disfattista

disfattista m or f by sense (masculine plural disfattisti, feminine plural disfattiste)

disfattisti (masculine plural)
disfattiste (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French défaitiste. By surface analysis, disfatto (“undone”) + -ista (“-ist”).


femminista

it-noun

femminista m or f by sense (masculine plural femministi, feminine plural femministe)

femministi (masculine plural)
femministe (feminine plural)


semplice

semplice m or f by sense (plural semplici)

Attested from ca. 1261. A cross of inherited sempice, semprice with Latin simplicem, from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”) + *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). Compare duplice, molteplice. Partial doublet of scempio.


deficiente

it-noun

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficienti)


borghese

borghese m or f by sense (plural borghesi)

From borgo + -ese < Late Latin burgus, or through burgensis. Compare French bourgeois, Spanish burgués, English burgess.


commerciante

commerciante m or f by sense (plural commercianti)

dealer, trader, merchant, shopkeeper, tradesman


lenzuolo

lenzuolo m (plural (sheet) lenzuoli m or (bedsheet) lenzuola f, diminutive lenzuolétto or lenzuolìno, augmentative lenzuolóne, pejorative lenzuolàccio, derogatory lenzuolùccio)

lenzuoli (masculine plural)
lenzuola (feminine plural)
lenzuolétto (diminutive)
lenzuolìno (diminutive)
lenzuolóne (augmentative)
lenzuolàccio (pejorative)
lenzuolùccio (derogatory)

From Latin linteolum, from linteum, nominal form of linteus (“linen”), from linum (“linen; flax”).


tempio

often avoided due to the homonymous plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">tempo</i>

tempio m (plural templi or (often avoided due to the homonymous plural of tempo) tempi or (dated) tempî, diminutive tempiétto)

templi (plural)
tempi (often plural)
tempî (dated plural)
tempiétto (diminutive)

Borrowed from Latin templum. First attested 14th century.

templo

firmament; except in the meaning archaic

templario

pertaining or related to a temple or the Knights Templar

[…]: oh quante belle
Luci il tempio celeste in sé raguna!

1581 [1581], Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered] (epic poem), Canto XVIII, ottava rima 13, page 211, lines 97–98:

[…] : oh how many beautiful
Lights the firmament in itself meets!


tetrarca

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.


opponente

opponente m or f by sense (plural opponenti)


insegnante

insegnante m or f by sense (plural insegnanti)


sapiente

sapiente m or f by sense (plural sapienti)

Borrowed from Latin sapientem (“discerning, wise”), present active participle of sapiō (“to be wise”). Doublet of saccente.


pentatleta

it-noun

pentatleta m or f by sense (masculine plural pentatleti, feminine plural pentatlete)

pentatleti (masculine plural)
pentatlete (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (compare pentatlon). By surface analysis, penta- + atleta.


migliore

migliore m or f by sense (plural migliori)

Inherited from Latin meliōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”).


peggiore

peggiore m or f by sense (plural peggiori)

From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).


degente

it-noun

degente m or f by sense (plural degenti)


meglio

Il meglio deve ancora venire.


meglio

avere la meglio su qualcuno


ottimista

ottimista m or f by sense (masculine plural ottimisti, feminine plural ottimiste)

ottimisti (masculine plural)
ottimiste (feminine plural)


pessimista

pessimista m or f by sense (masculine plural pessimisti, feminine plural pessimiste)

pessimisti (masculine plural)
pessimiste (feminine plural)


ottantenne

ottantenne m or f by sense (plural ottantenni)


coniuge

coniuge m or f by sense (plural coniugi)

married couple, husband and wife (plural)


potta

potta m or f by sense (masculine plural potti, feminine plural potte)

potti (masculine plural)
potte (feminine plural)

From second half of XIII century, found in central-southern varieties.
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal pota (“protruded lips, pout”), probably a rebracketing of *lippotte, diminutive of French lippe (“protruded lip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”). For the derogatory sense, cf. English cunt and twat.

der

smettila di fare il potta

(Tuscan, figurative) an arrogant person, a douchebag


fantasista

it-noun

fantasista m or f by sense (masculine plural fantasisti, feminine plural fantasiste)

fantasisti (masculine plural)
fantasiste (feminine plural)

Calque of French fantaisiste, from fantasia + -ista.


capibara

Borrowed from Spanish capibara; from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris#Translingual


delinquente

delinquente m or f by sense (plural delinquenti)

Borrowed from Latin dēlinquentem, present participle of dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”).


ticinese

ticinese m or f by sense (plural ticinesi)


Valentino

a male given name, feminine equivalent Valentina, equivalent to English Valentine


deltaplanista

deltaplanista m or f by sense (masculine plural deltaplanisti, feminine plural deltaplaniste)

deltaplanisti (masculine plural)
deltaplaniste (feminine plural)


demente

demente m or f by sense (plural dementi)


conclusioni

(plural only, European Union law) opinion (judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice for a legal solution in a case)


babirussa

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


-ema

it-noun

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emi)


fascista

it-adj

fascista (masculine plural fascisti, feminine plural fasciste, superlative fascistissimo)

fascisti (masculine plural)
fasciste (feminine plural)
fascistissimo (superlative)

From fascio (singular of “fasces”) + -ista (“-ist”).


fascista

it-noun

fascista m or f by sense (masculine plural fascisti, feminine plural fasciste)

fascisti (masculine plural)
fasciste (feminine plural)


nazista

nazista m or f by sense (masculine plural nazisti, feminine plural naziste)

nazisti (masculine plural)
naziste (feminine plural)


comunista

comunista m or f by sense (masculine plural comunisti, feminine plural comuniste)

comunisti (masculine plural)
comuniste (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French communiste. Influenced by comune.


marxista

marxista m or f by sense (masculine plural marxisti, feminine plural marxiste)

marxisti (masculine plural)
marxiste (feminine plural)


esibizionista

esibizionista m or f by sense (masculine plural esibizionisti, feminine plural esibizioniste)

esibizionisti (masculine plural)
esibizioniste (feminine plural)


esordiente

esordiente m or f by sense (plural esordienti)


psichiatra

psichiatra m or f by sense (masculine plural psichiatri, feminine plural psichiatre)

psichiatri (masculine plural)
psichiatre (feminine plural)


dimostrante

dimostrante m or f by sense (plural dimostranti)


sho

Borrowed from English sho, used to illustrate Bactrian ϸ (š). Also compare the archaic Greek character Ϻ.


Argentino

Patronymic surname from a diminutive of the rare personal name Argento, from argento (“silver”).


vanni

Possibly from Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”) (for similarity between the movement of wings and that of shaking the basket).

Ravenna sta come stata è molt’anni:
l’aguglia da Polenta la si cova,
sì che Cervia ricuopre co’ suoi vanni.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 40–42; 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:

Ravenna stands as it has stood for many years: the Eagle of Polenta is there brooding, so that she covers Cervia with her vans.

Un suon, qual di lontana arpa, che scorre ¶ sopra i vanni de' Zeffiri soave; [...]
A sound, like that of a distant harp, flowing ¶ gently above the wings of the Zephyrs;

1827, Ugo Foscolo, "Inno terzo - Pallade", Le grazie (Opere di Ugo Foscolo, Mursia (1967))


fochista

fochista m or f by sense (masculine plural fochisti, feminine plural fochiste)

fochisti (masculine plural)
fochiste (feminine plural)

person who tends the fire on a steam engine; stoker or fireman


prisma

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma), from πρίω (príō, “to saw”).


paria

Borrowed from English pariah, from Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”), after the duty of such an individual of beating a drum at public festivities.


programma

From Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).


protomartire

protomartire m or f by sense (plural protomartiri)

Stefano, venerato come santo dalla Chiesa cattolica e dalla Chiesa ortodossa, è il protomartire cristiano, è stato, cioè, il primo ad aver dato la vita per testimoniare la propria fede e per la diffusione del Vangelo.
Stephen, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and by the Orthodox Church, is the Christian protomartyr, that is, the first to have given his life to attest his faith and spread the Gospel.
(from Stefano protomartire on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ⁱᵗ)


arpista

arpista m or f by sense (masculine plural arpisti, feminine plural arpiste)

arpisti (masculine plural)
arpiste (feminine plural)


incapace

incapace m or f by sense (plural incapaci)


incompetente

incompetente m or f by sense (plural incompetenti)


competente

competente m or f by sense (plural competenti)


protestante

protestante m or f by sense (plural protestanti)


incosciente

incosciente m or f by sense (plural incoscienti)


indigente

indigente m or f by sense (plural indigenti)

Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns (“needing, requiring”).


pendolare

it-noun

pendolare m or f by sense (plural pendolari)

From pendolo + -are (adjective-forming suffix).


parapioggia

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + pioggia (“rain”). Calque of French parapluie.


inquirente

it-noun

inquirente m or f by sense (plural inquirenti)


inserzionista

inserzionista m or f by sense (masculine plural inserzionisti, feminine plural inserzioniste)

inserzionisti (masculine plural)
inserzioniste (feminine plural)


insospettabile

insospettabile m or f by sense (plural insospettabili)


integralista

integralista m or f by sense (masculine plural integralisti, feminine plural integraliste)

integralisti (masculine plural)
integraliste (feminine plural)


intellettuale

intellettuale m or f by sense (plural intellettuali)


interrogante

interrogante m or f by sense (plural interroganti)


intoccabile

intoccabile m or f by sense (plural intoccabili)


intrigante

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intriganti)


Parioli

it-proper noun

Parioli m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation)

From Monti Parioli, three hills that the district was built on. Itself of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin paries (“wall”) (whence Italian parete), in reference to the steep slope the San Valentino hill makes facing Via Flaminia.

essere dei Parioli / essere di Parioli


morente

it-noun

morente m or f by sense (plural morenti)


ipocrita

ipocrita m or f by sense (masculine plural ipocriti, feminine plural ipocrite)

ipocriti (masculine plural)
ipocrite (feminine plural)


irlandese

irlandese m or f by sense (plural irlandesi)


belga

belga m or f by sense (masculine plural belgi, feminine plural belghe)

belgi (masculine plural)
belghe (feminine plural)

Belgian (native or inhabitant of Belgium)


irresponsabile

irresponsabile m or f by sense (plural irresponsabili)


islandese

islandese m or f by sense (plural islandesi)

Icelander (native or inhabitant of Iceland)


confidente

confidente m or f by sense (plural confidenti)

From Latin cōnfīdentem, present active participle of cōnfīdō.


jazzista

jazzista m or f by sense (masculine plural jazzisti, feminine plural jazziste)

jazzisti (masculine plural)
jazziste (feminine plural)


judoista

judoista m or f by sense (masculine plural judoisti, feminine plural judoiste)

judoisti (masculine plural)
judoiste (feminine plural)


idealista

idealista m or f by sense (masculine plural idealisti, feminine plural idealiste)

idealisti (masculine plural)
idealiste (feminine plural)


Enrico

From Old High German Haimirich, composed of Heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


ignorante

ignorante m or f by sense (plural ignoranti)


pudenda

external genitals (the intimate parts of the human body)


legale

From Latin legālis. Compare the doublet leale.


imbecille

imbecille m or f by sense (plural imbecilli)


bussola

→ Albanian: busull, busulla

desc

→ Arabic: بُوصُلَة (būṣula), بُوصِلَة (būṣila)

→ Bulgarian: бу́сола (búsola)

→ Catalan: brúixola

→ Dalmatian: bȕsula

→ French: boussole

→ Greek: μπούσουλας (boúsoulas)

→ Macedonian: бусола (busola)

→ Portuguese: bússola

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: бу̀сола

Latin script: bùsola

→ Spanish: brújula

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: پوصوله (pusula), پوسوله (pusula), پوصولا (pusula), پوسولا (pusula), پوصله (pusla), پوسله (pusla), پوصلا (pusla), پوسلا (pusla)
Turkish: pusula
→ Armenian: փուսուլա (pʻusula)
Kurdish:
→ Central Kurdish: پِسوولە (pisûle)
→ Northern Kurdish: pisûle

From Latin buxis (“box”), from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).


bussola

a type of ring-shaped breadstick from Burano


capotavola

it-noun

capotavola m or f by sense (masculine plural capitavola, feminine plural invariable)

the person who sits at the head of the table


immigrante

immigrante m or f by sense (plural immigranti)


emigrante

emigrante m or f by sense (plural emigranti)


chiaroveggente

chiaroveggente m or f by sense (plural chiaroveggenti)


sistema immunitario

sistema immunitario m (plural sistemi immunitari)


imperante

malcostume imperante


batterista

batterista m or f by sense (masculine plural batteristi, feminine plural batteriste)

batteristi (masculine plural)
batteriste (feminine plural)


chitarrista

chitarrista m or f by sense (masculine plural chitarristi, feminine plural chitarriste)

chitarristi (masculine plural)
chitarriste (feminine plural)


troglodita

troglodita m or f by sense (masculine plural trogloditi, feminine plural troglodite)

trogloditi (masculine plural)
troglodite (feminine plural)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs).


impertinente

impertinente m or f by sense (plural impertinenti)

From Latin impertĭnentem. Cognate with Piedmontese impertinent.


consorte

consorte m or f by sense (plural consorti)


diadema

From Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma), from διαδέω (diadéō, “I bind around”).


diagramma

From Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).


lazzarista

lazzarista m or f by sense (masculine plural lazzaristi, feminine plural lazzariste)

lazzaristi (masculine plural)
lazzariste (feminine plural)

Calque of French lazariste, from lazzaro (“lazar, leper”) + -ista (“-ist”).


maccartista

it-noun

maccartista m or f by sense (masculine plural maccartisti, feminine plural maccartiste)

maccartisti (masculine plural)
maccartiste (feminine plural)


alcoldipendente

alcoldipendente m or f by sense (plural alcoldipendenti)


alcolista

alcolista m or f by sense (masculine plural alcolisti, feminine plural alcoliste)

alcolisti (masculine plural)
alcoliste (feminine plural)


alcoolista

alcoolista m or f by sense (masculine plural alcoolisti, feminine plural alcooliste)

alcoolisti (masculine plural)
alcooliste (feminine plural)


Alcolisti Anonimi

Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous


Luca

→ English: Luca

→ German: Luca

a male given name, equivalent to English Luke or Lucas


Giuda

From Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Y'hudá).

a male given name, equivalent to English Jude


Genesi

a surname transferred from the given name


Neemia

From Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה (“consolation of Yahweh”).


macchiettista

it-noun

macchiettista m or f by sense (masculine plural macchiettisti, feminine plural macchiettiste)

macchiettisti (masculine plural)
macchiettiste (feminine plural)


macchinatore

macchinatore m or f by sense (plural macchinatori)


macchinista

macchinista m or f by sense (masculine plural macchinisti, feminine plural macchiniste)

macchinisti (masculine plural)
macchiniste (feminine plural)


impressionista

impressionista m or f by sense (masculine plural impressionisti, feminine plural impressioniste)

impressionisti (masculine plural)
impressioniste (feminine plural)


ceramista

ceramista m or f by sense (masculine plural ceramisti, feminine plural ceramiste)

ceramisti (masculine plural)
ceramiste (feminine plural)


macedone

macedone m or f by sense (plural macedoni)


inadempiente

inadempiente m or f by sense (plural inadempienti)


famigliare

famigliare m or f by sense (plural famigliari)


altrui

From Vulgar Latin *alterūi, corresponding to classical Latin alterī (dative singular of alter). The -ui ending, analogous to lui, costui, colui, is ultimately due to the influence of cui.

(possessive) another person's, someone else's, other people's, of others (genitive of altro)


altruista

altruista m or f by sense (masculine plural altruisti, feminine plural altruiste)

altruisti (masculine plural)
altruiste (feminine plural)


egoista

egoista m or f by sense (masculine plural egoisti, feminine plural egoiste)

egoisti (masculine plural)
egoiste (feminine plural)


Sanna

Perhaps from Sardinian sanna (“fang, tusk”), nickname for someone with projecting teeth.


culturista

culturista m or f by sense (masculine plural culturisti, feminine plural culturiste)

culturisti (masculine plural)
culturiste (feminine plural)

From cultura + -ista, compare French culturiste.


ambientalista

ambientalista m or f by sense (masculine plural ambientalisti, feminine plural ambientaliste)

ambientalisti (masculine plural)
ambientaliste (feminine plural)

From ambientale (“environmental”) + -ista.

environmental activist
environmental activist

environmentalist, environmental activist, ecologist, eco-warrior


contabile

Borrowed from French comptable, from compter. By surface analysis, contare + -abile.


contabile

contabile m or f by sense (plural contabili)


maceratese

maceratese m or f by sense (plural maceratesi)


Tagliafierro

a surname indigenous to the Campania region of Italy


testimone

testimone m or f by sense (plural testimoni)


collegiale

collegiale m or f by sense (plural collegiali)


esorcista

esorcista m or f by sense (masculine plural esorcisti, feminine plural esorciste)

esorcisti (masculine plural)
esorciste (feminine plural)


statunitense

statunitense m or f by sense (plural statunitensi)

From Stati Uniti (“United States”) + -ense.

USian, American (citizen of the United States)


mochi

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual


emblema

From Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).


rappresentante

it-noun

rappresentante m or f by sense (plural rappresentanti)


collezionista

collezionista m or f by sense (masculine plural collezionisti, feminine plural collezioniste)

collezionisti (masculine plural)
collezioniste (feminine plural)

→ Maltese: kollezzjonist


ciclista

ciclista m or f by sense (masculine plural ciclisti, feminine plural cicliste)

ciclisti (masculine plural)
cicliste (feminine plural)

Coordinate term: velocipedista


consulente

consulente m or f by sense (plural consulenti)


richiedente

richiedente m or f by sense (plural richiedenti)


badante

badante m or f by sense (plural badanti)

elderly carer, carer, care worker, caregiver


capolavoro

capolavoro m (plural capolavori or (rare) capilavori)

capolavori (plural)
capilavori (plural rare)

Sono capolavori dell'arte europea.


macrocita

Alternative form of macrocito (“macrocyte”)


professionista

professionista m or f by sense (masculine plural professionisti, feminine plural professioniste)

professionisti (masculine plural)
professioniste (feminine plural)


titolare

titolare m or f by sense (plural titolari)


passante

passante m or f by sense (plural passanti)


pensionante

pensionante m or f by sense (plural pensionanti)


tagma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάγμα (tágma, “command; arrangement; division”), derived from τάσσω (tássō, “I arrange”).


elettrodomestico

it-noun

elettrodomestico m (plural elettrodomestici)


docente

docente m or f by sense (plural docenti)


campidanese

campidanese m or f by sense (plural campidanesi)


madrelingua

madrelingua m or f by sense (invariable)

From madre (“mother”) + lingua (“tongue”).


minimalista

minimalista m or f by sense (masculine plural minimalisti, feminine plural minimaliste)

minimalisti (masculine plural)
minimaliste (feminine plural)


statale

statale m or f by sense (plural statali)


corrispondente

corrispondente m or f by sense (plural corrispondenti)


caldarrosta

caldarrosta f (plural caldarroste or (less common) calde arrosto)

caldarroste (plural)
calde arrosto (plural uncommon)

From caldo (“hot”) + arrosto (“roast, roasted”), in the feminine to suit the term castagna (“chestnut”).

compound

(chiefly in the plural) a roasted chestnut


calabrese

it-noun

calabrese m or f by sense (plural calabresi)

Calabrian (native or inhabitant of Calabria)


affittante

affittante m or f by sense (plural affittanti)


bagnante

bagnante m or f by sense (plural bagnanti)


mutante

mutante m or f by sense (plural mutanti)


aiutante

aiutante m or f by sense (plural aiutanti)


lavorante

lavorante m or f by sense (plural lavoranti)


mandante

mandante m or f by sense (plural mandanti)

principal (leader of a group being tried)


specialista

specialista m or f by sense (masculine plural specialisti, feminine plural specialiste)

specialisti (masculine plural)
specialiste (feminine plural)


madregalista

madregalista m or f by sense (masculine plural madregalisti, feminine plural madregaliste)

madregalisti (masculine plural)
madregaliste (feminine plural)


sdraio

sdraio f (usually invariable, plural (informal) sdraie)

Ellipsis of sedia a sdraio. (keeping the feminine gender of sedia), where sdraio is deverbal from sdraiarsi (“to lie down”). The alternative form sdraia undergoes a change in the ending to match the gender. The alternative form's plural sdraie also became the plural of sdraio for some speakers, to solve the ambiguity of invariability.


depositante

depositante m or f by sense (plural depositanti)


votante

votante m or f by sense (plural votanti)


scioperante

scioperante m or f by sense (plural scioperanti)


maggiorenne

maggiorenne m or f by sense (plural maggiorenni)


Isaia

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

der

יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū)


Lamentazioni

(biblical) Lamentations, Book of Lamentations


Daniele

From Latin Daniēlem, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Dåniyel, literally “God is my judge”).

a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Daniela, equivalent to English Daniel


osservante

it-noun

osservante m or f by sense (plural osservanti)


occupante

occupante m or f by sense (plural occupanti)


residente

residente m or f by sense (plural residenti)


ceramiche

ceramics (ceramic objects, collectively)


girante

girante m or f by sense (plural giranti)

German: Girant


partecipante

partecipante m or f by sense (plural partecipanti)


EAU

Initialism of Emirati Arabi Uniti (“United Arab Emirates”).


credente

it-noun

credente m or f by sense (plural credenti)


combattente

combattente m or f by sense (plural combattenti)


ripetente

ripetente m or f by sense (plural ripetenti)

a student who repeats a year or a course


ricevente

ricevente m or f by sense (plural riceventi)


pediatra

pediatra m or f by sense (masculine plural pediatri, feminine plural pediatre)

pediatri (masculine plural)
pediatre (feminine plural)


geriatra

geriatra m or f by sense (masculine plural geriatri, feminine plural geriatre)

geriatri (masculine plural)
geriatre (feminine plural)


pronto soccorso

pronto soccorso m (plural pronti soccorsi or pronto soccorsi)

pronti soccorsi (plural)
pronto soccorsi (plural)

(in a hospital) emergency department, emergency room, ER, emergency ward


cari

(people) Carians (ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia)


anestesista

anestesista m or f by sense (masculine plural anestesisti, feminine plural anestesiste)

anestesisti (masculine plural)
anestesiste (feminine plural)


pagante

pagante m or f by sense (plural paganti)


paga

Noun use of a form of the verb pagare (“to pay”).


Perseu

From a Sardinian form of the personal name Perseo.


maglierista

maglierista m or f by sense (masculine plural maglieristi, feminine plural maglieriste)

maglieristi (masculine plural)
maglieriste (feminine plural)


stagionale

stagionale m or f by sense (plural stagionali)

From stagion(e) (“season”) + -ale (“-al”, adjective-building suffix).


replicante

it-noun

replicante m or f by sense (plural replicanti)


fabbricante

fabbricante m or f by sense (plural fabbricanti)


litigante

litigante m or f by sense (plural litiganti)


palestinese

palestinese m or f by sense (plural palestinesi)


matrimonialista

matrimonialista m or f by sense (masculine plural matrimonialisti, feminine plural matrimonialiste)

matrimonialisti (masculine plural)
matrimonialiste (feminine plural)

divorce lawyer, a lawyer specializing in marriage law


peronista

peronista m or f by sense (masculine plural peronisti, feminine plural peroniste)

peronisti (masculine plural)
peroniste (feminine plural)


assediante

assediante m or f by sense (plural assedianti)


dietista

dietista m or f by sense (masculine plural dietisti, feminine plural dietiste)

dietisti (masculine plural)
dietiste (feminine plural)


nutrizionista

nutrizionista m or f by sense (masculine plural nutrizionisti, feminine plural nutrizioniste)

nutrizionisti (masculine plural)
nutrizioniste (feminine plural)


navigante

navigante m or f by sense (plural naviganti)

(nautical) navigator, sailor, seaman, mariner


consumista

consumista m or f by sense (masculine plural consumisti, feminine plural consumiste)

consumisti (masculine plural)
consumiste (feminine plural)


magnitudo

Unadapted borrowing from Latin magnitūdinem. Doublet of magnitudine.

ubor

(seismology) magnitude (energy released by an earthquake)


contribuente

it-noun

contribuente m or f by sense (plural contribuenti)


esercente

esercente m or f by sense (plural esercenti)


superstite

superstite m or f by sense (plural superstiti)

Borrowed from Latin superstitem (survivor).


primarie

Ellipsis of elezioni primarie (“primary elections”)

ellipsis

elezioni primarie
elezioni primarie#Italian

(politics) Ellipsis of elezioni primarie (“primary election, primary”).


cartomante

it-noun

cartomante m or f by sense (plural cartomanti)


automobilista

automobilista m or f by sense (masculine plural automobilisti, feminine plural automobiliste)

automobilisti (masculine plural)
automobiliste (feminine plural)


partente

partente m or f by sense (plural partenti)


disabile

disabile m or f by sense (plural disabili)


diversamente abile

diversamente abile m or f by sense (plural diversamente abili)


fiori d'arancio

In sense 2, from the usage of such flowers in the bride's bouquet.


conducente

conducente m or f by sense (plural conducenti)


Maiorca

From Latin īnsula major (literally “larger island”); the intermediate form was Maiorica.

der

Majorca (the largest island of the Balearic Islands of Spain)


orgia

From Latin orgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).


attestante

it-noun

attestante m or f by sense (plural attestanti)


portafortuna

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


Malachia

From Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”).


passionale

Borrowed from Late Latin passionālis, from passiō; by surface analysis, passione + -ale.


olandese

it-noun

olandese m or f by sense (plural olandesi)


gesuita

gesuita m or f by sense (masculine plural gesuiti, feminine plural gesuite)

gesuiti (masculine plural)
gesuite (feminine plural)


norvegese

norvegese m or f by sense (plural norvegesi)


martire

martire m or f by sense (plural martiri)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyrem, from Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”). Compare the inherited Old Italian martore.


membro

it-noun

membro m (plural (in most meanings) membri m or (referring to limbs) membra f)

membri (masculine plural)
membra (feminine plural)

From Latin membrum (“member; limb”), from Proto-Indo-European *memso-, *mems-ro (“flesh”).


piattaforma

piattaforma f (plural piattaforme or (rare) piatteforme)

piattaforme (plural)
piatteforme (plural rare)


federalista

federalista m or f by sense (masculine plural federalisti, feminine plural federaliste)

federalisti (masculine plural)
federaliste (feminine plural)

From federal(e) (“federal”) + -ista (“-ist”), on the example of French fédéraliste.


anticonformista

anticonformista m or f by sense (masculine plural anticonformisti, feminine plural anticonformiste)

anticonformisti (masculine plural)
anticonformiste (feminine plural)


conformista

conformista m or f by sense (masculine plural conformisti, feminine plural conformiste)

conformisti (masculine plural)
conformiste (feminine plural)

Il conformista / È uno che di solito sta sempre dalla parte giusta / Il conformista / Ha tutte le risposte belle chiare dentro la sua testa.

2001, Giorgio Gaber (lyrics and music), “Il conformista”, in La mia generazione ha perso:

The conformist is someone who often is always on the correct side. The conformist has all the answers very clear in his head.


finalista

finalista m or f by sense (masculine plural finalisti, feminine plural finaliste)

finalisti (masculine plural)
finaliste (feminine plural)


semifinalista

semifinalista m or f by sense (masculine plural semifinalisti, feminine plural semifinaliste)

semifinalisti (masculine plural)
semifinaliste (feminine plural)


sentimentale

sentimentale m or f by sense (plural sentimentali)


nomade

From Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming”).


radicale

(botany, linguistics, relational) root; radical


radicale

(mathematics, chemistry, linguistics) radical


radicale

radicale m or f by sense (plural radicali)

radicaleggiare

to favour/favor or tend towards radicalism

radicalmente

radically, completely, drastically, dramatically


negoziante

negoziante m or f by sense (plural negozianti)


superficiale

superficiale m or f by sense (plural superficiali)


fondamento

fondamento m (plural fondamenti m or (building foundations) fondamenta f)

fondamenti (masculine plural)
fondamenta (feminine plural)

→ English: fondamento

(architecture, usually in the plural) foundations, groundwork


laburista

laburista m or f by sense (masculine plural laburisti, feminine plural laburiste)

laburisti (masculine plural)
laburiste (feminine plural)


gesta

(literary, humorous) deeds, exploits, achievements


Elena

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen


melodramma

→ English: melodrama

→ Russian: мелодра́ма (melodráma)

A compound of melo- + dramma (“drama”); representing the Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “music”, “song”) and δρᾶμα (drâma, “deed”, “theatrical act”).


ribelle

it-noun

ribelle m or f by sense (plural ribelli)


cavalcavia

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


gesti

(archaic, plural only) exploits, adventures


maldicente

it-noun

maldicente m or f by sense (plural maldicenti)

mal(e) (“evil, wrong”) + dicente (“sayer, saying”), on the example of Latin maledicēns.


Maldive

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


finlandese

it-noun

finlandese m or f by sense (plural finlandesi)


ungherese

ungherese m or f by sense (plural ungheresi)


lettone

lettone m or f by sense (plural lettoni)


maltese

maltese m or f by sense (plural maltesi)

→ Turkish: Maltız


portoghese

portoghese m or f by sense (plural portoghesi)

Sense “free rider” from the expression fare il portoghese, from spectacles organized by the Portuguese embassy in Rome that were free for anyone declaring to be Portuguese (18th c.).

entrare alla portoghese

to gatecrash (literally, “to enter as a free rider”)


portoghese

a Portuguese vine that produces red grapes


strisce pedonali

zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, crosswalk


portavoce

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


azionista

it-noun

azionista m or f by sense (masculine plural azionisti, feminine plural azioniste)

azionisti (masculine plural)
azioniste (feminine plural)

(finance) shareholder, investor, stockholder


assistente

assistente m or f by sense (plural assistenti)

(computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)


fisionomista

fisionomista m or f by sense (masculine plural fisionomisti, feminine plural fisionomiste)

fisionomisti (masculine plural)
fisionomiste (feminine plural)


liberale

liberale m or f by sense (plural liberali)

From Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”).


praticante

praticante m or f by sense (plural praticanti)


amalgama

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “I soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).


cacciavite

it-noun

cacciavite m (plural cacciaviti or invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to drive in, to shove”) + vite (“screw”).


tantra

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.


colpevole

it-noun

colpevole m or f by sense (plural colpevoli)


onorevole

onorevole m or f by sense (plural onorevoli)

Borrowed from Latin honōrābilis, remodelled with the suffix -evole. Doublet of onorabile.

honourable/honorable (term of address for past and present members of the Italian Parliament)


musicista

musicista m or f by sense (masculine plural musicisti, feminine plural musiciste)

musicisti (masculine plural)
musiciste (feminine plural)


analfabeta

analfabeta m or f by sense (masculine plural analfabeti, feminine plural analfabete)

analfabeti (masculine plural)
analfabete (feminine plural)


veggente

veggente m or f by sense (plural veggenti)


esponente

esponente m or f by sense (plural esponenti)


proponente

proponente m or f by sense (plural proponenti)


convalescente

convalescente m or f by sense (plural convalescenti)


hinduista

hinduista m or f by sense (masculine plural hinduisti, feminine plural hinduiste)

hinduisti (masculine plural)
hinduiste (feminine plural)


sensale

sensale m or f by sense (plural sensali)

Borrowed from Arabic سِمْسار (simsār), from Persian سپسار (sapsâr), both meaning “mediator”.
Compare Sicilian sinzali.

(by extension) matchmaker (arranger of marriages)


estremista

estremista m or f by sense (masculine plural estremisti, feminine plural estremiste)

estremisti (masculine plural)
estremiste (feminine plural)


londinese

londinese m or f by sense (plural londinesi)

From Latin Londīnēnsis, from Londīnium (“London”) + -ēnsis (“ese”). Compare Italian Londra, -ese. Cognate to Spanish londinense.

Londoner, Londonite (native or inhabitant of London)


concedente

concedente m or f by sense (plural concedenti)

a landowner whose land is subject to emphyteusis


conoscente

conoscente m or f by sense (plural conoscenti)


concorrente

concorrente m or f by sense (plural concorrenti)


ricorrente

ricorrente m or f by sense (plural ricorrenti)


Armando

a male given name, feminine equivalent Armanda, equivalent to English Herman; variant form Ermanno


Armando

a surname transferred from the given name


fuso

fuso m (plural fusi m or (archaic except in fixed expressions) fusa f)

fusi (masculine plural)
fusa (archaic feminine plural)

unk

unclear


discendente

it-noun

discendente m or f by sense (plural discendenti)


Reagan

A surname and female given name in English


Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer


alchimista

alchimista m or f by sense (masculine plural alchimisti, feminine plural alchimiste)

alchimisti (masculine plural)
alchimiste (feminine plural)


prepotente

prepotente m or f by sense (plural prepotenti)

From Latin praepotentem, form of praepotēns (“very powerful”).


parassita

it-adj

parassita (masculine plural parassiti, feminine plural parassite)

parassiti (masculine plural)
parassite (feminine plural)

From Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”).


pesticida

it-adj

pesticida (masculine plural pesticidi, feminine plural pesticide)

pesticidi (masculine plural)
pesticide (feminine plural)


contendente

it-noun

contendente m or f by sense (plural contendenti)


pretendente

pretendente m or f by sense (plural pretendenti)


sopraintendente

sopraintendente m or f by sense (plural sopraintendenti)


soprintendente

soprintendente m or f by sense (plural soprintendenti)


sovraintendente

sovraintendente m or f by sense (plural sovraintendenti)


sovrintendente

sovrintendente m or f by sense (plural sovrintendenti)


extraterrestre

extraterrestre m or f by sense (plural extraterrestri)


fungicida

it-adj

fungicida (masculine plural fungicidi, feminine plural fungicide)

fungicidi (masculine plural)
fungicide (feminine plural)


reggente

it-noun

reggente m or f by sense (plural reggenti)

From Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns.


convivente

convivente m or f by sense (plural conviventi)


contraente

contraente m or f by sense (plural contraenti)


tamandua

Borrowed from translingual Tamandua, of Tupian origin.


capellone

capellone m or f by sense (plural capelloni)


midollo

midollo m (plural (collective or figurative meanings) midolla f or (literal meaning) midolli m)

midolla (collective feminine figuratively plural)
midolli (masculine plural)

From midolla, from Latin medulla, or through a Vulgar Latin form *medullum. Compare Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Catalan moll.

Il freddo mi entra nelle midolla.


farista

farista m or f by sense (masculine plural faristi, feminine plural fariste)

faristi (masculine plural)
fariste (feminine plural)


camorra

From a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).

(singular only) Camorra (crime organization from Naples)


gerarca

Borrowed from Medieval Latin hierarcha, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs, “high priest”).


camorrista

it-noun

camorrista m or f by sense (masculine plural camorristi, feminine plural camorriste)

camorristi (masculine plural)
camorriste (feminine plural)

Camorrista; Camorrist (member of the Camorra)


economista

economista m or f by sense (masculine plural economisti, feminine plural economiste)

economisti (masculine plural)
economiste (feminine plural)


squadrista

squadrista m or f by sense (masculine plural squadristi, feminine plural squadriste)

squadristi (masculine plural)
squadriste (feminine plural)

→ English: squadrista


nazionalsocialista

it-adj

nazionalsocialista (masculine plural nazionalsocialisti, feminine plural nazionalsocialiste)

nazionalsocialisti (masculine plural)
nazionalsocialiste (feminine plural)


farmacista

it-noun

farmacista m or f by sense (masculine plural farmacisti, feminine plural farmaciste)

farmacisti (masculine plural)
farmaciste (feminine plural)


nazionalista

nazionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural nazionalisti, feminine plural nazionaliste)

nazionalisti (masculine plural)
nazionaliste (feminine plural)


statista

statista m or f by sense (masculine plural statisti, feminine plural statiste)

statisti (masculine plural)
statiste (feminine plural)


protagonista

protagonista m or f by sense (masculine plural protagonisti, feminine plural protagoniste)

protagonisti (masculine plural)
protagoniste (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs).

der

πρωταγωνιστής


offerente

it-noun

offerente m or f by sense (plural offerenti)


sofferente

sofferente m or f by sense (plural sofferenti)


duca

duca m (plural duchi, feminine duchessa)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka)
Turkish: duka

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka, accusative of δούξ (doúx)), in turn borrowed from Latin ducem. See also the likewise borrowed doublets duce and doge.

bor+

accusative of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δούξ</i> (doúx)


granduca

→ Ottoman Turkish: غراندوقه (granduka)

Turkish: granduka

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


tuoi

(informal, with definite article) "your parents"


aderente

it-noun

aderente m or f by sense (plural aderenti)


Ferrari

From Ferraro, doublet of ferraio (“smith”).

(automotive) an Italian car manufacturer


battista

battista m or f by sense (masculine plural battisti, feminine plural battiste)

battisti (masculine plural)
battiste (feminine plural)

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).


stemma

From Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).


cefaludese

cefaludese m or f by sense (plural cefaludesi)


Cefalù

Inherited from Latin Cephaloedium, from Ancient Greek Κεφαλοίδιον (Kephaloídion).


patriota

it-noun

patriota m or f by sense (masculine plural patrioti, feminine plural patriote)

patrioti (masculine plural)
patriote (feminine plural)


ospitante

ospitante m or f by sense (plural ospitanti)


diciottenne

diciottenne m or f by sense (plural diciottenni)


sherpa

Borrowed from English sherpa, from Tibetan ཤར་པ། (shar pa, “easterner”).

Sherpa (member of a Himalayan ethnic group)


uliva

Alternative form of oliva (“olive”) (fruit)


uliva

Alternative form of oliva (“olive”) (color/colour)


uliva

Alternative form of oliva (“olive-green”)


principiante

principiante m or f by sense (plural principianti)


epos

Borrowed from Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos).

(rare) an event considered appropriate to an epic


Vespri siciliani

i Vespri siciliani (canonical masculine plural)

the rebellion known as the Sicilian Vespers


sarcofago

sarcofago m (plural sarcofaghi or sarcofagi)


idolatra

idolatra m or f by sense (masculine plural idolatri, feminine plural idolatre)

idolatri (masculine plural)
idolatre (feminine plural)

Haplology from Late Latin īdōlolatrēs, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολᾰ́τρης (eidōlolắtrēs).

der

εἰδωλολᾰ́τρης

Fatto v'avete dio d'oro e d'argento; ¶ e che altro è da voi a l'idolatre, ¶ se non ch'elli uno, e voi ne orate cento?

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, lines 112–114:

Ye have made yourselves a god of gold and silver; ¶ and from the idolater how differ ye, ¶ save that he one, and ye a hundred worship?


sopracciglio

it-noun

sopracciglio m (plural sopracciglia f or sopraccigli m)

sopracciglia (feminine plural)
sopraccigli (masculine plural)

Formed from sopra- + ciglio, based on Latin supercilium.


babilonese

babilonese m or f by sense (plural babilonesi)

Babylonian (native or inhabitant of Babylon)


capobranco

capobranco m or f by sense (masculine plural capibranco, feminine plural invariable)

the leader (dominant animal) of a pack (especially a male one); alpha male


comportamentalista

comportamentalista m or f by sense (masculine plural comportamentalisti, feminine plural comportamentaliste)

comportamentalisti (masculine plural)
comportamentaliste (feminine plural)


sbatti

sbatti m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

Non c'ho sbatti.

(colloquial, slang) will to do something


paesaggista

paesaggista m or f by sense (masculine plural paesaggisti, feminine plural paesaggiste)

paesaggisti (masculine plural)
paesaggiste (feminine plural)


tosaerba

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


Arborio

Most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.

A town in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, famous for its rice production


continentale

it-noun

continentale m or f by sense (plural continentali)

continental (someone from the continent, especially relative to someone from an island, e.g. Great Britain)


Montepulciano

monte + pulciano, personal name, from dialectal Pulsa, from Latin publicianus, variant of publicius, from publicus and ultimately Etruscan.

a variety of grape, cultivated in the Marche, Abruzzi and Apulia; a red wine made from these grapes (more usually uncapitalised/uncapitalized as montepulciano)


Montalcino

either of two fine red wines made in the region of this town


Barbaresco

A town in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont


Barolo

Possibly from a Celtic compound meaning “low place”. Cognate with Piedmontese Bareul.


reuma

Borrowed from Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), derived from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).


porpora

From Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).


gattinara

After the town of Gattinara, the production center.

(usually uncountable) a red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes in the region of Vercelli


malvivente

malvivente m or f by sense (plural malviventi)


Valpolicella

a dry red wine made in the region of Verona from various local grape varieties and consequently of variable quality


referente

referente m or f by sense (plural referenti)


anglosassone

anglosassone m or f by sense (plural anglosassoni)


enfiteuta

enfiteuta m or f by sense (masculine plural enfiteuti, feminine plural enfiteute)

enfiteuti (masculine plural)
enfiteute (feminine plural)

a person who holds the right of enfiteusi


individualista

individualista m or f by sense (masculine plural individualisti, feminine plural individualiste)

individualisti (masculine plural)
individualiste (feminine plural)


fittabile

fittabile m or f by sense (plural fittabili)


seguace

seguace m or f by sense (plural seguaci)

From Latin sequāx (“following”). Cognate with Spanish secuaz and Portuguese sequaz.

un seguace dell'esistenzialismo

Simone de Beauvoir, fervente seguace di Jean Paul Sartre

Simone de Beauvoir, fervent follower of Jean Paul Sartre


abbiente

abbiente m or f by sense (plural abbienti)

From Latin habentem, present active participle of habeō (“have, hold, possess”). The geminate /bb/ could reflect transmission via an old Italian abbere (variant of avere), analogy with the regular subjunctive form abbia (< Latin habeam), or simply an independent gemination before /j/.

Gli abbienti e i non abbienti


colonialista

colonialista m or f by sense (masculine plural colonialisti, feminine plural colonialiste)

colonialisti (masculine plural)
colonialiste (feminine plural)


dinamo

dynamo-electric machine
dynamo-electric machine

(engineering, electricity) dynamo, dynamo-electric machine


Nicolai

From the personal name Nicolao, variant of Nicola.


simpatizzante

simpatizzante m or f by sense (plural simpatizzanti)


portabagagli

portabagagli m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + bagagli (“baggage, luggage”).


paracadutista

it-noun

paracadutista m or f by sense (masculine plural paracadutisti, feminine plural paracadutiste)

paracadutisti (masculine plural)
paracadutiste (feminine plural)


urlo

urlo m (plural (of humans) urla f or (of animals, also sometimes of humans when not considered collectively) urli m, diminutive urlétto, augmentative (rare) urlóne, pejorative urlàccio)

urla (feminine plural)
urli (also masculine plural sometimes)
urlétto (diminutive)
urlóne (augmentative rare)
urlàccio (pejorative)


anatema

From Late Latin anathema, from Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema).


guardiamarina

From guardia (“guard”) + marina (“coast, navy”).


caporale

it-noun

caporale m or f by sense (plural caporali)

Probably based on Latin corpus (“body (of troops)”)

illegal employer of agricultural workers for little pay


sfidante

sfidante m or f by sense (plural sfidanti)


editorialista

editorialista m or f by sense (masculine plural editorialisti, feminine plural editorialiste)

editorialisti (masculine plural)
editorialiste (feminine plural)


donante

donante m or f by sense (plural donanti)


druida

druida m or f by sense (masculine plural druidi, feminine plural druide)

druidi (masculine plural)
druide (feminine plural)


etra

From Latin aethra, from Ancient Greek αἴθρα (aíthra), akin to αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “air; ether”).

Noi l’insueto allor gaudio ravviva,
quando per l’etra liquido si volve
e per li campi trepidanti il flutto
polveroso de’ Noti […]

1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Canti_(Leopardi_-_Donati).djvu), Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 40, lines 8–11:

For us an unaccustomed joy revives only when the dust-filled flow of the south-wind blows through the liquid air and over the quivering fields


miserabile

miserabile m or f by sense (plural miserabili)

Borrowed from Latin miserābilis, derived from miseror (“to have pity”). By surface analysis, misero + -abile.
Doublet of miserevole.


mutande

From Latin mūtandae, from mūtandus (“which is to be changed”).


omicida

omicida m or f by sense (masculine plural omicidi, feminine plural omicide)

omicidi (masculine plural)
omicide (feminine plural)


pegno

pegno m (plural pegni or (archaic) pegnora f)

pegni (plural)
pegnora (archaic feminine plural)


pigiama

Borrowed from English pyjamas, pajamas, from Urdu پایجامه (pāyjāma)/Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه (pâyjâma), پاجامه (pâjâma, “leg garment”).


purista

purista m or f by sense (masculine plural puristi, feminine plural puriste)

puristi (masculine plural)
puriste (feminine plural)


sorvegliante

sorvegliante m or f by sense (plural sorveglianti)


supplicante

supplicante m or f by sense (plural supplicanti)


tassista

tassista m or f by sense (masculine plural tassisti, feminine plural tassiste)

tassisti (masculine plural)
tassiste (feminine plural)


unionista

unionista m or f by sense (masculine plural unionisti, feminine plural unioniste)

unionisti (masculine plural)
unioniste (feminine plural)


apprendista

apprendista m or f by sense (masculine plural apprendisti, feminine plural apprendiste)

apprendisti (masculine plural)
apprendiste (feminine plural)


attivista

attivista m or f by sense (masculine plural attivisti, feminine plural attiviste)

attivisti (masculine plural)
attiviste (feminine plural)


camerata

camerata m or f by sense (masculine plural camerati, feminine plural camerate)

camerati (masculine plural)
camerate (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish camarada (“comrade”), from cámara (“chamber”) derived from Latin camera (“chamber”).


camionista

it-noun

camionista m or f by sense (masculine plural camionisti, feminine plural camioniste)

camionisti (masculine plural)
camioniste (feminine plural)


elettricista

elettricista m or f by sense (masculine plural elettricisti, feminine plural elettriciste)

elettricisti (masculine plural)
elettriciste (feminine plural)


eremita

eremita m or f by sense (masculine plural eremiti, feminine plural eremite)

eremiti (masculine plural)
eremite (feminine plural)

→ Hungarian: remete

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


populista

populista m or f by sense (masculine plural populisti, feminine plural populiste)

populisti (masculine plural)
populiste (feminine plural)


flagellante

flagellante m or f by sense (plural flagellanti)


ganghista

ganghista m or f by sense (masculine plural ganghisti, feminine plural ganghiste)

ganghisti (masculine plural)
ganghiste (feminine plural)


guardaroba

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

it-verb-obj

(furniture) wardrobe (movable furniture for storing clothes)


manico

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).


mendicante

it-noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicanti)


motociclista

motociclista m or f by sense (masculine plural motociclisti, feminine plural motocicliste)

motociclisti (masculine plural)
motocicliste (feminine plural)

From moto- + ciclista or motociclo + -ista.


nordista

nordista m or f by sense (masculine plural nordisti, feminine plural nordiste)

nordisti (masculine plural)
nordiste (feminine plural)


orefice

orefice m or f by sense (plural orefici)


otaku

First recorded in 1992: from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

(fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)


Barbarossa

A nickname, from barba (“beard”) + rossa (“red”).


Siri

Patronymic surname from the personal name Siro.


bamba

(dialectal, Milan) naive person, fool, idiot


secessionista

secessionista m or f by sense (masculine plural secessionisti, feminine plural secessioniste)

secessionisti (masculine plural)
secessioniste (feminine plural)


astronauta

astronauta m or f by sense (masculine plural astronauti, feminine plural astronaute)

astronauti (masculine plural)
astronaute (feminine plural)


sosia

From Amphitruo, a comedy by the Roman playwright Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), in which doubling is the major theme: both the title character and his slave, Sosia, are doubled by the gods Jupiter and Mercury, in order to enable Jupiter to make love to Amphitruo's wife.


stracci

(plural only) a type of cannelloni shaped pasta farced with stuffing of chopped veal, tomato sauce, onions, carrots, olive oil, salt, pepper, pecorino cheese, scamorza cheese, celery


strizzacervelli

strizzacervelli m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of strizza (“to squeeze, to squash”) + cervelli (“brains”).

it-verb-obj

(informal) shrink (psychiatrist or psychoanalyst)


telegrafista

it-noun

telegrafista m or f by sense (masculine plural telegrafisti, feminine plural telegrafiste)

telegrafisti (masculine plural)
telegrafiste (feminine plural)


tessile

tessile m or f by sense (plural tessili)


tirapiedi

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) + piedi (“feet”).


nederlandese

it-noun

nederlandese m or f by sense (plural nederlandesi)


neerlandese

neerlandese m or f by sense (plural neerlandesi)

Borrowed from French néerlandais, remodelled to include the native suffix -ese.


trafficante

trafficante m or f by sense (plural trafficanti)

From trafficare + -ante. Cognate with Piedmontese traficant.


umanoide

umanoide m or f by sense (plural umanoidi)


anormale

anormale m or f by sense (plural anormali)


assioma

From Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ἀξιόω (axióō, “to think fit or worthy, require, demand”), from ἄξιος (áxios, “worthy, fit”, literally “weighing as much as, of like value”), from ἄγω (ágō, “I drive”).


vertici

(Marxism, plural only) commanding heights


aspirante

it-noun

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspiranti)

From aspira(re) (“to aspirate”, “to aspire”) + -ante (“present participle suffix”).


attaccabrighe

it-noun

attaccabrighe m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of attacca (“to attack”) + brighe (“trouble(s)”).


nocciola

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


bipede

Borrowed from Latin bipedem, derived from bi- (“two”) + pēs (“foot”).

[…] nella ragione di quelle cose, che sono nella diffinitiva ragione di alcuna cosa, […] non è mai la ragione di esso tutto, come nel bipede la ragione dell’huomo

1551, “Libro primo, Cap. 3 [First Book, Chapter 3]”, in La phisica di Aristotile, Venice, translation of Φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως (Phusikês akroáseōs) by Aristotle, page 8:

In the reason of those things which exist as the ultimate reason of any thing, there's never the whole thing, as in the biped the reason of man.


bolscevico

it-adj

bolscevico (feminine bolscevica, masculine plural bolscevichi or bolscevici, feminine plural bolsceviche)

bolscevica (feminine)
bolscevichi (masculine plural)
bolscevici (masculine plural)
bolsceviche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), derived from бо́льше (bólʹše, “larger, greater”), comparative degree of большо́й (bolʹšój, “big, large”).

bor+

Se gli alleati avessero la debolezza o l’imprudenza di agire così, smentirebbero in primo luogo i principî di giustizia e di diritto, che formano la loro forza e il loro onore e darebbero alla propaganda bolscevica nel mondo una potenza di cui rischierebbero di essere le prime vittime.

1918 March, “Movimento per la dichiarazione dei diritti dei popoli [Movement for the declaration of rights of the peoples]”, in I diritti dei popoli - Rivista trimestrale per l'organizzazione giuridica della società internazionale [The rights of the peoples - Trimonthly magazine for the legal organization of the international society], Rome: Tipografia del Senato, I Diritti dei popoli e l'anarchia bolscevica in Russia [The rights of the peoples, and the Bolshevik anarchy in Russia], page 315:

If the Allied Forces were to be so weak or careless as to act this way, they would firstly deny the principles of justice and law—which form their strength and their honor—and would give the Bolshevik propaganda around the world a power of which they would risk being the first victims.


bolscevico

it-noun

bolscevico m (plural bolscevichi or bolscevici, feminine bolscevica)

bolscevichi (plural)
bolscevici (plural)
bolscevica (feminine)

Nello stesso tempo in cui si diffama la rivoluzione russa e i bolscevichi, vediamo la stampa accarezzare l’Ucraina, quella che ha voluto, e che, per la prima volta, ha firmato la pace separata.

1918 February 19, Arturo Caroti, quotee, “Tornata di martedì 19 febbraio 1918 [Session of Tuesday, February 19, 1918]” (chapter 304), in Atti del parlamento italiano - Camera dei deputati: sessione 1913–1918 (Iª della XXIV Legislatura) - Discussioni, volume 15, Rome: Tipografia della Camera dei deputati, Seguito della discussione intorno alle comunicazioni del Governo [Follow-up of discussion about the Government's communications], page 15877:

At the same time when the Russian Revolution and the Bolsheviks are being defamed, we see the press caressing Ukraine, the one that wanted, and first signed, a separate peace treaty.

Товарищи! Один русский большевик, участвовавший в революции 1905 года и затем много лет проведший в вашей стране, предложил мне взять на себя доставку моего письма к вам.

1919 [1918 August 20], anonymous translator, Lettera ai lavoratori americani [Letter to the American workers], translation of Письмо́ к америка́нским рабо́чим [Pis'mó k amerikánskim rabóčim] by Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов [Vladímir Il'íč Ul'jánov] (in Russian):

Comrades! A Russian Bolshevik, who took part in the 1905 revolution, and then spent many years in your country, has offered to get this letter of mine to you.


invasioni barbariche

Literally, “barbarian invasions”, because Italy (Rome) was the subject of the 'invasion'.


caporeparto

caporeparto m or f by sense (masculine plural capireparto, feminine plural invariable)


commercialista

commercialista m or f by sense (masculine plural commercialisti, feminine plural commercialiste)

commercialisti (masculine plural)
commercialiste (feminine plural)

chartered accountant
chartered accountant


Rinaldo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.

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


encefalogramma

encefalogramma m (plural encefalogrammi)


esule

I tuoi esuli parlano lingue straniere, si addormentano soli sognando i tuoi cieli. Si ritrovano persi in paesi lontani a cantare una terra di profughi e santi.

1994, Modena City Ramblers (lyrics and music), “In un giorno di pioggia”, in Riportando tutto a casa:

Your [Ireland's] emigrants speak foreign languages, they fall asleep alone dreaming your skies. They find themselves lost in countries far away singing [about] a land of refugees and saints.


fauci

Borrowed from Latin faucēs (“mouth; opening”). Doublet of foce.


ateista

it-noun

ateista m or f by sense (masculine plural ateisti, feminine plural ateiste)

ateisti (masculine plural)
ateiste (feminine plural)


fetente

fetente m or f by sense (plural fetenti)


buddhista

buddhista m or f by sense (masculine plural buddhisti, feminine plural buddhiste)

buddhisti (masculine plural)
buddhiste (feminine plural)


impudente

impudente m or f by sense (plural impudenti)

Borrowed from Latin impudentem, derived from pudēns, present active participle of pudeō (“to be ashamed”).


minorenne

minorenne m or f by sense (plural minorenni)


oppressore

oppressore m or f by sense (plural oppressori)


parabrezza

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + brezza (“breeze”).


pellerossa

it-noun

pellerossa m or f by sense (usually invariable, plural pellirosse)


pezzente

pezzente m or f by sense (plural pezzenti)

From the present participle of pezzire, from (Old) Neapolitan pezzire, from Vulgar Latin *petīre, from Latin petere.


adenocarcinoma

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomi)


possidente

possidente m or f by sense (plural possidenti)


predecessore

predecessore m or f by sense (plural predecessori, feminine predecessora)

predecessori (plural)
predecessora (feminine)


-ante

it-adj

-ante (adjective-forming suffix, plural -anti)

it-noun

-ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -anti)

-ante -ante (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)
-anti (plural)

abitare (“to inhabit”) + -ante → abitante (“inhabitant”)

cantare (“to sing”) + -ante → cantante (“singer”)

added to verbs to form agentive adjectives and agent nouns


Lia

From Latin Līa, itself from Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).


postulante

postulante m or f by sense (plural postulanti)


razzista

razzista m or f by sense (masculine plural razzisti, feminine plural razziste)

razzisti (masculine plural)
razziste (feminine plural)


realista

realista m or f by sense (masculine plural realisti, feminine plural realiste)

realisti (masculine plural)
realiste (feminine plural)


realista

it-adj

realista (masculine plural realisti, feminine plural realiste)


regnante

it-noun

regnante m or f by sense (plural regnanti)


ribolla

ribolla f or m (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural ribolle)

Perhaps from Latin rubeolus, rubellus (“reddish”), due to the ancient name of the red grape variety.


parallelogramma

parallelogramma m (plural parallelogrammi)


acquavite

acquavite f (plural acquaviti or acqueviti)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aqua vītae (literally “water of life”). Compare French eau-de-vie and Irish uisce beatha.

bor+

generic name for many highly alcoholic beverages


apripista

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


apripista

(figurative, by extension) trailblazer, pioneer


poggiatesta

Verb-object compound, composed of poggia (“to lean, to rest”) + testa (“head”).


tossicomane

it-noun

tossicomane m or f by sense (plural tossicomani)


internauta

internauta m or f by sense (masculine plural internauti, feminine plural internaute)

internauti (masculine plural)
internaute (feminine plural)

From internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”). Calque of English internaut.


mutuante

mutuante m or f by sense (plural mutuanti)

mortgage-lender (bank or similar society)


neofita

neofita m or f by sense (masculine plural neofiti, feminine plural neofite)

neofiti (masculine plural)
neofite (feminine plural)


antagonista

antagonista m or f by sense (masculine plural antagonisti, feminine plural antagoniste)

antagonisti (masculine plural)
antagoniste (feminine plural)

→ Maltese: antagonista

Borrowed from Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai, “to antagonize”).

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


antagonista

it-adj

antagonista (masculine plural antagonisti, feminine plural antagoniste)

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


cenobita

cenobite (monk who lives in a religious community)


pronipote

it-noun

pronipote m or f by sense (plural pronipoti)


balbuziente

Borrowed from Latin balbūtientem, present participle of balbūtiō.


balbuziente

balbuziente m or f by sense (plural balbuzienti)


automa

Borrowed from Latin automaton, from Ancient Greek.


trapezista

trapezista m or f by sense (masculine plural trapezisti, feminine plural trapeziste)

trapezisti (masculine plural)
trapeziste (feminine plural)


espropriante

espropriante m or f by sense (plural esproprianti)

(law) expropriator (one who expropriates)


eritema

From Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”).


berlinese

it-noun

berlinese m or f by sense (plural berlinesi)

Berlinese, Berliner (native or inhabitant of Berlin)


frisone

frisone m or f by sense (plural frisoni)

Frisian (native or inhabitant of Frisia)


tradizionalista

tradizionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural tradizionalisti, feminine plural tradizionaliste)

tradizionalisti (masculine plural)
tradizionaliste (feminine plural)


fondamentalista

fondamentalista m or f by sense (masculine plural fondamentalisti, feminine plural fondamentaliste)

fondamentalisti (masculine plural)
fondamentaliste (feminine plural)


attrezzista

attrezzista m or f by sense (masculine plural attrezzisti, feminine plural attrezziste)

attrezzisti (masculine plural)
attrezziste (feminine plural)

(theater, film) property master (person in charge of props in the theatre etc.)


caratterista

caratterista m or f by sense (masculine plural caratteristi, feminine plural caratteriste)

caratteristi (masculine plural)
caratteriste (feminine plural)


cineasta

cineasta m or f by sense (masculine plural cineasti, feminine plural cineaste)

cineasti (masculine plural)
cineaste (feminine plural)


costumista

costumista m or f by sense (masculine plural costumisti, feminine plural costumiste)

costumisti (masculine plural)
costumiste (feminine plural)

costume designer or maker (film, theatre etc.)


dialoghista

dialoghista m or f by sense (masculine plural dialoghisti, feminine plural dialoghiste)

dialoghisti (masculine plural)
dialoghiste (feminine plural)


microfonista

microfonista m or f by sense (masculine plural microfonisti, feminine plural microfoniste)

microfonisti (masculine plural)
microfoniste (feminine plural)


proiezionista

proiezionista m or f by sense (masculine plural proiezionisti, feminine plural proiezioniste)

proiezionisti (masculine plural)
proiezioniste (feminine plural)


rumorista

rumorista m or f by sense (masculine plural rumoristi, feminine plural rumoriste)

rumoristi (masculine plural)
rumoriste (feminine plural)


sionista

sionista m or f by sense (masculine plural sionisti, feminine plural sioniste)

sionisti (masculine plural)
sioniste (feminine plural)


Fano

A coastal town in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy


Fano

a habitational surname, derived from the above town or others of a similar name


stratagemma

From Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma).


strido

strido m (plural strida f or (less common) stridi m)

strida (feminine plural)
stridi (masculine plural uncommon)

Deverbal from stridere (“to shreak, scream”) + -o.


sistema linfatico

it-noun

sistema linfatico m (plural sistemi linfatici)


terapista

terapista m or f by sense (masculine plural terapisti, feminine plural terapiste)

terapisti (masculine plural)
terapiste (feminine plural)


capotasto

capotasto m (plural capotasti or (less common) capitasti)

capotasti (plural)
capitasti (plural uncommon)

→ English: capotasto


toccasana

Verb-verb compound, composed of tocca (“touch”) + sana (“heal”).


sistema solare

it-noun

sistema solare m (plural sistemi solari)


manciù

Borrowed from English Manchu, from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju).


mandolinista

mandolinista m or f by sense (masculine plural mandolinisti, feminine plural mandoliniste)

mandolinisti (masculine plural)
mandoliniste (feminine plural)


umanista

umanista m or f by sense (masculine plural umanisti, feminine plural umaniste)

umanisti (masculine plural)
umaniste (feminine plural)


viandante

viandante m or f by sense (plural viandanti)

Compound of via + andante. Cognate with Piedmontese viandant.


violinista

violinista m or f by sense (masculine plural violinisti, feminine plural violiniste)

violinisti (masculine plural)
violiniste (feminine plural)


viscere

(chiefly anatomy or ancient divination) internal organ


eritema solare

eritema solare m (plural eritemi solari)


plasma sanguigno

plasma sanguigno m (plural plasmi sanguigni)


Sani

Patronymic from the medieval personal name Sano.


birbante

birbante m or f by sense (plural birbanti)

→ Alemannic German: Birbant

→ Polish: birbant

From Old French briba, probably ultimately from Celtic; see also Breton breva.


cacasotto

From caca(rsi) + sotto, literally “someone who shits themselves”.

af

(vulgar, derogatory, slang) a very nervous or cowardly person


calcagno

it-noun

calcagno m (plural calcagni m or (in fixed expressions) calcagna f)

calcagni (masculine plural)
calcagna (feminine plural)


cannibale

cannibale m or f by sense (plural cannibali)

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno.


capolinea

terminus (of a bus, tram or train route)


sistema endocrino

sistema endocrino m (plural sistemi endocrini)


commediante

commediante m or f by sense (plural commedianti)


ebanista

ebanista m or f by sense (masculine plural ebanisti, feminine plural ebaniste)

ebanisti (masculine plural)
ebaniste (feminine plural)


aeroportuale

aeroportuale m or f by sense (plural aeroportuali)


bagnoschiuma

bagnoschiuma m (plural bagnischiuma or invariable)

bagnischiuma (plural)
invariable (plural)

bubble bath (an additive for a bath which forms foam)


bagnomaria

From Medieval Latin balneum Mariae (literally “Mary's bath”).

uder

a bagnomaria


genetista

it-noun

genetista m or f by sense (masculine plural genetisti, feminine plural genetiste)

genetisti (masculine plural)
genetiste (feminine plural)


dissidente

dissidente m or f by sense (plural dissidenti)


dodicenne

dodicenne m or f by sense (plural dodicenni)


dormiente

dormiente m or f by sense (plural dormienti)


Etna

Borrowed from Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


Etna

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)

(historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)


rugbista

it-noun

rugbista m or f by sense (masculine plural rugbisti, feminine plural rugbiste)

rugbisti (masculine plural)
rugbiste (feminine plural)


tossicodipendente

tossicodipendente m or f by sense (plural tossicodipendenti)

From tossico- (“toxi-”) + dipendente (“dependent, addicted”).


tennista

it-noun

tennista m or f by sense (masculine plural tennisti, feminine plural tenniste)

tennisti (masculine plural)
tenniste (feminine plural)


orchestrale

orchestrale m or f by sense (plural orchestrali)


quattordicenne

quattordicenne m or f by sense (plural quattordicenni)


quindicenne

quindicenne m or f by sense (plural quindicenni)


sedicenne

sedicenne m or f by sense (plural sedicenni)


tredicenne

tredicenne m or f by sense (plural tredicenni)


undicenne

undicenne m or f by sense (plural undicenni)


libanese

libanese m or f by sense (plural libanesi)


Manunta

a surname probably originating in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia


luna park

Belarusian: луна-парк m (luna-park)

Czech: lunapark m

Persian: لونا پارک (lunâ-pârk)

Hebrew: לונה פארק (luna park)

Macedonian: лунапарк (lunapark)

Polish: lunapark m

Russian: луна-па́рк (luna-párk)

Turkish: lunapark

From Luna Park, an amusement park in New York City (also exists in Sydney and Melbourne).


agente immobiliare

agente immobiliare m or f by sense (plural agenti immobiliari)

estate agent, realtor, real estate broker, real estate agent


patriarca

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).


opinionista

it-noun

opinionista m or f by sense (masculine plural opinionisti, feminine plural opinioniste)

opinionisti (masculine plural)
opinioniste (feminine plural)


lastrico

lastrico m (plural lastrici or lastrichi)

From Medieval Latin astracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shell, sherd”). Perhaps related to lastra.


altopiano

it-noun

altopiano m (plural altopiani or altipiani)


solista

it-adj

solista (masculine plural solisti, feminine plural soliste)

solisti (masculine plural)
soliste (feminine plural)


solista

it-noun

solista m or f by sense (masculine plural solisti, feminine plural soliste)


strumentista

strumentista m or f by sense (masculine plural strumentisti, feminine plural strumentiste)

strumentisti (masculine plural)
strumentiste (feminine plural)


lucidalabbra

Verb-object compound, composed of lucida (“to polish”) + labbra (“lips”).


supplente

it-noun

supplente m or f by sense (plural supplenti)


trombettista

trombettista m or f by sense (masculine plural trombettisti, feminine plural trombettiste)

trombettisti (masculine plural)
trombettiste (feminine plural)


ferramenta

From Vulgar Latin ferrāmenta, from the plural of Latin ferrāmentum.


fiscalista

fiscalista m or f by sense (masculine plural fiscalisti, feminine plural fiscaliste)

fiscalisti (masculine plural)
fiscaliste (feminine plural)


flautista

flautista m or f by sense (masculine plural flautisti, feminine plural flautiste)

flautisti (masculine plural)
flautiste (feminine plural)


cosmonauta

cosmonauta m or f by sense (masculine plural cosmonauti, feminine plural cosmonaute)

cosmonauti (masculine plural)
cosmonaute (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -nauta.


obbligazionista

it-noun

obbligazionista m or f by sense (masculine plural obbligazionisti, feminine plural obbligazioniste)

obbligazionisti (masculine plural)
obbligazioniste (feminine plural)


lattante

lattante m or f by sense (plural lattanti)


poppante

poppante m or f by sense (plural poppanti)


acquirente

acquirente m or f by sense (plural acquirenti)


capogruppo

capogruppo m or f by sense (masculine plural capigruppo, feminine plural invariable)


Jacuzzi

Originally Iacuzzi, the surname was misspelled with an initial J by an Ellis Island official. Related to Giacomo, along with many other spelling variants.


centauro

centauro m or f by sense (plural centauri)


rialzista

rialzista m or f by sense (masculine plural rialzisti, feminine plural rialziste)

rialzisti (masculine plural)
rialziste (feminine plural)

(economics) bull (investor who thinks markets will rise)


ribassista

ribassista m or f by sense (masculine plural ribassisti, feminine plural ribassiste)

ribassisti (masculine plural)
ribassiste (feminine plural)

(economics) bear (investor who thinks markets will fall)


abortista

abortista m or f by sense (masculine plural abortisti, feminine plural abortiste)

abortisti (masculine plural)
abortiste (feminine plural)


giramondo

Verb-object compound, composed of gira (“to turn”) + mondo (“world”).


guastafeste

it-noun

guastafeste m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of guasta (“to ruin, to damage”) + feste (“parties”).

it-verb-obj

spoilsport, killjoy, party pooper, buzzkill


mangiapane

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


mangiapreti

it-noun

mangiapreti m or f by sense (invariable)

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


darwinista

it-noun

darwinista m or f by sense (masculine plural darwinisti, feminine plural darwiniste)

darwinisti (masculine plural)
darwiniste (feminine plural)


taxista

taxista m or f by sense (masculine plural taxisti, feminine plural taxiste)

taxisti (masculine plural)
taxiste (feminine plural)


Sirio

From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios).


incivile

incivile m or f by sense (plural incivili)


diciassettenne

diciassettenne m or f by sense (plural diciassettenni)


diciannovenne

diciannovenne m or f by sense (plural diciannovenni)


ventenne

ventenne m or f by sense (plural ventenni)


centenne

centenne m or f by sense (plural centenni)


cinquenne

cinquenne m or f by sense (plural cinquenni)

From cinque (“five”) + -enne (“-year-old”), on the example of Latin quinquennis.


seienne

seienne m or f by sense (plural seienni)


settenne

settenne m or f by sense (plural settenni)


novenne

novenne m or f by sense (plural novenni)


manicurista

manicurista m or f by sense (masculine plural manicuristi, feminine plural manicuriste)

manicuristi (masculine plural)
manicuriste (feminine plural)


manierista

manierista m or f by sense (masculine plural manieristi, feminine plural manieriste)

manieristi (masculine plural)
manieriste (feminine plural)


allarmista

allarmista m or f by sense (masculine plural allarmisti, feminine plural allarmiste)

allarmisti (masculine plural)
allarmiste (feminine plural)


cipriota

cipriota m or f by sense (masculine plural ciprioti, feminine plural cipriote)

ciprioti (masculine plural)
cipriote (feminine plural)


etiope

Borrowed from Latin Aethiopem, from Ancient Greek.


nicaraguense

nicaraguense m or f by sense (plural nicaraguensi)


panamense

panamense m or f by sense (plural panamensi)


tagliaerba

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


Filippine

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Sudafrica

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


lussemburghese

it-noun

lussemburghese m or f by sense (plural lussemburghesi)


camerunense

camerunense m or f by sense (plural camerunensi)


thailandese

thailandese m or f by sense (plural thailandesi)


ugandese

ugandese m or f by sense (plural ugandesi)


cingalese

cingalese m or f by sense (plural cingalesi)


srilankese

srilankese m or f by sense (plural srilankesi)


zairese

zairese m or f by sense (plural zairesi)


sanmarinese

sanmarinese m or f by sense (plural sanmarinesi)


ruandese

ruandese m or f by sense (plural ruandesi)


omanita

omanita m or f by sense (masculine plural omaniti, feminine plural omanite)

omaniti (masculine plural)
omanite (feminine plural)


androide

androide m or f by sense (plural androidi)


bengalese

Bengali (of, from or relating to Bengal (region divided between India and Bangladesh))


bengalese

bengalese m or f by sense (plural bengalesi)

Bangladeshi (native or inhabitant of Bangladesh)

Bengali (native or inhabitant of Bengal (region divided between India and Bangladesh))


gabonese

gabonese m or f by sense (plural gabonesi)


ghanese

ghanese m or f by sense (plural ghanesi)


burundese

burundese m or f by sense (plural burundesi)


Figi

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Comore

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


qatariota

qatariota m or f by sense (masculine plural qatarioti, feminine plural qatariote)

qatarioti (masculine plural)
qatariote (feminine plural)


bhutanese

bhutanese m or f by sense (plural bhutanesi)


latitante

latitante m or f by sense (plural latitanti)


Emirati Arabi Uniti

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


bretone

bretone m or f by sense (plural bretoni)

From Latin Brittōnem (“Briton; Breton”).

Breton (native or inhabitant of Brittany)


liceale

(relational) lyceum (related to an Italian liceo or non-Italian equivalent)


liceale

liceale m or f by sense (plural liceali)


lobbista

lobbista m or f by sense (masculine plural lobbisti, feminine plural lobbiste)

lobbisti (masculine plural)
lobbiste (feminine plural)


bahamense

bahamense m or f by sense (plural bahamensi)


Isole Marshall

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Isole Salomone

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


São Tomé e Príncipe

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (literally “Saint Thomas and Prince”), after the Prince of Portugal.

ubor

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)

Prince of Portugal
it:São Tomé e Príncipe


Pasquale

a male given name, equivalent to English Pascal


Pasquale

a surname transferred from the given name


marista

it-noun

marista m or f by sense (masculine plural maristi, feminine plural mariste)

maristi (masculine plural)
mariste (feminine plural)


annali

From Latin annāles, from annus (“year”).


stalinista

stalinista m or f by sense (masculine plural stalinisti, feminine plural staliniste)

stalinisti (masculine plural)
staliniste (feminine plural)


centralinista

centralinista m or f by sense (masculine plural centralinisti, feminine plural centraliniste)

centralinisti (masculine plural)
centraliniste (feminine plural)

telephone operator, operator, telephonist


animalista

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

animalisti (masculine plural)
animaliste (feminine plural)


sisma

Presumably from Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking; earthquake”).


perfezionista

perfezionista m or f by sense (masculine plural perfezionisti, feminine plural perfezioniste)

perfezionisti (masculine plural)
perfezioniste (feminine plural)

From perfezione (“perfection”) + -ista (“-ist”).


Rossi

English: Rossi

a surname; the most popular surname in Italy


Esposito

English: Esposito

French: Esposito

From esposito, from Latin expositus (“exposed”). This surname was given to abandoned children left in front of churches or monasteries.


maoista

it-noun

maoista m or f by sense (masculine plural maoisti, feminine plural maoiste)

maoisti (masculine plural)
maoiste (feminine plural)


marasma

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).


masochista

it-noun

masochista m or f by sense (masculine plural masochisti, feminine plural masochiste)

masochisti (masculine plural)
masochiste (feminine plural)


capitalista

capitalista m or f by sense (masculine plural capitalisti, feminine plural capitaliste)

capitalisti (masculine plural)
capitaliste (feminine plural)

→ Maltese: kapitalista


salmista

salmista m or f by sense (masculine plural salmisti, feminine plural salmiste)

salmisti (masculine plural)
salmiste (feminine plural)


psicoanalista

psicoanalista m or f by sense (masculine plural psicoanalisti, feminine plural psicoanaliste)

psicoanalisti (masculine plural)
psicoanaliste (feminine plural)


asceta

asceta m or f by sense (masculine plural asceti, feminine plural ascete)

asceti (masculine plural)
ascete (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin ascēta, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs).


golfista

golfista m or f by sense (masculine plural golfisti, feminine plural golfiste)

golfisti (masculine plural)
golfiste (feminine plural)


giurista

giurista m or f by sense (masculine plural giuristi, feminine plural giuriste)

giuristi (masculine plural)
giuriste (feminine plural)


imperialista

imperialista m or f by sense (masculine plural imperialisti, feminine plural imperialiste)

imperialisti (masculine plural)
imperialiste (feminine plural)


battistrada

battistrada m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + strada (“street”).


marconista

it-noun

marconista m or f by sense (masculine plural marconisti, feminine plural marconiste)

marconisti (masculine plural)
marconiste (feminine plural)

E il marconista sulla sua torre, / le lunghe dita celesti nell'aria, / E trasmetteva saluti e speranze / per questa crociera straordinaria.

1982, “Titanic”, in Titanic, performed by Francesco De Gregori:


bassista

bassista m or f by sense (masculine plural bassisti, feminine plural bassiste)

bassisti (masculine plural)
bassiste (feminine plural)

(music) bassist (person who plays the bass)


benestante

benestante m or f by sense (plural benestanti)


keniota

keniota m or f by sense (masculine plural kenioti, feminine plural keniote)

kenioti (masculine plural)
keniote (feminine plural)


determinista

determinista m or f by sense (masculine plural deterministi, feminine plural deterministe)

deterministi (masculine plural)
deterministe (feminine plural)


calende

From Latin kalendae, calendae, from calāre (“to proclaim (the first day of a month was proclaimed in ancient Rome)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).


capoccia

it-noun

capoccia m (usually invariable, plural capocci)

/käb̞ɔt͡ʃːä/


capotribù

capotribù m or f by sense (masculine plural capitribù, feminine plural invariable)


podista

podista m or f by sense (masculine plural podisti, feminine plural podiste)

podisti (masculine plural)
podiste (feminine plural)


centrosinistra

centrosinistra m (plural centrosinistri)


centrodestra

From centro (“center”) + destra (“right”).


cestista

cestista m or f by sense (masculine plural cestisti, feminine plural cestiste)

cestisti (masculine plural)
cestiste (feminine plural)

(sports) basketball player, basketballer


carovita

indennità di carovita
indennità di carovita#Italian

allowance (for the cost of living) (properly indennità di carovita)


pedante

pedante m or f by sense (plural pedanti)

Middle French: pedant

→ English: pedant

French: pédant

→ German: Pedant

Probably from Latin pedis, pēs (“foot”).


Falco

From falco (“hawk”), a nickname for a swift or keen-eyed person.


frasca

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin frasca, from a contraction of *vir-asca, from the base of virdis (“green”). Compare Sicilian frasca.

(figurative) symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness

(plural only) frill (superfluous ornament)


pescecane

pescecane m (plural pescecani or pescicani)


pragmatista

pragmatista m or f by sense (masculine plural pragmatisti, feminine plural pragmatiste)

pragmatisti (masculine plural)
pragmatiste (feminine plural)


pluralista

pluralista m or f by sense (masculine plural pluralisti, feminine plural pluraliste)

pluralisti (masculine plural)
pluraliste (feminine plural)


militante

militante m or f by sense (plural militanti)


laziale

(relational) of the S.S. Lazio, the Italian football/soccer team based in Rome


laziale

laziale m or f by sense (plural laziali)


linguista

linguista m or f by sense (masculine plural linguisti, feminine plural linguiste)

linguisti (masculine plural)
linguiste (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French linguiste, from Latin lingua + -iste.


modenese

modenese m or f by sense (plural modenesi)

Modenese (native or inhabitant of Modena)


oppositore

oppositore m or f by sense (plural oppositori, feminine oppositrice)

oppositori (plural)
oppositrice (feminine)


autonomista

autonomista m or f by sense (masculine plural autonomisti, feminine plural autonomiste)

autonomisti (masculine plural)
autonomiste (feminine plural)


Alpi

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


alpinista

alpinista m or f by sense (masculine plural alpinisti, feminine plural alpiniste)

alpinisti (masculine plural)
alpiniste (feminine plural)


pachiderma

From French pachyderme, from Ancient Greek παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos), from παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).


Raffaele

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

bor+

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Raphael


qualunquista

it-noun

qualunquista m or f by sense (masculine plural qualunquisti, feminine plural qualunquiste)

qualunquisti (masculine plural)
qualunquiste (feminine plural)

someone who is not interested in politics


evoluzionista

evoluzionista m or f by sense (masculine plural evoluzionisti, feminine plural evoluzioniste)

evoluzionisti (masculine plural)
evoluzioniste (feminine plural)


marinista

marinista m or f by sense (masculine plural marinisti, feminine plural mariniste)

marinisti (masculine plural)
mariniste (feminine plural)


marionettista

marionettista m or f by sense (masculine plural marionettisti, feminine plural marionettiste)

marionettisti (masculine plural)
marionettiste (feminine plural)


marmista

marmista m or f by sense (masculine plural marmisti, feminine plural marmiste)

marmisti (masculine plural)
marmiste (feminine plural)


frastaglio

(plural only) a group of artificial ornaments


ottavi

(sports, soccer) round of 16, round of sixteen, last 16, last sixteen, (nonstandard) eighth final (the round before the quarterfinal)


Fiamme Gialle

Guardia di Finanza
Guardia di Finanza#Italian

the Guardia di Finanza (semi-military police countering economic crime, smuggling etc.)


Scilla

From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

A town in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy


scriba

Learned borrowing from Latin scrība. Doublet of scrivano.


Clemente

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Clement.


Clemente

a surname transferred from the given name.


telecronista

telecronista m or f by sense (masculine plural telecronisti, feminine plural telecroniste)

telecronisti (masculine plural)
telecroniste (feminine plural)


acquerellista

acquerellista m or f by sense (masculine plural acquerellisti, feminine plural acquerelliste)

acquerellisti (masculine plural)
acquerelliste (feminine plural)


bagnasciuga

Verb-verb compound, composed of bagna (“to wet”) + asciuga (“to dry”).


omoplata

(anatomy) omoplate, scapula, shoulder blade


amanuense

it-noun

amanuense m or f by sense (plural amanuensi)


apostata

apostata m or f by sense (masculine plural apostati, feminine plural apostate)

apostati (masculine plural)
apostate (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin apostata, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).


astrologo

astrologo m (plural astrologi or astrologhi, feminine astrologa, pejorative astrologastro)

astrologi (plural)
astrologhi (plural)
astrologa (feminine)
astrologastro (pejorative)

Borrowed from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στρολόγος (ăstrológos). By surface analysis, astro- + -logo.


ateniese

ateniese m or f by sense (plural ateniesi)

Athenian (native or inhabitant of Athens)


assolutista

assolutista m or f by sense (masculine plural assolutisti, feminine plural assolutiste)

assolutisti (masculine plural)
assolutiste (feminine plural)


sistema elettorale

sistema elettorale m (plural sistemi elettorali)


brigatista

brigatista m or f by sense (masculine plural brigatisti, feminine plural brigatiste)

brigatisti (masculine plural)
brigatiste (feminine plural)

a terrorist, especially one belonging to the Red Brigades


buddista

buddista m or f by sense (masculine plural buddisti, feminine plural buddiste)

buddisti (masculine plural)
buddiste (feminine plural)


carrierista

carrierista m or f by sense (masculine plural carrieristi, feminine plural carrieriste)

carrieristi (masculine plural)
carrieriste (feminine plural)


cangia

Borrowed from Arabic قَنْجَة (qanja), shortened from Ottoman Turkish قانجهباش (kancabaş, “ship of a curved prow”) from قانجه (kanca, “hook”) + باش (baş, “prow”), so called because of its prow being curved like a hook.

compound

a kind of sailing boat of up to two masts used for housing and for pleasure-trips


cartaginese

it-noun

cartaginese m or f by sense (plural cartaginesi)

(historical) Carthaginian (native or inhabitant of Carthage)


stratega

stratega m or f by sense (masculine plural strateghi, feminine plural strateghe)

strateghi (masculine plural)
strateghe (feminine plural)


alcooldipendente

alcooldipendente m or f by sense (plural alcooldipendenti)


apolide

apolide m or f by sense (plural apolidi)

From Ancient Greek ἄπολις (ápolis, “without city, state or country”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).


appellante

it-noun

appellante m or f by sense (plural appellanti)


committente

committente m or f by sense (plural committenti)


dissenziente

dissenziente m or f by sense (plural dissenzienti)


mittente

mittente m or f by sense (plural mittenti)

From Latin mittentem, present active participle of mittō.


querelante

querelante m or f by sense (plural querelanti)


Alessio

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexis or Alexius


Alessio

a surname transferred from the given name


ausiliare

ausiliare m or f by sense (plural ausiliari)

auxiliary (person that acts in an auxiliary manner)


Nanna

Probably from a feminine form of Nanni, or directly a diminutive of the personal name Giovanna.


newyorkese

newyorkese m or f by sense (plural newyorkesi)


mammasantissima

any person in an important position in an organization, but especially in the Sicilian Mafia or the Neapolitan Camorra


endurista

endurista m or f by sense (masculine plural enduristi, feminine plural enduriste)

enduristi (masculine plural)
enduriste (feminine plural)


battericida

it-adj

battericida (masculine plural battericidi, feminine plural battericide)

battericidi (masculine plural)
battericide (feminine plural)


bellunese

it-noun

bellunese m or f by sense (plural bellunesi)


soccombente

soccombente m or f by sense (plural soccombenti)


stenotipista

stenotipista m or f by sense (masculine plural stenotipisti, feminine plural stenotipiste)

stenotipisti (masculine plural)
stenotipiste (feminine plural)


Gregorio

Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”).

bor

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


miscredente

Present participle form of miscredere (“to disbelieve”).


miscredente

it-noun

miscredente m or f by sense (plural miscredenti)


moralista

moralista m or f by sense (masculine plural moralisti, feminine plural moraliste)

moralisti (masculine plural)
moraliste (feminine plural)


neurochirurgo

neurochirurgo m (plural neurochirurghi or (less common) neurochirurgi)

neurochirurghi (plural)
neurochirurgi (plural uncommon)


maronita

maronita m or f by sense (masculine plural maroniti, feminine plural maronite)

maroniti (masculine plural)
maronite (feminine plural)


patriotta

patriotta m or f by sense (masculine plural patriotti, feminine plural patriotte)

patriotti (masculine plural)
patriotte (feminine plural)


perdigiorno

perdigiorno m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of perdi (“to waste”) + giorno (“day”).


piantagrane

it-noun

piantagrane m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of pianta (“to plant, to sow”) + grane (“troubles”).


politicante

it-noun

politicante m or f by sense (plural politicanti)

La mente anormale è molto sensibile verso questa peculiarità e vi si aggrappa non appena la scorge in una persona ordinaria cosicché all'università fui ingiustamente accusato di essere un politicante poiché conoscevo i segreti disperati di uomini pazzi e sconosciuti.

2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 35:

The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.

(politics, derogatory) politician whose behavior is characterized by self-interest, personal ambition, bias, and unscrupulousness; one who politicks


sofista

sofista m or f by sense (masculine plural sofisti, feminine plural sofiste)

sofisti (masculine plural)
sofiste (feminine plural)


progettista

progettista m or f by sense (masculine plural progettisti, feminine plural progettiste)

progettisti (masculine plural)
progettiste (feminine plural)


terapeuta

terapeuta m or f by sense (masculine plural terapeuti, feminine plural terapeute)

terapeuti (masculine plural)
terapeute (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”).


saccente

it-noun

saccente m or f by sense (plural saccenti)

Of Southern Italian origin, from Latin sapientem (“discerning, wise”), present active participle of sapiō (“to be wise”). Doublet of sapiente.


schiavista

schiavista m or f by sense (masculine plural schiavisti, feminine plural schiaviste)

schiavisti (masculine plural)
schiaviste (feminine plural)


stilista

stilista m or f by sense (masculine plural stilisti, feminine plural stiliste)

stilisti (masculine plural)
stiliste (feminine plural)


costituzionalista

costituzionalista m or f by sense (masculine plural costituzionalisti, feminine plural costituzionaliste)

costituzionalisti (masculine plural)
costituzionaliste (feminine plural)


quattrocchi

quattrocchi m or f by sense (invariable)

From quattro (“four”) + occhi (“eyes”), as used in the expression a quattr'occhi (“in private”).

La quattrocchi la guardava dall'alto come una ginecologa delle tonsille.

2000, Daniel Picouly, La luce della follia, tr. by Annamaria Ferrero, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, page 131:

Con inaspettate grazia, il professore dirigeva la danza con un ragazzo bellissimo. Darà lezioni pensò la quattrocchi.

2015, Antonio Romano, Mentir da gentildonne, self-published, →ISBN:

(colloquial, informal, often derogatory) four-eyes (person who wears glasses)


quattrocentista

quattrocentista m or f by sense (masculine plural quattrocentisti, feminine plural quattrocentiste)

quattrocentisti (masculine plural)
quattrocentiste (feminine plural)

an athlete who specializes in the 400 metres


tuttofare

From tutto (“everything”) + fare (“to do”), calque of French (bonne à) tout faire.


tre Marie

Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary of Clopas and Mary Magdalene, present at the Crucifixion


tre unità

the three unities (of classical tragedy - unity of action, place, and time)


Cinque Terre

le Cinque Terre (canonical feminine plural)

a group of five villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore) on the rugged coastline of Liguria, south of Genoa


criminalista

criminalista m or f by sense (masculine plural criminalisti, feminine plural criminaliste)

criminalisti (masculine plural)
criminaliste (feminine plural)


ventunenne

ventunenne m or f by sense (plural ventunenni)