litio

From New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).


boro

Internationalism, first attested as French bore, and later English boron. Ultimately akin to Italian borace (“borax”).


sodio

From New Latin sodium, probably from Arabic صُدَاع (ṣudāʕ, “headache”), due to the headache-alleviating properties.


sudoku

From Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).


cloro

From New Latin chlorum, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).


cromo

Ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour/color”).


cobalto

From New Latin cōbaltum, derived from German Kobalt, derived from Kobolet, alteration of Kobold (“elf, goblin”).

Videro tutti là, di soprassalto, ¶ quella fanciulla, con le braccia in croce, ¶ bianca sul liscio lago di cobalto.

1909, Giovanni Pascoli, “L'altra faccia lunare [The Other Lunar Face]”, in Gli emigranti nella luna [The Migrants in the Moon], 4th edition, collected in Nuovi poemetti, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1918, page 170, lines 32–34:

They all saw, suddenly, ¶ that lady, with arms crossed, ¶ white over the smooth cobalt lake.


selenio

Borrowed from New Latin selēnium, from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, “moon”).


niobio

(chemistry) niobium (a metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 41)


rodio

Semi-learned borrowing from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).


rodio

it-adj

rodio (feminine rodia, masculine plural rodi, feminine plural rodie)

rodia (feminine)
rodi (masculine plural)
rodie (feminine plural)

From Latin Rhodius, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδιος (Rhódios).

Rhodian (of, from or relating to Rhodes)


rodio

Rhodian (native or inhabitant of Rhodes) (male or of unspecified gender)


platino

From earlier platina, from Spanish platina, diminutive of plata (“silver”).


astato

From Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”).


fermio

From New Latin fermium. By surface analysis, Fermi (surname) + -io (chemical element suffix).


geografia

→ Maltese: ġeografija

From Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).


eterno

First attested 14th century. From Latin aeternus, from an earlier form aeviternus, derived from aevum (“time; age”).

[…] E come il vento ¶ odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello ¶ infinito silenzio a questa voce ¶ vo comparando: e mi sovvien l’eterno

1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “XII. L'infinito [12. The Infinite]”, in Canti^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Canti_(Leopardi_-_Donati).djvu), Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 49, lines 8–11:

And, as I hear the wind blowing through these plants, I compare that infinite silence to this voice, and I think of eternity


monokini

Borrowed from English mokokini. By surface analysis, mono- + bikini.


understatement

Unadapted borrowing from English understatement.


fermo

From Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).

(finance) stop-payment order (an action to cancel the validity of a credit instrument, such a cheque/check)

fermo giudiziario

judicial detention, remand (pre-trial detention of a suspect charged with a serious crime and thought to be a flight risk)


bulgaro

it-adj

bulgaro (feminine bulgara, masculine plural bulgari, feminine plural bulgare)

bulgara (feminine)
bulgari (masculine plural)
bulgare (feminine plural)


bulgaro

it-noun

bulgaro m (plural bulgari, feminine bulgara)


cento

From Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.


dizionario

→ Neapolitan: dizziunario

→ Sardinian: ditzionàriu

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin dictiōnārium.


grigio

Borrowed from Old French or Old Occitan, both from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁wos (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to glow, shine”). Akin to Old High German grīs (“grey”) (German greis), Old English grīs (“grey”), Old High German grāo (“grey”), Old English grǣġ (“grey”), Old Norse grār (“grey”). More at grizzle, grey. Cognate with Sicilian grisu/griciu.


pescare

it-verb

pescàre (first-person singular present pésco, first-person singular past historic pescài, past participle pescàto, auxiliary avére)

pescàre (canonical)
pésco (first-person present singular)
pescài (first-person historic past singular)
pescàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
pescàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
pescàndo (gerund)
pescànte (participle present)
pescàto (participle past)
pésco (first-person indicative present singular)
péschi (indicative present second-person singular)
pésca (indicative present singular third-person)
peschiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
pescàte (indicative plural present second-person)
péscano (indicative plural present third-person)
pescàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pescàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pescàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pescavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pescavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pescàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pescài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pescàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pescò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pescàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pescàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pescàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pescherò (first-person future indicative singular)
pescherài (future indicative second-person singular)
pescherà (future indicative singular third-person)
pescherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
pescheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
pescherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
pescherèi (conditional first-person singular)
pescherésti (conditional second-person singular)
pescherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
pescherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
pescherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
pescheréste (conditional plural second-person)
pescherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
pescherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
péschi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
péschi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
péschi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
peschiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
peschiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
péschino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pescàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pescàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pescàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pescàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pescàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pescàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pésca (imperative second-person singular)
péschi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
peschiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
pescàte (imperative plural second-person)
péschino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pescàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
péschi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
peschiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
pescàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
péschino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


ufficiale

Borrowed from Late Latin officiālis. By surface analysis, ufficio (“office, service”) + -ale (adjective-forming suffix).


ufficiale

it-noun

ufficiale m (plural ufficiali, feminine ufficialessa)

ufficiali (plural)
ufficialessa (feminine)


giglio

From Latin lilium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion).


cibo

Sicilian: cibu

Learned borrowing from Latin cibus. Contrast Portuguese cevo and Spanish cebo (“bait”).


funzione

(mathematics, computing, chemistry, biology) function


panache

Unadapted borrowing from French panache, itself from Italian pennacchio.


maschera

→ Catalan: màscara

→ Cimbrian: maskera

→ Galician: máscara

desctree

→ Middle French: masque
French: masque (see there for further descendants)
→ English: mask

→ Spanish: máscara
→ Polish: maszkara

→ Portuguese: máscara

From Late Latin mascara, *mascra, masca.

cinema attendant (takes tickets, shows patrons to their seats)


coltello

it-noun

coltello m (plural coltelli, diminutive coltellìno or (rare) coltellétto, augmentative coltellóne, pejorative coltellàccio, derogatory coltellùccio)

coltelli (plural)
coltellìno (diminutive)
coltellétto (diminutive rare)
coltellóne (augmentative)
coltellàccio (pejorative)
coltellùccio (derogatory)

From Latin cultellus (“small knife, dagger”), diminutive of culter (“knife”).


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.


valle

From Latin vallem, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Sicilian vaḍḍuni.


chiesa

Inherited from Latin ecclēsia, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”).
The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in many regional Italian varieties.


crisi

From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίνειν (krínein, “to decide”).


sbronzo

it-adj

sbronzo (feminine sbronza, masculine plural sbronzi, feminine plural sbronze)

sbronza (feminine)
sbronzi (masculine plural)
sbronze (feminine plural)

(informal) blotto, pissed, plastered, sozzled


sambuca

From sambuco (“elder tree”), from Latin sambūcus, considered to be from the instrument name sambūca for its being made of elderwood.


architetto

it-noun

architetto m (plural architetti, feminine architetta)

architetti (plural)
architetta (feminine)

→ Neapolitan: archetetto

Borrowed from Latin architectus. Non-etymological /e/ perhaps by analogy with tetto (“roof”).


ghiacciaio

Calque of French glacier as ghiaccio + -aio.


emigrare

it-verb

e:a􂀿also when the destination is not specified􂁀/ì

emigràre (first-person singular present emìgro, first-person singular past historic emigrài, past participle emigràto, auxiliary èssere or (also when the destination is not specified) avére)

emigràre (canonical)
emìgro (first-person present singular)
emigrài (first-person historic past singular)
emigràto (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)
avére (also auxiliary)
emigràre (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
avére (auxiliary)
emigràndo (gerund)
emigrànte (participle present)
emigràto (participle past)
emìgro (first-person indicative present singular)
emìgri (indicative present second-person singular)
emìgra (indicative present singular third-person)
emigriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
emigràte (indicative plural present second-person)
emìgrano (indicative plural present third-person)
emigràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
emigràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
emigràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
emigravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
emigravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
emigràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
emigrài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
emigràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
emigrò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
emigràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
emigràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
emigràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
emigrerò (first-person future indicative singular)
emigrerài (future indicative second-person singular)
emigrerà (future indicative singular third-person)
emigrerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
emigreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
emigrerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
emigrerèi (conditional first-person singular)
emigrerésti (conditional second-person singular)
emigrerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
emigrerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
emigrerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
emigreréste (conditional plural second-person)
emigrerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
emigrerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
emìgri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
emìgri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
emìgri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
emigriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
emigriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
emìgrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
emigràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
emigràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
emigràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
emigràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
emigràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
emigràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
emìgra (imperative second-person singular)
emìgri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
emigriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
emigràte (imperative plural second-person)
emìgrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
emigràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
emìgri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
emigriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
emigràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
emìgrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive) to emigrate (somewhere) [auxiliary essere]

(intransitive) to emigrate (absolute usage, without specifying the destination) [auxiliary essere or avere]


finestra

it-noun

finestra f (plural finestre, diminutive finestrèlla or finestrétta or finestrìna or finestrìno m, augmentative finestróna or finestróne m, pejorative finestràccia, derogatory finestrùccia or finestrùcola)

finestre (plural)
finestrèlla (diminutive)
finestrétta (diminutive)
finestrìna (diminutive)
finestrìno (diminutive masculine)
finestróna (augmentative)
finestróne (augmentative masculine)
finestràccia (pejorative)
finestrùccia (derogatory)
finestrùcola (derogatory)


compleanno

Borrowed from Spanish cumpleaños and adapted to fit Italian anno (“year”) and perhaps completo.


principe

principe m (plural principi, feminine principessa, diminutive principino, augmentative principóne)

principi (plural)
principessa (feminine)
principino (diminutive)
principóne (augmentative)

From Latin prīncipem (“chief”) (compare principio (“principle”) from the meaning "first").


stato

(sciences) state (physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)

(polity, generally capitalized) state sovereign polity; a government

polity; generally capitalized; polity; generally capitalized


atmosfera

From Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “vapour”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”).


attaccare

it-verb

attaccàre (first-person singular present attàcco, first-person singular past historic attaccài, past participle attaccàto, auxiliary avére)

attaccàre (canonical)
attàcco (first-person present singular)
attaccài (first-person historic past singular)
attaccàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
attaccàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
attaccàndo (gerund)
attaccànte (participle present)
attaccàto (participle past)
attàcco (first-person indicative present singular)
attàcchi (indicative present second-person singular)
attàcca (indicative present singular third-person)
attacchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
attaccàte (indicative plural present second-person)
attàccano (indicative plural present third-person)
attaccàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attaccàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attaccàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attaccavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
attaccavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
attaccàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attaccài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
attaccàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
attaccò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
attaccàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
attaccàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
attaccàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
attaccherò (first-person future indicative singular)
attaccherài (future indicative second-person singular)
attaccherà (future indicative singular third-person)
attaccherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
attaccheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
attaccherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
attaccherèi (conditional first-person singular)
attaccherésti (conditional second-person singular)
attaccherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
attaccherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
attaccherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
attaccheréste (conditional plural second-person)
attaccherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
attaccherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
attàcchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
attàcchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
attàcchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
attacchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
attacchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
attàcchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
attaccàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
attaccàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
attaccàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
attaccàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
attaccàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
attaccàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
attàcca (imperative second-person singular)
attàcchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
attacchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
attaccàte (imperative plural second-person)
attàcchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
attaccàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
attàcchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
attacchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
attaccàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
attàcchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

→ Catalan: atacar

→ Galician: atacar

desctree

→ French: attaquer
→ German: attackieren
→ Romanian: ataca

→ Occitan: atacar

→ Portuguese: atacar

→ Spanish: atacar


piropo

From Ancient Greek πυρωπός (purōpós, “fire-like”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).


motto

→ English: motto

→ German: Motto

From Latin muttum (“mutter”). Compare Catalan and French mot (“word”).


Betelgeuse

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء (jawzāʔ, “central one”).

bor

يَد الجَوْزَاء


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

(sports) a score
(ultimate frisbee) point

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


svizzero

it-adj

svizzero (feminine svizzera, masculine plural svizzeri, feminine plural svizzere)

svizzera (feminine)
svizzeri (masculine plural)
svizzere (feminine plural)


stagno

From Latin stannum (“tin, alloy of silver and lead”), stagnum, ultimately of Celtic origin.


stagno

it-adj

stagno (feminine stagna, masculine plural stagni, feminine plural stagne)

stagna (feminine)
stagni (masculine plural)
stagne (feminine plural)


alfa

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

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

The name of the Latin-script letter Ɑ/ɑ.; Latin alpha


arte

From Latin artem (“art”, “skill”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís, from the root *h₂er- (“to join, put together”).


azzurro

azzurro (feminine azzurra, masculine plural azzurri, feminine plural azzurre)

azzurra (feminine)
azzurri (masculine plural)
azzurre (feminine plural)

From Old French azur, from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Cognate with English azure, French azur, and Portuguese and Spanish azul.

acquamarina

a colour/color between celeste and light green

light blue, azure, sky blue (especially the light blue colour/color of the sky)

(idiomatic, sports) in or of an Italian national team (athlete, player, etc.)


azzurro

it-noun

azzurro m (plural azzurri, feminine azzurra)

(idiomatic, sports) a member of the Italian national team


comparire

it-verb

comparìre (first-person singular present comparìsco or compàio, first-person singular past historic compàrsi, past participle compàrso, auxiliary èssere)

comparìre [auxiliary essere] (canonical)
comparìsco (first-person present singular)
compàio (first-person present singular)
compàrsi (first-person historic past singular)
compàrso (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)
comparìre (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
comparèndo (gerund)
comparènte (participle present)
compàrso (participle past)
comparìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
compàio (first-person indicative present singular)
comparìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
compàri (indicative present second-person singular)
comparìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
compàre (indicative present singular third-person)
compariàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
comparìte (indicative plural present second-person)
comparìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
compàiono (indicative plural present third-person)
comparìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
comparìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
comparìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
comparivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
comparivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
comparìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
compàrsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
comparìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
compàrse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
comparìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
comparìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
compàrsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
comparirò (first-person future indicative singular)
comparirài (future indicative second-person singular)
comparirà (future indicative singular third-person)
comparirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
compariréte (future indicative plural second-person)
comparirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
comparirèi (conditional first-person singular)
comparirésti (conditional second-person singular)
comparirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
comparirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
comparirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
compariréste (conditional plural second-person)
comparirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
comparirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
comparìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
compàia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
comparìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
compàia (present second-person singular subjunctive)
comparìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
compàia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
compariàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
compariàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
comparìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
compàiano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
comparìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
comparìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
comparìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
comparìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
comparìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
comparìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
comparìsci (imperative second-person singular)
compàri (imperative second-person singular)
comparìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compàia (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compariàmo (first-person imperative plural)
comparìte (imperative plural second-person)
comparìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
compàiano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
comparìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
comparìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compàia (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compariàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
comparìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
comparìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
compàiano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


CID

(medicine) Initialism of coagulazione intravascolare disseminata; DIC.


chiave

From Latin clāvem, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, of ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.


OVNI

Acronym of oggetto volante non identificato.


pronunciare

it-verb

pronunciàre (first-person singular present pronùncio, first-person singular past historic pronunciài, past participle pronunciàto, auxiliary avére)

pronunciàre (canonical)
pronùncio (first-person present singular)
pronunciài (first-person historic past singular)
pronunciàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
pronunciàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
pronunciàndo (gerund)
pronunciànte (participle present)
pronunciàto (participle past)
pronùncio (first-person indicative present singular)
pronùnci (indicative present second-person singular)
pronùncia (indicative present singular third-person)
pronunciàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
pronunciàte (indicative plural present second-person)
pronùnciano (indicative plural present third-person)
pronunciàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pronunciàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pronunciàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pronunciavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pronunciavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pronunciàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pronunciài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pronunciàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pronunciò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pronunciàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pronunciàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pronunciàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pronuncerò (first-person future indicative singular)
pronuncerài (future indicative second-person singular)
pronuncerà (future indicative singular third-person)
pronuncerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
pronunceréte (future indicative plural second-person)
pronuncerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
pronuncerèi (conditional first-person singular)
pronuncerésti (conditional second-person singular)
pronuncerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
pronuncerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
pronuncerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
pronunceréste (conditional plural second-person)
pronuncerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
pronuncerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
pronùnci (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pronùnci (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pronùnci (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pronunciàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pronunciàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pronùncino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pronunciàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pronunciàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pronunciàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pronunciàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pronunciàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pronunciàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pronùncia (imperative second-person singular)
pronùnci (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pronunciàmo (first-person imperative plural)
pronunciàte (imperative plural second-person)
pronùncino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pronunciàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
pronùnci (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pronunciàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
pronunciàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
pronùncino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin prōnūntiāre (“to proclaim, declare”).

inh

pronunciare una sentenza

pronunciare un giudizio

(law) to announce or release (an opinion, sentence, etc.)


origano

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(by extension) any plant of the genus Origanum

oregano, specifically:
any plant of the genus Origanum


lue

(medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)


gelosia

→ French: jalousie (see there for further descendants)

→ Portuguese: gelosia

→ Romanian: gelozie

Coordinate term: persiana

(architecture) shutter (of a Venetian blind)


gomito

From earlier gombito, from Latin cubitum, noun use of the neuter of cubitus, the passive perfect participle of cubō (“to lie down, recline”). Doublet of the borrowing cubito.


grazia

Borrowed from Latin grātia (“favour/favor; goodwill; charm”).


bis

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).

ubor

Un bis di baccalà


gattino

it-noun

gattino m (plural gattini, feminine gattina)

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


capitale

Borrowed from Latin capitālis, derived from caput (“head”).


capitale

→ Dutch: kapitaal
→ Indonesian: kapital

desctree

→ German: Kapital, Capital (obsolete)
→ Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַל (kapital)

→ Piedmontese: capital


pago

Learned borrowing from Latin pāgus (“district”).

lbor

(historical, Ancient Rome) pagus (country district)


ammazzare

it-verb

ammazzàre (first-person singular present ammàzzo, first-person singular past historic ammazzài, past participle ammazzàto, auxiliary avére)

ammazzàre (canonical)
ammàzzo (first-person present singular)
ammazzài (first-person historic past singular)
ammazzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
ammazzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
ammazzàndo (gerund)
ammazzànte (participle present)
ammazzàto (participle past)
ammàzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
ammàzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
ammàzza (indicative present singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
ammazzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
ammàzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
ammazzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ammazzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ammazzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ammazzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ammazzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ammazzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ammazzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ammazzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ammazzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ammazzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ammazzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ammazzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ammazzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
ammazzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
ammazzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
ammazzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
ammazzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ammazzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ammazzerèi (conditional first-person singular)
ammazzerésti (conditional second-person singular)
ammazzerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
ammazzerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ammazzerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
ammazzeréste (conditional plural second-person)
ammazzerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
ammazzerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
ammàzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ammàzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ammàzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ammazziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ammàzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ammazzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ammazzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ammazzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ammazzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ammazzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ammazzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ammàzza (imperative second-person singular)
ammàzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
ammazzàte (imperative plural second-person)
ammàzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ammazzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
ammàzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ammazziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
ammazzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
ammàzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Probably from a- + mazza (“club, baton”) + -are, or alternatively possibly related to Latin mactāre, through a Vulgar Latin root *mactiāre, although this is less likely. Compare Sicilian ammazzari, Spanish mazar, Portuguese maçar, Occitan massar, Romansch mazzar, Venetan masar, Friulian maçâ, Istriot masà. See also archaic Italian mattare.

Tu mi stavi ammazzando / Tu mi stavi ammazzando con amore.

1973, “Buonanotte Fratello”, in Alice non lo sa, performed by Francesco De Gregori:

You were killing me / You were killing me with love.


divertimento

From divertire (“to amuse, to entertain”, from Latin dīvertere) + -mento (“-ment”); cognate with Piedmontese divertiment.

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">dīvertere</i>


mani

From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”).


elio

From New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).


idrogeno

From French hydrogène. By surface analysis, idro- (“water”) + -geno (“producer”).


fosforo

From New Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “light-bearing”).


Marte

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


scandio

Internationalism, first attested as New Latin scandium. By surface analysis, Latin Scandia (“Scandinavia”) + -io.


clandestino

it-adj

clandestino (feminine clandestina, masculine plural clandestini, feminine plural clandestine)

clandestina (feminine)
clandestini (masculine plural)
clandestine (feminine plural)

From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”).


clandestino

it-noun

clandestino m (plural clandestini, feminine clandestina)

clandestini (plural)
clandestina (feminine)


giallo

it-adj

giallìno,giallétto<pos:also “sweet yellow flour roll with raisins” as a noun, in the Veneto>,giallolìno<pos:also “Naples yellow” as a noun>

giallo (feminine gialla, masculine plural gialli, feminine plural gialle, diminutive giallìno or giallétto (also “sweet yellow flour roll with raisins” as a noun, in the Veneto) or giallolìno (also “Naples yellow” as a noun), augmentative giallóne, pejorative giallàccio, derogatory giallùccio)

gialla (feminine)
gialli (masculine plural)
gialle (feminine plural)
giallìno (diminutive)
giallétto (also diminutive noun)
giallolìno (also diminutive noun)
giallóne (augmentative)
giallàccio (pejorative)
giallùccio (derogatory)

Borrowed from Old French jalne (variant of jaune), from Latin galbinus. Crime fiction sense derives from the yellow covers of cheap crime literature.


giallo

detective fiction, detective novel, detective story; crime fiction; whodunit; pulp fiction


viaggio

Borrowed from Old Occitan viatge and Old French viage, veiage, from Latin viāticum, from the adjective viāticus, from via (“road, path”) + -āticus (“pertaining to”). By surface analysis, via + -aggio.
Doublet of viatico and cognate to Catalan viatge, French and English voyage, Spanish viaje, Portuguese viagem, Norman viage, Sicilian viaggiu, Maltese vjaġġ, Romanian voiaj.


nettunio

nettunio (feminine nettunia, masculine plural nettuni, feminine plural nettunie)

nettunia (feminine)
nettuni (masculine plural)
nettunie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Neptūnius, derived from Neptūnus.


nettunio

Borrowed from New Latin neptūnium, derived from Classical Latin Neptūnus.


ircocervo

(mythology) a mythological beast, half-goat half-deer


Monica

a female given name, equivalent to English Monica


quinta

(education) fifth year, fifth form, fifth grade


palo

From Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.


palladio

palladio (feminine palladia, masculine plural palladi, feminine plural palladie)

palladia (feminine)
palladi (masculine plural)
palladie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Palladius, from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιος (Palládios), derived from Παλλάς (Pallás), epithet of the goddess Athena.

(Greek mythology) Palladian (of or pertaining to Athena)


palladio

Borrowed from New Latin Palladium, named after the asteroid 2 Pallas, named after Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás) (see Etymology 1).


sprezzatura

→ English: sprezzatura

From sprezzare (“to despise”) + -tura. In the sense of nonchalance used by Baldassare Castiglione in Il Cortegiano, published in 1528.

[…] trovo una regula universalissima, la qual mi par valer circa questo in tutte le cose umane che si facciano o dicano piú che alcuna altra, e ciò è fuggir quanto piú si po, e come un asperissimo e pericoloso scoglio, la affettazione; e, per dir forse una nova parola, usar in ogni cosa una certa sprezzatura, che nasconda l’arte e dimostri ciò che si fa e dice venir fatto senza fatica e quasi senza pensarvi.

1528, Baldassare Castiglione, “XXVI”, in Il Cortegiano:

[…] have found quite a universal rule which in this matter seems to me valid above all others, and in all human affairs whether in word or deed: and that is to avoid affectation in every way possible as though it were some very rough and dangerous reef; and (to pronounce a new word perhaps) to practice in all things a certain Sprezzatura [nonchalance], so as to conceal all art and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.

Baldassare Castiglione
The Book of the Courtier


Euterpe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).


Melpomene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē).


portico

→ Dutch: portico

→ English: portico

→ Finnish: portiikki

From Latin porticus. Doublet of portego.


Moira

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοῖρα (Moîra).


Urania

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).


Diana

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


lantanio

From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō) + -io.


flare

it-noun

flare m (usually invariable, plural flares)

(astronomy) flare (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)


Rebecca

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


asp

(Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of aspetta.


megabyte

Unadapted borrowing from English megabyte. By surface analysis, mega- + byte.


vago

it-adj

vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vaghi, feminine plural vaghe, superlative vaghissimo)

vaga (feminine)
vaghi (masculine plural)
vaghe (feminine plural)
vaghissimo (superlative)


fata

From Vulgar Latin Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese fada; French fée; Spanish hada.


farmacia

it-noun

farmacia f (countable and uncountable, plural farmacie)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

der

(countable, pharmacy) pharmacy (“shop”), chemist's, drugstore


ventre

From Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.


scoglio

it-noun

scoglio m (plural scogli, diminutive scogliétto, pejorative scogliàccio)

scogli (plural)
scogliétto (diminutive)
scogliàccio (pejorative)

→ Iberia:

Leonese: escoyu (Salamanca)

Portuguese: escolho

Spanish: escollo

Borrowed from a Gallo-Italic descendant of Vulgar Latin *scoculum, from Classical Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek.


servire

it-verb

a􂀿transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve"􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary"􂁀/@

servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)

servìre (canonical)
sèrvo (first-person present singular)
servìi (first-person historic past singular)
servìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary intransitive transitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
servìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
èssere (auxiliary)
servèndo (gerund)
servènte (participle present)
servìto (participle past)
sèrvo (first-person indicative present singular)
sèrvi (indicative present second-person singular)
sèrve (indicative present singular third-person)
serviàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
servìte (indicative plural present second-person)
sèrvono (indicative plural present third-person)
servìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
servìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
servìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
servivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
servivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
servìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
servìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
servìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
servì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
servìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
servìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
servìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
servirò (first-person future indicative singular)
servirài (future indicative second-person singular)
servirà (future indicative singular third-person)
servirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
serviréte (future indicative plural second-person)
servirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
servirèi (conditional first-person singular)
servirésti (conditional second-person singular)
servirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
servirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
servirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
serviréste (conditional plural second-person)
servirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
servirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
sèrva (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sèrva (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sèrva (present singular subjunctive third-person)
serviàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
serviàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sèrvano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
servìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
servìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
servìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
servìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
servìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
servìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sèrvi (imperative second-person singular)
sèrva (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
serviàmo (first-person imperative plural)
servìte (imperative plural second-person)
sèrvano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
servìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sèrva (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
serviàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
servìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sèrvano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)


SSL

Società Sportiva Lazio
w:Società Sportiva Lazio

(soccer) Abbreviation of Società Sportiva Lazio.


abbacchiato

it-adj

abbacchiato (feminine abbacchiata, masculine plural abbacchiati, feminine plural abbacchiate)

abbacchiata (feminine)
abbacchiati (masculine plural)
abbacchiate (feminine plural)


sfumare

it-verb

sfumàre (first-person singular present sfùmo, first-person singular past historic sfumài, past participle sfumàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

sfumàre (canonical)
sfùmo (first-person present singular)
sfumài (first-person historic past singular)
sfumàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
sfumàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
sfumàndo (gerund)
sfumànte (participle present)
sfumàto (participle past)
sfùmo (first-person indicative present singular)
sfùmi (indicative present second-person singular)
sfùma (indicative present singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sfumàte (indicative plural present second-person)
sfùmano (indicative plural present third-person)
sfumàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sfumàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sfumàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sfumavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sfumavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sfumàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sfumài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sfumàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sfumò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sfumàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sfumàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sfumàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sfumerò (first-person future indicative singular)
sfumerài (future indicative second-person singular)
sfumerà (future indicative singular third-person)
sfumerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sfumeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sfumerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sfumerèi (conditional first-person singular)
sfumerésti (conditional second-person singular)
sfumerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
sfumerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
sfumerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
sfumeréste (conditional plural second-person)
sfumerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
sfumerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
sfùmi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sfùmi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sfùmi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sfumiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sfùmino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sfumàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sfumàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sfumàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sfumàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sfumàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sfumàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sfùma (imperative second-person singular)
sfùmi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sfumàte (imperative plural second-person)
sfùmino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sfumàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sfùmi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sfumiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sfumàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sfùmino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, cooking) to boil on a low heat


gamete

From Ancient Greek γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), from γαμέω (gaméō, “I marry”).


sdrucciolo

it-adj

sdrucciolo (feminine sdrucciola, masculine plural sdruccioli, feminine plural sdrucciole)

sdrucciola (feminine)
sdruccioli (masculine plural)
sdrucciole (feminine plural)

→ Asturian: esdrúxulu

→ Catalan: esdrúixol

→ English: sdrucciola

→ Galician: esdrúxulo

→ Portuguese: esdrúxulo

→ Spanish: esdrújulo

Deverbal from sdrucciolare (“to slip or slide”) + -o.


focaccia

→ English: focaccia

→ Lithuanian: fokačija

→ Sardinian: covazza

→ Spanish: focaccia

From Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Doublet of fugassa. Compare Sicilian fugazza.


Antonio

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Antonia, equivalent to English Anthony


cimbalo

(music) a type of harpsichord; an organ register having a similar sound


malachite

From Middle French malachite, from Latin molochitis, from Ancient Greek μαλαχή (malakhḗ, “[leaf of the ... ] mallow plant”).


carica

From Latin carricō (“to load, to charge”).


selenite

From Latin selēnītēs, from Ancient Greek σεληνῑ́της (selēnī́tēs, “moonstone”), derived from σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).


Maria

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


fianchetto

→ English: fianchetto

→ Spanish: fianchetto


oltremare

ultramarine
(chemistry) brilliant blue pigment


risolvere

it-verb

risòlvere (first-person singular present risòlvo, first-person singular past historic risòlsi, past participle risòlto, auxiliary avére)

risòlvere (canonical)
risòlvo (first-person present singular)
risòlsi (first-person historic past singular)
risòlto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
risòlvere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
risolvèndo (gerund)
risolvènte (participle present)
risòlto (participle past)
risòlvo (first-person indicative present singular)
risòlvi (indicative present second-person singular)
risòlve (indicative present singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
risolvéte (indicative plural present second-person)
risòlvono (indicative plural present third-person)
risolvévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
risolvévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
risolvéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
risolvevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
risolvevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
risolvévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
risòlsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
risolvésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
risòlse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
risolvémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
risolvéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
risòlsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
risolverò (first-person future indicative singular)
risolverài (future indicative second-person singular)
risolverà (future indicative singular third-person)
risolverémo (first-person future indicative plural)
risolveréte (future indicative plural second-person)
risolverànno (future indicative plural third-person)
risolverèi (conditional first-person singular)
risolverésti (conditional second-person singular)
risolverèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
risolverébbe (conditional singular third-person)
risolverémmo (conditional first-person plural)
risolveréste (conditional plural second-person)
risolverèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
risolverébbero (conditional plural third-person)
risòlva (first-person present singular subjunctive)
risòlva (present second-person singular subjunctive)
risòlva (present singular subjunctive third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
risolviàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
risòlvano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
risolvéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
risolvéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
risolvésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
risolvéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
risolvéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
risolvéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
risòlvi (imperative second-person singular)
risòlva (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person imperative plural)
risolvéte (imperative plural second-person)
risòlvano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
risòlvere (imperative negative second-person singular)
risòlva (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
risolvéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
risòlvano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
risòlvere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
risolvèndo (gerund)
risolvènte (participle present)
risòlto (participle past)
risolùto (archaic participle past)
risòlvo (first-person indicative present singular)
risòlvi (indicative present second-person singular)
risòlve (indicative present singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
risolvéte (indicative plural present second-person)
risòlvono (indicative plural present third-person)
risolvévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
risolvévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
risolvéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
risolvevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
risolvevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
risolvévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
risòlsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
risolvétti (first-person historic indicative past singular uncommon)
risolvètti (Traditional first-person historic indicative past singular uncommon)
risolvésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
risòlse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
risolvétte (historic indicative past singular third-person uncommon)
risolvètte (Traditional historic indicative past singular third-person uncommon)
risolvémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
risolvéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
risòlsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
risolvéttero (historic indicative past plural third-person uncommon)
risolvèttero (Traditional historic indicative past plural third-person uncommon)
risolverò (first-person future indicative singular)
risolverài (future indicative second-person singular)
risolverà (future indicative singular third-person)
risolverémo (first-person future indicative plural)
risolveréte (future indicative plural second-person)
risolverànno (future indicative plural third-person)
risolverèi (conditional first-person singular)
risolverésti (conditional second-person singular)
risolverèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
risolverébbe (conditional singular third-person)
risolverémmo (conditional first-person plural)
risolveréste (conditional plural second-person)
risolverèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
risolverébbero (conditional plural third-person)
risòlva (first-person present singular subjunctive)
risòlva (present second-person singular subjunctive)
risòlva (present singular subjunctive third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
risolviàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
risòlvano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
risolvéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
risolvéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
risolvésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
risolvéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
risolvéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
risolvéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
risòlvi (imperative second-person singular)
risòlva (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person imperative plural)
risolvéte (imperative plural second-person)
risòlvano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
risòlvere (imperative negative second-person singular)
risòlva (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risolviàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
risolvéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
risòlvano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, music) to resolve [auxiliary avere]


espresso

Past participle of esprimere; borrowed from Latin expressus.

Vuoi un espresso?

Clipping of caffè espresso (“espresso”).


dativo

it-adj

dativo (feminine dativa, masculine plural dativi, feminine plural dative)

dativa (feminine)
dativi (masculine plural)
dative (feminine plural)


fibula

Borrowed from Latin fībula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia.


browser

Unadapted borrowing from English browser.


sogno

From Latin somnium (“dream”), derived from somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.


rabbia

From Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.


a

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a


Abele

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abel


Agar

From Biblical Hebrew הָגָר (“stranger”).


Amore

(Roman mythology) Cupid, Eros (the god of love)


Angelo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angel


Anna

From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).

a female given name, equivalent to English Ann


Apollo

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo


Aurora

From Latin Aurōra, from aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”).

(Roman mythology) Aurora (goddess of dawn)

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora


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, feminine form of Bruno


C.

(music) Abbreviation of grancassa (“bass drum”).


Calliope

From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

(Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry


Ciro

From Latin Cyrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /Kuruš/).

a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Cyrus.


Dino

English: Dino

a male given name (derived from the abbreviated diminutives as its own form, independent of original diminution)

a diminutive of the male given name Alfredino; Clipping of Alfredino.


Dio

From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate with English deity.


E

head

E f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case e)

The fifth letter of the Italian alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.


Edo

a diminutive of the male given name Edoardo


Elio

elioconcentrato

tomato sauce concentrated by sun exposure


Ester

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Esther


Felice

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

inh+

a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Flora

(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, Flora


Galileo

Borrowed from Latin galilaeus (“Galilean; Christian”).


Gloria

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria


Grazia

a female given name, equivalent to English Grace


Hamal

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْس الْحَمَل (raʔs al-ḥamal, “head of the sheep”).

رَأْس الْحَمَل

Hamal, the brightest star in the constellation of Aries.


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)


Luna

From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

it:Luna
it:Luna (astrologia)
it:Luna (nome)

Lauꝺato ſi miſignore ꝑ ſora luna ele ﬅelle. in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̄tioſe ⁊ belle.

c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13ᵗʰ century, page 2:

Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.

["][…] tutto l’oro ch’è sotto la luna
e che già fu, di quest’anime stanche
non poterebbe farne posare una".

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 64–66; 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:

" […] all the gold that is—and ever was—under the Moon couldn't make a single one of these tired souls rest."

Nel cerchio de la luna a menar t’aggio,
che dei pianeti a noi piú prossima erra,
perché la medicina che può saggio
rendere Orlando, lá dentro si serra.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 34”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 67; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

I shall lead you to the circle of the Moon—which, among the planets, wanders closest to us—for the medicine that can make Orlando wise is hidden in there.

crīnītus Iōpās […] canit errantem lūnam sōlisque labōres

mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1204, 1207–1208; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Eneide_(Caro)), Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:

The blond-haired Iopas […] sang of the straightforwardly contorted ways which make the Moon errant, and the Sun dark

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε
εἵλετο, τοῦ δ’ ἀπάνευθε σέλας γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης.
ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ πόντοιο σέλας ναύτῃσι φανήῃ
καιομένοιο πυρός, τό τε καίεται ὑψόθ’ ὄρεσφι
σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ […]

1810 [c. 8ᵗʰ century BCE], “Libro XIX”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 373–376; republished as Iliade di Omero^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Iliade_(Monti)), 4ᵗʰ edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

he [Achilles] took up his shield, which—immense and steady—shone from the distance, as the Moon, or as a fire, appearing to seafarers upon a tall, lonely mountaintop

autàr épeita sákos méga te stibarón te
heíleto, toû d’ apáneuthe sélas génet’ ēǘte mḗnēs.
hōs d’ hót’ àn ek póntoio sélas naútēisi phanḗēi
kaioménoio purós, tó te kaíetai hupsóth’ óresphi
stathmôi en oiopólōi […]

(derived) Lunella, Lunetta, Lunina


Marina

a female given name, equivalent to English Marina


Massimo

From Latin Maximus, from maximus (“greatest”), superlative form of magnus (“great, big”).


Melissa

a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa


Mercurio

(mythology, Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god)


N

head

N f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case n)

The twelfth letter of the Italian alphabet, called enne and written in the Latin script.


O

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

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


Primo

a male given name, often given to firstborns


Ra

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

bor

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (god of the Sun)


Romano

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


Rosa

a female given name, equivalent to English Rose


Rut

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


S

head

S f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case s)

phonemic realization, when followed by a voiceless consonant

phonemic realization, when followed by a voiced consonant

The seventeenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called esse and written in the Latin script.


Signora

Egregia Signora

Egregie Signore

(used as a salutation in a letter) Madam (plural Mesdames)


Signorina

Sì, Signorina

No, Signorine

(used to address a woman) miss, young lady (ladies is used for the plural)

Egregia Signorina

Egregia Signorina Rossi

Egregie Signorine

(used as a salutation in a letter) Madam, Miss (followed by a name) (plural Mesdames)


Sirrah

(astronomy) Sirrah, synonymous name of Alpheratz (a binary star)


Sole

From Latin sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce).

(astronomy) Sun (star the Earth revolves around)

(mythology) Sun god, solar deity (egyptian deity)


Terra

(astrology) the astrological element Earth that comprises the three earth signs (Toro, Vergine and Capricorno)


Toro

(astronomy) Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac)


Toro

(astrology) one born under the Taurus zodiac sign


Tour

(cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France


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.


Vittoria

a female given name, equivalent to English Victoria


Zoe

a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë


protista

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


aragonese

Aragonese (of, from or relating to Aragon)


aragonese

it-noun

aragonese m or f by sense (plural aragonesi)

Aragonese (native or inhabitant of Aragon)


macedonia

From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.


monaco

monaco m (plural monaci, feminine monaca)

→ Sardinian: monacu (modern form)


cu

From Latin kū (the name of the letter Q).

der

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

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.; cue


pm

pubblico ministerio
pubblico ministerio#Italian

(law) Abbreviation of pubblico ministerio (“public prosecutor”).


champagne

Borrowed from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campagna.


potenza

From Latin potentia. By surface analysis, potere + -enza.


auge

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg). Compare Catalan and Spanish auge.


nahuatl

Borrowed from Spanish náhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl nāhuatl.


prato

falciare il prato

grass, lawn (ground covered with grass kept closely mown)


doccia

→ French: douche f (see for further descendants)

Probably a back-formation of doccione (“conduit, spout”), from Latin ductiōnem, from ducere, infinitive of dūcō (“lead, guide; draw, pull”), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *ducea, ultimately from the same root.


Adele

Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare German edel, English athel, Old English æþele.

a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela


austero

it-adj

austero (feminine austera, masculine plural austeri, feminine plural austere)

austera (feminine)
austeri (masculine plural)
austere (feminine plural)

From Latin austērus, from Ancient Greek αὐστηρός (austērós).


veneto

it-noun

veneto m (plural veneti, feminine veneta)

native or inhabitant of Veneto (male or of unspecified gender)


sudanese

sudanese m or f by sense (plural sudanesi)


alice

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


yiddish

Unadapted borrowing from English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).


internet

Unadapted borrowing from English internet.


sloveno

it-adj

sloveno (feminine slovena, masculine plural sloveni, feminine plural slovene)

slovena (feminine)
sloveni (masculine plural)
slovene (feminine plural)


sloveno

it-noun

sloveno m (plural sloveni, feminine slovena)


inuit

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


cancro

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.


badminton

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.


acciuga

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

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

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


bordello

English: bordello

Greek: μπορντέλο n (borntélo)

Maltese: burdell

From Old French bordel (“small hut, cabin; brothel”), diminutive of bord, from Medieval Latin bordellum, from Frankish *bord (“board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥dʰ-o- (“board”), suffixed zero-grade form of *bʰer-edʰ- (“to cut”), suffixed form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”).

der

(informal, slightly vulgar) a large quantity


jod

(linguistics) the name of the Greek-script letter Ϳ/ϳ; yot


lamia

From Byzantine Greek λάμια n pl (lámia, “deep openings”).

uder

(southern Italy, architecture) a type of vault used in rustic buildings


pompino

From pomp(a) (“pump”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


tabula

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tabula. Doublet of tavola.


login

fare login


scoop

(journalism) scoop (news learned and reported before anyone else)


aggio

→ English: agio

→ French: agio

→ Portuguese: ágio

Probably borrowed from the apheresis of Old Venetan lazo (from an earlier *lagio), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀλλάγιον (allágion).


goa

(historical) a unit of measure of length, equivalent to 0.7442 m


bookmaker

Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.


omertà

Borrowed from Neapolitan omertà, from Latin humilitātem. Compare Sicilian umirtà. Doublet of umiltà, a borrowing from Latin.

(crime) an omertà or any code of silence


continuo

that which has continuity or continuousness

(physics, philosophy) that whose perception cannot be broken down into various distinct elementary perceptions

(mathematics) continuum (set of real numbers)


poco

From Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ukos, derived from the root *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare French peu, Portuguese pouco, Spanish poco.

a tra poco

Dopo ciò poco vid’io quello strazio
far di costui a le fangose genti,
che Dio ancor ne lodo e ne ringrazio.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–60; 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:

A little after that, I saw such havoc made of him by the people of the mire, that still I praise and thank my God for it.


americano

it-adj

americano (feminine americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)

americana (feminine)
americani (masculine plural)
americane (feminine plural)

American, United Statesian, US-American, Yankee


americano

it-noun

americano m (plural americani, feminine americana)

American (native or inhabitant of America, the Americas, or the United States) (male or of unspecified gender)


secco

it-adj

secco (feminine secca, masculine plural secchi, feminine plural secche, diminutive secchìno or secchétto)

secca (feminine)
secchi (masculine plural)
secche (feminine plural)
secchìno (diminutive)
secchétto (diminutive)

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

asso secco

asso e cavallo secchi

(card games) being the only ones of their suit in a players hand (of cards)


beninese

it-noun

beninese m or f by sense (plural beninesi)


nepalese

all the languages from Nepal including Khas Nepali, Maithili language, Nepal Bhasa, Tamang language, Gurung language


monte

(geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount


assoluto

it-adj

assoluto (feminine assoluta, masculine plural assoluti, feminine plural assolute)

assoluta (feminine)
assoluti (masculine plural)
assolute (feminine plural)


chador

Borrowed from English chador, from Hindi चादर (cādar), from Classical Persian چادر (čādar, čādur), from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).

chador (loose robe worn by Muslim women)


shari'a

bor

Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa)


DOC

Modelled after French AOC (“appellation d'origine contrôlée”).

cog

(viticulture) Initialism of Denominazione di Origine Controllata (“controlled designation of origin”).

DOCG

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita


sura

from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).


heptathlon

(athletics) Alternative spelling of eptathlon


frottola

(music) frottola (Italian popular secular song)


scopa

it-noun

scopa f (plural scope, diminutive scopìna or scopìno m or scopétta, augmentative (card game) scopóne, pejorative scopàccia)

scope (plural)
scopìna (diminutive)
scopìno (diminutive masculine)
scopétta (diminutive)
scopóne (augmentative)
scopàccia (pejorative)


ischemia

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”). By surface analysis, isco- + -emia.


passacaglia

Borrowed from Spanish pasacalle, from pasar (“to pass”) + calle (“street”).

(music) passacaglia (historical Spanish dance)


sera

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”).
Compare Venetan séra, Friulian sere, Sicilian sira, Romanian seară, Romansch saira and French soir m.


nabla

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

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)


smoking

Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.


pressing

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from press(ure) + -ing.

(sports, especially soccer) continuous and pressing action that does not allow the opposing team to catch its breath, aiming to remove the ball from its possession


Guglielmo

a male given name, equivalent to English William


ACE

From the names of vitamins A, C and E, contained in the juice.

(cooking) a flavour/flavor of fruit juice, mainly formed by orange, carrot and lemon juice


GF

(television) Initialism of Grande Fratello, the Italian-language version of the reality show Big Brother.


Va.

(music) Abbreviation of viola (“viola”).


abasia

From a- + Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + -ia.


Disney

Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.

un film della Disney


sentiment

Unadapted borrowing from English sentiment.

ubor

(economics) general opinion of financial experts about a particular market


microchip

Borrowed from English microchip, from micro- + chip.


PCR

proteina C-reattiva
w:it:proteina C-reattiva

(medicine) Initialism of proteina C-reattiva; CRP


malware

it-noun

malware m (countable and uncountable, plural invariable)

(computing) malware (“software developed to harm a computer system”)


Tr.

(music) Abbreviation of tromba (“trumpet”).


GDR

(gaming) Initialism of gioco di ruolo (“role-playing game”).


SSR

w:it:Società svizzera di radiotelevisione

(broadcasting) Acronym of Società svizzera di radiotelevisione: SRG SSR


Ari

a diminutive of the female given name Arianna


ansa

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetan asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).


arpa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


ara

Learned borrowing from Latin āra, from Old Latin āsa, from Proto-Italic *āzā (“altar”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHsh₂- (“hearth, fireplace”), derived from the root *h₂eHs- (“to burn; hearth”).

der

(historical, Ancient Rome) the base upon which objects were sacrificed to the gods by fire


diastole

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).


formaggio

→ Amharic: ፎርማጆ (formaǧo)

→ Somali: farmaajo

Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”). Compare modern French fromage.


Lucia

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


ciliegia

it-noun

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

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

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)


fragola

→ Arabic: فَرَاوْلَة (farāwla)

→ Byzantine Greek: φράγουλα (phrágoula)

Greek: φράουλα (fráoula)

→ Sardinian: fràgula


fragola

fragola (canonical)
color fragola (canonical)


sari

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Sanskrit शाट (śāṭa), शाटी (śāṭī).


enne

From Latin en (the name of the letter N).

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.


dattero

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

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


metrò

Borrowed from French métro and/or clipping of metropolitana.


metropolitana

subway (US), underground (British), Tube (the London underground), metro


rotta

Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of rompere (“to break”).

it-deverbal fpp

andare in rotta


suola

From Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea. Compare Spanish suela, Portuguese sola.

(zoology, horse) sole (of a horse's foot)


meso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

bor+

(anatomy) generic name of formations resulting from the union of two peritoneal folds


Caracalla

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


lamella

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”).


fila

Probably from filo, or from Latin fila, plural of filum. Compare French file, Portuguese fila.

(masonry) row, course (a row of bricks or blocks)


autocross

From English autocross, equivalent to auto- + English cross.


traducente

(linguistics) word, phrase or sentence that can be considered the equivalent of a specific expression in another language


violoncello

From violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”).


seta

From Latin sēta, from saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Spanish and Portuguese seda.


scherzo

→ English: scherzo

→ German: Scherzo

Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).

cog

(music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)


velo

From Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.


bara

Borrowed from Lombardic bāra (“bier, litter”), from Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to carry”). Compare German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”).

bor+

e del suo grembo l’anima preclara
mover si volle, tornando al suo regno,
e al suo corpo non volle altra bara.

1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XI”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 115–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And from her bosom the illustrious soul wished to depart, returning to its realm, and for its body wished no other bier.

bier (litter to transport the corpse of a dead person)

Il cadavere fu deposto nella bara.

molte bare in attesa di sepoltura

coffin (box in which a person is buried)

(religion) a carriage used to transport a saint's relics


regia

(theater, television, etc.) direction, production


lasta

Borrowed from Dutch last (“burden, load”).

a unit of measurement of Northern Europe for dry goods


tuta

Serbo-Croatian: tȕta

From TuTa (1920), name of an early design by Italian futurist artist Thayaht, from French tout-de-même (“all the same”).


intestino crasso

it-noun

intestino crasso m (plural intestini crassi)


falla

(military) to retreat on a front of a battle, allowing enemy penetration into one's territory


gotico

it-adj

gotico (feminine gotica, masculine plural gotici, feminine plural gotiche)

gotica (feminine)
gotici (masculine plural)
gotiche (feminine plural)


machete

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.


filo

From Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon).

(taxonomy) phylum (a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class)


Rita

a diminutive of the female given name Margherita


peruviano

it-adj

peruviano (feminine peruviana, masculine plural peruviani, feminine plural peruviane)

peruviana (feminine)
peruviani (masculine plural)
peruviane (feminine plural)


peruviano

it-noun

peruviano m (plural peruviani, feminine peruviana)


vespero

(astronomy) Venus, evening star, Hesperus, Vesper


desktop

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

ubor

lo sfondo del desktop

(computing) desktop (visible user interface)


ain

Romanization of Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn), from Proto-Semitic *ʿayn- (“eye”).

ayin
the name of the Arabic-script letter ع

ayin
the name of the Hebrew-script letter ע

the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤏

ayin
the name of the Syriac-script letter ܥ


Beppe

a diminutive of the male given name Giuseppe


Giuseppe

From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.

a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Giuseppa, equivalent to English Joseph


posta

→ Amharic: ፖስታ (posta)
→ Sidamo: posta

→ Cimbrian: post

→ Cornish: post

→ Czech: pošta

→ Middle French: poste

French: poste

→ Breton: post

→ Georgian: ფოსტა (posṭa)

→ Persian: پست (post)

Norman: poste

desctree

→ Dutch: post
Afrikaans: pos
→ Caribbean Javanese: pos
→ Indonesian: pos
→ Petjo: pos
→ Papiamentu: pòst

→ English: post (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Post

→ Hungarian: posta

→ Luxembourgish: Post

→ Macedonian: пошта (pošta)

→ Mòcheno: post

→ Norwegian: post

→ Ottoman Turkish: پوسته (posta)
Turkish: posta
→ Armenian: փոստա (pʻosta)

→ Polish: poczta
→ Belarusian: по́шта (póšta)
→ Kashubian: pòczta
→ Lithuanian: paštas
→ Russian: по́чта (póčta)
→ Abkhaz: аԥошьҭа (apošta)
→ Azerbaijani: poçt
→ Armenian: փոշտ (pʻošt)
→ Chamalal: поч (poč)
→ Ingush: пошт (pošt)
→ Georgian: ფოშტა (pošṭa), ფოჩტა (počṭa)
→ Kazakh: пошта (poşta)
→ Kildin Sami: пошта (pošta)
→ Kyrgyz: почта (pocta)
→ Romanian: poștă
→ Turkmen: poçta
→ Uyghur: پوچتا (pochta)
→ Uzbek: pochta
→ Yakut: буоста (buosta)
→ Yakut: почта (pocta)
→ Ukrainian: по́шта (póšta)

→ Scottish Gaelic: posta, post

→ Slovak: pošta

→ Swedish: post

→ Vilamovian: pöst

→ West Frisian: post

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin posita, feminine singular of positus, past participle of pōnō (“to put”). Originally, "post for horses or for mooring ships", then "stopping place for coaches on a journey, way station". Doublet of posta (feminine past participle of porre).

doublet

feminine past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">porre</i>


SIDA

acronym

sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita#Italian

(pathology, rare) Acronym of sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita.


spola

From Old French spole, espole, from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”). More at spool.

shuttle (in weaving and in transportation)


citta

female equivalent of citto
(Tuscany, colloquial) a girlfriend


heavy metal

Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.


raviolo

Uncertain, perhaps masculine form of raviola, diminutive of rava (based on resemblance to a small turnip).

(cooking, usually in the plural) a dish of ravioli


biglietto

From French billet, from Old French billette, derived from Latin bulla (“document”).


carioca

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

bor+

Carioca (of, from or relating to Rio de Janeiro)


carioca

Carioca (native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)


cupola

→ Alemannic German: Chupple

→ Bulgarian: купол (kupol)

→ Catalan: cúpula

→ Czech: kopule, kupole

→ Dutch: koepel

→ English: cupola

→ Japanese: キューポラ (kyūpora)

→ Korean: 큐폴라 (kyupolla)

→ French: coupole

→ Dutch: coupel, koepel

→ German: Kuppel

→ Hungarian: kupola

→ Macedonian: купола (kupola)

→ Polish: kopuła

→ Portuguese: cúpula

→ Russian: купол (kupol)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: купола

Latin script: kupola

→ Slovak: kupola

→ Spanish: cúpula


Marco

From Latin Mārcus, from an earlier adjectival form *martcus (“pertaining to Mars”), from the name of the deity Mārs.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark


Carlo

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles


azobenzene

(organic chemistry) azobenzene (an aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes)


parente

it-noun

parente m or f by sense (plural parenti)


montmorillonite

montmorillonite f (plural montmorilloniti)


Nando

a diminutive of the male given name Fernando


Paolo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul


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


perla

Horace
Jean Jannon
New Testament
Vergil
it:perla

Borrowed from French perle, the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time.

(printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 point


Guido

English: guido, Guido

From Germanic Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy


FFS

Ferrovie Federali Svizzere
w:it:Ferrovie Federali Svizzere

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


buffer

Unadapted borrowing from English buffer.


diva

→ Catalan: diva

→ Chinese: 迪娃 (díwá), 迪瓦 (díwǎ)

→ Dutch: diva

→ English: diva

→ Finnish: diiva

→ French: diva

→ German: Diva

→ Hungarian: díva

→ Japanese: ディーバ (dība), ディーヴァ (dīva)

→ Polish: diwa

→ Portuguese: diva

→ Russian: ди́ва (díva)

→ Spanish: diva

→ Swedish: diva

→ Turkish: diva

From Latin, the feminine form of divus (“divine one; notably deified mortal”).

(acting) a star (female, especially a singer or actress)


Rocco

a male given name, equivalent to English Rocco


calzolaio

calzolaio m (plural calzolai, feminine calzolaia)


Alfonso

a male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso


leva

(military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service

(military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts


arteria

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā).


fumetto

(cooking) cornflour (maize) finely ground


Joel

From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל.

der

Hebrew יוֹאֵל

A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh


aula

From Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).


semestre

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).


Cecilia

a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia


banana republic

Unadapted borrowing from English banana republic.

ubor

(rare, politics, idiomatic, derogatory) banana republic


appellare

it-verb

appellàre (first-person singular present appèllo, first-person singular past historic appellài, past participle appellàto, auxiliary avére)

appellàre (canonical)
appèllo (first-person present singular)
appellài (first-person historic past singular)
appellàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
appellàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
appellàndo (gerund)
appellànte (participle present)
appellàto (participle past)
appèllo (first-person indicative present singular)
appèlli (indicative present second-person singular)
appèlla (indicative present singular third-person)
appelliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
appellàte (indicative plural present second-person)
appèllano (indicative plural present third-person)
appellàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
appellàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
appellàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
appellavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
appellavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
appellàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
appellài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
appellàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
appellò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
appellàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
appellàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
appellàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
appellerò (first-person future indicative singular)
appellerài (future indicative second-person singular)
appellerà (future indicative singular third-person)
appellerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
appelleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
appellerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
appellerèi (conditional first-person singular)
appellerésti (conditional second-person singular)
appellerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
appellerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
appellerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
appelleréste (conditional plural second-person)
appellerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
appellerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
appèlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
appèlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
appèlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
appelliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
appelliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
appèllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
appellàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
appellàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
appellàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
appellàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
appellàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
appellàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
appèlla (imperative second-person singular)
appèlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
appelliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
appellàte (imperative plural second-person)
appèllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
appellàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
appèlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
appelliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
appellàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
appèllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


parare

paràre (first-person singular present pàro, first-person singular past historic parài, past participle paràto, auxiliary avére)

paràre (canonical)
pàro (first-person present singular)
parài (first-person historic past singular)
paràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
paràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
paràndo (gerund)
parànte (participle present)
paràto (participle past)
pàro (first-person indicative present singular)
pàri (indicative present second-person singular)
pàra (indicative present singular third-person)
pariàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
paràte (indicative plural present second-person)
pàrano (indicative plural present third-person)
paràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
paràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
paràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
paravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
paravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
paràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
parài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
paràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
parò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
paràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
paràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
paràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
parerò (first-person future indicative singular)
parerài (future indicative second-person singular)
parerà (future indicative singular third-person)
parerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
pareréte (future indicative plural second-person)
parerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
parerèi (conditional first-person singular)
parerésti (conditional second-person singular)
parerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
parerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
parerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
pareréste (conditional plural second-person)
parerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
parerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
pàri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pàri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pàri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pariàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pariàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pàrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
paràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
paràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
paràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
paràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
paràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
paràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pàra (imperative second-person singular)
pàri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pariàmo (first-person imperative plural)
paràte (imperative plural second-person)
pàrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
paràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
pàri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pariàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
paràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
pàrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).


oriente

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“to rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun.
Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.


caso

→ Maltese: każ


sirena

From Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Cognate with Piedmontese siren-a.


sacerdote

it-noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdoti, feminine sacerdotessa)

sacerdoti (plural)
sacerdotessa (feminine)


provincia

provincia f (plural province or provincie)


istmo

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck”).

(by extension, meteorology)
(anatomy) isthmus


eco

(medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).


forchetta

forchetta f (plural forchette, diminutive forchettìna, augmentative forchettóne, pejorative forchettàccia, endearing-derogatory forchettùccia)

forchette (plural)
forchettìna (diminutive)
forchettóne (augmentative)
forchettàccia (pejorative)

From forca (“gardening fork”) + -etta (diminutive suffix). Compare French fourchette.

suffix

(zoology, horse anatomy) frog (organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof)


cucchiaio

it-noun

cucchiaio m (plural cucchiai, diminutive cucchiaiétto or (more common) cucchiaìno, augmentative cucchiaióne, pejorative cucchiaiàccio, derogatory cucchiaiùccio)

cucchiai (plural)
cucchiaiétto (diminutive)
cucchiaìno (common diminutive)
cucchiaióne (augmentative)
cucchiaiàccio (pejorative)
cucchiaiùccio (derogatory)

From the Latin cochleārium, derived from cochlear, from cochlea (“snail”), which perhaps was an instrument used to eat eggs and snails. It's also possible that it derives from the use to which it was put, the concave shape, or perhaps originally it was made with the shell of a snail. Compare French cuillère.