abada

it-noun

abada m or f by sense (masculine plural abadi, feminine plural abade)

abadi (masculine plural)
abade (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from a bada (“the rhinoceros”), with concretion of the definite article.


abba

Unadapted borrowing from Latin abba, from Ancient Greek ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼabbāʼ, “father”). Doublet of abate.


o

head

o f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case O)

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

inh

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">O</i>

The thirteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


parole

Musica di Paolo, parole di Lorenzo


AD

amministratore delegato
amministratore delegato#Italian

Initialism of amministratore delegato (“CEO”).


aria

→ Afrikaans: aria

→ Asturian: aria

→ Azerbaijani: ariya

→ Belarusian: арыя (aryja)

→ Bulgarian: ария (arija)

→ Catalan: ària

→ Czech: árie

→ Danish: arie

→ Dutch: arie

→ English: aria

→ Esperanto: ario

→ Estonian: aaria

→ French: aria

→ Galician: aria

→ Gallurese: aria

→ Irish: áiria

→ Georgian: არია (aria)

→ German: Arie

→ Greek: άρια (ária)

→ Hungarian: ária

→ Japanese: アリア (aria)

→ Kazakh: ария (ariä)

→ Latvian: ārija

→ Lithuanian: arija

→ Malay: aria

Indonesian: aria

→ Maori: āria

→ Mongolian: ари (ari)

→ Northern Kurdish: arya

→ Polish: aria

→ Portuguese: ária

→ Romanian: arie

→ Russian: а́рия (árija)

→ Sardinian: àera

→ Sassarese: aria

→ Sicilian: aria

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: а̑рија

Latin script: ȃrija

→ Slovene: arija

→ Spanish: aria
→ Tagalog: arya

→ Slovak: ária

→ Swedish: aria
→ Finnish: aaria

→ Turkish: arya

→ Ukrainian: арія (arija)

→ Uzbek: ariya

Metathesis from Latin āera, Greek-type accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). See also aere.


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


comma

ll secondo comma dell'articolo 3


Monaco

it:Comune di Monaco
it:Monaco
it:Principato di Monaco


Monaco

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Monaco

Occupational surname, from monaco (“monk”).


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Seychelles

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


presidente

it-noun

presidente m or f by sense (plural presidenti, feminine presidentessa)

presidenti (plural)
presidentessa (feminine)


dilettante

dilettante m or f by sense (plural dilettanti)

→ English: dilettante

→ German: Dilettant


magenta

magenta (being of the magenta colour/color)


alpaca

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

alpaga (alternative)
alpagà (alternative)

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


koala

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula or gulawany.


impala

impala, pallah, roodebok (Aepyceros melampus)


Rio de Janeiro

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English


loco

loco m (plural lochi or (obsolete, regional) locora f)

lochi (plural)
locora (feminine obsolete plural regional)

From Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

der

["]Noi siam venuti al loco ov’i’ t’ ho detto / che tu vedrai le genti dolorose / c’ hanno perduto il ben de l’intelletto".

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 16–18; 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:

"We have come to the place wherein I told you that you will see the tormented people who have lost the good of intellect."

le memorie se facevano con scoiture in sassi e pataffii, li quali se ponevano nelle locora famose dove demoravano moititudine de iente

1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo [Preface and first chapter]”, in Cronica [Chronicle] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

accounts were made through incisions on rocks and gravestones, which were placed in famed places, where moltitudes of people lived

(archaic, now poetic) Alternative form of luogo (“place, location”)


pata

Erythrocebus patas
Erythrocebus patas#Translingual


dia

it-noun

dia m or f (plural unknown or uncertain)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dia, first-declension reshaping of Classical Latin diēs. Doublet of die.


mana

From mano, with a vowel change by analogy of the word's gender. Compare Neapolitan mana, Romanian mână.


manga

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


leader

Unadapted borrowing from English leader.


gourmet

Unadapted borrowing from French gourmet.


Hawaii

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


afrikaner

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans Afrikaner.


gamma

the name of the Greek-script letter Γ/γ; gamma


zeta

From the Latin zēta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew זין (zayin).

the name of the Greek script letter Ζ/ζ; zeta


digamma

Borrowed from Latin digamma, from Ancient Greek δίγαμμα (dígamma, literally “double gamma”).

der

il digamma non ſolamente in vece dello ſpirito aſpro ſi usò, ma in vece uſoſſi eziandio di quello, che ſpirito dolce dir ſi potrebbe

1734, Giovanni Stefano Granara, “Capitolo ⅩⅩⅦ”, in Dell’antichità ed origine di Roma - Dissertazione istorica, Venice: Giammaria Lazzarone, page 428:

The digamma was not only used in place of the rough breathing, but it was also used in place of that which could be called smooth breathing

Il digamma traea la ſua origine dal Vau de’ Fenici.

1800, “Libro Ⅰ, Capo Ⅳ”, in I dodici libri delle instituzioni oratorie - Tomo primo, Vercelli, translation of Institutio oratoria by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, note (2), page 51:

The digamma had its origin in the Phoenician waw.

Gli si attribuisce una nota oscura sulla relazione tra il digamma (ϝ) greco e la v latina.

1989, “Capitolo terzo: Lanfranco uomo di studio”, in Pierluigi Fiorini, transl., Lanfranco: da Pavia al Bec a Canterbury, Milan: Editoriale Jaca Book Spa, translation of Lanfranc of Bec by Margaret Gibson, →ISBN, page 49:

One unclear note about the relation between Greek digamma (ϝ) and Latin v is attributed to him.

nel medeſimo errore caderebbe, chi poneſſe, ò la quinta uocale per la quarta […], ò per contrario la quarta per la quinta, come faceuano i noﬅri antichi, maſſimamente precedendogli il digamma Eolico, cioè l’u conſonante, come ſeruos per ſeruus.

1596, Giovanni Battista Vangelista, “Della diffinitione, et divisione del barbarismo, et del solecismo, et della derivatione de i loro nomi”, in Discorsi grammaticali, page 106:

Anyone who were to substitute the fifth vowel [U] with the fourth [O], or, to the contrary, the fourth with the fifth, would make the same mistake, as our ancestors did, especially [when] preceded by the Aeolic digamma, that is, the consonantal u, like servos instead of servus.

nelle radici della lingua albanese rendesi manifesta l’analogia colla lingua eolica […] allorchè si applica ad esse il digamma, o la metatesi della lettera r o gli altri cangiamenti di lettere, ch’erano in uso fra gli Eoli.

1831, Giuseppe Crispi, Memoria sulla lingua albanese, Palermo, pages 27–28:

In the roots of the Albanian language, its analogy with the Aeolic language becomes evident, since they both employ the digamma, the metathesis of the letter R, or the other letter changes in use among the Aeolics.

a Claudio Imperadore non riuſcì d’aiutare di tre lettere il Romano. anzi furono sì ſcacciate, che non ci rimane notizia ſe non del digamma Eolico

1600, “Postille al testo [Marginalia]”, in Bernardo Davanzati Bostìchi, transl., L'impero di Tiberio Cesare, Florence: Filippo Giunti, translation of Annales by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Postilla 2. 34, page 176:

Emperor Claudius did not manage to add three letters to Latin. In fact, they were so adversed that no trace is left of them, except for the Aeolic digamma

A. Scriue Suetonio che l’Imperadore Tiberio Claudio aggiunſe certe lettere che mancauano alla pronuntia latina, ſi caua ciò dalle inſcrittioni dell’iﬅeſſo tempo, che vna d’eſſe in luogo della V, consonante hà queﬅo vncino Ⅎ, ſi che ſcriuendo locauit metteuano LOCAℲIT.
B. Perchè ſi dice egli digamma?
A. Perchè la ſua figura è fatta di due gamme, che ſono la terza lettera de’ Greci, che ſi fa di queﬅa maniera Γ.

1625, Antonio Agostini, “Secondo dialogo - Annona”, in Dialoghi di D. Antonio Agostini Intorno alle Medaglie, Inscrittioni, et altre Antichità, page 70:

- Suetonius writes that emperor Tiberius Claudius added some letters that the pronunciation of Latin lacked. It can be surmised by the inscriptions of that time that one of them, instead of the consonantal V, is this hooked Ⅎ, such that locavit is written LOCAℲIT.
- Why is it called digamma?
- Because it looks like two gammas, which are the third letter of the Greeks, which is written like this: Γ.

In quanto all’epoca di questa iscrizione, nessun dubbio. Lo dimostra anzitutto il digamma eolico che nella lapide si ritrova

1921, Guido Fusinato, “Capitolo sesto: I feziali negli ultimi tempi della repubblica e sotto l’impero”, in Scritti giuridici - Volume primo, page 206:

As for the time of this inscription, there's no doubt. It's proven firstly by the Aeolic digamma that can be found on the tombstone

a letter with a shape similar to that of digamma:

ſi legge il nome di Minerva, così ſcritto […] 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀. […] Menerva. Si hanno quì tre altre lettere elementari, 𐌌. 𐌍. 𐌓. ed il digamma Eolico, che ﬅa per V conſonante

1737, Anton Maria Albizzini, Difesa dell’alfabeto degli antichi toscani, published 1742, pages ⅭⅩⅬⅨ–ⅭⅬ:

Minerva's name can be read, written as such: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀, Menerva. There are three more base letters here: 𐌌, 𐌍, 𐌓, and the Aeolic digamma, which stands for a consonantal V

L’etrusco possedeva come l’umbro e l’osco la semivocale fricativa V, indicata con un F = un digamma.

1926, Atti e memorie dell'Accademia di Agricoltura, Scienze e Lettere di Verona (5), volume 2, Verona: La Tipografica Veronese, page 23:

Etruscan, like Umbrian and Oscan, had the fricative semivowel V, marked with an F, that is, a digamma.

La pronunzia […] del digamma etrusco come la /v/ dell’ital. vivere è gravemente errata.

1997, Massimo Pittau, “Le consonanti”, in La lingua etrusca: grammatica e lessico, § 20, page 59:

The pronunciation of the Etruscan digamma as the /v/ of Italian vivere is grossly incorrect.

ma à me ſi fà malageuole à credere, che Claudio ritrouaſſe la lettera F, percioche di eſſa ne fa mentione Cicerone, che fu molti anni auanti, che fuſie Claudio, anzi egli nel nono libro delle lettere ſcritte ad Attico nomina la ſua villa Formiana. Digamma, perche ella cominciaua dalla lettera F, la quale viene detta digamma, eſſendo che paia che ne figuri due Γ

1600, “Sisto Ⅴ. Pont. ⅭⅭⅩⅩⅩⅠ [Sixtus Ⅴ, 231ˢᵗ Pope]”, in Bartolomeo Dionigi, transl., Historia delle vite dei pontefici, translation of Liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum by Bartolomeo Platina, page 318:

But it's hard for me to believe that Claudius discovered the letter F, since it's mentioned by Cicero, who lived many years before Claudius, [and] before him, in the ninth book of the letters written to Atticus, names his villa Formiana [as] Digamma, because it[s name] started with the letter F, which is called digamma, due to it seemingly being made of two Γ

i Latini […] aggiunſero poi alle loro ſedici antiche, ſei altre lettere F. K. Q. X. Y. Z. & H. Queﬅa nondimeno non è lettera, ma nota d’aſpirazione . E l’F, che ſi dice Digamma l’hebbero da gli Eolij

1680, “Cap. Ⅵ. Chi fu il primo che trovò le lettere ò che le recò nel Lazio, e dell’accresciuto numero di esse, e della varietà, della forza, e del suono [Chapter 6: Who was the first one to discover the letters, or that brought them to Latium; on their increased number, and on the variety of the strength and sound]”, in Francesco Baldelli, transl., De gli inventori delle cose, translation of De inventoribus by Polydore Vergil, page 24:

The Romans then added six letters to their ancient sixteen ones: F, K, Q, X, Y, Z, and H. The latter, however, is not a letter, but a mark of aspiration. And from the Aeolics they took the F, which is called digamma


eta

From Latin ēta, from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), later form of ἧτα (hêta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ /ḥēt/), whence also heth.


iota

the name of the Greek-script letter Ι/ι; iota


kappa

the name of the Greek-script letter Κ/κ; kappa


osso

it-noun

osso m (plural (collective) ossa f or (individual) ossi m)

ossa (collective feminine plural)
ossi (masculine plural)

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
Compare Catalan, French, and Romanian os; Portuguese osso; Corsican, Sardinian, and Sicilian ossu; Spanish hueso.

bagnato fino all'osso

ossi di albicocche


premier

Borrowed from English premier, itself a borrowing from French premier, ultimately from Classical Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primaio, primiero, and primario.

doublet

premier, prime minister (or similar title)


PG

procuratore generale
procuratore generale#Italian


la

le (plural)
lo (masculine)
-la (alternative)

From Latin illa(m), feminine form of ille.

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

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

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

and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead

La vedo.

[…] una improvvisa timidezza però la immobilizza […]

[…] a sudden timidity immobilized her though […]

La vedo.

Scusi se la disturbo.

(accusative, formal) you (term of respect)


rho

From the name of the Ancient Greek letter ῥῶ (rhô).


Michael

A male given name and surname in English


testa

it-noun

testìna,testolìna,testicciòla<q:uncommon, usually of butchered animals>,testicciuòla<q:literary, uncommon, usually of butchered animals>

testa f (plural teste, diminutive testìna or testolìna or (uncommon, usually of butchered animals) testicciòla or (literary, uncommon, usually of butchered animals) testicciuòla, augmentative testóna or (with specialized meanings) testóne m, pejorative testàccia, derogatory testùccia)

teste (plural)
testìna (diminutive)
testolìna (diminutive)
testicciòla (diminutive uncommon usually)
testicciuòla (diminutive literary uncommon usually)
testóna (augmentative)
testóne (augmentative masculine)
testàccia (pejorative)
testùccia (derogatory)

→ Alemannic German: Teste

→ Spanish: testa

From Latin testa. The semantic development is earthen pot → skull → head.

La prima classe è in testa al treno

The first class is at the head of the train

(rail transport, singular only, uncountable) head (of a train), the first car(s)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Tokyo

Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”).

bor+

とうきょう, Tōkyō

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


sigma

From Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma), σίγμα (sígma).


dharma

Borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “that which upholds or supports”). Doublet of firma.


Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English:_Q1250

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy)


Marche

→ Dutch: Marken (calque)

→ Polish: Marche

administrative region
administrative region

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


Cuneo

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) (whence cuneo and conio), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Cognate to Piedmontese Coni.


Agrigento

Borrowed from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Arezzo

From Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).

Arezzo (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Benevento

Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)


Bolzano

From earlier Bolgiano, from Vulgar Latin Bauzana, Bauzanum, from earlier Bautianum, Baudianum, from Bautius, Baudius, a latinization of a Celtic personal name. Cognate with German Bozen, which is derived from a variant Vulgar Latin form (Pauzana, Pozana).

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Bolzano (the provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Brescia

From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".

Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)


Brindisi

From Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from the Messapic word for the head of a male deer, possibly based on the shape of the port. Compare Proto-Albanian *brina (Albanian bri) and *drani (Albanian dre).


Campobasso

Morphologically from campo (“field”) + basso (“low”), however the original name in Medieval Latin was Campus Vassorum, indicating that the city was a seat of vassals.

a surname transferred from the place name


Catania

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

der

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Catanzaro

From Latin Catanciarium, from the earlier Catacium, from the original Ancient Greek name Katantza'rion, from Καταρτάριοι (Katartárioi, “silk spinners”), as the town was known for its silk.

Catanzaro (a town and province of Italy)


Como

Como (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.


Lecco

From Latin Leucum, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from or related to leux (“shining, white”).


Livorno

From Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians.

Italian spelling alphabet
Appendix:Italian spelling alphabet

the letter L in the Italian spelling alphabet.


Messina

English: Messina

→ Ottoman Turkish: مسینه (mesine)

Turkish: misina

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.


Modena

From Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).

Modena (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Modena (a city in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Nuoro

Borrowed from Sardinian Nùgoro. Cognate with Sicilian Nùguru.

Nuoro (a town and province of Sardinia, Italy)


Prato

Prato (the capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy)


Rovigo

Rovigo (a province and town in Veneto, Italy)


Salerno

From Latin Salernum, from one of the city's Etruscan names.

the letter S in the Italian spelling alphabet


Taranto

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”).

the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet


Teramo

Ultimately from the Latin name of the site, Interamnia Praetutorium (“city of the Praetutii tribe between two rivers”) or Interamnium, later becoming Teramum.

Teramo (the capital city of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy)


Trapani

Ultimately from Latin Drepanum, Drepanon, Ancient Greek Δρέπανον (Drépanon, “sickle”), a reference to the curving shape of its harbor.

Trapani (the capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)


Trento

Inherited from Latin Tridentum (literally “three teeth”), named for the three hills that surround the city.

inh+

Trento (the provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Viterbo

Viterbo (a province and town in Lazio, Italy)


Ventimiglia

a surname transferred from the place name


panda

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


miasma

From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).


cobra

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


dio

it-noun

dio m (plural dei or (archaic or dialectal) dii, feminine dea, feminine plural dee)

dei (plural)
dii (archaic dialectal plural)
dea (feminine)
dee (feminine plural)

From Latin deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, derived from the root *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).


rosa

rosèlla<q:uncommon>,rosellìna<pos:diminutive of diminutive>,rosétta,rosettìna<pos:diminutive of diminutive>

rosa f (plural rose, diminutive (uncommon) rosèlla or rosellìna (diminutive of diminutive) or rosétta or rosettìna (diminutive of diminutive))

rose (plural)
rosèlla (diminutive uncommon)
rosellìna (diminutive)
rosétta (diminutive)
rosettìna (diminutive)


rosa

(relational) gossip (of news, magazines, etc.)


poeta

poeta m (plural poeti, feminine poetessa)

From Latin poēta, from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).


vinco

vinco m (plural vinchi or (poetic) vinci)

vinchi (plural)
vinci (plural poetic)
vinchio (alternative)

From the form vinchio, from Late Latin vinclum, from Latin vinculum. Compare the borrowed doublet vincolo.

Salix viminalis
Salix viminalis#Translingual


mano

mano f (plural mani or (archaic or dialectal) invariable, diminutive manìna, augmentative manóna, pejorative manàccia, endearing-derogatory manùccia)

mani (plural)
invariable (archaic dialectal plural)
manìna (diminutive)
manóna (augmentative)
manàccia (pejorative)
mana (alternative)

Inherited from Latin manus (whence also English manual, etc.), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry).


pallavolo

Univerbation of palla + a + volo, literally “ball on flight”.
The pronunciation with -vv-, though usually proscribed, is very common, as it respects the syntactic gemination of a.

univerbation

palla a volo (alternative)
pallavvolo (alternative)

volleyball (a game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net)


pallacanestro

Calque of English basketball, from palla + canestro.


pugno

it-noun

pugno m (plural pugni or (archaic or literary) pugna f)

pugni (plural)
pugna (archaic feminine literary plural)

→ Greek: μπουνιά f (bouniá)

From Latin pugnus, from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).

In realtà da decenni qui i repubblicani perdono per un pugno di voti.

2020 September 24, Massimo Basile, “Biden sì, ma non troppo: nel Minnesota di Floyd nessun voto è scontato [Biden yes, but not too much: in Floyd's Minnesota no vote is taken for granted]”, in la Repubblica:

In reality, for decades Repubblicans have been losing by a handful of votes.

(figurative, by extension) small quantity; handful


auto

→ Cimbrian: auto


schwa

Borrowed from German Schwa or English schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (sh'va ,š’vā, “nought”).


arma

arma f (plural armi or (archaic or poetic) arme)

armi (plural)
arme (archaic plural poetic)

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


labbro

it-noun

labbro m (plural (with anatomic or figurative meanings) labbra f or (figuratively) labbri m)

labbra (feminine plural)
labbri (figuratively masculine plural)
labro (alternative)

From Latin labrum, related to labium, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang down”).


alma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “jump”).


canadese

it-noun

canadese m or f by sense (plural canadesi)


fante

Aphetic form of infante (“child”), from Latin īnfāns, īnfantem (“infant, child”). Doublet of infante.


Napoli

From Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”).

Naples (a province and city in Campania, Italy)


Napoli

the letter N in the Italian spelling alphabet


Napoli

→ Chinese: 拿坡里 (Nápōlǐ)

→ English: Napoli

→ Estonian: Napoli

→ Finnish: Napoli

→ Greek: Νάπολη (Nápoli)

→ Japanese: ナポリ

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)
Turkish: Napoli

→ Vietnamese: Napoli


nipote

it-noun

nipote m or f by sense (plural nipoti, diminutive nipotìno m or nipotìna f, pejorative nipotàccio m or nipotàccia f)

nipoti (plural)
nipotìno (diminutive masculine)
nipotìna (diminutive feminine)
nipotàccio (masculine pejorative)
nipotàccia (feminine pejorative)
nepote (alternative)
nievo (alternative)

From Latin nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Compare French neveu, Romanian nepot, Catalan and Occitan nebot, Sicilian niputi.

Aveva regalato alla sua nipote un abito nuovo per l'evento.

He gifted a new dress to his niece for the occasion.


nessuno

it-det

nessuno (feminine nessuna, no plural, superlative nessunissimo)

nessuna (feminine)
nessunissimo (superlative)
nissuno (alternative)
nisuno (alternative)
niuno (alternative)

From Latin nē (“not”) + ipse (emphatic, literally “himself”) + ūnus (“one”), meaning “not even one”. Cognate with Neapolitan nisciuno, Sardinian nisciunu, Friulian nissun, Ligurian nisciǜn, and Old French neisune. Compare Spanish ninguno and Romanian niciun.


amateur

Unadapted borrowing from French amateur. Doublet of amatore.


trace

From Latin thrācem, from Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ (Thrâix).

(historical) Thracian (native or inhabitant of Thrace)


genovese

it-noun

genovese m or f by sense (plural genovesi)


scozzese

scozzese m or f by sense (plural scozzesi)


coma

Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē).


coma

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

(typography) Alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)


coma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).


George

Borrowed from English George. Doublet of Giorgio.

A male given name and surname in English


single

single, loner (person who lives alone and has no emotional ties)


tema

→ Turkish: tema

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).


sesto

mettere in sesto

dar sesto

porre a sesto

rimettere in sesto

(singular only) layout, due place, order


Yankee

Unadapted borrowing from English Yankee.


profeta

it-noun

profeta m (plural profeti, feminine profetessa)


alleluia

From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

der

הַלְּלוּיָהּ


ala

it-noun

ala f (plural ali or (archaic or poetic) ale)

ali (plural)
ale (archaic plural poetic)


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


pirata

Borrowed from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτής (peirātḗs), derived from πειράω (peiráō, “I try, attempt”).


pirata

→ German: Pirat


braccio

braccio m (plural (in most meanings) braccia f or (in the figurative meanings "branch (of a railway/railroad or river), wing (of a building), arm (of a cross, crane, of scales), strait, isthmus") bracci m, diminutive braccìno or braccétto, augmentative braccióne, diminutive-augmentative bracciòtto (“chubby little arm”))

Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Sicilian vrazzu.

inh+

braccio di mare

strait (literally, “narrow stretch of sea”)

braccio di terra

isthmus (literally, “narrow stretch of land”)

(geography) narrow stretch of land or sea, joining larger bodies


bagagli

luggage, baggage, bags, cases, suitcases


grido

it-noun

grido m (plural (human shouts) grida f or (animal cries) gridi m)

grida (feminine plural)
gridi (masculine plural)

cry, call (the characteristic sound of an animal)


metro

From Latin metrum (“a measure”), from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).


metro

subway (US), underground (UK), Tube (the London underground)


clochard

Unadapted borrowing from French clochard.

ubor

(now non derogatory) tramp, vagrant, homeless


nirvana

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).


occhiali

→ Byzantine Greek: ὀκκιάλι (okkiáli)

Greek: κιάλι (kiáli)

Plural of occhiale, from occhio (“eye”) + -ale.

occhiali da sole


folle

Borrowed from Latin follem (“bellows”), through the figurative sense of “airhead”.


mona

(regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, derogatory) idiot, silly, dupe


idiota

it-noun

idiota m or f by sense (masculine plural idioti, feminine plural idiote)

idioti (masculine plural)
idiote (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


quagga

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


fra

Fra Cristoforo, in piedi, ma col capo chino, rispose: — io posso dunque sperare che lei m’abbia concesso il suo perdono! E se l’ottengo da lei, da chi non devo sperarlo? Oh! s’io potessi sentire questa parola dalla sua bocca, perdono!

Friar Cristoforo, standing, but with his head low, answered: — so I can hope that you have granted me forgiveness! And if I have obtained it from you, whom shall I not hope to obtain it from? Oh, if only I could hear this word from your mouth, forgiveness!

friar (used as a title before a proper name)


driver

Unadapted borrowing from English driver.

driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)


corno

it-noun

corno m (plural (in all meanings) corni m or (alternatively when referring to animals) corna f)

corni (masculine plural)
corna (feminine plural)

→ Japanese: コルナ (koruna)

→ Turkish: korna

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

horn (material, or object made of material)


Colombo

Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)


silo

sili (plural)
silos (plural)
silos (alternative)

(agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)

(transferred sense, military) silo (underground missile facility)


antisemita

antisemita m or f by sense (masculine plural antisemiti, feminine plural antisemite)

antisemiti (masculine plural)
antisemite (feminine plural)


enigma

Borrowed from Latin ænigma, from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma).


transfuga

transfuga m or f by sense (masculine plural transfughi, feminine plural transfughe)

transfughi (masculine plural)
transfughe (feminine plural)


blogger

Unadapted borrowing from English blogger.


mosca

it-noun

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

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

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

(by extension, figurative):
(historical, cosmetics) beauty spot

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

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

(foundry) a small ball of plastic material used to verify the thickness of the various parts of a mold

(nautical, historical) aviso, advice boat


mosca

(martial arts) Ellipsis of peso mosca.: a flyweight-class fighter.


moa

Borrowed from English moa, from Maori moa, from Proto-Polynesian *moa (“fowl”).


fantasma

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, or Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

città fantasma


Robert

Unadapted borrowing from English Robert.


ginocchio

ginocchio m (plural ginocchia f or ginocchi m)

ginocchia (feminine plural)
ginocchi (masculine plural)

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


prana

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath, life”).


Milano

From Latin Mediōlānum, possibly of Gaulish origin.

the letter M in the Italian spelling alphabet


Torino

→ Translingual: Torino

→ English: Torino

→ Danish: Torino

→ Estonian: Torino

→ Finnish: Torino

→ Japanese: トリノ

→ Turkish: Torino

From the Roman name, Latin Augusta Iulia Taurinorum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini, a Celtic-Ancient Ligurian tribe.

the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet


clima

climi (plural)
climate (alternative)
climato (alternative)

Borrowed from Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klĭ́nō, “I slope, incline”).


pianeta

planets of the Solar System: pianeti del sistema solare: Mercurio · Venere · Terra · Marte · Giove · Saturno · Urano · Nettuno [edit]


svedese

it-noun

svedese m or f by sense (plural svedesi)


virago

virago f (usually invariable, plural (literary) viragini)


francese

francese m or f by sense (plural francesi)

→ Romanian: francez

From Francia + -ese.
Borrowed from Old French franceis.

Frenchman, Frenchwoman, Frenchperson (native or inhabitant of France)


fellatio

Learned borrowing from Latin fellātiō, from fellō + -tiō.

etymon

la>fellātiō>stimulation of the penis with the mouth

fellatio (stimulation of the penis with the mouth)


aloe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek (τὰ) Ἁλῶα ((tà) Halôa), derived from ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor”).

bor+

(historical, Ancient Greece) a festival dedicated to Demeter, celebrated in the time of the harvesting of grapes


balboa

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish balboa, named after Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa.


gala

From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).

der

frill, flounce, ruche (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)


gala

→ Portuguese: gala

Borrowed from Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to rejoice”).


lemma

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”), from λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

der

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lemma.

(mathematics, linguistics, lexicography) lemma


magma

Borrowed from Latin magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma).


schema

Borrowed from Latin schema, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

outline, schema, layout, diagram, plan, draft, project, arrangement


soma

From Late Latin sauma, from alteration of Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet salma (“corpse”). Cognate to French somme (“packsaddle”).

(by extension) the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load


soma

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).


soma

Transliteration of Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

transliteration

(music, historical, Byzantine Greece) second interval


soma

Borrowed from English soma, from Sanskrit सोम (soma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáwHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas, derived from the root *sawH- (“to press out, to extract”).

soma (juice extracted from the above plant, used as a ritual drink)


scout

scout (a member of the international scout movement)


sistema operativo

it-noun

sistema operativo m (plural sistemi operativi)


vietnamita

vietnamita m or f by sense (masculine plural vietnamiti, feminine plural vietnamite)

vietnamiti (masculine plural)
vietnamite (feminine plural)


orecchio

orecchio m (plural (in the literal meaning) orecchie f or (figuratively) orecchi m)

orecchie (feminine plural)
orecchi (figuratively masculine plural)

entrare da un orecchio e uscire dall'altro

an ear for music (particular sensibility)


étoile

Unadapted borrowing from French étoile (“star”). Doublet of stella.


pomodoro

it-noun

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

pomodori (plural)
pomidoro (plural)
pomidori (common plural)
pomo d'oro (alternative)
pomidoro (alternative)

desctree

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

desc

→ Armenian: ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor) (calque)

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

→ English: pomodoro

→ Lithuanian: pomidòras

→ Neapolitan: pummarola

→ Polish: pomidor

desctree

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

→ Ukrainian: помідор (pomidor)

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

univerbation

salsa di pomodoro

pasta al pomodoro

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

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

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

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

pomo del Perù

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

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

pomo d'amore

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


jeans

di jeans


muro

it-noun

muro m (plural muri m or (collectively, when referring to the walls of a town, castle, etc.) mura f)

muri (masculine plural)
mura (collective feminine plural usually)

From Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).


ratio

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiō (“reason, explanation”).


aroma

From Latin arōma, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).


mediocre

it-noun

mediocre m or f by sense (plural mediocri)


Andrea

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). Due to the loss of the final S, the female name Andrea translates as Andreina.

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


avvenire

it-verb

avvenìre (first-person singular present avvèngo, first-person singular past historic avvénni or avvènni, past participle avvenùto, first-person singular future avverrò, auxiliary èssere)

avvenìre [auxiliary essere] (canonical)
avvèngo (first-person present singular)
avvénni (first-person historic past singular)
avvènni (first-person historic past singular)
avvenùto (participle past)
avverrò (first-person future singular)
èssere (auxiliary)
avvenìre (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
avvenèndo (gerund)
avveniènte (participle present)
avvenùto (participle past)
avvèngo (first-person indicative present singular)
avvièni (indicative present second-person singular)
avviéni (indicative present second-person singular)
avviène (indicative present singular third-person)
avviéne (indicative present singular third-person)
avveniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
avvenìte (indicative plural present second-person)
avvèngono (indicative plural present third-person)
avvenìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
avvenìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
avvenìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
avvenivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
avvenivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
avvenìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
avvénni (first-person historic indicative past singular)
avvènni (first-person historic indicative past singular)
avvenìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
avvénne (historic indicative past singular third-person)
avvènne (historic indicative past singular third-person)
avvenìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
avvenìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
avvénnero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
avvènnero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
avverrò (first-person future indicative singular)
avverrài (future indicative second-person singular)
avverrà (future indicative singular third-person)
avverrémo (first-person future indicative plural)
avverréte (future indicative plural second-person)
avverrànno (future indicative plural third-person)
avverrèi (conditional first-person singular)
avverrésti (conditional second-person singular)
avverrèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
avverrébbe (conditional singular third-person)
avverrémmo (conditional first-person plural)
avverréste (conditional plural second-person)
avverrèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
avverrébbero (conditional plural third-person)
avvènga (first-person present singular subjunctive)
avvènga (present second-person singular subjunctive)
avvènga (present singular subjunctive third-person)
avveniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
avveniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
avvèngano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
avvenìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
avvenìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
avvenìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
avvenìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
avvenìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
avvenìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
avvièni (imperative second-person singular)
avviéni (imperative second-person singular)
avvènga (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
avveniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
avvenìte (imperative plural second-person)
avvèngano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
avvenìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
avvènga (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
avveniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
avvenìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
avvèngano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


telefonista

it-noun

telefonista m or f by sense (masculine plural telefonisti, feminine plural telefoniste)

telefonisti (masculine plural)
telefoniste (feminine plural)


Nevada

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”, feminine).


abitante

it-noun

abitante m or f by sense (plural abitanti)

Quindi passando la vergine cruda
vide terra, nel mezzo del pantano,
sanza coltura e d’abitanti nuda.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 82–84; 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:

Passing that way the virgin pitiless land in the middle of the fen descried, untilled and naked of inhabitants.


raga

Clipping of ragazzi (“guys”) or ragazze (“girls”).

Ehi raga, andiamo in spiaggia oggi?

(colloquial) a form of address for a group of persons of either gender; guys


debuttante

debuttante m or f by sense (plural debuttanti)


grande

it-adj

grandétto,grandìno,grandettìno,grandicèllo<t:tall, older (of a person)>

grande (plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo, diminutive grandétto or grandìno or grandettìno or grandicèllo (“tall, older (of a person)”), augmentative grandóne (“big/ostentatious spender”) or (rare) grandòtto, pejorative (rare) grandàccio)

From Latin grandem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).


grande

i grandi della literature

(usually in the plural) great (person of major significance)


grande

ammirare il grande nell'arte


barista

it-noun

barista m or f by sense (masculine plural baristi, feminine plural bariste)

baristi (masculine plural)
bariste (feminine plural)

→ English: barista

barman (male), barmaid (female), bartender (North American), barista


nulla osta

an official declaration not to be against something or someone


casinista

casinista m or f by sense (masculine plural casinisti, feminine plural casiniste)

casinisti (masculine plural)
casiniste (feminine plural)


chiappanuvoli

chiappanuvoli m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of chiappa (“to catch”) + nuvoli (“cloud (regional or literary)”).

it-verb-obj

nuvolo<t:cloud (regional or literary)><pl:1>


stigma

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).


trauma

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).


sarcoma

Borrowed from Latin sarcoma , from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx).


stoma

(botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)


diploma

→ Turkish: diploma


dogma

Borrowed from Latin dogma, from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “belief”).


edema

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”).


carcinoma

From Latin carcĭnōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma).


cinema

Borrowed from French cinéma, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”).

(movie theatre) cinema, movie theater, film theatre


karma

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman, “act, action, performance”), from the root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer- (“to do, make, build”).

bor+

(colloquial) karma (divine retribution in a non-religious context)


yoga

Internationalism, ultimately from Sanskrit योग (yoga, “yoking, union”). Near-doublet of giogo (“yoke”).


quinoa

it-noun

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

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.


Chicago

Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.


inglese

inglesi (plural)
inghilese (alternative)


inglese

it-noun

inglese m or f by sense (plural inglesi)

(in the plural) English people, British people, the English, the British


inglese

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: انگلیز (ingiliz)
Turkish: İngiliz
→ Armenian: ինկիլիզ (inkiliz), ինգլիզ (ingliz)
→ Arabic: إِنْجْلِيز (ʔinglīz)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܢܓܠܝܼܣ (inglīs)
→ Persian: انگلیس (engelis)

→ Greek: Εγγλέζος (Englézos)
→ Romanian: englez


senzatetto

From senza (“without”) + tetto (“roof”).


riservista

it-noun

riservista m or f by sense (masculine plural riservisti, feminine plural riserviste)

riservisti (masculine plural)
riserviste (feminine plural)


cervello

cervello m (plural cervelli m or (in certain fixed expressions) cervella f)

cervelli (masculine plural)
cervella (feminine plural)

From Latin cerebellum, derived from cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). The alternative plural cervella derives from the Latin plural form cerebella. Doublet of the borrowing cerebello; cf. the derived cerebellare.

(by extension) the tendencies or inclinations of an individual

(by extension) an individual or person (referring to their tendencies and inclinations)

(management) the main manager of an activity or business


uguale

uguali (plural)
eguale (alternative)
equale (alternative)

From Latin aequālis, derived from aequus (“equal, even”).

equal (person of equal status to others)


orientale

orientale m or f by sense (plural orientali)


baluba

(regional, northern Italy, derogatory) baluba


problema

Borrowed from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “obstacle”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from prefix προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).


Simone

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'ón).

a male given name, equivalent to English Simon


Simone

a surname transferred from the given name


rai

Borrowed from Old Occitan rai, from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and radio, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Latin.


diastema

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek διάστημα (diástēma).


dito

it-noun

ditìno<q:usually in reference to children>

dito m (plural (considered individually) diti m or (collectively) dita f, diminutive (usually in reference to children) ditìno, augmentative ditóne (“big toe”), pejorative ditàccio)

diti (masculine plural)
dita (collective feminine plural)
ditìno (diminutive usually)
ditóne (augmentative)
ditàccio (pejorative)

From Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”).


polio

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

the plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)


Scozia

la Scozia (canonical feminine)
Iscozia (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin Scōtia, after the population of Scōtī, a term of possible Celtic origin.

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom, Europe)


fonema

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”).

[…] la etimologia che noi proponiamo ben ci dimostra l'italicità del fonema

1894, Luigi Ceci, “Sulla questione della gutturale media labializzata nel latino”, in Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei: classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche - Serie quinta, vol. Ⅲ, Rome: Tipografia dell'Accademia, section 36, page 401:

the etymology we propose well demonstrates the phoneme’s Italic quality

Il fonema, pertanto, è una unità astratta che si manifesta mediante suoni concreti

1987, Romano Lazzeroni, chapter 2 (“Tipologia e dinamica del mutamento”), in Linguistica storica, Rome: Carocci Editore, section 2, page 17:

Therefore, the phoneme is an abstract unit manifesting itself through concrete sounds


lanista

(historical) owner and trainer of gladiators


peggio

avere la peggio


maccheroni

Plural of maccherone, of uncertain origin.


Fantini

Diminutive of Infante, from infante (“child”).


habitué

Unadapted borrowing from French habitué. Doublet of abituato.


yuppie

it-noun

yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies or invariable)

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)


meridionale

meridionale m or f by sense (plural meridionali)

Borrowed from Latin merīdiōnālis. Cf. also the older Italian meriggionale.


Brenna

Possibly of Celtic origin, as Celts were known to inhabit the area before Romans. The meaning is unclear, but compare Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”), which is also the source of the Latin name Brennus.


zeugma

From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).


curriculum vitae

it-noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae or curricula vitarum)

curricula vitae (plural)
curricula vitarum (plural)

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#English

curriculum vitae (summary of education and employment experience)


yemenita

yemenita m or f by sense (masculine plural yemeniti, feminine plural yemenite)

yemeniti (masculine plural)
yemenite (feminine plural)


responsabile

responsabile m or f by sense (plural responsabili)

responsabili (plural)
reponsabile (alternative)
responabile (alternative)

Borrowed from French responsable, assimilated to the native suffix -abile. Cognate with Piedmontese responsàbil.


indio

indio m or f by sense (plural indios, masculine plural indi, feminine india, feminine plural indie)

indios (plural)
indi (masculine plural)
india (feminine)
indie (feminine plural)

Indian (“Native American”), Native American


Sahara

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).


nobel

Alternative letter-case form of Nobel (“Nobel Prize winner”)


giapponese

giapponese m or f by sense (plural giapponesi)


valigia

→ Albanian: valixhe

→ Ladino: validja

→ Slavomolisano: baliža

→ Spanish: valija

Borrowed from a language of Northern Italy (cf. Venetan valís, Lombard valiza), from Medieval Latin valesia, valixia, from Late Latin valisia, possibly from Gaulish *valisia (“leather bag”), from Proto-Celtic *wal- (“to enclose, surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Or, possibly from Arabic وَلِيهَة (walīha, “large bag”).
Related to French valise and Spanish valija, though it is unclear if either term was borrowed from the other.


pulcinella di mare

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

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica#Translingual


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

(Ancient Rome) meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)


meta

→ Serbo-Croatian: méta


alfa

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.

alpha, specifically:
the name of the Greek-script letter Α/α


gallese

it-noun

gallese m or f by sense (plural gallesi)


Diana

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


Cuda

The Italian surname hails from region of Calabria, from the Calabresian term cauda, which derived from the Latin coda ("toward the tail").


omosessuale

omosessuale m or f by sense (plural omosessuali)

From omo- + sessuale; cf. Latin homosexuālis.

buliccio

used only of men in [[:en:Liguria|Liguria]]

ricchione

used only of men in [[:en:Southern Italy|Southern Italy]]


nitro

Clipping of nitroglicerina (“nitroglycerine”).


designer

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.

ubor

designer (especially one who designs furniture or other industrial products)


penititi

repentant Mafiosi, especially those who give evidence at the trials of others


penitente

it-noun

penitente m or f by sense (plural penitenti)


Angelo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angel


Bianca

→ English: Bianca

→ Danish: Bianca

→ German: Bianca

From bianca, feminine singular form of bianco (“white”, adjective).

a female given name, masculine equivalent Bianco, equivalent to English Blanche


Bruna

a female given name, masculine equivalent Bruno


Budda

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”) past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake”).


Castello

Castello (a district (sestiere) of Venice, Veneto, Italy)


Edo

(historical) Edo (the former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan)


Felice

Inherited from Latin Felix (“fortunate, lucky, happy”).

inh+

a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Fermi

→ English: Fermi

→ French: Fermi


Grande

English: Grande

From grande (“big”), a nickname for a tall or large person.


Io

it:85 Io
it:Io (astronomia)
it:Io (mitologia)


John

Borrowed from English John. Doublet of Giovanni.

A male given name and surname in English


Leone

(astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation)


Leone

Giovanni Leone, Italian politician and sixth President of Italy


Magenta

a surname transferred from the place name


Mari

* Patronymic/short form of the medieval name Ademaro, Adimaro.
* Patronymic/short form of Mario.
* Short form of Amari, or a nickname from amaro (“bitter”).


Mercurio

(mythology, Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god)


Nova

Probably a habitational surname from the town of Nova Milanese, in Lombardy.


Piano

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a plain, from piano (“plain, flatland”).


Ra

Transcription of Egyptian r:a-N5:Z1-C2 (rꜥ, “sun; the god Ra”).

bor

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (god of the Sun)


Rana

From rana (“frog”), a nickname for a person with bulging eyes or a croaky voice.


Romano

a male given name from Latin Rōmānus, name of a saint


Sorge

From the italianization of the Sicilian surname Surgi, derived from surgi (“mouse”), dialectal variant of surci. Cognate with Sardinian Suergiu.


Tango

Probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name containing the element *þankaz (“thought, mind, consideration”).

a surname transferred from the given name


Topolino

Coordinate term: Gambadilegno


Toro

(astronomy) Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac)


Toro

(astrology) one born under the Taurus zodiac sign


Vespa

From vespa (“wasp”), in reference to its shape or sound. See also Ape (“bee”).

Coordinate term: Lambretta

Vespa (Italian brand of motor scooter, or any similar motor scooter)


Viola

The given name derived from Latin viola (“a violet”). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.


Volta

Translingual: V

→ English: Volta

English: volt, voltage, voltaic

Converged from different nicknames, including volpe (“fox”) and volta (“a turn, rotation, spin”).

Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist


Vulcano

a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Zattere

le Zattere (canonical feminine plural)
la Fondamenta delle Zattere (alternative)

Literally, “rafts, pontoons”, from the plural of zattera.

(Venice) a street (partially a boardwalk) in Dorsoduro, Venice, alongside the Giudecca canal


protista

Borrowed from New Latin Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos), corresponding to proto- + -ista.


aragonese

it-noun

aragonese m or f by sense (plural aragonesi)

Aragonese (native or inhabitant of Aragon)


sudanese

sudanese m or f by sense (plural sudanesi)


satsuma

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

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


inuit

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”).


taiwanese

it-noun

taiwanese m or f by sense (plural taiwanesi)


cime di rape

Alternative form of cime di rapa (“turnip greens”)


teppista

teppista m or f by sense (masculine plural teppisti, feminine plural teppiste)

teppisti (masculine plural)
teppiste (feminine plural)


beninese

beninese m or f by sense (plural beninesi)


nepalese

nepalese m or f by sense (plural nepalesi)


detective

Unadapted borrowing from English detective.


Berlino

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


autostoppista

it-noun

autostoppista m or f by sense (masculine plural autostoppisti, feminine plural autostoppiste)

autostoppisti (masculine plural)
autostoppiste (feminine plural)


nabla

Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)


reporter

Unadapted borrowing from English reporter.


caca

Borrowed from English kaka, itself a borrowing from Maori kākā (“parrot”).

Coordinate term: chea

Nestor meridionalis
Nestor meridionalis#Translingual


BR

Initialism of Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades)


quokka

Setonix brachyurus
Setonix brachyurus#Translingual


ciliegia

it-noun

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

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

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


fragola

it-noun

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

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


fragola

→ Arabic: فَرَاوْلَة (farāwla)

→ Byzantine Greek: φράγουλα (phrágoula)

Greek: φράουλα (fráoula)

→ Sardinian: fràgula


fragola

fragola (canonical)
color fragola (canonical)
fravola (alternative)


outsider

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsiders)


testimonial

testimonial m or f by sense (invariable)

Unadapted borrowing from English testimonial.


Caracalla

From Latin Caracalla, from caracalla (“a kind of cloak”).


nare

(obsolete) Alternative form of nari (“nostrils”)


cerchiobottista

it-noun

cerchiobottista m or f by sense (masculine plural cerchiobottisti, feminine plural cerchiobottiste)

cerchiobottisti (masculine plural)
cerchiobottiste (feminine plural)

From the phrase dare un colpo al cerchio e uno alla botte, or to hit once the circle and once the barrel.

hold with the hare and run with the hounds

someone who doesn't take sides. One who holds with the hare and runs with the hounds.


desiderata

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dēsīderāta, neuter plural form of dēsīderātus, perfect passive participle of dēsīderō (“to want, to wish for”).


serial killer

it-noun

serial killer m or f by sense (invariable)

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer. Compare assassino seriale, which is a calque.


filo

it-noun

filo m (plural fili m or (collectively or in fixed expressions) fila f, diminutive filìno or filétto)

fili (masculine plural)
fila (collective feminine plural)
filìno (diminutive)
filétto (diminutive)

filo d'acqua


realia

Borrowed from Latin reālia (“real (things)”), neuter plural of reālis (“real”).


baby-sitter

it-noun

baby-sitter m or f by sense (invariable)

Unadapted borrowing from English baby-sitter.


babysitter

Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.


carioca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca, itself a borrowing from Guaraní/Old Tupi.

bor+

Carioca (native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)


parente

it-noun

parente m or f by sense (plural parenti)


Bruno

Saint's name of Germanic origin, cognate to English Bruno. The surname also originates as a nickname from bruno (“brown”), cognate with English Brown.

a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno


FFS

Ferrovie Federali Svizzere
w:it:Ferrovie Federali Svizzere

(Switzerland, rail transport) Initialism of Ferrovie Federali Svizzere (“Swiss Federal Railways”).


gangster

Unadapted borrowing from English gangster.


compatriota

it-noun

compatriota m or f by sense (masculine plural compatrioti, feminine plural compatriote)

compatrioti (masculine plural)
compatriote (feminine plural)


manifestante

manifestante m or f by sense (plural manifestanti)


adolescente

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescenti)


provincia

provincia f (plural province or provincie)


Cicero

From the Sicilian surname (namely a nciuria) Cìciru, from cìciru (“chickpea”). Not directly related to Latin Cicero. Doublet of Italian Cecere.


analista

analista m or f by sense (masculine plural analisti, feminine plural analiste)

analisti (masculine plural)
analiste (feminine plural)


turista

turista m or f by sense (masculine plural turisti, feminine plural turiste)

turisti (masculine plural)
turiste (feminine plural)

→ Afar: tuurísti

→ Cimbrian: turist

→ Mòcheno: turist

Borrowed from French touriste, from English tourist.


teste

Learned borrowing from Latin testis, from earlier *terstis ← *tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tristh₂s (“a third party standing, after the two parties to a contract or dispute”), from *tréyes (“three”) and *steh₂- (“to stand”).


pacifista

it-noun

pacifista m or f by sense (masculine plural pacifisti, feminine plural pacifiste)

pacifisti (masculine plural)
pacifiste (feminine plural)


sacrificio

sacrificio m (plural sacrifici or (Old Italian) sacrificia f)

sacrifici (plural)
sacrificia (feminine plural)

From Latin sacrificium (“sacrifice”), probably a borrowing.

li sacerdoti cantavano le loro sacrificia nanti lo templo de dio Apolline

13ᵗʰ century, “Dello palazzo de Nero [About Nero's palace]” (chapter 1), in Le miracole de Roma [The marvels of Rome] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Ernesto Monaci, editor, Le miracole de Roma - Versione dei Mirabilia Romae in volgare romanesco del dugento [The marvels of Rome - Version of the Mirabilia Romae in 13ᵗʰ-century Roman vernacular], Rome: R[egia] società romana di storia patria, 1915, page 14:

the priests celebrated their sacrifices before the temple of the god Apollo

Come del suo voler li angeli tuoi / fan sacrificio a te, cantando osanna, / così facciano li uomini de’ suoi.

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 10–12; 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:

Like the angels make sacrifice of their own will to you, singing hosanna, so let men do the same with their own [will].

S’io ti fe’ sacrificio o orazione / Alla mia vita mai, ne son dolente

1483, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimo [Tenth canto]”, in Morgante maggiore, section 117, lines 5–6; republished as Morgante maggiore di Luigi Pulci con note filologiche di Pietro Sermolli, volume 1, Florence: Felice Le Monnier, 1855, page 205:

If I ever made sacrifice, or prayed to you in my life, that grieves me

pensa a tutti coloro che nei naufragi, negli incendi, nelle carestie, in un momento di supremo pericolo, cedettero all’infanzia l’ultimo tozzo di pane, l’ultima tavola di salvamento, l’ultima fune per scampare alle fiamme, e spirarono contenti del loro sacrificio, che serbava in vita un piccolo innocente.

1886, Edmondo De Amicis, “Novembre — Il giorno dei morti”, in Cuore: Libro per i ragazzi, 98ᵗʰ edition, Milan: Fratelli Treves, published 1889, →OCLC, page 23:

think about all those who, in shipwrecks, in fires, during famines, in moments of greatest danger, gave up for the children the last piece of bread, the last saving board, the last rope to escape the flames, and passed away, happy in their sacrifice that kept a small, innocent one alive.


socialista

socialista m or f by sense (masculine plural socialisti, feminine plural socialiste)

socialisti (masculine plural)
socialiste (feminine plural)

→ Maltese: soċjalista


consigliere

consigliere m or f by sense (plural consiglieri, feminine consigliera)

consiglieri (plural)
consigliera (feminine)

→ English: consigliere


denuncia

registration (of births, marriages and deaths)


sistema

From Late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).


barba

barba f (plural barbe, diminutive barbétta (“beard”) or barbettìna (“beard”); barbìna (“beard”) or (more common) barbìno m (“beard”); barbicèlla (“root”) or barbicìna (“root”) or barbolìna (“root”), augmentative barbóna (“beard”) or (more common) barbóne m (“beard”), pejorative barbàccia (“beard”), derogatory barbùccia (“beard”))

barbe (plural)
barbétta (diminutive)
barbettìna (diminutive)
barbóna (augmentative)
barbóne m (“beard”) (augmentative common)
barbàccia (pejorative)
barbùccia (derogatory)

From Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).


Ioppi

Testi inediti friulani dal secolo XIV al XIX raccolti e annotati da VINCENZO Ioppi

Secondo Vincenzo Ioppi l'ordine nobiliare cittadino fu costituito allora.

1955, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Reale Accademia d'Italia. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane dal Medio Evo al 1831:

2 del primo piano, con il maresciallo dei Carabinieri medaglia d'oro Angelo Ioppi (tuttora vivente); i giorni successivi, in altra cella dello stesso piano, sempre con Ioppi, ma con altri due detenuti meno gravati di noi

1988, Giorgio Angelozzi Gariboldi, Pio XII, Hitler e Mussolini: il Vaticano fra le dittature, page 249:

1993 June, L Businco, M Ioppi, NL Morse, et al., Breast milk from mothers of children with newly developed atopic eczema has low levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (91(6):1134-9)


preside

preside m or f by sense (plural presidi)

(education) headmaster/headmistress, headteacher, schoolmaster


imago

Borrowed from Latin imāgō. Doublet of immagine.

(psychology) imago (idealised/idealized concept of a loved one)


scrivente

scrivente m or f by sense (plural scriventi)


sangria

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, derivative of sangre (“blood”), from Latin sanguis, due to its red color. Related with Italian sangue.


difficile

difficile m or f by sense (plural difficili)

Mi divertivo a fare la difficile.

2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 36:

person who is intractable or hard to please


playoff

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.


sette peccati capitali

it-noun

sette peccati capitali m pl (plural only)

Meronyms: lussuria, gola, avarizia, accidia, ira, invidia, superbia


Maffia

From a variant of the personal name Mattia.


fusa

Archaic irregular plural of fuso (“spindle”), used in sense 2 probably for the sound being similar to that of a spinning spindle.

fare le fusa

(plural only) purr (sound made by a cat)


Nazareth

Probably an auspicious surname given to foundlings, from the name of the city where Jesus lived.


Celia

From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.


combo

(slang) combo, especially:
small jazz ensemble


maggiore

maggiori (plural)
of grande (comparative)
maiore (alternative)

From Latin maiōrem /majjoːrɛ̃/, accusative case of maior, from Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂yós, from *méǵh₂s (“big”, “great”).


maggiore

maggiore m or f by sense (plural maggiori)


Belletini

a surname, meaning beautiful little-ones


gerente

gerente m or f by sense (plural gerenti)


lanugo

Borrowed from Latin lānūgō, derived from lāna (“wool”).


fondaco

fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci)

fondachi (plural)
fondaci (plural uncommon)

English: fondaco

Romanian: fondaco

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”) under influence from Medieval Latin fundicus (“warehouse, trading factory, trading post”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn, place receiving anyone”). Cognate with Sicilian fùnnicu.


Paola

a female given name, equivalent to English Paula


Zurigo

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

A surname and unisex given name in English


kippah

kippot (plural)
invariable (plural)
kippà (alternative)
chippà (alternative)


prof

Clipping of professore or professoressa.


vigilante

it-noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)


togolese

togolese m or f by sense (plural togolesi)


congolese

congolese m or f by sense (plural congolesi)


surinamese

surinamese m or f by sense (plural surinamesi)


guyanese

guyanese m or f by sense (plural guyanesi)


velocista

velocista m or f by sense (masculine plural velocisti, feminine plural velociste)

velocisti (masculine plural)
velociste (feminine plural)


idioma

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

der

vernacular (the language of a people or a national language)

idiom (a distinct language variety or dialect)

languoid (a language or dialect without distinction)


organista

it-noun

organista m or f by sense (masculine plural organisti, feminine plural organiste)

organisti (masculine plural)
organiste (feminine plural)


Virgilio

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Virgil


Virgilio

a village near Mantua where Virgil was born (originally named Andes)


psicanalista

psicanalista m or f by sense (masculine plural psicanalisti, feminine plural psicanaliste)

psicanalisti (masculine plural)
psicanaliste (feminine plural)
psicanalista (alternative)


Zola

a habitational surname from several places of the name in Italy


sitatunga

sitatunga, marsh buck (Tragelaphus spekii)


siamese

siamese m or f by sense (plural siamesi)


rasta

From rastafariano. First attested in 1951.


paulista

paulista m or f by sense (masculine plural paulisti, feminine plural pauliste)

paulisti (masculine plural)
pauliste (feminine plural)


Paesi Bassi

i Paesi Bassi (canonical masculine plural)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

Kosovo Paesi Bassi Kossovo Paesi Bassi Cossovo


talpa

From Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of topo.


Nicola

From Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Doublet of Niccolò.

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


marginalia

Borrowed from New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), from Latin margō (“border, edge”).


semita

semita m or f by sense (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

semiti (masculine plural)
semite (feminine plural)


boia

Non erano soltanto motociclisti di periferia, ma boia insensibili assetati del suo sangue.

They weren't just bikers from the outskirts, but ruthless executioners thirsty for his blood.


Moroni

Patronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.


cappa

→ Aromanian: capã


cappa

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.; kay


paglia

paglia f (plural paglie, diminutive pagliétta or pagliòla or pagliolìna or pagliùzza or (less common) pagliùcola, augmentative paglióna or paglióne, pejorative pagliàccia)

paglie (plural)
pagliétta (diminutive)
pagliòla (diminutive)
pagliolìna (diminutive)
pagliùzza (diminutive)
pagliùcola (diminutive uncommon)
paglióna (augmentative)
paglióne (augmentative)
pagliàccia (pejorative)

Inherited from Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).


moka

Borrowed from Arabic المُخَا (al-muḵā), a port on the Red Sea.


Disdero

A name coming from Desiderio, from Latin Desiderius (longed for). A French origin could be possible, the form Disdier (compare Didier, Dizier) being used in Hautes Alpes.

(rare) a surname, used mainly in west Italy Piedmont


spezie

Greek: Σπέτσες (Spétses, “Spetses”)

Borrowed from Late Latin plural speciēs (“goods, ware”), from Classical Latin singular speciēs (“kind, quality, type”). Doublet of specie.


naga

Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “snake”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nāgás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāgás, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (“to crawl”).

der

(Buddhist art) a representation of a human torso with a serpentine body


Ungari

From ungaro (“Hungarian”), an ethnic surname.


Accardo

a southern Italian surname from Norman, equivalent to English Ackert or German Eckert


abruzzese

it-noun

abruzzese m or f by sense (plural abruzzesi)

native or inhabitant of Abruzzo or the Abruzzi


acrobata

acrobata m or f by sense (masculine plural acrobati, feminine plural acrobate)

acrobati (masculine plural)
acrobate (feminine plural)


albanese

albanese m or f by sense (plural albanesi)

German: Albanese

From Albania + -ese. Cognate with Sicilian arbanisi.

Albanian (native or inhabitant of Albania)


Alessandro

From Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

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


ambulante

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulanti)

From Latin ambulante, ambulantem, singular of ambulans (“traveling”).


tailandese

tailandese m or f by sense (plural tailandesi)

tailandesi (plural)
thailandese (alternative)


tempura

Borrowed from Japanese 天麩羅 (てんぷら, tenpura), from Portuguese, ultimately from Latin, cognate with either temperare or tempo, tempora. See above for more.


Pechino

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


pianista

it-noun

pianista m or f by sense (masculine plural pianisti, feminine plural pianiste)

pianisti (masculine plural)
pianiste (feminine plural)


giornalista

giornalista m or f by sense (masculine plural giornalisti, feminine plural giornaliste)

giornalisti (masculine plural)
giornaliste (feminine plural)


intendente

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendenti)


goi

Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).


Pentecoste

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).


Pentecoste

→ Cimbrian: Pentekòste


arrière-pensée

it-noun

arrière-pensée m or f by sense (invariable)


boma

Borrowed from French bôme, from Dutch boom.


wawa

(music) wah-wah (sound, or mute used to produce it)


Pesci

From pesci (“fishes”), plural of pesce. Astronomy/Astrology sense is a calque of New Latin Pisces.

(astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)


balilla

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


parola chiave

parola chiave f (plural parole chiave or parole chiavi)

parole chiave (plural)
parole chiavi (plural)


sopra

Inherited from Latin suprā. Compare older sovra and Sicilian supra.


Durante

From the Latin proper name Durans or Durantis, both derived from the Latin verb dūrāre (“to endure”).
Cognates include French Durand and Spanish Durán.


Castiglione

From castiglione (“fortress, fortified town”), from Latin castilium (“fortified city”) (from castellum (“castle, fort”), diminutive of castrum (“armed camp”)) + -one (augmentative suffix). Compare Italian Castelleone, Sicilian Castigghiuni.

Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author


strangolapreti

Verb-object compound, composed of strangola (“to strangle”) + preti (“priests”), literally “priest stranglers”.


caprese

it-noun

caprese m or f by sense (plural capresi)


cantucci e vin santo

a dessert consisting of a glass of Vin Santo and a selection of almond biscotti to be dunked in the wine and eaten


Orlando

Orlando (a city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States, see Orlando, Florida)


caciocavallo

caciocavallo m (plural caciocavalli or cacicavalli)

caciocavalli (plural)
cacicavalli (plural)

From cacio (“cheese”) + cavallo (“horse”), inherited from Old Italian. More likely calqued from Neapolitan, or Sicilian casucavaḍḍu (or from dialectal cascavaḍḍu). Doublet of cosacavaddu.


gorgonzola

From the commune in Milan called Gorgonzola.


penne all'arrabbiata

a dish of penne with a sauce of tomato, garlic and chili (that is with arrabbiata sauce)


bolognese

bolognese m or f by sense (plural bolognesi)


cavoletti di Bruxelles

cavoletti di Bruxelles m pl (plural only)


cavolo rapa

cavolo rapa m (plural cavoli rapa or cavoli rape)

cavoli rapa (plural)
cavoli rape (plural)


nozze

From Vulgar Latin *noptiās, from Latin nuptiās.


nazionale

From nazione + -ale; cf. New Latin nātiōnālis.

national sports team
national sports team


neozelandese

neozelandese m or f by sense (plural neozelandesi)


bosso

From Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).


mirabilia

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mīrābilia, neuter plural form of the adjective mīrābilis (“wonderful, marvelous”). Doublet of meraviglia.

ubor

(chiefly humorous) wonderful or extraordinary things


Milanese

Habitational surname, from milanese (“Milanese”).

a surname transferred from the place name


milanese

it-noun

milanese m or f by sense (plural milanesi)

Milanese (native or inhabitant of Milan (city in Italy))


caccia

Deverbal from cacciare + -a, from Late Latin captiāre. Related to English chase, catch.


israelita

israelita m or f by sense (masculine plural israeliti, feminine plural israelite)

israeliti (masculine plural)
israelite (feminine plural)


ceppo

Inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippo, which was borrowed.

(plural only) blocks of wood used to immobilize prisoners

(figurative, by extension) shackles, fetters

(figurative, by extension) imprisonment, slavery, unfreedom


Abramo

From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).

uder

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


chirurgo

it-noun

chirurgo m (plural chirurghi or chirurgi, feminine chirurga)

chirurghi (plural)
chirurgi (plural)
chirurga (feminine)


ciglio

ciglio m (plural (in the literal meanings) ciglia f or (in the figurative meanings or rarely in the literal meanings) cigli m)

ciglia (feminine plural)
cigli (masculine plural)

From Latin cilium, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from *ḱel- (“to cover”).


poema

From Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).


oliva

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


cliente

cliente m or f by sense (plural clienti)


colera

From Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).


spogliarellista

spogliarellista m or f by sense (masculine plural spogliarellisti, feminine plural spogliarelliste)

spogliarellisti (masculine plural)
spogliarelliste (feminine plural)

From spogliarello (“striptease”) + -ista.


collega

collega m or f by sense (masculine plural colleghi, feminine plural colleghe)

colleghi (masculine plural)
colleghe (feminine plural)


corista

corista m or f by sense (masculine plural coristi, feminine plural coriste)

coristi (masculine plural)
coriste (feminine plural)


pulcinella

From the theatrical character Named after Pulcinella.

lang

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

a person who cannot behave seriously; a buffoon, a fool


monarca

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


Hussein

Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

translit

حُسَيْن حسين#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname حُسَيْن (ḥusayn)


anta

From the suffix -anta common to quaranta (“forty”), cinquanta (“fifty”), sessanta (“sixty”), settanta (“seventy”), ottanta (“eighty”), and novanta (“ninety”).

(informal) forties, fifties, sixties, ... (in someone's age)


parlamentare

it-noun

parlamentare m or f by sense (plural parlamentari)

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament


pilota

pilota m or f by sense (masculine plural piloti, feminine plural pilote)

piloti (masculine plural)
pilote (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: pilot

→ Greek: πιλότος (pilótos)

→ Middle French: pilot, pillot

French: pilote (see there for further descendants)

→ Dutch: piloot
→ Papiamentu: pilot

→ English: pilot (see there for further descendants)

→ Portuguese: piloto

→ Spanish: piloto
→ Tagalog: piloto

From earlier pedota, pedotta, from Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “oarblade, oar”). The pil- forms are probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”).


Clinton

Unadapted borrowing from English Clinton.


dentista

it-noun

dentista m or f by sense (masculine plural dentisti, feminine plural dentiste)

dentisti (masculine plural)
dentiste (feminine plural)


suicida

suicida m or f by sense (masculine plural suicidi, feminine plural suicide)

suicidi (masculine plural)
suicide (feminine plural)

From Latin suī (“of oneself”) + -cida (“murderer”), on the example of omicida.

suicide (one who has intentionally killed themselves)


terrorista

terrorista m or f by sense (masculine plural terroristi, feminine plural terroriste)

terroristi (masculine plural)
terroriste (feminine plural)


motorista

motorista m or f by sense (masculine plural motoristi, feminine plural motoriste)

motoristi (masculine plural)
motoriste (feminine plural)


criminale

criminale m or f by sense (plural criminali)

From Late Latin or Juridical Latin criminālis (“criminal”), from Latin crīmen (“verdict; crime”).


crisma

From Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).


ecologista

ecologista m or f by sense (masculine plural ecologisti, feminine plural ecologiste)

ecologisti (masculine plural)
ecologiste (feminine plural)

environmental activist
environmental activist


cameraman

Unadapted borrowing from English cameraman.


paradigma

From Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).


Miserere

Borrowed from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), the first word of the 51st Psalm, probably a nickname for a foundling.

bor+

a surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Latin]


Illuminati

Patronymic or plural form of Illuminato.


Sutherland

A small city in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States

An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States

A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah, United States

Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie County#English

An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States


pusher

Nell’inchiesta è entrato intanto in secondo indagato: un pusher nigeriano che avrebbe ceduto a Pamela, allontanatasi dalla Comunità di recupero Pars di Corridonia il 29 gennaio, una dose di eroina nei giardini Diaz di Macerata, luogo di ritrovo di spacciatori, il 30 gennaio, ultimo giorno in cui la ragazza è stata vista in vita.

2018 February 7, “Spari sui neri a Macerata, il ministro Orlando: «Tricolore infangato da un folle»”, in Corriere della Sera:


Praga

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


umorista

it-noun

umorista m or f by sense (masculine plural umoristi, feminine plural umoriste)

umoristi (masculine plural)
umoriste (feminine plural)


Medici

a surname of a powerful and influential aristocratic Florentine family from the 13th to 17th centuries


senegalese

senegalese m or f by sense (plural senegalesi)


complice

complice m or f by sense (plural complici)


infante

infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)

Borrowed from Latin īnfantem, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.


giovane

giovanétto,giovinétto<q:more common>,giovanìno<q:also referring to animals>,giovincèllo<q:jocular>

giovane m or f by sense (plural giovani, diminutive giovanétto or (more common) giovinétto or (also referring to animals) giovanìno or (jocular) giovincèllo, augmentative giovanòtto or giovinòtto, derogatory giovinàstro or (uncommon) giovinàccio)

giovani (plural)
giovanétto (diminutive)
giovinétto (common diminutive)
giovanìno (also diminutive)
giovincèllo (diminutive humorous)
giovanòtto (augmentative)
giovinòtto (augmentative)
giovinàstro (derogatory)
giovinàccio (derogatory uncommon)
gióvine (alternative)
giòvane (alternative)

Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Cognate with Sicilian jùvini.


retinoblastoma

retinoblastoma m (plural retinoblastomi)


cronista

cronista m or f by sense (masculine plural cronisti, feminine plural croniste)

cronisti (masculine plural)
croniste (feminine plural)


bada

bada m or f by sense (masculine plural badi, feminine plural bade)

badi (masculine plural)
bade (feminine plural)
abada (alternative)

Borrowed from Portuguese bada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak.


Lamborghini

A compound of Germanic *landą ("land") or *lambaz ("lamb") + *burgz ("fortified city").


Pelosi

English: Pelosi

desc

→ Chinese: 佩洛西 (Pèiluòxī) (transliteration)


Pelosini

From peloso (“hairy”) + -ino (“-ini (“diminutive suffix”)”).


feci

Borrowed from Latin faecēs, plural of faex.


cunetta

→ Spanish: cuneta


cuoio

it-noun

cuoio m (plural cuoi m or (archaic except in fixed expressions) cuoia f)

cuoi (masculine plural)
cuoia (archaic feminine plural)
cuojo (alternative)

Il paese produce per l’esportazione prodotti in cuoio, tè, pesce e frutti di mare.

The country exports leather, tea, fish and other marine products.


dipendente

dipendente m or f by sense (plural dipendenti)

un dipendente della ditta


perdente

perdente m or f by sense (plural perdenti)


custode

custode m or f by sense (plural custodi)

Learned borrowing from Latin custōdem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”).


giudice

it-noun

giudice m or f by sense (plural giudici)

il giudice emise la sentenza

il giudice di gara

(history) a monarch of a medieval kingdom (giudicato) in Sardinia


dalmata

dalmata m or f by sense (masculine plural dalmati, feminine plural dalmate)

dalmati (masculine plural)
dalmate (feminine plural)

Dalmatian (native or inhabitant of Dalmatia)


pervinca

Continues Late Latin pervinca (4th century), from Latin pervincire (“to entwine, bind, fetter”). From per- (“thoroughly”) and vincio (“to bind, fetter”).


erborista

it-noun

erborista m or f by sense (masculine plural erboristi, feminine plural erboriste)

erboristi (masculine plural)
erboriste (feminine plural)


erbe

vegetables (plants raised for their edible leaves)


atleta

atleta m or f by sense (masculine plural atleti, feminine plural atlete)

atleti (masculine plural)
atlete (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).


maratoneta

maratoneta m or f by sense (masculine plural maratoneti, feminine plural maratonete)

maratoneti (masculine plural)
maratonete (feminine plural)


ultramaratoneta

ultramaratoneta m or f by sense (masculine plural ultramaratoneti, feminine plural ultramaratonete)

ultramaratoneti (masculine plural)
ultramaratonete (feminine plural)


rompipalle

Verb-object compound, composed of rompi (“to break”) + palle (“balls, testicles”).

it-verb-obj

(vulgar) pain in the arse, ball-breaker (person)


governante

it-noun

governante m or f by sense (plural governanti)

(usually in the plural) government leader


capoluogo

capoluogo m (plural capoluoghi or (less common) capiluoghi)

capoluoghi (plural)
capiluoghi (plural uncommon)

→ Corsican: capilocu

From capo- + luogo, calque of French chef-lieu.

Milano è il capoluogo lombardo.

chief town or city of a region; capital, administrative centre


tagua

pecari del Chaco
pecari del Chaco#Italian


capodanno

capodanno m (plural capodanni or (uncommon) capi d'anno or capidanno or capidanni)

capodanni (plural)
capi d'anno (plural uncommon)
capidanno (plural)
capidanni (plural)
capo d'anno (alternative)

From capo d'anno (literally “head of [the] year”).

buon capodanno!


Pasqua

Pasque (plural)
Pascqua (alternative)
Pascua (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). The surname was given to someone who was born this day.


Pasqua

Pascqua (alternative)
Pascua (alternative)


guerreggiante

guerreggiante m or f by sense (plural guerreggianti)


cronometro

time trial (in cycling and other sports)


persa

persa m or f by sense (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

persi (masculine plural)
perse (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).

der

Che poran dir li Perse a’ vostri regi, ¶ come vedranno quel volume aperto ¶ nel qual si scrivon tutti suoi dispregi? ¶ Lì si vedrà, tra l’opere d’Alberto, ¶ quella che tosto moverà la penna, ¶ per che ’l regno di Praga fia diserto.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIX, pages 352–353, lines 112–117:

What to your kings may not the Persians say, when they that volume opened shall behold in which are written down all their dispraises? There shall be seen, among the deeds of Albert, that which ere long shall set the pen in motion, for which the realm of Prague shall be deserted.

un Nume […] nutría contro a’ Persi in Maratona […] la virtù Greca e l'ira.

1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 16:

In Marathon, against the Persians, a deity was feeding the Greeks' virtue and rage.

(archaic, literary) Persian (someone from Persia)


fratello

it-noun

fratellóne<pos:often, “member of a brotherhood”>

fratello m (plural fratelli or (obsolete) frategli, diminutive fratellìno, augmentative fratellóne (often, “member of a brotherhood”), pejorative fratellàccio, endearing fratellùccio)

fratelli (plural)
frategli (obsolete plural)
fratellìno (diminutive)
fratellóne (augmentative often)
fratellàccio (pejorative)
fratellùccio (endearing)

From Latin frātellus, a diminutive of Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

confratello

member of a religious community or church

Et quant le Grant Sire que Cublai Kaan avoit a nom, qui estoit seingnor de tous les Tartars do monde et de toutes les provinces et rengnes et region de celle grandisme partie do secle, ot entendu tous les fais des Latin, si come les deus frers li avoient dit ben et apertamant, il li plet outre mesure. Il dit a soi meisme qu'il envoiera mesajes a l'apostoile.

c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo et al., Milione [Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa (in Old French); republished as “Come il Grande (Kane) mandò gli due (fratelli) al papa per amb(asciadori) [The Great Khan sent the two brothers as ambassadors to the Pope]” (chapter 6), in Antonio Lanza, editor, Il Milione di Marco Polo, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

The Great Lord, named Kublai, who was Lord of all Tartars in the world, and of all the provinces and kingdoms of those vast regions, having heard about the things of the Latins from the two brothers, enjoyed it very much, and said that he himself wished to send messages to the Lord Pope.


entusiasta

entusiasta m or f by sense (masculine plural entusiasti, feminine plural entusiaste)

entusiasti (masculine plural)
entusiaste (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs); compare French enthousiaste.

der

ἐνθουσιαστής


fiamma

From Latin flamma, from Proto-Italic *flāgmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₂gmeh₂, derived from an extension of the root *bʰel- (“shiny, white”). Compare French flamme, Portuguese chama, Spanish llama.


Stati Uniti d'America

it-proper noun

Stati Uniti d'America m pl (plural only)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Stati Uniti

From stati + uniti. Calque of English United States.

United States (a country in North America)


occidentale

it-noun

occidentale m or f by sense (plural occidentali)


cantante

cantante m or f by sense (plural cantanti)


indipendente

indipendente m or f by sense (plural indipendenti)


regista

regista m or f by sense (masculine plural registi, feminine plural registe)

registi (masculine plural)
registe (feminine plural)


settentrionale

settentrionale m or f by sense (plural settentrionali)


familiare

it-adj

familiare (plural familiari, superlative familiarissimo)

familiari (plural)
familiarissimo (superlative)


familiare

it-noun

familiare m or f by sense (plural familiari)

Alla mia festa erano presenti tutti i miei familiari

All my relatives were present at my party


familiare

ha comprato una familiare


infedele

infedele m or f by sense (plural infedeli)

From Latin īnfidēlis. By surface analysis, in- (“un-, not”) + fedele (“faithful, loyal”).

surf

(historical, derogatory) a non-Christian, especially a Muslim


eterosessuale

it-noun

eterosessuale m or f by sense (plural eterosessuali)


bisessuale

bisessuale m or f by sense (plural bisessuali)

bisex

sexually attracted to persons of either sex


transessuale

transessuale m or f by sense (plural transessuali)

Calque of French transsexuel; from trans- + sessuale.


interprete

interprete m or f by sense (plural interpreti)


inferiore

inferiore m or f by sense (plural inferiori)

From Latin īnferiōrem, comparative form of īnferus (“low, deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.


liutista

liutista m or f by sense (masculine plural liutisti, feminine plural liutiste)

liutisti (masculine plural)
liutiste (feminine plural)


Senna

From the placenames Senna Comasco and Senna Lodigiana in Lombardy, possibly from the Etruscan personal name 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌀 (semna). Also from the noun senna (“cassia tree”).


Mogadiscio

uder

Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū)


medulloblastoma

it-noun

medulloblastoma m (plural medulloblastomi)


mortale

mortale m or f by sense (plural mortali)


immortale

immortale m or f by sense (plural immortali)


seguente

seguente m or f by sense (plural seguenti)


artista

artista m or f by sense (masculine plural artisti, feminine plural artiste)

artisti (masculine plural)
artiste (feminine plural)


innocente

innocente m or f by sense (plural innocenti)

Borrowed from Latin innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”).


despota

it-noun

despota m or f by sense (masculine plural despoti, feminine plural despote)

despoti (masculine plural)
despote (feminine plural)

→ Spanish: déspota

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “master, lord, ruler, despot”).


legame idrogeno

it-noun

legame idrogeno m (plural legami idrogeno or legami idrogeni)

legami idrogeno (plural)
legami idrogeni (plural)


sasso

sasso m (plural sassi or (obsolete) sassa f)

sassi (plural)
sassa (feminine obsolete plural)

From Classical Latin saxum, from Proto-Italic *saksom, of unknown origin. Compare Portuguese seixo (“pebble”) and Spanish saxo (“stone”).


assente

assente m or f by sense (plural assenti)


asciugabiancheria

Verb-object compound, composed of asciuga (“to dry”) + biancheria (“linen”).


autista

it-noun

autista m or f by sense (masculine plural autisti, feminine plural autiste)

autisti (masculine plural)
autiste (feminine plural)


paziente

Learned borrowing from Latin patientem, present active participle of patior (“to suffer”).

(linguistics, grammar, archaic) patient (on the receiving end of a verb's action)


paziente

paziente m or f by sense (plural pazienti)

patient (one who receives treatment from a doctor)

(linguistics, grammar, archaic) patient (receiving end of a verb's action)


pressi

nei pressi di Mantova

in the neighbourhood/neighborhood of Mantua


ospite

→ Slavomolisano: ospit

From Latin hospitem. Cognate to Italian oste (“innkeeper, landlord”).


Anastasio

From Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios).