baggala

Borrowed from Arabic بَغْلَة (baḡla, “she-mule”).


kayak

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).


vespa

Coordinate term: lambretta

(motorcycling) Alternative letter-case form of Vespa; motor scooter


dreadnought

dreadnought (battleship in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber)


bicicletta

→ Albanian: biçikletë


cabriolet

Unadapted borrowing from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola.


trireme

Borrowed from Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).


autobus

Unadapted borrowing from French autobus.


mosca

it-noun

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

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

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

(nautical, historical) aviso, advice boat


velocipede

Borrowed from French vélocipède, composed of Latin vēlōci- (“swift”) + pēs, pedem (“foot”).


nave

→ Slavomolisano: nava

From Latin nāvem, from Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, derived from the root *(s)neh₂- (“to swim, float”).


vapore

→ Albanian: vapor

→ Greek: βαπόρι (vapóri)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: واپور (vapor, vapur)
Turkish: vapur, bapur, bafur, bapır, babır, papur, papor (dialectal)
→ Armenian: վափոր (vapʻor), վափուր (vapʻur), պաֆոռ (pafoṙ), փաֆոռ (pʻafoṙ)
→ Georgian: ვაფორი (vapori) — Chveneburi
→ Laz: ვაფური (vapuri)
→ Northern Kurdish: vapûr, wapor, papor
→ South Levantine Arabic: بابور (bābōr, “ship”)


barca

→ Ottoman Turkish: بارچه (barça)

From Late Latin barca, derived from Latin baris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), itself probably from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship”).


freccia

Borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


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)

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


bucintoro

(Venice) the state barge of Venice; used in the sposalizio ceremony


fusta

→ Albanian: fustë

From Latin fūstis (“beam”), possibly through Venetian [Term?]. Compare Portuguese and Spanish fusta, Old French fuste. Doublet of fusto and of below.

(historical) a kind of fast galley used mainly by pirates


treno

From Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).


battello

Borrowed from Old French batel. Compare Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese batel.


aliscafo

Spanish: alíscafo


terna

backhoe, backhoe loader, loader excavator


fregata

→ Danish: fregat

→ Dutch: fregat
→ Indonesian: frégat

→ English: frigate

desctree

→ French: frégate
→ English: frigate
→ Romanian: fregată
→ Russian: фрега́т (fregát)
→ Kazakh: фрегат (fregat)

→ German: Fregatte

→ Ottoman Turkish: فرقته (fırkata)
Turkish: fırkata

→ Polish: fregata

The origin is uncertain. Possibly a corruption of Latin aphractus, from Ancient Greek ἄφρακτος (áphraktos, “undefended”) (ναῦς (naûs, “ship”)).


galera

→ French: galère

→ German: Galeere

→ Polish: galera

Archaic variant of galea (“galley”) used in the nautical sense, from which the primary modern usage derives.

(nautical) galley (long ship propelled primarily by oars)


abbaglianti

(usually in the plural, automotive) high-beam


schifo

Italian: schifo

⇒ English: skeevy

⇒ English: skeeve

→ Middle French: esquif

French: esquif

→ Middle English: skif

English: skiff
→ Russian: скиф (skif)

Borrowed from Old High German skif. More at skiff, ship.


portaerei

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

it-verb-obj

aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier#Italian


peschereccio

From Late Latin piscāricius, from Latin piscis (“fish”). By surface analysis, pesca + -ereccio.

(nautical) fishing boat, smack; trawler; fishing fleet, drifer


Ferrari

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

(automotive) an Italian car manufacturer


vascello

From Late Latin vāscellum, from Latin vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”). Compare French vaisseau.

vessel, ship; especially a large warship in use during the 18th century


trattore

Formed from tratto (past participle of trarre) and the suffix -ore. Compare French tracteur, Piedmontese trator, Spanish and English tractor.


navicella

[…], somiglava ad una piccola navicella rotonda col coperchio mezzo chiuso; […]

1836, François Pouqueville, translated by A. Francesco Falconetti, La Grecia, Giuseppe Antonelli, page 411:

[…] , it looked like a small round incense boat with the lid half open; […]


furgone

Borrowed from French fourgon. Cognate with Piedmontese furgon.


timone

From Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem. Or directly inherited into Italian from the Classical form, with pretonic /e/ > /i/.


diligenza

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia.


pattino

From pàttino, with changed stress pattern.

(nautical) a type of recreational watercraft consisting of two parallel floaters joined together, propelled by oars


barchetta

(nautical) a simple gondola used as a ferry


cacciatorpediniere

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to hunt”) + torpediniere (“torpedo boats”).


dragone

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.


anabbaglianti

(usually in the plural, automotive) dipped headlight


natante

Borrowed from Latin natantem, present active participle of natō (“to swim”).


scialuppa

→ Turkish: şalupa


tamponare

it-verb

tamponàre (first-person singular present tampóno, first-person singular past historic tamponài, past participle tamponàto, auxiliary avére)

tamponàre (canonical)
tampóno (first-person present singular)
tamponài (first-person historic past singular)
tamponàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
tamponàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
tamponàndo (gerund)
tamponànte (participle present)
tamponàto (participle past)
tampóno (first-person indicative present singular)
tampóni (indicative present second-person singular)
tampóna (indicative present singular third-person)
tamponiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
tamponàte (indicative plural present second-person)
tampónano (indicative plural present third-person)
tamponàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tamponàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tamponàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tamponavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tamponavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tamponàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tamponài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tamponàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tamponò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tamponàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tamponàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tamponàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tamponerò (first-person future indicative singular)
tamponerài (future indicative second-person singular)
tamponerà (future indicative singular third-person)
tamponerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
tamponeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
tamponerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
tamponerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
tamponerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
tamponerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
tamponerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
tamponerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
tamponeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
tamponerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
tamponerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
tampóni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tampóni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tampóni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tamponiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tamponiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tampónino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tamponàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tamponàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tamponàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tamponàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tamponàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tamponàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tampóna (imperative second-person singular)
tampóni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tamponiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
tamponàte (imperative plural second-person)
tampónino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
tamponàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
tampóni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tamponiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
tamponàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
tampónino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


tettuccio

canopy (transparent part of an aircraft cockpit, that can be slid back)


utilitaria

small car, city car, economy car, supermini, runabout


pedalò

Borrowed from French pédalo, ultimately related to Italian pedalare (“to pedal”).


Honda

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).


catamarano

From Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to tie”) + மரம் (maram, “tree, wood”).


cangia

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

compound

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


barcone

→ English: barcon


mietitrebbiatrice

it-noun

mietitrebbiatrice f (plural mietitrebbiatrici)

Blend of mieti(trice) (“harvesting machine”) + trebbiatrice (“threshing machine”). By surface analysis, mietere (“to harvest”) + trebbiare (“to thresh”) + -trice (female agent noun suffix).

surf

combine harvester
combine harvester#English


autoarticolato

it-noun

autoarticolato m (plural autoarticolati)

articulated lorry, semi-trailer truck, tractor-trailer


barchino

a small, flat-bottomed rowing boat, rather like a punt, used especially for hunting in marshes


caravella

desctree

Ottoman Turkish: قراوله
Turkish: karavela

Borrowed from Portuguese caravela, from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́rabos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).


fanalino di coda

it-noun

fanalino di coda m (plural fanalini di coda)


moscone

From mosca (“fly”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


portantina

sedan chair (chair raised on poles used as a mode of transport)


barca da pesca

it-noun

barca da pesca f (plural barche da pesca)


barca a remi

(sports, rowing, nautical) rowboat, rowing boat


barca a motore

barca a motore f (plural barche a motore)


caicco

→ English: caicco

desctree

→ French: caïque
→ English: caique
→ Portuguese: caique
→ Spanish: caique

→ German: Kaik

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık).


feluca

→ English: felucca


guardacoste

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


impennarsi

it-verb

impennàrsi (first-person singular present mi impénno, first-person singular past historic mi impennài, past participle impennàto)

impennàrsi (canonical)
mi impénno (first-person present singular)
mi impennài (first-person historic past singular)
impennàto (participle past)
impennàrsi (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
impennàndosi (gerund)
impennànte (participle present)
impennàto (participle past)
mi impénno (first-person indicative present singular)
ti impénni (indicative present second-person singular)
si impénna (indicative present singular third-person)
ci impenniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
vi impennàte (indicative plural present second-person)
si impénnano (indicative plural present third-person)
mi impennàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti impennàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si impennàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ci impennavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi impennavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si impennàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi impennài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ti impennàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
si impennò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ci impennàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vi impennàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
si impennàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mi impennerò (first-person future indicative singular)
ti impennerài (future indicative second-person singular)
si impennerà (future indicative singular third-person)
ci impennerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
vi impenneréte (future indicative plural second-person)
si impennerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mi impennerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ti impennerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
si impennerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
si impennerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ci impennerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
vi impenneréste (conditional plural present second-person)
si impennerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
si impennerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
mi impénni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ti impénni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
si impénni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ci impenniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vi impenniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
si impénnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mi impennàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ti impennàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
si impennàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ci impennàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vi impennàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
si impennàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
impénnati (imperative second-person singular)
si impénni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impenniàmoci (first-person imperative plural)
impennàtevi (imperative plural second-person)
si impénnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
impennàrti (imperative negative second-person singular)
ti impennàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
si impénni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impenniàmoci (first-person imperative negative plural)
ci impenniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
impennàtevi (imperative negative plural second-person)
vi impennàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
si impénnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(cycling, motorcycling) to pop a wheelie


impennare

impennàre (first-person singular present impénno, first-person singular past historic impennài, past participle impennàto, auxiliary avére)

impennàre (canonical)
impénno (first-person present singular)
impennài (first-person historic past singular)
impennàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
impennàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
impennàndo (gerund)
impennànte (participle present)
impennàto (participle past)
impénno (first-person indicative present singular)
impénni (indicative present second-person singular)
impénna (indicative present singular third-person)
impenniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
impennàte (indicative plural present second-person)
impénnano (indicative plural present third-person)
impennàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
impennàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
impennàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
impennavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
impennavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
impennàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
impennài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
impennàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
impennò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
impennàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
impennàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
impennàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
impennerò (first-person future indicative singular)
impennerài (future indicative second-person singular)
impennerà (future indicative singular third-person)
impennerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
impenneréte (future indicative plural second-person)
impennerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
impennerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
impennerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
impennerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impennerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impennerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
impenneréste (conditional plural present second-person)
impennerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impennerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impénni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
impénni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
impénni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
impenniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
impenniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
impénnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
impennàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
impennàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
impennàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
impennàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
impennàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
impennàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
impénna (imperative second-person singular)
impénni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impenniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
impennàte (imperative plural second-person)
impénnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
impennàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
impénni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impenniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
impennàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
impénnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, cycling, motorcycling) to pop a wheelie [auxiliary avere]


motopeschereccio

it-noun

motopeschereccio m (plural motopescherecci)


monovolume

minivan; MPV (multi purpose vehicle) (or any of several other motor vehicles having a single volume for people and cargo)


superpetroliera

superpetroliera f (plural superpetroliere)


rompighiaccio

Verb-object compound, composed of rompi (“to break”) + ghiaccio (“ice”).


sciabecco

→ Catalan: xabec

→ Old French: chabek, chebec, chebeck, chebek

→ Bulgarian: шебек (šebek)

→ Dutch: schebek

→ English: chebeque, shebeck, xebec

→ Greek: σεμπέκο (sempéko)

→ German: Schebeke, Schebecke

→ Czech: šebeka

→ Polish: szebeka

→ Russian: шебе́ка (šebéka)

→ Occitan: chebèc

→ Serbo-Croatian: šambek

⇒ Italian: sciambecchino, zambecchino

→ Venetian: sambecchino

desc

→ Ottoman Turkish: سنبكی (sümbeki, sömbeki, sumbaki, zümbeki, zömbeki)

→ Catalan: sambequí

→ French: samequin

→ Spanish: chambequín

Borrowed from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk), spoken dialectally also شَبَّاك (šabbāk), as well as شِبَّاك (šibbāk).


sommergibilista

it-noun

sommergibilista m or f by sense (masculine plural sommergibilisti, feminine plural sommergibiliste)

sommergibilisti (masculine plural)
sommergibiliste (feminine plural)


spinterogeno

From Ancient Greek σπῐνθήρ (spinthḗr) + -geno.

af

(informal) distributor (in a car engine)


nave da guerra

it-noun

nave da guerra f (plural navi da guerra)


autobetoniera

a lorry/truck in the form of a cement mixer that delivers ready-mixed concrete etc. to building sites


autoblindomitragliatrice

autoblindomitragliatrice f (plural autoblindomitragliatrici)

a lightly-armoured/armored vehicle fitted with a machine gun


autocestello

a vehicle equipped with a cherry picker; a bucket truck


acquascooter

From acqua (“water”) + scooter (“motor scooter”).

compound

(vehicles, nautical) jet ski, sea scooter, water scooter


motoscooter

From English motor scooter. By surface analysis, moto- + scooter.


barcaccia

desctree

→ French: barcasse
→ Dutch: barkas
→ Russian: барка́с (barkás) (possibly)
→ Sranan Tongo: barkasi
→ German: Barkasse


bragozzo

(nautical) small fishing boat (in parts of the Adriatic)


cacciamine

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to hunt”) + mine (“mines”).


pinco

pink, a sailing ship with a narrow stern


speronara

→ English: speronara

From Sicilian spirunara, a reference to the distinctive spur (Sicilian spiruni, Italian sperone) on the bow.


frangizolle

Verb-object compound, composed of frangi (“to break”) + zolle (“lumps of turf”).


nave ammiraglia

it-noun

nave ammiraglia f (plural navi ammiraglie)


monitore

Borrowed from English monitor, from Latin monitōrem.

(nautical, military) monitor (armored warship)


posamine

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


sminatore

it-adj

sminatore (feminine sminatrice, masculine plural sminatori, feminine plural sminatrici)

sminatrice (feminine)
sminatori (masculine plural)
sminatrici (feminine plural)


trabaccolo

Part of a family of related words used around and near the Adriatic, often dropping the last syllable. Compare Venetian trabaco, Ottoman Turkish طراباقو (trabako), French trébac (short form), Greek τραμπάχουλο (trampáchoulo) (long form).


sandone

the raft that supports a floating mill on a river


quadriciclo

(dated) quadricycle (four-wheeled pedal-powered vehicle)


freno di parcheggio

it-noun

freno di parcheggio m (plural freni di parcheggio)


acazio

From Latin acatium, from Ancient Greek ἀκάτιον (akátion).


autobiblioteca

autobiblioteca f (plural autobiblioteche)


autocompattatore

autocompattatore m (plural autocompattatori)

refuse vehicle, garbage truck (that compacts the waste material)


incrociatore pesante

incrociatore pesante m (plural incrociatori pesanti)


bilandro

(nautical, historical) Alternative form of balandra


pielego

(Venice) a kind of boat similar to a bragozzo, used in the nothern part of the Adriatic Sea


moto d'acqua

(vehicles, nautical) Synonym of acquascooter (“water scooter”)


balandra

Borrowed from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander (literally “by-lander”).


petaccio

Borrowed from French patache, from Spanish patache, possibly from Arabic بَطَاش (baṭāš).


sottomarino lanciamissili balistici

sottomarino lanciamissili balistici m (plural sottomarini lanciamissili balistici)

sottomarini lanciamissili balistici (plural)

submarine-launched ballistic missile, SLBM


posareti

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


pirocannoniera

it-noun

pirocannoniera f (plural pirocannoniere)

(military, historical) a type of steam-powered warship.


saccoleva

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σαγολαίϕεα (sagolaíphea), compound of σάγος (ságos) + λαίϕη (laíphē, “sail”).


semicabinato

(nautical) a small cabin cruiser not equipped with bunks


bicimotore

From bici(cleta) (“bicycle”) + motore (“motor”).


pirobetta

(nautical) a small steamship used to dump the byproducts (mud etc.) of dredging


dogre

dogger, a fishing ship used by the Dutch


tenuta di strada

it-noun

tenuta di strada f (plural tenute di strada)

Literally, “grip of street”. Compare French tenue de route.


faselo

Learned borrowing from Latin phasēlus (a kind of bean).

lbor

(historical) a light vessel (in the shape of a kidney bean) made of wicker-work or papyrus, sometimes also of burned and painted clay


pala caricatrice

it-noun

pala caricatrice f (plural pale caricatrici)

loader, front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader (construction machine)


pala meccanica

pala meccanica f (plural pale meccaniche)


ladia

(historical, nautical) a type of boat formerly used in Russia