life to the theatrical character of Pulcinella.

der

accusative singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">pūlex</i>

a character from the commedia dell'arte known for his loud and cunningly playful behavior, native of Naples


punkabbestia

it-noun

punkabbestia m or f by sense (invariable)

Univerbation of punk + a bestia (“in a shitty way”, literally “beastly”).


puntinista

it-noun

puntinista m or f by sense (masculine plural puntinisti, feminine plural puntiniste)

puntinisti (masculine plural)
puntiniste (feminine plural)


punzonista

punzonista m or f by sense (masculine plural punzonisti, feminine plural punzoniste)

punzonisti (masculine plural)
punzoniste (feminine plural)


quadraturista

quadraturista m or f by sense (masculine plural quadraturisti, feminine plural quadraturiste)

quadraturisti (masculine plural)
quadraturiste (feminine plural)


quadriennalista

quadriennalista m or f by sense (masculine plural quadriennalisti, feminine plural quadriennaliste)

quadriennalisti (masculine plural)
quadriennaliste (feminine plural)


quarantott'ore

From quarantotto (“forty-eight”) + ore (“hours”).


quebecchese

it-noun

quebecchese m or f by sense (plural quebecchesi)


quietista

quietista m or f by sense (masculine plural quietisti, feminine plural quietiste)

quietisti (masculine plural)
quietiste (feminine plural)


rabbinista

rabbinista m or f by sense (masculine plural rabbinisti, feminine plural rabbiniste)

rabbinisti (masculine plural)
rabbiniste (feminine plural)


rallista

rallista m or f by sense (masculine plural rallisti, feminine plural ralliste)

rallisti (masculine plural)
ralliste (feminine plural)


rampista

rampista m or f by sense (masculine plural rampisti, feminine plural rampiste)

rampisti (masculine plural)
rampiste (feminine plural)

ramp attendant (organizes passengers boarding a plane)


ranista

ranista m or f by sense (masculine plural ranisti, feminine plural raniste)

ranisti (masculine plural)
raniste (feminine plural)


rapsodista

rapsodista m or f by sense (masculine plural rapsodisti, feminine plural rapsodiste)

rapsodisti (masculine plural)
rapsodiste (feminine plural)

(music) rhapsodist (composer of rhapsodies)


recordista

recordista m or f by sense (masculine plural recordisti, feminine plural recordiste)

recordisti (masculine plural)
recordiste (feminine plural)


regalista

regalista m or f by sense (masculine plural regalisti, feminine plural regaliste)

regalisti (masculine plural)
regaliste (feminine plural)


reggitesta

Verb-object compound, composed of reggi (“to hold, to support”) + testa (“head”).


relativista

it-noun

relativista m or f by sense (masculine plural relativisti, feminine plural relativiste)

relativisti (masculine plural)
relativiste (feminine plural)


Renania-Palatinato

Rhineland-Palatinate (a state of Germany)


resocontista

resocontista m or f by sense (masculine plural resocontisti, feminine plural resocontiste)

resocontisti (masculine plural)
resocontiste (feminine plural)


revanscista

revanscista m or f by sense (masculine plural revanscisti, feminine plural revansciste)

revanscisti (masculine plural)
revansciste (feminine plural)

From French revanche (“revenge”) + -ista (“-ist”).


revivalista

revivalista m or f by sense (masculine plural revivalisti, feminine plural revivaliste)

revivalisti (masculine plural)
revivaliste (feminine plural)


ricambista

ricambista m or f by sense (masculine plural ricambisti, feminine plural ricambiste)

ricambisti (masculine plural)
ricambiste (feminine plural)


ritualista

ritualista m or f by sense (masculine plural ritualisti, feminine plural ritualiste)

ritualisti (masculine plural)
ritualiste (feminine plural)


roulottista

roulottista m or f by sense (masculine plural roulottisti, feminine plural roulottiste)

roulottisti (masculine plural)
roulottiste (feminine plural)


rubricista

rubricista m or f by sense (masculine plural rubricisti, feminine plural rubriciste)

rubricisti (masculine plural)
rubriciste (feminine plural)


Rufo

a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus


saccopelista

saccopelista m or f by sense (masculine plural saccopelisti, feminine plural saccopeliste)

saccopelisti (masculine plural)
saccopeliste (feminine plural)


Saladino

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاح الدِّين (ṣalāḥ ad-dīn).

bor+

صَلَاح الدِّين


saldacontista

it-noun

saldacontista m or f by sense (masculine plural saldacontisti, feminine plural saldacontiste)

saldacontisti (masculine plural)
saldacontiste (feminine plural)


salisburghese

salisburghese m or f by sense (plural salisburghesi)


sandinista

sandinista m or f by sense (masculine plural sandinisti, feminine plural sandiniste)

sandinisti (masculine plural)
sandiniste (feminine plural)

Sandinista (member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front)


sanfedista

sanfedista m or f by sense (masculine plural sanfedisti, feminine plural sanfediste)

sanfedisti (masculine plural)
sanfediste (feminine plural)


sanitarista

sanitarista m or f by sense (masculine plural sanitaristi, feminine plural sanitariste)

sanitaristi (masculine plural)
sanitariste (feminine plural)

bathroom (fixtures and fittings) manufacturer


sannita

sannita m or f by sense (masculine plural sanniti, feminine plural sannite)

sanniti (masculine plural)
sannite (feminine plural)


sanscritista

sanscritista m or f by sense (masculine plural sanscritisti, feminine plural sanscritiste)

sanscritisti (masculine plural)
sanscritiste (feminine plural)


sansimonista

sansimonista m or f by sense (masculine plural sansimonisti, feminine plural sansimoniste)

sansimonisti (masculine plural)
sansimoniste (feminine plural)


Sapienza

Wisdom, Book of Wisdom (deuterocanonical book of the Bible)


satirista

satirista m or f by sense (masculine plural satiristi, feminine plural satiriste)

satiristi (masculine plural)
satiriste (feminine plural)


sbattiuova

Verb-object compound, composed of sbatti (“to beat; to shake”) + uova (“eggs”).


scassacazzo

it-noun

scassacazzo m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of scassa (“to ruin, to wreck”) + cazzo (“dick”).

it-verb-obj

(vulgar) nuisance, bother, pain in the neck (person)


scaldaacqua

Verb-object compound, composed of scalda (“to heat, to warm”) + acqua (“water”).


scaldapanche

it-noun

scaldapanche m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of scalda (“to heat, to warm”) + panche (“bellies”).


scandalista

it-noun

scandalista m or f by sense (masculine plural scandalisti, feminine plural scandaliste)

scandalisti (masculine plural)
scandaliste (feminine plural)


scattista

scattista m or f by sense (masculine plural scattisti, feminine plural scattiste)

scattisti (masculine plural)
scattiste (feminine plural)


scenarista

scenarista m or f by sense (masculine plural scenaristi, feminine plural scenariste)

scenaristi (masculine plural)
scenariste (feminine plural)


schedarista

schedarista m or f by sense (masculine plural schedaristi, feminine plural schedariste)

schedaristi (masculine plural)
schedariste (feminine plural)


Angelino

From Angelo (“a male given name”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


Angelino

a surname transferred from the given name


Adami

Patronymic surname from the personal name Adamo (“Adam”).


Ovidi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Ovidio.


Alghero

Unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

bor

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)


algherese

it-noun

algherese m or f by sense (plural algheresi)

Algherese (native or inhabitant of Alghero (in Sardinia))


sciacquadita

Verb-object compound, composed of sciacqua (“to rinse”) + dita (“fingers”).


scialpinista

it-noun

scialpinista m or f by sense (masculine plural scialpinisti, feminine plural scialpiniste)

scialpinisti (masculine plural)
scialpiniste (feminine plural)


scintoista

scintoista m or f by sense (masculine plural scintoisti, feminine plural scintoiste)

scintoisti (masculine plural)
scintoiste (feminine plural)


Abba

Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian writer and patriot

Marta Abba, Italian actress


sefardita

sefardita m or f by sense (masculine plural sefarditi, feminine plural sefardite)

sefarditi (masculine plural)
sefardite (feminine plural)


Giglio

From Latin Igilium, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύλιον (Aigúlion).

it:Giglio (disambigua)
it:Isola del Giglio


segnalinee

Verb-object compound, composed of segna (“to mark, to note down”) + linee (“lines”).


segnavia

Verb-object compound, composed of segna (“to mark”) + via (“way, road”).


Seicelle

Alternative form of Seychelles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


seicentista

it-noun

seicentista m or f by sense (masculine plural seicentisti, feminine plural seicentiste)

seicentisti (masculine plural)
seicentiste (feminine plural)


seigiornista

seigiornista m or f by sense (masculine plural seigiornisti, feminine plural seigiorniste)

seigiornisti (masculine plural)
seigiorniste (feminine plural)


semaforista

semaforista m or f by sense (masculine plural semaforisti, feminine plural semaforiste)

semaforisti (masculine plural)
semaforiste (feminine plural)


semantema

From semant(ico) + -ema, on the example of French sémantème.


semantista

semantista m or f by sense (masculine plural semantisti, feminine plural semantiste)

semantisti (masculine plural)
semantiste (feminine plural)


sensista

sensista m or f by sense (masculine plural sensisti, feminine plural sensiste)

sensisti (masculine plural)
sensiste (feminine plural)


sensualista

sensualista m or f by sense (masculine plural sensualisti, feminine plural sensualiste)

sensualisti (masculine plural)
sensualiste (feminine plural)


senussita

senussita m or f by sense (masculine plural senussiti, feminine plural senussite)

senussiti (masculine plural)
senussite (feminine plural)


senzalavoro

senzalavoro m or f by sense (invariable)


senzapatria

senzapatria m or f by sense (invariable)


sessuomane

sessuomane m or f by sense (plural sessuomani)


settecentista

it-adj

settecentista (masculine plural settecentisti, feminine plural settecentiste)

settecentisti (masculine plural)
settecentiste (feminine plural)


settecentista

it-noun

settecentista m or f by sense (masculine plural settecentisti, feminine plural settecentiste)


Loro

(uncommon, very formal or polite) you (plural)

with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects

Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects. Unlike the singular forms

the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language

and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead


shintoista

shintoista m or f by sense (masculine plural shintoisti, feminine plural shintoiste)

shintoisti (masculine plural)
shintoiste (feminine plural)


P.G.

procuratore generale
procuratore generale#Italian


sibarita

sibarita m or f by sense (masculine plural sibariti, feminine plural sibarite)

sibariti (masculine plural)
sibarite (feminine plural)


Silla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
w:Lucius Cornelius Sulla


silurista

silurista m or f by sense (masculine plural siluristi, feminine plural siluriste)

siluristi (masculine plural)
siluriste (feminine plural)


simultaneista

simultaneista m or f by sense (masculine plural simultaneisti, feminine plural simultaneiste)

simultaneisti (masculine plural)
simultaneiste (feminine plural)

a person who plays simultaneous chess games


sinallagma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνάλλαγμα (sunállagma, “covenant, contract”).

bor+

(law) reciprocity; a synallagmatic contract


sincretista

it-noun

sincretista m or f by sense (masculine plural sincretisti, feminine plural sincretiste)

sincretisti (masculine plural)
sincretiste (feminine plural)


singalese

singalese m or f by sense (plural singalesi)


singolarista

singolarista m or f by sense (masculine plural singolaristi, feminine plural singolariste)

singolaristi (masculine plural)
singolariste (feminine plural)


siparista

siparista m or f by sense (masculine plural siparisti, feminine plural sipariste)

siparisti (masculine plural)
sipariste (feminine plural)


slavista

slavista m or f by sense (masculine plural slavisti, feminine plural slaviste)

slavisti (masculine plural)
slaviste (feminine plural)


socialimperialista

socialimperialista m or f by sense (masculine plural socialimperialisti, feminine plural socialimperialiste)

socialimperialisti (masculine plural)
socialimperialiste (feminine plural)


Sofonia

der

Hebrew צְפַנְיָה


soggettivista

it-noun

soggettivista m or f by sense (masculine plural soggettivisti, feminine plural soggettiviste)

soggettivisti (masculine plural)
soggettiviste (feminine plural)


sonettista

sonettista m or f by sense (masculine plural sonettisti, feminine plural sonettiste)

sonettisti (masculine plural)
sonettiste (feminine plural)


sonorista

sonorista m or f by sense (masculine plural sonoristi, feminine plural sonoriste)

sonoristi (masculine plural)
sonoriste (feminine plural)


Sorrento

From Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

Sorrento (a town in the province of Naples, Campania, Italy)


spaccamontagne

spaccamontagne m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of spacca (“to break, to split”) + montagne (“mountains”).


spaccapietre

it-noun

spaccapietre m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of spacca (“to break, to split”) + pietre (“stones”).

it-verb-obj

stone breaker (person; for road mending)


spandicera

Verb-object compound, composed of spandi (“to spread”) + cera (“wax”).

floor polisher (for spreading wax on the floor)


spandisabbia

Verb-object compound, composed of spandi (“to spread”) + sabbia (“sand”).


spartachista

it-noun

spartachista m or f by sense (masculine plural spartachisti, feminine plural spartachiste)

spartachisti (masculine plural)
spartachiste (feminine plural)


sportellista

sportellista m or f by sense (masculine plural sportellisti, feminine plural sportelliste)

sportellisti (masculine plural)
sportelliste (feminine plural)


spremifrutta

Verb-object compound, composed of spremi (“to squeeeze”) + frutta (“fruit”).


sputasenno

Verb-object compound, composed of sputa (“to spit”) + senno (“wisdom”).


stagirita

it-noun

stagirita m or f by sense (masculine plural stagiriti, feminine plural stagirite)

stagiriti (masculine plural)
stagirite (feminine plural)


stilnovista

stilnovista m or f by sense (masculine plural stilnovisti, feminine plural stilnoviste)

stilnovisti (masculine plural)
stilnoviste (feminine plural)


stocchista

stocchista m or f by sense (masculine plural stocchisti, feminine plural stocchiste)

stocchisti (masculine plural)
stocchiste (feminine plural)


stockista

stockista m or f by sense (masculine plural stockisti, feminine plural stockiste)

stockisti (masculine plural)
stockiste (feminine plural)


stradista

stradista m or f by sense (masculine plural stradisti, feminine plural stradiste)

stradisti (masculine plural)
stradiste (feminine plural)


svalutazionista

svalutazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural svalutazionisti, feminine plural svalutazioniste)

svalutazionisti (masculine plural)
svalutazioniste (feminine plural)


tagliapasta

Verb-object compound, composed of taglia (“to cut”) + pasta (“dough; cake, tart”).

it-verb-obj

rotella tagliapasta

(relational) pastry-cutter; that cuts pastries


tagliauova

Verb-object compound, composed of taglia (“to cut”) + uova (“eggs”).


talmudista

it-noun

talmudista m or f by sense (masculine plural talmudisti, feminine plural talmudiste)

talmudisti (masculine plural)
talmudiste (feminine plural)


tamburellista

tamburellista m or f by sense (masculine plural tamburellisti, feminine plural tamburelliste)

tamburellisti (masculine plural)
tamburelliste (feminine plural)


tapparellista

tapparellista m or f by sense (masculine plural tapparellisti, feminine plural tapparelliste)

tapparellisti (masculine plural)
tapparelliste (feminine plural)

a person who fits and repairs roller-shutters


tassidermista

tassidermista m or f by sense (masculine plural tassidermisti, feminine plural tassidermiste)

tassidermisti (masculine plural)
tassidermiste (feminine plural)


teatrante

teatrante m or f by sense (plural teatranti)


tecnicista

tecnicista m or f by sense (masculine plural tecnicisti, feminine plural tecniciste)

tecnicisti (masculine plural)
tecniciste (feminine plural)


tendicatena

Verb-object compound, composed of tendi (“to stretch”) + catena (“chain”).


tendicinghia

Verb-object compound, composed of tendi (“to tighten”) + cinghia (“belt”).


terminalista

it-noun

terminalista m or f by sense (masculine plural terminalisti, feminine plural terminaliste)

terminalisti (masculine plural)
terminaliste (feminine plural)


terramara

terramara f (plural terramare or terremare)

English: terramare

French: terramare

From a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).

(prehistory, usually in the plural) any land of the terramare, Bronze Age settlements in the Po valley


terzomondista

terzomondista m or f by sense (masculine plural terzomondisti, feminine plural terzomondiste)

terzomondisti (masculine plural)
terzomondiste (feminine plural)


tesista

tesista m or f by sense (masculine plural tesisti, feminine plural tesiste)

tesisti (masculine plural)
tesiste (feminine plural)


teutone

teutone m or f by sense (plural teutoni)


tiramolla

Verb-verb compound, composed of tira (“pull”) + molla (“let go”).


Tiresia

From Ancient Greek Τειρεσίας (Teiresías).


titolista

it-noun

titolista m or f by sense (masculine plural titolisti, feminine plural titoliste)

titolisti (masculine plural)
titoliste (feminine plural)


tomista

tomista m or f by sense (masculine plural tomisti, feminine plural tomiste)

tomisti (masculine plural)
tomiste (feminine plural)


tosacani

Verb-object compound, composed of tosa (“to trim, to shear”) + cani (“dogs”).


trattatista

it-noun

trattatista m or f by sense (masculine plural trattatisti, feminine plural trattatiste)

trattatisti (masculine plural)
trattatiste (feminine plural)


trattorista

trattorista m or f by sense (masculine plural trattoristi, feminine plural trattoriste)

trattoristi (masculine plural)
trattoriste (feminine plural)


trecentista

trecentista m or f by sense (masculine plural trecentisti, feminine plural trecentiste)

trecentisti (masculine plural)
trecentiste (feminine plural)

scholar of fourteenth-century literature or art


tredicista

tredicista m or f by sense (masculine plural tredicisti, feminine plural trediciste)

tredicisti (masculine plural)
trediciste (feminine plural)


triennalista

triennalista m or f by sense (masculine plural triennalisti, feminine plural triennaliste)

triennalisti (masculine plural)
triennaliste (feminine plural)

a student undertaking a three-year course


trioni

triones (seven principal stars in the constellation Ursa Major)


trotskista

trotskista m or f by sense (masculine plural trotskisti, feminine plural trotskiste)

trotskisti (masculine plural)
trotskiste (feminine plural)


tubista

tubista m or f by sense (masculine plural tubisti, feminine plural tubiste)

tubisti (masculine plural)
tubiste (feminine plural)


ubiquista

ubiquista m or f by sense (masculine plural ubiquisti, feminine plural ubiquiste)

ubiquisti (masculine plural)
ubiquiste (feminine plural)


Uffizi

Literally, “Offices” (plural of uffizio), as this was the building's original function.


ussita

ussita m or f by sense (masculine plural ussiti, feminine plural ussite)

ussiti (masculine plural)
ussite (feminine plural)


ustascia

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ȕstaša (“rebel”).


utensilista

it-noun

utensilista m or f by sense (masculine plural utensilisti, feminine plural utensiliste)

utensilisti (masculine plural)
utensiliste (feminine plural)


utopista

utopista m or f by sense (masculine plural utopisti, feminine plural utopiste)

utopisti (masculine plural)
utopiste (feminine plural)


vagonista

vagonista m or f by sense (masculine plural vagonisti, feminine plural vagoniste)

vagonisti (masculine plural)
vagoniste (feminine plural)


valdese

valdese m or f by sense (plural valdesi)


vedutista

vedutista m or f by sense (masculine plural vedutisti, feminine plural vedutiste)

vedutisti (masculine plural)
vedutiste (feminine plural)


vee-jay

Unadapted borrowing from English veejay.


velocipedista

velocipedista m or f by sense (masculine plural velocipedisti, feminine plural velocipediste)

velocipedisti (masculine plural)
velocipediste (feminine plural)


verticista

verticista m or f by sense (masculine plural verticisti, feminine plural verticiste)

verticisti (masculine plural)
verticiste (feminine plural)


vespista

vespista m or f by sense (masculine plural vespisti, feminine plural vespiste)

vespisti (masculine plural)
vespiste (feminine plural)


vestiarista

vestiarista m or f by sense (masculine plural vestiaristi, feminine plural vestiariste)

vestiaristi (masculine plural)
vestiariste (feminine plural)


vibrafonista

vibrafonista m or f by sense (masculine plural vibrafonisti, feminine plural vibrafoniste)

vibrafonisti (masculine plural)
vibrafoniste (feminine plural)


vittimista

vittimista m or f by sense (masculine plural vittimisti, feminine plural vittimiste)

vittimisti (masculine plural)
vittimiste (feminine plural)


vocabolarista

vocabolarista m or f by sense (masculine plural vocabolaristi, feminine plural vocabolariste)

vocabolaristi (masculine plural)
vocabolariste (feminine plural)

From vocabolario (“vocabulary”, “dictionary”) + -ista (“-ist”, suffix denoting a particular role)

suffix

lexicographer (compiler of a dictionary)


voivoda

it-noun

voivoda m (plural voivodi, feminine voivodina)


volovelista

volovelista m or f by sense (masculine plural volovelisti, feminine plural voloveliste)

volovelisti (masculine plural)
voloveliste (feminine plural)


vongolista

vongolista m or f by sense (masculine plural vongolisti, feminine plural vongoliste)

vongolisti (masculine plural)
vongoliste (feminine plural)


vorticista

vorticista m or f by sense (masculine plural vorticisti, feminine plural vorticiste)

vorticisti (masculine plural)
vorticiste (feminine plural)


wahabita

wahabita m or f by sense (masculine plural wahabiti, feminine plural wahabite)

wahabiti (masculine plural)
wahabite (feminine plural)


zapatista

zapatista m or f by sense (masculine plural zapatisti, feminine plural zapatiste)

zapatisti (masculine plural)
zapatiste (feminine plural)


zincotipista

zincotipista m or f by sense (masculine plural zincotipisti, feminine plural zincotipiste)

zincotipisti (masculine plural)
zincotipiste (feminine plural)


zurighese

zurighese m or f by sense (plural zurighesi)


accomandante

accomandante m or f by sense (plural accomandanti)


aclista

aclista m or f by sense (masculine plural aclisti, feminine plural acliste)

aclisti (masculine plural)
acliste (feminine plural)

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a member of Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani


antialcolista

antialcolista m or f by sense (masculine plural antialcolisti, feminine plural antialcoliste)

antialcolisti (masculine plural)
antialcoliste (feminine plural)

anti-alcoholist (advocate of temperance)


arruffamatasse

arruffamatasse m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of arruffa (“to ruffle, to tousle”) + matasse (“skeins, coils of yarn”).


bandista

it-noun

bandista m or f by sense (masculine plural bandisti, feminine plural bandiste)

bandisti (masculine plural)
bandiste (feminine plural)


barabba

→ German: Baraber, Baraberer


biennalista

biennalista m or f by sense (masculine plural biennalisti, feminine plural biennaliste)

biennalisti (masculine plural)
biennaliste (feminine plural)


bipolarista

bipolarista m or f by sense (masculine plural bipolaristi, feminine plural bipolariste)

bipolaristi (masculine plural)
bipolariste (feminine plural)


bullionista

bullionista m or f by sense (masculine plural bullionisti, feminine plural bullioniste)

bullionisti (masculine plural)
bullioniste (feminine plural)


buttasella

Verb-object compound, composed of butta (“to throw”) + sella (“saddle”).

it-verb-obj

(military) saddle-up (order to saddle horses)


cacciaballe

it-noun

cacciaballe m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to emit; to shove”) + balle (“lies”).


caldaista

it-noun

caldaista m or f by sense (masculine plural caldaisti, feminine plural caldaiste)

caldaisti (masculine plural)
caldaiste (feminine plural)


campeggista

campeggista m or f by sense (masculine plural campeggisti, feminine plural campeggiste)

campeggisti (masculine plural)
campeggiste (feminine plural)


campionista

campionista m or f by sense (masculine plural campionisti, feminine plural campioniste)

campionisti (masculine plural)
campioniste (feminine plural)


capocontabile

capocontabile m or f by sense (masculine plural capocontabili, feminine plural invariable)


carlista

carlista m or f by sense (masculine plural carlisti, feminine plural carliste)

carlisti (masculine plural)
carliste (feminine plural)

From Carlo (“Carlo Maria Isidro di Borbone-Spagna”) + -ista.


cartevalori

(finance) Securities (tradeable financial assets).ᵂ


cattedrante

it-noun

cattedrante m or f by sense (plural cattedranti)


cesaropapista

cesaropapista m or f by sense (masculine plural cesaropapisti, feminine plural cesaropapiste)

cesaropapisti (masculine plural)
cesaropapiste (feminine plural)


chinesiterapista

chinesiterapista m or f by sense (masculine plural chinesiterapisti, feminine plural chinesiterapiste)

chinesiterapisti (masculine plural)
chinesiterapiste (feminine plural)


ciellenista

ciellenista m or f by sense (masculine plural ciellenisti, feminine plural cielleniste)

ciellenisti (masculine plural)
cielleniste (feminine plural)


cigiellista

cigiellista m or f by sense (masculine plural cigiellisti, feminine plural cigielliste)

cigiellisti (masculine plural)
cigielliste (feminine plural)


comodante

comodante m or f by sense (plural comodanti)


concretista

concretista m or f by sense (masculine plural concretisti, feminine plural concretiste)

concretisti (masculine plural)
concretiste (feminine plural)


consecutivista

consecutivista m or f by sense (masculine plural consecutivisti, feminine plural consecutiviste)

consecutivisti (masculine plural)
consecutiviste (feminine plural)


contenutista

contenutista m or f by sense (masculine plural contenutisti, feminine plural contenutiste)

contenutisti (masculine plural)
contenutiste (feminine plural)

a writer or artist who places emphasis on content rather than presentation


controstomaco

controstomaco m (usually invariable, plural controstomachi or controstomaci)

controstomachi (plural)
controstomaci (plural)


copricanna

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + canna (“gun barrel”).


corporativista

it-noun

corporativista m or f by sense (masculine plural corporativisti, feminine plural corporativiste)

corporativisti (masculine plural)
corporativiste (feminine plural)


crocierista

crocierista m or f by sense (masculine plural crocieristi, feminine plural crocieriste)

crocieristi (masculine plural)
crocieriste (feminine plural)


cruscante

cruscante m or f by sense (plural cruscanti)

Accademia della Crusca
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delfinista

delfinista m or f by sense (masculine plural delfinisti, feminine plural delfiniste)

delfinisti (masculine plural)
delfiniste (feminine plural)

dolphin (form of butterfly stroke) swimmer


dirigibilista

dirigibilista m or f by sense (masculine plural dirigibilisti, feminine plural dirigibiliste)

dirigibilisti (masculine plural)
dirigibiliste (feminine plural)


duecentista

duecentista m or f by sense (masculine plural duecentisti, feminine plural duecentiste)

duecentisti (masculine plural)
duecentiste (feminine plural)


elzevirista

elzevirista m or f by sense (masculine plural elzeviristi, feminine plural elzeviriste)

elzeviristi (masculine plural)
elzeviriste (feminine plural)

a writer of arts or culture features (in newspapers)


enalista

enalista m or f by sense (masculine plural enalisti, feminine plural enaliste)

enalisti (masculine plural)
enaliste (feminine plural)

a member of the "Ente Nazionale Assistenza Lavoratori"


interclassista

interclassista m or f by sense (masculine plural interclassisti, feminine plural interclassiste)

interclassisti (masculine plural)
interclassiste (feminine plural)


intuizionista

intuizionista m or f by sense (masculine plural intuizionisti, feminine plural intuizioniste)

intuizionisti (masculine plural)
intuizioniste (feminine plural)


lampista

lampista m or f by sense (masculine plural lampisti, feminine plural lampiste)

lampisti (masculine plural)
lampiste (feminine plural)


mahdista

mahdista m or f by sense (masculine plural mahdisti, feminine plural mahdiste)

mahdisti (masculine plural)
mahdiste (feminine plural)


mineralogramma

mineralogramma m (plural mineralogrammi)

mineralogram (analysis of minerals in hair and other tissue)


nappista

nappista m or f by sense (masculine plural nappisti, feminine plural nappiste)

nappisti (masculine plural)
nappiste (feminine plural)

Nuclei Armati Proletari
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petrarchista

petrarchista m or f by sense (masculine plural petrarchisti, feminine plural petrarchiste)

petrarchisti (masculine plural)
petrarchiste (feminine plural)

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -ista (“-ist”).

(literature) Petrarchist (one who imitates the style of Petrarch)


premistoffa

foot, presser foot (on a sewing machine)


ruspista

ruspista m or f by sense (masculine plural ruspisti, feminine plural ruspiste)

ruspisti (masculine plural)
ruspiste (feminine plural)


sbarrista

sbarrista m or f by sense (masculine plural sbarristi, feminine plural sbarriste)

sbarristi (masculine plural)
sbarriste (feminine plural)


scontista

scontista m or f by sense (masculine plural scontisti, feminine plural scontiste)

scontisti (masculine plural)
scontiste (feminine plural)


scoutista

scoutista m or f by sense (masculine plural scoutisti, feminine plural scoutiste)

scoutisti (masculine plural)
scoutiste (feminine plural)


scautista

scautista m or f by sense (masculine plural scautisti, feminine plural scautiste)

scautisti (masculine plural)
scautiste (feminine plural)


colangiocarcinoma

colangiocarcinoma m (plural colangiocarcinomi)


Gola

A topographic surname from gola (“ravine”) or a variant of Cola.


Francisci

Patronymic from the personal name Francesco.

a surname transferred from the given name


abbadiense

abbadiense m or f by sense (plural abbadiensi)

native or inhabitant of any of several places whose names contain the toponym Abbadia


aponense

aponense m or f by sense (plural aponensi)


Abano Terme

From Aponus, an ancient venetian deity related to thermal waters.


atinate

atinate m or f by sense (plural atinati)


Isidori

Patronymic from the personal name Isidoro.


cecinese

cecinese m or f by sense (plural cecinesi)


Cilento

A historical region in Salerno, Campania


coerentista

coerentista m or f by sense (masculine plural coerentisti, feminine plural coerentiste)

coerentisti (masculine plural)
coerentiste (feminine plural)


coloniese

coloniese m or f by sense (plural coloniesi)


gobannese

gobannese m or f by sense (plural gobannesi)


inghilese

inghilese m or f by sense (plural inghilesi)


logudorese

logudorese m or f by sense (plural logudoresi)


monacese

monacese m or f by sense (plural monacesi)

Alternative form of monacense: native or inhabitant of Munich


oceanauta

oceanauta m or f by sense (masculine plural oceanauti, feminine plural oceanaute)

oceanauti (masculine plural)
oceanaute (feminine plural)


pisciasotto

pisciasotto m or f by sense (invariable)

Agent noun of pisciarsi sotto (“to pee one's pants”).


vadense

vadense m or f by sense (plural vadensi)


scassapalle

scassapalle m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of scassa (“to ruin, to wreck”) + palle (“balls, testicles”), modeled on rompipalle.

it-verb-obj

(vulgar, slang) a very boring or annoying person; a pain in the ass


scledense

it-noun

scledense m or f by sense (plural scledensi)


Schio

Schio (a town in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)


viterbese

viterbese m or f by sense (plural viterbesi)


Columbo

English: Columbo

Likely from or related to Latin columbus.


podesta

From Latin potestātem via the nominative form. Compare podestà, from the Latin accusative potestātem.


tie-break

tie-break m (plural tie-breaks or invariable)

Unadapted borrowing from English tie-break.


Nibali

Vincenzo Nibali, Italian cyclist


Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi, Italian football/soccer player


mazama

Borrowed from translingual Mazama, from Nahuatl.


Montecristo

English: Montecristo

French: Montecristo

Isola di Montecristo
Isola di Montecristo#Italian

Ellipsis of Isola di Montecristo.; Montecristo (an island in Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)


Scala

English: Scala

From the noun scala (“ladder”). Most prevalent in Campania and Liguria.


flavedo

Borrowed from New Latin flāvēdō, derived from Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”).


bangladese

it-noun

bangladese m or f by sense (plural bangladesi)

Bangladeshi (native or inhabitant of Bangladesh)


tronista

From troneggiare + -ista in reference to the throne on which the bachelor sits in Italian bachelor shows, Uomini e Donne.

(neologism) the bachelor on a TV show that focuses on a competition to gain that bachelor's romantic interest


cronoprogramma

cronoprogramma m (plural cronoprogrammi)


Morgagni

Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist


linga

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga, “sign, mark; penis”).


scialatelli

a form of tagliatelle, with a square cross-section, from near Naples


Bergoglio

A village in Piedmont, Italy near Alessandria


Carli

Gian Rinaldo Carli, Italian writer and historian


Alberigo

Alternative form of Alberico: a male given name, equivalent to English Aubrey


Alighieri

From the name Alighiero, Aldighiero derived from Old High German adal (“noble”) + gēr (“spear”). Compare Italian Berlinguer.


Barbariccia

From barba (“beard”) + riccia (“curly”), literally “Curly Beard”.

af

a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy


Beccheria

a surname from Lombard or Piedmontese, an alternative form of Beccaria


Beccaria

Borrowed from Lombard beccaria or Piedmontese becarìa, bëccarìa (“butchershop”). Cognate with English butchery, French boucherie, and Sicilian vuccirìa, among others. Doublet of beccheria and Vucciria.

(masculine only) Cesare Beccaria, 18th-century Italian criminologist and philosopher


Bianco

a male given name, feminine equivalent Bianca especially popular in Tuscany


Bonatti

Guido Bonatti, 13th century Italian astronomer


Branca

From a nickname related to branca (“paw, claw, hand”).


rabdomiosarcoma

it-noun

rabdomiosarcoma m (plural rabdomiosarcomi)


spettroscopista

spettroscopista m or f by sense (masculine plural spettroscopisti, feminine plural spettroscopiste)

spettroscopisti (masculine plural)
spettroscopiste (feminine plural)


Calcabrina

Verb-object compound, composed of calca (“stomp, trample”) + brina (“frost”), literally “Frost Stomper”.


Argenti

Filippo Argenti, 13th-century Florentine politician and character in Dante's Inferno


Camicione

Camicione de' Pazzi, 13th-century inhabitant of Florence, found in Dante's Inferno


Camiscione

a surname, alternative form of Camicione


carrarese

the dialect of Italian spoken in Carrara


Catalano

Italianized after Sicilian Catalanu, a surname derived from Sicilian catalanu (“related to Catalonia”). Compare catalano. Also see Catala.


Cianfa

(rare) a male given name, most notably that of Cianfa Donati


Corneto

A village in Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy, near Acquasanta Terme


Gaeta

→ English: Gaeta

→ French: Gaète, Gaëte

→ Greek: Γκαέτα (Gkaéta)

→ Sicilian: Gaeta

From Latin Caiēta, from the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy


Innocenti

From innocente (“innocent”), a nickname given to foundlings, especially the ones received into the Ospedale degli Innocenti, in Florence.


Lanfranchi

Patronymic form of the personal name Lanfranco.


Malacoda

From mala (“bad, evil”) + coda (“tail”), literally “Evil Tail”.

af

the leader of a fictional group of devils from Hell in the Divine Comedy


Malebolge

it-proper noun

le Malebolge or il Malebolge f pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation)

le Malebolge (canonical)
il Malebolge (canonical masculine plural singular)

From male (“bad, evil”) + bolge (“trenches, ditches”), literally “Evil Ditches”.

af

Malebolge (the eighth circle of Hell in the Divine Comedy)


Malebranche

le Malebranche (canonical feminine plural)

From male (“bad, evil”) + branche (“claw, talon”), literally “Evil Claws”.

Malebranche (Divine Comedy)
it:Malebranche

a group of devils from Hell in the Divine Comedy


Malebranche

Unadapted borrowing from French Malebranche.


Mirra

Borrowed from Latin Myrrha, from Ancient Greek Μύρρα (Múrrha).

(Greek mythology) Myrrha, daughter of Cyniras and mother of Adonis


Mirra

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone who sold myrrh, from mirra (“myrrh”).


Neri

From the apheresis of several medieval personal names, such as Raineri, Guarneri or Maineri.


Niccola

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Nicholas


novarese

it-noun

novarese m or f by sense (plural novaresi)


Palladio

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect


Pinamonte

it:Pinamonte da Brembate
it:Pinamonte dei Bonacolsi


Pisano

the region surrounding the city of Pisa, Tuscany


Pugliese

English: Pugliese


Pratovecchio

From prato (“meadow”) + vecchio (“old, ancient”).


Sibilia

From a variant of the female personal name Sibilla.


Sismondi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Sismondo, shortened variant of Sigismondo.


Savena

a river that flows through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna


Tosto

From tosto (“hard-boiled, tough”), a nickname for an obstinate person.


Vangelista

Alternative letter-case form of vangelista


bragia

Caron dimonio, con occhi di bragia
loro accennando, tutte le raccoglie;
batte col remo qualunque s'adagia.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 109–111; 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:

Charon the demon, with eyes of ember, by signaling to them [the souls of the damned], gathers them all; he hits with the oar any one [of them] who rests.

[…] All’un de’ lati
crepitar s’odon le fiammanti brage

1790s, Giuseppe Parini, Notte [Night]; collected in Opere dell’abate Giuseppe Parini, Venice: Giacomo Storti, 1803, page 34:

On one side, you can hear the flaming embers crackle


bunga bunga

Uncertain but probably from an invented phrase (see Wikipedia article).

the activities occurring during orgiastic parties involving the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi


bassanese

it-noun

bassanese m or f by sense (plural bassanesi)

Bassano del Grappa
Bassano del Grappa#English

native or inhabitant of Bassano del Grappa


cambiamonete

cambiamonete m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of cambia (“to change”) + monete (“coins”).


coneglianese

it-noun

coneglianese m or f by sense (plural coneglianesi)


gigantista

gigantista m or f by sense (masculine plural gigantisti, feminine plural gigantiste)

gigantisti (masculine plural)
gigantiste (feminine plural)

a skier who participates in giant slalom


meranese

meranese m or f by sense (plural meranesi)


Merano

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

A town in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy near Bolzano


montebellunese

montebellunese m or f by sense (plural montebellunesi)


tanatoesteta

a person (in a mortuary or funeral home) who prepares a corpse for viewing


torrentista

torrentista m or f by sense (masculine plural torrentisti, feminine plural torrentiste)

torrentisti (masculine plural)
torrentiste (feminine plural)


cotitolare

cotitolare m or f by sense (plural cotitolari)


gerontocrata

gerontocrata m or f by sense (masculine plural gerontocrati, feminine plural gerontocrate)

gerontocrati (masculine plural)
gerontocrate (feminine plural)


vialbese

vialbese m or f by sense (plural vialbesi)


Langhe

Borrowed from Piedmontese langa (“hill”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to the Iberian settlement Langobriga in present-day Portugal, and Lamboglia derives both from the non-Indo-European substrate (possibly Iberian) base *lanka (“depression, valley”), later "hilly area."

bor+

Langhe (a hilly area in Piedmont, Italy)


Roccella

Probably a habitational surname from any of various places in Italy called Roccella.


capostalla

it-noun

capostalla m or f by sense (masculine plural capistalla, feminine plural invariable)


vercellese

vercellese m or f by sense (plural vercellesi)


apriporta

Verb-object compound, composed of apri (“to open”) + porta (“door”).


capoposto

it-noun

capoposto m or f by sense (masculine plural capiposto, feminine plural invariable)


scaldacqua

Verb-object compound, composed of scalda (“to heat, to warm”) + acqua (“water”).


capomanovra

it-noun

capomanovra m or f by sense (masculine plural capimanovra, feminine plural invariable)


codocente

codocente m or f by sense (plural codocenti)


preutente

preutente m or f by sense (plural preutenti)

prior-user (of something before it was patented)


sottoservizi

basic services, such as networks of electricity, gas, telecommunications and sewerage, channeled into appropriate piping made in the subsoil


voltapasta

Verb-object compound, composed of volta (“to turn”) + pasta (“dough”).

it-verb-obj

a blade, in the form of a ploughshare/plowshare, used in kneading machines that are used to make pasta dough


vocabolista

it-noun

vocabolista m or f by sense (masculine plural vocabolisti, feminine plural vocaboliste)

vocabolisti (masculine plural)
vocaboliste (feminine plural)


commonista

commonista m or f by sense (masculine plural commonisti, feminine plural commoniste)

commonisti (masculine plural)
commoniste (feminine plural)

(informal, Internet) a person who advocates the use of the Internet for the common good of humanity (rather than for commercial gain)


superutente

superutente m or f by sense (plural superutenti)


cinquantacinquenne

cinquantacinquenne m or f by sense (plural cinquantacinquenni)


comacchiese

comacchiese m or f by sense (plural comacchiesi)


giure

giure m (plural giuri or (archaic) giura f)

giuri (plural)
giura (archaic feminine plural)

From Latin iūre, form of iūs (“law”, “right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéw-os, from the root *h₂yew- (“justice”, “law”).

Chi dietro a iura e chi ad amforismi
sen giva, e chi seguendo sacerdozio,
e chi regnar per forza o per sofismi

1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 4–6; 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:

One after laws and one to aphorisms was going, and one following the priesthood, and one to reign by force or sophistry


basilese

basilese m or f by sense (plural basilesi)


coregnante

coregnante m or f by sense (plural coregnanti)


deuteronomista

deuteronomista m or f by sense (masculine plural deuteronomisti, feminine plural deuteronomiste)

deuteronomisti (masculine plural)
deuteronomiste (feminine plural)


madianita

madianita m or f by sense (masculine plural madianiti, feminine plural madianite)

madianiti (masculine plural)
madianite (feminine plural)


martinista

martinista m or f by sense (masculine plural martinisti, feminine plural martiniste)

martinisti (masculine plural)
martiniste (feminine plural)


Andreotti

From the given name Andrea (“Andrew”) with the masculine plural suffix -otti.

Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013), Italian statesman and former prime minister of Italy

a surname transferred from the given name


Antelami

Benedetto Antelami, Italian sculptor and architect


Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director


Anzio

A small coastal town in Lazio, Italy, site of a crucial Allied landing during World War II


Aporti

Ferrante Aporti, Italian theologian


Argan

Giulio Carlo Argan, Italian art historian and politician


Ariosto

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet

The young countess touched her lute—it had no music; she gathered flowers—they had no sweetness; she turned to the fairy page of Ariosto—but she took no interest in his knights or dames; and at length the day was spent ere she had finished pacing the hall, and imagining all the possible and impossible dangers that could befall Carrara.

1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1833 (in English), Giulietta—A Tale of the Forteeenth Century:


Armani

English: Armani

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer


Aulenti

Gae Aulenti, Italian architect


Badoglio

Pietro Badoglio, Italian general and prime minister


Bandello

Matteo Bandello, Italian writer


Barletta

A small town in Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy


Belfiore

French: Belfiore

Borrowed from Venetan Belfior. Doublet of Bellofiore, which is from Sicilian Beḍḍuciuri.


Benigni

Roberto Benigni, Italian actor


Benussi

Vittorio Benussi, Italian psychologist


Berengario

a male given name, equivalent to English Berengar


Bernardi

From the given name Bernardo (“Bernard”).


Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and artist


Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director


Biagi

Patronymic from the personal name Biagio.


Blasi

Shorter – and more Southener – variant of the personal name Blasio, ultimately from Latin Blasius (“Blaise”); non-palatalized variant of Biagio. Compare the equivalent Sicilian Brasi.


Bobbio

A small town in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna


Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer


Boezio

Severino Boezio, Roman philosopher


Bombieri

Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician


Bompiani

Valentino Bompiani, Italian writer


Borromini

Francesco Borromini, Italian architect


Bracciano

a hilltop town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy


Bramante

Bramantean

Donato Bramante, Italian architect


Broggini

Luigi Broggini, Italian sculptor


Brunelleschi

From Brunello (a masculine given name) + -eschi (plural form of the relation-forming suffix -esco).

Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect


Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini, Italian singer


Buscetta

Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mobster


Cabibbo

From Sicilian Cabbibbu, ultimately from Arabic حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved, dear, darling”). Compare also English Habib.


Caccioppoli

Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician


Cadorna

Luigi Cadorna, Italian general


Caltagirone

The first part is undoubtedly from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fortress, castle”), while the second one could either derive from غِيرَان (ḡīrān), plural of غَار (ḡār, “cave, cavern”), or from خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine, hog”).


caltagironese

it-noun

caltagironese m or f by sense (plural caltagironesi)


Camanni

Enrico Camanni, Italian writer


Campanella

Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and writer


Camuccini

Vincenzo Camuccini, Italian painter


Cannizzaro

From Sicilian Cannizzaru, from Sicilian cannizzaru (“related to somewhere or someone related to reeds or wattle”), from cannizzu (“wattle”), from canna.

der

A small town in Catania, Sicily, Aci Castello


Cannizzaro

Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), Italian chemist noted for the Cannizzaro reaction


Canova

Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and painter


Cantimori

Delio Cantimori, Italian historian


Caporetto

Ultimately from an assumed Latin *Caporētum, *Caprētum, possibly from caper (“goat”).


Caravaggio

The painter was named after his family's place of origin.


Carducci

By apheresis from Riccarduccio, a diminutive of Riccardo (“Richard”) obtained by adding -uccio, changed into plural as it is usual for many family names.

Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907), Italian poet


Caruso

Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor


Castelli

(often in combination) any of several small towns in Italy


Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto, Italian writer


Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian politician and tenth President of Italy


Ciampino

A city in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy, the site of one of Rome's airports

it:Aeroporto di Roma-Ciampino
it:Ciampino


Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer


Deledda

Borrowed from Sardinian Deledda, possibly from de Ledda (“from Ledda”), an ancient toponym in the area of Sassari nowadays disappeared, but still present as a surname.

Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), Italian writer


Doglio

A village in Perugia, Italy that was the scene of a battle between the Guelfs and the Ghibellines


Druso

a male given name, equivalent to Latin Drusus


Dulbecco

Renato Dulbecco, Italian biologist and doctor


Einaudi

Giulio Einaudi Editore, Italian publishers


Fabrizi

Patronymic surname from the personal name Fabrizio.


Falcone

English: Falcone

Giovanni Falcone, assassinated Italian judge and magistrate


Falisci

Falisci, an ancient Italic people who lived in what is now Lazio


Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci, Italian writer and journalist


Falloppio

Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist


Farinelli

Giuseppe Farinelli, Italian composer


Ficino

Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher, astrologer etc.


Fieramosca

Ettore Fieramosca
w:it:Ettore Fieramosca

an ancient Italian family, most noted for Ettore Fieramosca


Franchi

Franks (Germanic people who inhabited France etc.)


Franscini

Stefano Franscini, Swiss politician


Galilei

Galileo Galilei, famous Italian scientist and "father of observational astronomy"


Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer


Garibaldi

Anita Garibaldi, Italian patriot and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi


Garrone

Matteo Garrone, Italian film maker


Gianmaria

Gian (shortened form of Giovanni (“John”)) + Maria (“Mary”, also used as a male name in compounds). Cognate with French Jean-Marie.

compound

shortened form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">Giovanni</i> (“John”)


Gigli

Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor


Gioberti

Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian patriot and phylosopher


Giornico

A small town in Ticino canton, Switzerland


glaronese

it-noun

glaronese m or f by sense (plural glaronesi)


Gravina

Uncertain. Possibly from a diminutive of Medieval Latin grava, probably passing through a Occitan/Norman stratum, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”).
Its use is mainly as an habitational surname, derived from several homonymous toponyms in Italy (cfr. Gravina di Catania, Gravina in Puglia).

Gravina di Catania
Gravina in Puglia
it:Gravina


Guglielmi

From the personal name Guglielmo (“William”).


Guicciardini

Francesco Guicciardini, Italian writer and politic


Guinizzelli

Guido Guinizzelli, Italian poet


Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928), Italian politician and prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy


Lancisi

Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Italian doctor


Lando

Reduced from any names of Germanic origin containing the element *land (“land, territory”).


Larderello

A village in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, near Pomarance


Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer


Leopardi

Seemigly from the Medieval Latin name Leopardus.

Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), Italian poet


Liguori

Patronymic/plural form of a southern variant of the personal name Ligorio.


Locarno

Locarno (a town and municipality of Ticino canton, Switzerland)


Lollobrigida

English: Lollobrigida

French: Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress (and sex symbol)


Lombardo

Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese surname, from the noun lombardo.


Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso, Italian anthropologist


luganese

luganese m or f by sense (plural luganesi)


Luria

Salvatore Luria, Italian microbiologist, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Medicine


lucernese

lucernese m or f by sense (plural lucernesi)


Magadino

A small town near Gambarogno in Ticino canton, Switzerland


Malaparte

Curzio Malaparte, Italian writer, journalist and poet


Malpighi

→⇒ Translingual: Malpighia

Marcello Malpighi, Italian doctor


Manfredo

From the Proto-Germanic elements *mann- (“man, human being”) and *friþuz (“peace”).

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Manfred


Manfredo

a surname transferred from the given name


Mannoia

Fiorella Mannoia, Italian singer


Mantegazza

Diminutive of mantega, from Latin mantica.


Manzoni

There are several hypotheses:
* from manzo (“steer”), as an occupational surname for cow breeders;
* from Latin mānsus (“remained”, later “tame”), referring to a land worker, or the related Italian medieval given name Manso;
* from Provençal.

Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), Italian poet and novelist


Marenzio

Luca Marenzio, Italian composer


Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer


Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor


Matteotti

From the given name Matteo (“Matthew”) with the masculine plural suffix -otti.


Mazzini

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot


Mercalli

Habitational surname from the village of Mercallo, in Lombardy.


Mercantini

Luigi Mercantini, Italian poet


Messapi

From Ancient Greek Μεσσάπιος (Messápios).


Meucci

By aphesis of Bartolomeucci or Romeucci, patronymics derived from the pluralization of given names Bartolomeo and Romeo + -uccio (diminutive suffix). Compare e.g. Colucci.

(masculine only) Antonio Meucci (1808–1889), Italian inventor


Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor


Modugno

Domenico Modugno, Italian singer


Mondadori

Arnaldo Mondadori, Italian publisher


Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine


Montanelli

Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist


Montessori

Maria Montessori, Italian medical doctor, educator and author


Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer


Morandi

→ Russian: Мора́нди (Morándi)


Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer


Munari

Occupational surname, from Venetan munaro (“miller”). Compare mugnaio.


Muratori

Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and writer


Musatti

Cesare Musatti, Italian psychologist


Muti

English: Muti

Ornella Muti, Italian actress


Nicolucci

Pluralized from Nicoluccio, a pet name from Nicola (“Nicholas”) + -uccio (diminutive suffix). Later yielded the aphetic form Colucci.


Nitti

English: Nitti


Ostarrichi

the early inhabitants of present-day Austria


Pagliaro

Occupational surname for someone who gathered or used straw, from paglia (“straw”) + -aro.


Paleoveneti

From paleo- + Veneti, from Latin Veneti, of uncertain origin.

(historical) Veneti, an ancient tribe of northeastern Italy and Slovenia


Palumbo

English: Palumbo


Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini (“film director, journalist etc.”)


Pausini

Laura Pausini, Italian singer


Pavone

Italianized from Sicilian Pavuni, a surname derived from pavuni. Cf. Pavone Canavese and Pavullo nel Frignano.

Rita Pavone, Italian actress and singer


Peano

Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), Italian mathematician


Pelasgi

Pelasgians (inhabitans of Greece before Hellenics)


Pellico

Silvio Pellico, Italian writer


Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer


Petrassi

Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer


Pezzali

Max Pezzali, Italian singer


Piacentini

From piacentino (“someone from Piacenza”).


Piccinni

Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer


Pisacane

Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot


Poschiavo

A village in Grigioni canton, Switzerland


Prodi

Romano Prodi, Italian economist and politician


Proietti

Luigi Proietti, Italian actor and comedian


Ramazzotti

Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer


Ravaglioli

Armando Ravaglioli, Italian writer


Respighi

Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer


Righi

Augusto Righi, Italian physician


Romagnoli

From romagnolo (“someone from Romagna”).


Rosmini

Antonio Rosmini, Italian philosopher


Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director


Rossini

Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer


Rubbia

Carlo Rubbia, Italian physician, winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics


Ruffini

English: Ruffini


Saffi

Aurelio Saffi, Italian patriot


Salieri

Antonio Salieri, Italian composer


Sanremo

From a contraction of Sant'Eremo (“Holy Hermitage”), through Ligurian San Rœmu, Sanrœmu. Mistaken in the past as deriving from the name of an elusive saint, san Remo, and therefore misspelled San Remo.

A town and comune of the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy


Sanremo

(by extension) the Sanremo Music Festival, annually held in this town


Santoni

English: Santoni

French: Santoni


Satta

Melissa Satta, Italian showgirl


Scarlatti

any of several of a family of Italian composers


Sgarbi

Vittorio Sgarbi, Italian art critic


Siculi

the Tjeker or Tjekker, one of the Sea Peoples


Simi

→ English: Simi


Sobrero

Ascanio Sobrero, Italian chemist


Sordi

Alberto Sordi, Italian cinema actor


Spallanzani

Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian naturalist


Speri

Tito Speri, Italian patriot


Spoleto

From Late Latin Spōlētum, a form of Latin Spōlētium.


Tartaglia

From tartaglia, inflection of tartagliare (“to stutter”).

a stock character in the Commedia dell'arte


Tartaglia

Niccolò Tartaglia, a 16th century Italian mathematician


Telesio

Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and naturalist


Tiepolo

Giambattista Tiepolo, famous Italian painter


Torlonia

Borrowed from French Tourlonias, itself from Occitan.

quote-journal

2024 August 1, Pierre Barthélémy, “La fabuleuse collection Torlonia prend ses quartiers au Louvre”, in Le Monde, →ISSN:
Il était une fois un jeune Auvergnat prénommé Marin qui, comme dans les contes de fées, partit de presque rien pour finir riche et fonder une dynastie de princes, sans même avoir besoin pour cela d’un chat botté. Né en 1725 dans un village du Puy-de-Dôme, il arrive à Rome un quart de siècle plus tard, s’y établit comme drapier, puis comme prêteur sur gages. Et, dans cette Italie qui l’adopte, Marin Tourlonias se mue en Marino Torlonia.
(please add an English translation of this quotation)

a surname from French [in turn from Occitan]


Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini, Italian orchestra conductor


Tremiti

An archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano peninsula


Ughi

Uto Ughi, Italian musician


Ungaretti

Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian writer and poet


Vanvitelli

Luigi Vanvitelli (1700

Caspar van Wittel (1652–1736), Dutch painter, father of Luigi


Vasari

Giorgio Vasari, Italian artist and art historian


Verga

From verga (“crook”), possibly in reference to the job of a shepherd.

Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), Italian writer


Versace

English: Versace

From Koine Greek Βαρσάκις (Barsákis) via Latin Bersacius, to uncertain derivation, possibly from Old Armenian վարսակ (varsak)

Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer


Verscio

A small town in Locarno district, Switzerland


Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator


Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer


Viviani

Patronymic surname from the personal name Viviano.


Vogorno

A village in Locarno district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Voltaggio

A village in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy


Volterra

From Latin Volaterrae, from Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌉 (velaθri).


Volterra

Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physician


Zanazzo

Giggi Zanazzo, Italian poet etc.


Zarlino

Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer


Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director


Arbedo

A small town in Ticino canton, Switzerland


Bedretto

A village in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Bioggio

A small town in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Blenio

A small town and district of Ticino canton, Switzerland


Borrani

Odoardo Borrani, Italian painter


Brissago

A small town in Locarno district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


bleniese

it-noun

bleniese m or f by sense (plural bleniesi)


Cabrini

Francesca Saverio Cabrini, Italian religious sister


Carlino

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A small town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Castagnola

From castagna (“chestnut”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).

af

any of several villages throughout Italy


Cattaneo

From Late Latin capitāneus (“captain”), from caput (“head”).

(chiefly northern Italy, central Italy) a surname


Ceschi

Shortened form of the surname Franceschi.


Cevio

A small town in Vallemaggia district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


castanile

it-noun

castanile m or f by sense (plural castanili)


Faido

A small town in Leventina district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Giubiasco

A small town in Bellinzona district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


leventinese

leventinese m or f by sense (plural leventinesi)


Muggio

A village in Mendrisio district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


mennonita

mennonita m or f by sense (masculine plural mennoniti, feminine plural mennonite)

mennoniti (masculine plural)
mennonite (feminine plural)


Ossola

A valley in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy


Pellegrini

Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer


Tasso

Torquato Tasso, Italian writer


verzaschese

verzaschese m or f by sense (plural verzaschesi)


rabula

rabula m or f by sense (masculine plural rabuli, feminine plural rabule)

rabuli (masculine plural)
rabule (feminine plural)


capozona

capozona m or f by sense (masculine plural invariable or capizona, feminine plural invariable)

or capizona (invariable masculine plural)

the head person in a zone, but especially a local leader of an organized crime gang


capoarma

(military) soldier responsible for the care of a machine gun or mortar


sessantacinquenne

sessantacinquenne m or f by sense (plural sessantacinquenni)


ultrasessantacinquenne

ultrasessantacinquenne m or f by sense (plural ultrasessantacinquenni)


abrogazionista

abrogazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural abrogazionisti, feminine plural abrogazioniste)

abrogazionisti (masculine plural)
abrogazioniste (feminine plural)

a person who supports the repeal of a law; abolitionist


amartoblastoma

amartoblastoma m (plural amartoblastomi)

(pathology) tumor formation similar to a hamartoma


allorista

allorista m or f by sense (masculine plural alloristi, feminine plural alloriste)

alloristi (masculine plural)
alloriste (feminine plural)


alverniate

alverniate m or f by sense (plural alverniati)


assamese

assamese m or f by sense (plural assamesi)

Assamese (native or inhabitant of Assam)


glaucopide

blue-green-eyed (ancient Greek epithet of the goddess Athena)


glaucopide

glaucopide m or f by sense (plural glaucopidi)


bardassa

bardassa m or f by sense (masculine plural bardassi, feminine plural bardasse)

bardassi (masculine plural)
bardasse (feminine plural)

desctree

→ French: bardache
→ English: bardash, berdache
→ Portuguese: berdache

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

bor+

(literary, derogatory) young prostitute (regardless of gender)

Quel ragazzo è una bardassa!

(literary, derogatory) brat, kid (regardless of gender)

(dialectal, especially in Lombardy) a young boy or girl (cf. "bardassuola"; "ragazzino")


buscemese

it-noun

buscemese m or f by sense (plural buscemesi)

From Buscemi + -ese. Compare Sicilian buscimisi.


Buscemi

Derived from Etymology 1. Doublet of Buscema.


cacastecchi

cacastecchi m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of caca (“to shit”) + stecchi (“sticks”).