zucchetto

From zucca (“gourd, squash”) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

(Roman Catholicism) zucchetto, calotte (small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy)


body

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping of English bodysuit.


saio

Borrowed from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.


gonna

From Late Latin gunna (“leather garment”). Compare English gown.


occhiali

→ Byzantine Greek: ὀκκιάλι (okkiáli)

Greek: κιάλι (kiáli)

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

occhiali da sole


modello

it-noun

modello m (plural modelli, feminine modella, diminutive modellìno or (with specific meanings) modellétto, pejorative modellàccio, derogatory modellùccio)

modelli (plural)
modella (feminine)
modellìno (diminutive)
modellétto (diminutive)
modellàccio (pejorative)
modellùccio (derogatory)

→ English: modello

→ Greek: μοντέλο (montélo)


mosca

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

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

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

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


ametista

From Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “remedy against inebriation”), from ἀ- (a-) (privative prefix) + μεθύειν (methúein, “to become inebriated”).


figaro

From the eponymous character in various dramas, a name invented by Pierre de Beaumarchais. It could derive from fils de Caron, Caron being the original surname of Beaumarchais.


zaffiro

From Late Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “lapis lazuli”).


zaffiro

→ Greek: ζαφείρι (zafeíri)


zimarra

→ Sicilian: cimarra

→ French: simarre

→ English: simar

Borrowed from Spanish zamarra, chamarra, possibly from Arabic سَمُّور (sammūr), from Persian سمور (samur).


zircone

Borrowed from German Zirkonium (“zirconium”), from German Zirkon (“zircon”), both formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn).


zeppa

third-person singular present indicative


jeans

di jeans


abbigliamento

Semi-learned borrowing from French habillement.


abito

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit, appearance”), a noun based on habeō (“have”).

bor+

vestita che fu la Cloe, conciosi il capo, e forbitosi il viso, tanto a ciascuno fuor del villesco abito parve più bella, che Dafni stesso appena la riconobbe

1812, Annibale Caro, transl., Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe [The Bucolic Loves of Daphnis and Chloe], Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, translation of Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη (Dáphnis kaì Khlóē) by Longus, Ragionamento quarto, page 136

When Chloe was dressed, with her hair done, and her face cleaned, she seemed so much more beautiful outside the rustic garment that Daphnis himself barely recognized her.


costume

→ French: costume (see there for further descendants)

PIE word
 *ḱóm
 PIE word
 *swé
Inherited from Latin consuētūdinem. Doublet of consuetudine, which was borrowed.


pullover

Unadapted borrowing from English pullover.


monokini

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


panache

Unadapted borrowing from French panache, itself from Italian pennacchio.


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)


smoking

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


sari

Borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), via Prakrit from Sanskrit षाटी (ṣāṭī).


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”).


tailleur

Borrowed from French tailleur. Compare Piedmontese tajeur. Doublet of tagliatore.


ambra

From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).


muta

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) + -a.


cappa

→ Aromanian: capã


cappelletto

the reinforcement on the tip of a sock or stocking


farfalla

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


stivale

desc

→ Greek: στιβάλι (stiváli), στιβάνι (stiváni)

→ Middle Low German: stevele, stovele

desctree

German Low German: Stevel, Stävel
→ Afrikaans: stewel (or from German Stiefel)

→ Old Norse: styfill

Danish: støvle

Faroese: stivli

Icelandic: stígvél

Norwegian: støvel

Old Swedish: støvel

Swedish: stövel

→ Old High German: stival

Borrowed from Old French estival, of which the etymology is disputed: either from Medieval Latin aestivālis (“summerly”), in place of Classical Latin aestīvus (whence also Italian estivo), from aestās (“summer”), or from tībiālis (“tibial, of the tibia”), from tībia.

unk

disputed


veste

→ French: veste (see there for further descendants)


cappuccio

desctree

→ French: capuchon
→ Hebrew: קַפּוּצ׳וֹן (kapuchón)
→ Dutch: capuchon
→ Russian: капюшо́н (kapjušón)
→ Swedish: kapuschong
→ Turkish: kapüşon

→ German: Kapuze

→ Spanish: capucho

→ Serbo-Croatian: kapuljača

→ Portuguese: capucho


calza

→ Greek: κάλτσα (káltsa)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).


cimosa

(textiles, clothing) selvage (in sewing)


cintola

From Latin *cinctula, from cīncta (medieval variant feminine form of cīnctus) + -ula (diminutive suffix), from cingō (“gird”). Compare Sardinian chintula.

af

medieval variant feminine form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cīnctus</i>


ciabatta

→ English: ciabatta

→ German: Ciabatta

→ Spanish: chapata

→ Portuguese: chapata

Of unknown origin shared with Spanish zapato and French sabot and savate. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).

cog

Uscii tutto sgraziato, senza equilibrio, perché non avevo mai messo nemmeno un paio di ciabatte.

1981, Gregòrio Bezerra, I Giorni Dell Oppressione Memorie (1900-1945)

I left awkwardly, out of balance, because I had never even put on a pair of slippers.


cravatta

desc

→ Hijazi Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta, karavitta)

desctree

→ Spanish: corbata
→ Cebuano: korbata
→ Maranao: korbata
→ Sambali: korbata
→ Tagalog: kurbata
→ Yogad: kurbata

From French cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt (“Croat”), because it was first used by Croatian knights. Doublet of croato.


cotta

Borrowed from French cotte, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuttô.


cuffia

From Late Latin cofia (“bonnet”), probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju.

cuffia da bagno


rubino

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of rubare:
third-person plural present subjunctive


giacinto

From Medieval Latin jacintus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers; a blue precious stone”).

der

(mineralogy) jacinth (variety of zircon)


virgola

Borrowed from Latin virgula. Doublet of vergola, which was inherited.


scarpa

→ Catalan: escarpa

→ French: escarpe

→ Spanish: escarpa

→ Sicilian: scarpa

From Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*skarpa) or *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐍉 (*skarpō), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.

(architecture) juxtaposition of a wall inclined to the base of a tower or a boundary wall (buttress)


maglia

Borrowed from Old Occitan malha, from Latin macula (“mesh”). Compare Spanish malla, French maille and Portuguese malha.

(clothes) vest, undershirt, shirt, cardigan, jersey, pullover

maglia rosa

maglia gialla


ammonite

inflection of ammonire:
second-person plural present indicative


diadema

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


confezione

Borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem (“making, preparing, producing, arranging, composing, completing”).

confezionare

to tailor, manufacture (clothes); to package, pack, wrap up

(fashion) clothing manufacturer, clothing factory, clothing industry


costume da bagno

it-noun

costume da bagno m (plural costumi da bagno)


ristrutturare

it-verb

ristrutturàre (first-person singular present ristruttùro, first-person singular past historic ristrutturài, past participle ristrutturàto, auxiliary avére)

ristrutturàre (canonical)
ristruttùro (first-person present singular)
ristrutturài (first-person historic past singular)
ristrutturàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
ristrutturàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
ristrutturàndo (gerund)
ristrutturànte (participle present)
ristrutturàto (participle past)
ristruttùro (first-person indicative present singular)
ristruttùri (indicative present second-person singular)
ristruttùra (indicative present singular third-person)
ristrutturiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
ristrutturàte (indicative plural present second-person)
ristruttùrano (indicative plural present third-person)
ristrutturàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ristrutturàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ristrutturàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ristrutturavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ristrutturavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ristrutturàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ristrutturài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ristrutturàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ristrutturò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ristrutturàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ristrutturàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ristrutturàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ristrutturerò (first-person future indicative singular)
ristrutturerài (future indicative second-person singular)
ristrutturerà (future indicative singular third-person)
ristrutturerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
ristruttureréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ristrutturerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ristrutturerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ristrutturerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
ristrutturerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ristrutturerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ristrutturerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
ristruttureréste (conditional plural present second-person)
ristrutturerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ristrutturerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ristruttùri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ristruttùri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ristruttùri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ristrutturiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ristrutturiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ristruttùrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ristrutturàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ristrutturàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ristrutturàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ristrutturàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ristrutturàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ristrutturàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ristruttùra (imperative second-person singular)
ristruttùri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ristrutturiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
ristrutturàte (imperative plural second-person)
ristruttùrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ristrutturàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
ristruttùri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ristrutturiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
ristrutturàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
ristruttùrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(cosmetics) to restore (the skin or hair)


turbante

→ Catalan: turbant

→ Middle French: turbant

desctree

French: turban
→ Danish: turban
→ English: turban
→ German: Turban
→ Serbo-Croatian: tùrbān, ту̀рба̄н
→ Polish: turban
→ Russian: тюрба́н (tjurbán)
→ Swedish: turban
→ Turkish: türban

→ Portuguese: turbante

→ Spanish: turbante

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband). Doublet of tulipano.


pettino

(fashion) chest part of a button-down shirt, detached and starched

(fashion) part of a women's dress, detached from the rest, covering the chest


vimpa

From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, swing”).


griffato

it-adj

griffato (feminine griffata, masculine plural griffati, feminine plural griffate)

griffata (feminine)
griffati (masculine plural)
griffate (feminine plural)


mitra

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).


calzino

inflection of calzare:
third-person plural present subjunctive


teglia

Ultimately from Latin tēgula. The normal result, tegghia (found in the old Florentine dialect) from the Vulgar Latin *tegla, was probably modified later in a process of hypercorrection. Doublet of tegola (“roof tile”).


granato

From granato (“pomegranate”), due to the stone's color resembling that of the pomegranate's seeds.

(mineralogy, uncountable) garnet (gemstone)


copricapo

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + capo (“head”). Compare French couvre-chef.


scialle

→ Greek: σάλι (sáli)

Borrowed from French châle, from Hindi शाल (śāl), from Persian شال (šâl).


bella figura

"fine appearance or impression"; a sense of fashion.


cappottino

From cappotto + -ino (diminutive suffix).


mantello

From Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, probably from Gaulish. Compare French manteau.

un lupo in mantello di pecora

(figurative, by extension) something that covers or conceals

mantle
something that covers or conceals

(geology) layer between the Earth's core and crust


mutande

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


parrucca

Hungarian: paróka

Uncertain; according to the OED, possibly related to Latin pilus (“hair”), but there are phonetic difficulties. It could instead be related to parrocchetto (“parakeet”), referring to the feathers. Compare French perruque.


berretto

From Late Latin birretum (“linen headgear”), a diminutive of birrus (“cloak; woollen cap”).


giubba

→ Middle High German: schūbe

German: Schaube

→ Russian: шуба (šuba)

→ Turkish: cübbe

Borrowed from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba, “long garment”), 13th c.


pattino

Borrowed from French patin (“skate”), from patte (“paw”).

(obsolete, footwear) a slipper or a similar piece of footwear


sciarpa

Borrowed from French écharpe, from Frankish *skirpa (“bandoleer”).

La ragazza aveva una lunga sciarpa al collo.

The girl had a long scarf around her neck.


scarpetta

→ Polish: skarpeta ⇒ skarpetka

→ Belarusian: шкарпэ́тка (škarpétka)

→ Ukrainian: шкарпе́тка (škarpétka)

From scarpa (“shoe”) + -etta (diminutive suffix).


smeraldo

From Vulgar Latin *smaraūdus, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos) (modern, σμαράγδι (smarágdi)), of Semitic origin. Compare French émeraude.

Lo smeraldo è una gemma verde.


pantofola

→ Catalan: plantofa

→ Greek: παντόφλα (pantófla)

→ Middle High German: pantoffel

German: Pantoffel

First element from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *pat-, *paþa- (“to walk, tread, go, step”), of uncertain origin and relation. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”). Cognate with Dutch pad, patte (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”); second element unknown.


cappellaccio

Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera#Translingual

(mycology) parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)


filigrana

→ French: filigrane
→ English: filigree

→ Portuguese: filigrana

→ Spanish: filigrana


sottana

desctree

→ French: soutane
→ Dutch: soutane
→ English: soutane
→ German: Soutane
→ Polish: sutanna
→ Russian: сутана (sutana)

Feminine form of sottano (“lower”), i.e. "that which is worn underneath".


abaya

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَبَايَة (ʕabāya), alternative form of عَبَاءَة (ʕabāʔa, “cloak”), derived from the root ع ب ء (ʕ b ʔ).


ciocia

/ˈt͡ʃɔ.t͡ʃa/

From Romanesco. Further origin uncertain.

a type of traditional leather slipper once worn in Southern Italy


canottiera

From canotto (“dinghy”) + -iera, because it was originally used by those who sailed on dinghies.


felpa

Maybe from Old French felpe, feupe, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Late Latin faluppa (“straw, fiber, chip”) (perhaps of Germanic origin and borrowed from Frankish *felt), or from earlier ferpe, metathesized from fibra.


mantella

cloak, mantel, cape, hood (a covering draped over the upper part)


calzare

From Medieval Latin calciārium, calceārium, derived from Latin calceus (“shoe”).


stilista

it-noun

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

stilisti (masculine plural)
stiliste (feminine plural)


quattrocchi

quattrocchi m or f by sense (invariable)

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

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

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

2015, Antonio Romano, Mentir da gentildonne, self-published

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


tunica

Borrowed from Latin tunica. Compare the inherited tonaca.


calzamaglia

Verb-object compound, composed of calza (“to put on”) + maglia (“knitting, jersey”).


cappellaio

it-noun

cappellaio m (plural cappellai, feminine cappellaia)

cappellai (plural)
cappellaia (feminine)


giada

Borrowed from French jade, from Spanish piedra de ijada (“loin stone”).


stola

Borrowed from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ).


scampanare

it-verb

scampanàre (first-person singular present scampàno, first-person singular past historic scampanài, past participle scampanàto, auxiliary avére)

scampanàre (canonical)
scampàno (first-person present singular)
scampanài (first-person historic past singular)
scampanàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scampanàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scampanàndo (gerund)
scampanànte (participle present)
scampanàto (participle past)
scampàno (first-person indicative present singular)
scampàni (indicative present second-person singular)
scampàna (indicative present singular third-person)
scampaniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scampanàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scampànano (indicative plural present third-person)
scampanàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scampanàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scampanàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scampanavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scampanavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scampanàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scampanài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scampanàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scampanò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scampanàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scampanàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scampanàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scampanerò (first-person future indicative singular)
scampanerài (future indicative second-person singular)
scampanerà (future indicative singular third-person)
scampanerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scampaneréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scampanerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scampanerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
scampanerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
scampanerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scampanerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scampanerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
scampaneréste (conditional plural present second-person)
scampanerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scampanerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scampàni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scampàni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scampàni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scampaniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scampaniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scampànino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scampanàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scampanàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scampanàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scampanàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scampanàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scampanàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scampàna (imperative second-person singular)
scampàni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scampaniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scampanàte (imperative plural second-person)
scampànino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scampanàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scampàni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scampaniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scampanàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scampànino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


chimono

From Japanese 着物 [ きもの、kimono ] (lit., “wear-thing”).


colbacco

Borrowed from French colback, from Ottoman Turkish قلپاق (kalpak).


feluca

→ English: felucca


frac

morning dress, tailcoat, white tie and tails


gabbano

→ French: caban
→ German: Caban

Borrowed from Spanish gabán, from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ). See Persian قبا (qabâ).


giubbetto

un giubbetto antiproiettile


maculato

it-adj

maculato (feminine maculata, masculine plural maculati, feminine plural maculate)

maculata (feminine)
maculati (masculine plural)
maculate (feminine plural)

(literary or zoology or fashion) spotted


montgomery

Unadapted borrowing from English Montgomery, named after British Army officer Bernard Montgomery. Compare Dutch montycoat.


mustacchio

Variant of mostaccio; probably taken from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion, “moustache”) or influenced by the Neapolitan mustaccio.

bor

(usually in the plural) mustachio (long, elaborate mustache)


diamante

Learned borrowing of Late Latin diamantem, from Latin adamantem, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

uder

(sports, baseball) baseball field, ball field, sandlot baseball diamond


onice

From Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυχος (ónukhos), from ὄνυξ (ónux, “(finger)nail”).


négligé

Unadapted borrowing from French négligé.


papalina

→ Spanish: papalino

nightcap, jellybag cap, liberty cap, Phrygian cap


palandrana

From palandra, from former pelanda (“houppelande”), from Old French houppelande.

a long, wide domestic gaberdine-like clothing usually worn by males


pastrano

Probably after the Duke of Pastrana, a seventeenth century Spanish ambassador to Rome.


caschetto

a form of protective headgear used in alpinism


trequarti

From quarti (“three”) + quarto (“quarters”).


prendisole

Verb-object compound, composed of prendi (“to take”) + sole (“sun”), from the expression prendere il sole (“to sunbathe”).


scapolare

Borrowed from Medieval Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula.

(Christianity) scapular (short cloak worn around the shoulders by Benedectine monks)


rocchetto

(clothing, Roman Catholicism) rochet (garment worn over the choir cassock by cardinals, bishops and certain other dignitaries)


cocolla

From Latin cuculla, feminine of cucullus.


baby-doll

Unadapted borrowing from English baby doll.


barracano

haick (North African outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth)


brachetta

(in the plural) knickers (women's or child's)


salopette

Unadapted borrowing from French salopette.

(clothing) overalls (loose fitting pair of pants with a bib)


dolcevita

From dolce (“sweet”) + vita (“life”), after Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), whose protagonist wears this clothing item.

collo a dolcevita

(also relational) polo neck sweater, turtleneck sweater


fustanella

Borrowed from Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla).


niccolo

Alteration of Latin onychinus (“made of onyx”), from onyx (“onyx”).


gremiale

gremial, a decorated cloth placed on a bishop's lap


giustacuore

From French justaucorps, with influence from cuore (“heart”).


tabarro

From Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.


mastruca

From Latin mastrūca, of Nuragic origin. Cognate with Sardinian mastruca, mastrucca.

a sheepskin or goatskin jacket, particularly one worn by Sardinian shepherds


mostaccio

desctree

→ Spanish: mostacho
→ Catalan: mostatxo
→ Galician: mostacho

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Ancient Greek.


mozzetta

From Medieval Latin almucia; compare Latin amictus (“clothed, veiled”). Doublet of almuzia.

mozetta (short cape worn by some Catholic clergy)


pianella

(historical, footwear) chopine (A type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries); zoccolo


maglia rosa

(cycling) pink jersey (shirt worn by the leader in the Giro d'Italia)


maglia gialla

(cycling) yellow jersey (shirt worn by the leader in the Tour de France)


ragazza-copertina

it-noun

ragazza-copertina f (plural ragazze-copertina)


socco

Learned borrowing from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos). Doublet of zocco.

(historical, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) a kind of slipper


soggolo

Deverbal from soggolare (“to fit with a wimple”) + -o.


cuticugno

(historical) a type of men's jacket or overcoat


lucco

unk

Unclear

kind of long garment worn by men in Florence in the XIV century


acidaro

the conical headgear typical of the Venetian doges


almuzia

From Medieval Latin almutia; compare Latin amictus (“clothed, veiled”).


zamberlucco

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یاغمورلق (yağmurluk, “raincoat”).

bor+

(clothing) a long, loose-fitting robe or cloak


petaso

From Latin petasus, from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos).


battilocchio

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + l' (“the”) + occhio (“eye”). Calque of French battant l’œil (literally “striking the eye”); see battiloglio.


stivali delle sette leghe

it-noun

stivali delle sette leghe m pl (plural only)

(folklore, fairy tale) seven-league boots (boots enabling to cross seven leagues at one stride)


rascia

From Rascia, a region of the medieval Serbia.


guarnacca

a kind of cloak used in the medieval time


penula

paenula, a kind of cloak or mantle used by Romans


giargone

desctree

→ French: jargon
→ Catalan: jargó
→ English: jargoon
→ German: Jargon
→ Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
→ Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: жаргон
Latin script: žargon, jargon
→ Spanish: jergón

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of zircone.

a kind of colourless/colorless zircon, perfectly transparent


gellaba

From Moroccan Arabic جلابة (jellāba), from جالب (jallb, “attractive”) (from جلب (jálaba, “to bring, fetch”)).


giustacorpo

(historical, literary, rare) Synonym of giustacuore: jerkin


pelanda

Apheresis from earlier opelanda, from Old French houppelande.


palandra

Alteration of pelanda (“houppelande”), from Old French houppelande.

(historical) a long, wide clothing lined with fur.


risvoltare

it-verb

risvoltàre (first-person singular present risvòlto, first-person singular past historic risvoltài, past participle risvoltàto, auxiliary èssere or avére)

risvoltàre (canonical)
risvòlto (first-person present singular)
risvoltài (first-person historic past singular)
risvoltàto (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)
avére (auxiliary)
risvoltàre (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
avére (auxiliary)
risvoltàndo (gerund)
risvoltànte (participle present)
risvoltàto (participle past)
risvòlto (first-person indicative present singular)
risvòlti (indicative present second-person singular)
risvòlta (indicative present singular third-person)
risvoltiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
risvoltàte (indicative plural present second-person)
risvòltano (indicative plural present third-person)
risvoltàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
risvoltàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
risvoltàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
risvoltavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
risvoltavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
risvoltàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
risvoltài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
risvoltàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
risvoltò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
risvoltàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
risvoltàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
risvoltàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
risvolterò (first-person future indicative singular)
risvolterài (future indicative second-person singular)
risvolterà (future indicative singular third-person)
risvolterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
risvolteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
risvolterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
risvolterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
risvolterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
risvolterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
risvolterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
risvolterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
risvolteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
risvolterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
risvolterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
risvòlti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
risvòlti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
risvòlti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
risvoltiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
risvoltiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
risvòltino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
risvoltàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
risvoltàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
risvoltàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
risvoltàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
risvoltàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
risvoltàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
risvòlta (imperative second-person singular)
risvòlti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risvoltiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
risvoltàte (imperative plural second-person)
risvòltino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
risvoltàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
risvòlti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
risvoltiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
risvoltàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
risvòltino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From ri- (“again”) + svoltare (“to turn”).

(transitive, clothing) to make a lapel or cuff


Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

a monumental building in Rome EUR housing the headquarters of luxury fashion label Fendi


pioppino

(mycology) Synonym of piopparello (“poplar mushroom”)


maglia ciclamino

it-noun

maglia ciclamino f (plural maglie ciclamino)

(cycling) violet jersey (shirt worn by the leader in the points classification in the Giro d'Italia)


racchetta da neve

racchetta da neve f (plural racchette da neve)

racchetta (“racket”) + da + neve (“snow”)


mutandina

From mutanda (“underpants”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).

suf

(usually in the plural) women's underpants, typically worn with a sanitary towel


sticario

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στιχάριον (stikhárion).


omoforio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠμοφόριον (ōmophórion).


guarnello

Probably related to guarnire (“to trim; garnish”).

(rare) kind of fabric made with linen and cotton used in cheap garments.

(rare) kind of petticoat worn by peasant women.


testa di moro

Compare French tête de Maure, tête-de-nègre, Spanish cabeza de moro.

(chiefly fashion) a variety of dark brown