parole

Musica di Paolo, parole di Lorenzo


andante

→ English: andante

→ Finnish: andante

→ French: andante

→ Greek: αντάντε (antánte)

→ Portuguese: andante

→ Romanian: andante

→ Spanish: andante


aria

→ Afrikaans: aria

→ Asturian: aria

→ Azerbaijani: ariya

→ Belarusian: арыя (aryja)

→ Bulgarian: ария (arija)

→ Catalan: ària

→ Czech: árie

→ Danish: arie

→ Dutch: arie

→ English: aria

→ Esperanto: ario

→ Estonian: aaria

→ French: aria

→ Galician: aria

→ Gallurese: aria

→ Irish: áiria

→ Georgian: არია (aria)

→ German: Arie

→ Greek: άρια (ária)

→ Hungarian: ária

→ Japanese: アリア (aria)

→ Kazakh: ария (ariä)

→ Latvian: ārija

→ Lithuanian: arija

→ Malay: aria

Indonesian: aria

→ Maori: āria

→ Mongolian: ари (ari)

→ Northern Kurdish: arya

→ Polish: aria

→ Portuguese: ária

→ Romanian: arie

→ Russian: а́рия (árija)

→ Sardinian: àera

→ Sassarese: aria

→ Sicilian: aria

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: а̑рија

Latin script: ȃrija

→ Slovene: arija

→ Spanish: aria
→ Tagalog: arya

→ Slovak: ária

→ Swedish: aria
→ Finnish: aaria

→ Turkish: arya

→ Ukrainian: арія (arija)

→ Uzbek: ariya

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


fa

(music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)


euro

Borrowed from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros)..

sopra ’l golfo / Che riceve da Euro maggior briga

1321 [1308-1320], Alighieri Dante, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem), Canto VIII, lines 68–69:

above the gulf / Which receives more/the most trouble from Eurus

i furori / D’euro che gl’ispidi flutti cavalca

(Can we date this quote?) [1850-1860], Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, volume II (poem), XXV. A O. T. T., page 38, lines 29–30:

the fury / Of Eurus that the unpopular waves rides

Synonym of scirocco: Eurus (southwest wind)


radio

Borrowed from French radium, from radio(actif) + -ium.


henna

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis#Translingual


country

Unadapted borrowing from English country.


tempo

→ Catalan: tempo

→ Czech: tempo

→ Danish: tempo

→ Dutch: tempo

→ Malay: tempo

→ Indonesian: tempo

→ English: tempo

→ Finnish: tempo

→ French: tempo

→ German: Tempo

→ Hungarian: tempó

→ Japanese: テンポ

→ Korean: 템포 (tempo)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tempo

→ Polish: tempo

→ Romanian: tempo

→ Russian: темп (temp)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: темпо

Latin script: tempo

→ Spanish: tempo

→ Turkish: tempo

→ Ukrainian: темп (temp)

From Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

tempo da lupi

lousy weather (literally, “wolf-like weather”)

Laudato si mi signore per frate vento et per aere et nubilo et sereno et onne tempo

c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures], Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind, and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather

E’ segni in cielo, al dolce tempo avversi,
fará dolci e benigni il novo sole:
e la dura stagion frigida e tarda
non si conoscerá, s’ella si guarda.

c. 1477, Lorenzo de' Medici, Rime, collected in Opere, page 258:

And the new sun will make the signs in the sky, hostile to the sweet weather, sweet and benign; and the hard, cold, late season will not recognize itself, were she to look at itself

quando fusse tempo asciutto, e senza pioggia, tolgasi di quella delle cisterne ben tenute, che conservino l’acqua pura, e senza alcuna qualità estranea

1567, “Del provedere, eleggere, et conservare le medicine semplici, e prima dell’acque [About Providing, Choosing, and Storing Simple Medicaments, and First About the Water]”, in Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 8:

Were the weather to be dry, without rain, [water] is to be taken from well-kept tanks, maintaining the water pure, and without any foreign qualities

Dopo il detto tempo, s'apra loro, a tempo nuvoloso, o vero sereno; ma meglio è a tempo piovoso; imperocchè allora escono, e ritornan dentro, e non subito volano a lungi

1605 [1304–1309], “Libro nono, Cap. ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅧ. Delle nuove colombaie, e colombi. [Ninth book, Chapter 88 - On new dovecotes, and doves]”, in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation of Ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, page 481:

After that time, open it [the dovecote] for them, with either cloudy or fair weather; although rainy weather is better, because that's when they go out, to return inside, without making long flights right away

Il tempo era chiuso, l’aria pesante, il cielo velato per tutto da una nuvola o da un nebbione uguale, inerte, che pareva negare il sole, senza prometter la pioggia

1840, Alessandro Manzoni, “Capitolo ⅩⅩⅩⅣ [Chapter 34]”, in I promessi sposi^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:I_promessi_sposi_(1840).djvu), Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, page 650:

The weather was suffocating, the air was oppressive, the sky completely covered by a neverending cloud, or fog, that seemed to deny the sun without promising rain

A cagione del tempo piovigginoso, la strada era diventata tutta un pantano e ci si andava fino a mezza gamba.

1883, Carlo Collodi, “Capitolo ⅩⅩ [Chapter 20]”, in Le avventure di Pinocchio [The Adventures of Pinocchio]^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_avventure_di_Pinocchio_(1892)), published 1892, page 100:

Because of the rainy weather, the road had turned into a quagmire, and one could sink down to the half of a leg.

Presto. significa un grado di movimento più celere dell'allegro. […] Oltre […] vi sono, il tempo giusto che indica un movimento moderato, nel quale le note esser devono ben marcate, ma con un grado di forza proporzionato alla diversa figura

1820, Pietro Giannelli, “Lezione Ⅵ. Del tempo e del movimento. [Lesson 6 - On tempo and movement]”, in Grammatica ragionata della musica [Reasoned grammar of music], 2nd edition, Venice: Tipografia Andrea Santini e figlio, page 25:

Presto indicates a faster degree of movement than allegro. There is also tempo giusto, which indicates a moderate movement, wherein the notes are to be distinct, but with a degree of force proportional to different lengths

(music) time, tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse


magenta

magenta (being of the magenta colour/color)


abaco

From Latin abacus (“counting board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”).

abbaco

art of counting; except in the meaning of

(historical, Ancient Rome) a board used to display pottery during banquets


bongo

bongo (Afro-Cuban percussion instrument)


finale

From Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”), whence fine. By surface analysis, fine (“end; limit; goal”) + -ale.

surf

(wine) finish (sensations a wine leaves on the palate after degustation)


salsa

desctree

→ Greek: σάλτσα (sáltsa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: صالچه (salça)
Turkish: salça

→ Ottoman Turkish: صالسه (salsa)

From Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), from saliō, from sal.


re

→ Maltese: re

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Italic *rēks
Latin rēx
Italian re
Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.

inh

(figurative) king, magnate (man who excels in something)


re

From Latin resonāre (“to resound”), from the first word of the second line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based, because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.


sound

(music) sound (distinctive style and sonority)


electron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron). Doublet of elettro.


piano

From Latin plānus. Compare Sicilian chianu.


a cappella

desc

→ Chinese: 阿卡貝拉／阿卡贝拉 (ākǎbèilā), 阿卡贝拉 (ākǎbèilā)

→ Dutch: a capella

→ English: a cappella, a capella, acapella

→ Estonian: a cappella

→ Finnish: a cappella

→ French: a cappella, a capella

→ German: a cappella

→ Japanese: アカペラ (akapera)

→ Korean: 아카펠라 (akapella)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: a cappella

→ Polish: a cappella, a capella

→ Portuguese: a cappella, a capela, a capella

→ Russian: а капе́лла (a kapélla)

→ Spanish: a capela, a capella, a cappella

→ Swedish: a cappella

From a + cappella (“choir of a church”).


nadir

From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).

der

نَظِير السَّمْت


appassionato

it-adj

appassionato (feminine appassionata, masculine plural appassionati, feminine plural appassionate)

appassionata (feminine)
appassionati (masculine plural)
appassionate (feminine plural)


duo

→ English: duo

→ Finnish: duo

→ French: duo
→ Romanian: duo

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: duo

Norwegian Nynorsk: duo

→ Polish: duo

→ Portuguese: duo

→ Swedish: duo


pesca

From Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum (“peach”, literally “fruit from Persia”). Compare French pêche.


manganese

desctree

→ French: manganèse
→ English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)
→ Welsh: manganîs


argon

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón), substantivized neuter form of ἀργός (argós, “idle, lazy”).


neon

From New Latin neon, from Ancient Greek νέον (néon), neuter form of νέος (néos, “new”).


condom

Unadapted borrowing from English condom.


acetone

(organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)


requiem

From Latin requiem [aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine] (“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”).


vodka

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


sole

it-noun

sole m (plural soli, diminutive solicèllo or solicìno)

soli (plural)
solicèllo (diminutive)
solicìno (diminutive)

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

(colloquial, astronomy) star (for extension of Sole)

E tu onore di pianti, Ettore, avrai ¶ […] finché il Sole ¶ Risplenderà sulle sciagure umane.

1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 20:

And you, Hector, will be honored with cryings ¶ […] as long as the Sun ¶ will shine on the misfortunes of mankind.


candela

From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).


negro

it-adj

negro (feminine negra, masculine plural negri, feminine plural negre)

negra (feminine)
negri (masculine plural)
negre (feminine plural)

From Latin nigrum. The offensive senses derive from the anglophone usage of Spanish negro.


zabaione

→ Chinese: 薩巴里安尼 (sàbālǐ'ānní)

→ English: zabaglione

desctree

→ French: sabayon
→ English: sabayon
→ Finnish: sabayon

→ Portuguese: zabaione

Possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

sabaia<t:Illyrian barley beer><pos:from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*sab-</i> (“taste”)>

(usually uncountable) zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)


hockey

Unadapted borrowing from English hockey.


maestoso

it-adj

maestoso (feminine maestosa, masculine plural maestosi, feminine plural maestose)

maestosa (feminine)
maestosi (masculine plural)
maestose (feminine plural)

(music) a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner


mate

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”).

Ilex paraguariensis
Ilex paraguariensis#Translingual


zenit

From Medieval Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سَمْت الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”).


est

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.


si

*IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈsi/, /ˈsi/^*
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: sì


primavera

Inherited from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), derived from vēr (“spring”). Compare Spanish primavera, French primevère.

inh+

(in the plural, informal) years, winters


lanterna

→ Alemannic German: Lantärne


nord

Via Spanish and French, ultimately from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.


estate

Latinizing modification of state, inherited from Latin aestātem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


fuga

it-noun

fuga f (plural fughe, diminutive fughétta, augmentative fugóna or fugóne)

fughe (plural)
fughétta (diminutive)
fugóna (augmentative)
fugóne (augmentative)

→ Arabic: فوغا (fūḡā)

→ Armenian: ֆուգա (fuga)

→ Azerbaijani: fuqa

→ Bulgarian: фуга (fuga)

→ Catalan: fuga

→ Chinese: 賦格／赋格 (fùgé)

→ Danish: fuga

→ Dutch: fuga

→ English: fuga

→ Estonian: fuuga

→ Finnish: fuuga

→ Friulian: fughe

→ Georgian: ფუგა (puga)

desctree

→ German: Fuge
→ Czech: fuga
→ Russian: фуга (fuga)
→ Kazakh: фуга (fuga)

→ Greek: φούγκα (foúgka)

→ Hungarian: fúga

→ Icelandic: fúga

→ Japanese: フーガ

→ Korean: 푸가 (puga)

→ Lithuanian: fuga

→ Macedonian: фуга (fuga)

→ Portuguese: fuga

→ Romanian: fugă

→ Slovak: fuga

→ Slovene: fuga

→ Spanish: fuga

→ Swedish: fuga

→ Turkish: füg

Borrowed from Latin fuga. Compare the inherited doublet foga.


leggero

it-adj

leggero (feminine leggera, masculine plural leggeri, feminine plural leggere, superlative leggerissimo)

leggera (feminine)
leggeri (masculine plural)
leggere (feminine plural)
leggerissimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Latin levis.

non mi piace la musica leggera


rosa

it-noun

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

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

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


corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

der

(music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)


latte

it-noun

latte m (countable and uncountable, plural latti, diminutive-endearing lattùccio or latticèllo)


acqua

acqua f (plural acque, diminutive acquerèlla or acquétta or acquicèlla or acquolìna)

acque (plural)
acquerèlla (diminutive)
acquétta (diminutive)
acquicèlla (diminutive)
acquolìna (diminutive)

Molti pensano che in un impianto di trattamento delle acque reflue entra acqua sporca da una parte e come per magia esce acqua pulita dall’altra.

A lot of people think that dirty water flows into a sewage treatment plant at one end and clean water magically comes out at the other end.


luna

From 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).

(colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite


bolide

Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”).


mezzogiorno

From mezzo- + giorno. Compare Catalan migjorn, Romanian miazăzi.


calcio

Per gli amanti dello sport Forni di Sopra dispone di due campi da calcio, tennis, bocciodromo e pattinaggio a rotelle.

For sports lovers, Forni di Sopra has two football fields, a tennis field, bowling and roller skating.

association football
association football


calcio

From New Latin calcium, from Latin calcem (“chalk”).


movimento

From muovere + -mento, perhaps based partly on Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō. Compare French mouvement.

(music, by extension) movement (division of a larger composition)


ritmo

Borrowed from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).


largo

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلارغه
Turkish: alarga
→ Armenian: ալառկա (alaṙka)


neve

From Latin nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.


presto

→ English: presto

→ Ladino: presto

From Late Latin praestus, from the Latin praestō (“at hand”, adverb). Compare Catalan prest, French prêt.


pedo

(Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece) a shepherd's crook


lira

From Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā).

Dopo Terpandro venne Timoteo, che tentò di perfezionare la lira portandone le corde da sette a undici.

1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo tredicesimo: Licurgo [Thirteenth Chapter: Lykourgos]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 119:

After Terpander came Timotheus, who tried to perfect the lyre increasing the number of its strings from seven to eleven.


trace

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

(historical, Ancient Rome) a gladiator bearing Thracian equipment


uccello

From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Doublet of augello, which was borrowed from Occitan. Compare Neapolitan auciello, Ligurian öxéllo.

uccellagione

hunting or shooting birds; The season for doing this; the birds killed

uccellaia

a large number of birds;a place where hawking takes place; confused chatter; affair (of the heart); deception; mockery

uccellare

to catch birds or fowl; to fool or trick

(slang, vulgar) willy (British), peter (US), dick; (the penis)


chitarra

→ Greek: κιθάρα (kithára)

→ Romanian: chitară

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cetra, inherited from Latin.


vento

From Latin ventus (“wind”), from Proto-Italic *wentos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

wind (movement of air caused by differences in atmospheric pressure)


ossigeno

Borrowed from French oxygène. By surface analysis, ossi- (“oxy-”) + -geno (“-gen”).


fronte

Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”).


millibar

Borrowed from English millibar. By surface analysis, milli- + bar.


coda

From Latin cōda, monophthongized variant of cauda.


vino

→ English: vino

→ Sidamo: viino

From Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁nom, derived from *wéyh₁ō (“vine, wine”). Cognates include Albanian verë, Armenian գինի (gini) and Greek οίνος (oínos).

Vino e olio caratterizzano la genuina e saporita cucina chiantigiana.

Wine and oil characterise/characterize the genuine and tasty Chiantian cooking.

Il vino, secondo Isac, da buon nutrimento, e rende santà al corpo

13ᵗʰ c., “XXXXVIII. Del vino, e delle sue virtù [48. About wine, and about its virtues]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 197:

Wine, according to Isaac, provides good nutrition, and makes the body healthy again

Necessità di grano e di vino, o vero d'aceto, e di sale è da fuggire al postutto; ma per le ville, e città, e castella si vadano caendo per uomini del campo che siano meno acconci alla battaglia con arme

13ᵗʰ c., Bono Giamboni, “Libro terzo, Capitolo 3: Con quanta cura si debbia accattare, e conservare l'annona, e la vivanda dell'oste”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 83:

In conclusion, the need for wheat, wine or vinegar, and salt is to be avoided; they should be searched for in the villages, the cities, and the castles, by men who are less prepared for armed battle

e, se non basta ciò, lui pur convene
vino e carne lassare,
caldo e troppo mangiare
e astener, quanto poder sostene,
di materia. […]

13ᵗʰ c., Guittone d'Arezzo, Onne vogliosa d'omo infermitate, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 129, lines 145–149:

And, if that is not enough, he should avoid wine and meat, heat, and excessive eating, and abstain as much as he can from things.

Lo duca mio, che mi potea vedere
far sì com' om che dal sonno si slega,
disse: «Che hai che non ti puoi tenere,
ma se' venuto più che mezza lega
velando li occhi e con le gambe avvolte,
a guisa di cui vino o sonno piega?».

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 118–123; 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:

My Leader, who could see me bear myself like to a man that rouses him from sleep, exclaimed: "What ails thee, that thou canst not stand? But hast been coming more than half a league veiling thine eyes, and with thy legs entangled, in guise of one whom wine or sleep subdues?"

Ma sopra tutto nel buon vino ho fede,
E credo che sia salvo chi gli crede.

1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimottavo [Eighteenth Canto]”, in Morgante, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 24:

But above all I have faith in good wine, and I believe he who believes in it is saved.

Che perda poi con scorno la battaglia:
ch'al vino, e a i cibi la gente Francesca
Presa riman, come la lasca a l'esca.

1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto trentesimoterzo [Thirty-third Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 153:

Let him lose the battle with shame, for the French people get stuck on wine and food, like the nase to the bait.

Il Lithargyro si stempera con l'acqua, vino, olio, ò aceto; ma più agevolmente con l'aceto

1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 80:

Litharge is dissolved with water, wine, oil, or vinegar, but more easily with vinegar

da un raveggiuolo inverminato nel mese di settembre nacquero e mosche ordinarie ed alcuni pochi moscioni di quegli stessi, che intorno al vino, ed all’aceto si aggirano

1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects], Florence, page 106:

From a wormy raveggiolo cheese, in the month of September, were born both ordinary flies and a few bluebottles, of the kind that go around wine and vinegar.

Nozze, ove in acqua è trasmutato il vino,
Son queste, e muto il reo prodigio inghiotti,
E se increduli v'ha, tosto fien dotti
dal Carnefice Popol Parigino.

1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Sonetto XXXVI [Sonnet 36]”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, page 153, lines 5–8:

This is a wedding where the wine has turned into water, and you, silent, swallow the guilty prodigy; and, if you don't believe it, they will soon be taught by the tormenting Parisian people.

Vi siano due merci sole e due soli individui, che l'uno abbia vino e l'altro frumento

1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Del valore e del prezzo delle cose [About the Value and the Price of Things]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics], collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 244:

Let's say there are only two kinds of goods, and only two individuals: one has wine, and the other has wheat

Si buttava sul letto, e subito tutto il vino bevuto le riveniva fuori trasformato in un infinito torrente di lagrime.

1904, Luigi Pirandello, “10. Acquasantiera e portacenere [10. Stoup and ashtray]”, in Il fu Mattia Pascal [The Late Mattia Pascal], published 1919, page 139:

She would throw herself on the bad, and immediately all the drunk wine would come of her again, turned into an infinite stream of tears.


whisky

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, alternative form of usque, shortening of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (literally “water of life”) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (literally “water of life”).

der

(countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey


pizzicare

it-verb

pizzicàre (first-person singular present pìzzico, first-person singular past historic pizzicài, past participle pizzicàto, auxiliary avére)

pizzicàre (canonical)
pìzzico (first-person present singular)
pizzicài (first-person historic past singular)
pizzicàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
pizzicàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
pizzicàndo (gerund)
pizzicànte (participle present)
pizzicàto (participle past)
pìzzico (first-person indicative present singular)
pìzzichi (indicative present second-person singular)
pìzzica (indicative present singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
pizzicàte (indicative plural present second-person)
pìzzicano (indicative plural present third-person)
pizzicàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pizzicàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pizzicàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pizzicavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pizzicavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pizzicàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pizzicài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pizzicàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pizzicò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pizzicàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pizzicàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pizzicàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pizzicherò (first-person future indicative singular)
pizzicherài (future indicative second-person singular)
pizzicherà (future indicative singular third-person)
pizzicherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
pizzicheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
pizzicherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
pizzicherèi (conditional first-person present singular)
pizzicherésti (conditional present second-person singular)
pizzicherèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
pizzicherébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
pizzicherémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
pizzicheréste (conditional plural present second-person)
pizzicherèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
pizzicherébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
pìzzichi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pìzzichi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pìzzichi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pizzichiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pìzzichino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pizzicàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pizzicàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pizzicàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pizzicàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pizzicàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pizzicàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pìzzica (imperative second-person singular)
pìzzichi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
pizzicàte (imperative plural second-person)
pìzzichino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pizzicàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
pìzzichi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
pizzichiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
pizzicàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
pìzzichino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


pezzo

(music) track (song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence)


acuto

it-adj

acuto (feminine acuta, masculine plural acuti, feminine plural acute, superlative acutissimo)

acuta (feminine)
acuti (masculine plural)
acute (feminine plural)
acutissimo (superlative)

Inherited from Latin acūtus. Related to aguzzo.

(music) high-pitched, high, shrill (voice, etc.)


acuto

(music, in absolute, un acuto) high note, top note


diminuendo

Borrowed from Latin dīminuendus, gerundive of dīminuō (“to shatter; to diminish”).


ocarina

Diminutive of oca (“goose”), derived from Vulgar Latin *auca < Late Latin *avica, from classical Latin avis.


arco

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

der

suonare con arco

(music) bow (used to play string instruments)


fortissimo

fortissima (feminine)
fortissimi (masculine plural)
fortissime (feminine plural)


pianissimo

→ Catalan: pianissimo

→ English: pianissimo

→ French: pianissimo

→ Portuguese: pianissimo

→ Romanian: pianissimo

→ Spanish: pianissimo


crescendo

→ English: crescendo

→ Spanish: crescendo

From Latin crēscendum (“increasing, growing”), gerund of crēscō.

uder

(music) crescendo (instruction to play gradually more loudly)


duplex

(metallurgy) duplex process (for refining steel)


bicchiere

From Late Latin bīcārium (cf. also Old French bichier, pichier, compare modern French pichet, English beaker, pitcher, German Becher, Dutch beker), itself possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).


albo

it-adj

albo (feminine alba, masculine plural albi, feminine plural albe)

alba (feminine)
albi (masculine plural)
albe (feminine plural)

From Latin albus (“white”), possibly taken as a learned term (first attested 14th century), from Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós.


guanto

desctree

→ Egyptian Arabic: جوانتي (guwanti, gawanti)
→ Hijazi Arabic: جونتي (juwinti, juwanti)

From Old Occitan, from Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove, mitten”), from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from the root *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”). Cognates include French gant, Catalan guant, Sicilian nguantu and Spanish guante.


basso

From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.


gente

From Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Doublet of genesi via Ancient Greek, and compare etymology 1.

(historical, Ancient Rome) gens (legally defined unit of Roman society)


cappella

desc

→ Friulian: capele (or directly from Latin)

desctree

→ German: Kapelle (“band”)
→ English: capelle, kapelle
→ Polish: kapela

→ Luxembourgish: Kapell

→ Norwegian Bokmål: cappella

→ Romanian: capelă

→ Russian: капе́лла (kapélla)
→ Crimean Tatar: kapella

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from the diminutive of cappa.

(music) choir and accompanying musicians assigned to a church


ut

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis. Was replaced by do in the 17th century.


anima

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

the innermost part of something:
(lutherie) sound post

the innermost part of something:
sound post

(metallurgy) a mould/mold used to create a cavity


adagio

→ Dutch: adagio

→ English: adagio

→ French: adagio

→ Norwegian Bokmål: adagio

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: adagio

→ Polish: adagio

→ Portuguese: adágio

→ Romanian: adagio

→ Spanish: adagio

→ Swedish: adagio

Univerbation of ad (“at”) + agio (“ease”).


bello

Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)?


terra

(colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Terra) planet


puttana

it-noun

puttana f (plural puttane, masculine puttano)

→ Albanian: putánë

→ Greek: πουτάνα (poutána)

From Old French putain, from Latin puta (“girl”).

Taïde è, la puttana che rispuose ¶ al drudo suo quando disse ‘Ho io grazie ¶ grandi apo te?’: ‘Anzi maravigliose!’.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVIII, page 275, lines 133–135:

Thais the harlot is it, who replied ¶ unto her paramour, when he said, 'Have I ¶ great gratitude from thee?'--'Nay, marvellous'

(derogatory, vulgar, slang) whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart (British)


folle

Borrowed from Latin follem (“money bag”).

bor+

(historical, Ancient Rome) follis (bronze coin)


bianco

it-noun

bianco m (plural bianchi, feminine bianca)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus. Doublet of blanco, a borrowing from Spanish.


maestro

it-noun

maestro m (plural maestri, feminine maestra)

→ English: maestro

→ Estonian: maestro

→ Finnish: maestro

→ French: maestro

→ Polish: maestro

→ Portuguese: maestro

→ Romanian: maestru

→ Russian: маэстро (maestro)

→ Serbo-Croatian: maestro / маестро

→ Turkish: maestro

→ Ukrainian: мае́стро (maéstro)

From Latin magistrum. Doublet of mastro.


vagina

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of guaina.


corno

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

corni (masculine plural)
corna (feminine plural)

→ Japanese: コルナ (koruna)

→ Turkish: korna

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

i corni da caccia


lacrima

tear (drop of fluid secreted from the eyes)


cappuccino

→ Catalan: caputxí, caputxino

→ Dutch: cappuccino

→ English: cappuccino

→ Finnish: cappuccino

→ French: cappuccino

desc

→ German: Cappuccino, → Kapuziner (calque)

→ Polish: cappuccino

→ Portuguese: capuchino

→ Spanish: capuchino, cappuccino

→ Swedish: cappuccino

From cappuccio (“hood, cowl”) + -ino. The coffee gets its name from the color of the beverage, which is reminiscent of the color of monks' habits.

(slang) French letter, rubber johnny (condom)


Medusa

From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).


col legno

(music) col legno (the strings must be struck with the wood of the bow)


trinitrotoluene

it-noun

trinitrotoluene m (plural trinitrotolueni)

From tri- + nitro- + toluene, subseded the previous trinitrotoluolo. Compare tritolo.


tè

→ Romansch: te, té, tè

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).


sangue

From Late Latin sanguem, alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare French sang, Romanian sânge.


grave

it-adj

grave (plural gravi, superlative gravissimo)

→ Danish: grave

Borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of greve.


marijuana

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.


fellatio

Borrowed from Latin fellātiōnem, from fellātus, perfect participle of fellō (“to suck, to fellate”).

oral sex in which the penis of one of the participants is orally stimulated


cunnilingus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cunnilingus.


gabbro

Probably from Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless”), through an archaic meaning of "uncultivated, barren land".


aloe

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

bor+

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


cocktail

Unadapted borrowing from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


faro

From Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).


Europa

it:52 Europa
it:Europa
it:Europa (Oceanina)
it:Europa (astronomia)
it:Europa (figlia di Agenore)
it:Europa (natante)

(mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)

(mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)


oboe

From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically.


mica

Borrowed from Latin mīca, the same source as the above.


sago

From Latin sagum, sagus, from Ancient Greek σάγος (ságos), perhaps of Gaulish origin.


soma

Transliteration of Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

transliteration

(music, historical, Byzantine Greece) second interval


corona

→ Byzantine Greek: κορόνα (koróna)

desctree

Greek: κορώνα (koróna), κορόνα (koróna)
→? Bulgarian: корона (korona)
→? Romanian: coroană

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Compare also cruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.


grappa

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).

bor+

brace (arrangement for producing tension)


fermata

→ English: fermata

→ Portuguese: fermata

→ Romanian: fermata


Ares

From Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


uragano

→ Greek: ραγάνι (ragáni)

Borrowed from Spanish huracán (“hurricane”), from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”).


suono

→ Italiot Greek: sono / σόνο


notte

it-noun

notte f (plural notti, pejorative nottàccia)

From Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


spazio

Borrowed from Latin spatium, whence also Old Italian spazzo (“floor”), an inherited doublet.

(mathematics, geometry, astronomy, typography, other senses) space


fuoco

fuoco m (plural fuochi, diminutive fochétto/fuochétto or fochettìno or focherèllo/fuocherèllo or focherellìno or focolìno, augmentative focóne/fuocóne or focaróne)

fuochi (plural)
fochétto (diminutive)
fuochétto (diminutive)
fochettìno (diminutive)
focherèllo (diminutive)
fuocherèllo (diminutive)
focherellìno (diminutive)
focolìno (diminutive)
focóne (augmentative)
fuocóne (augmentative)
focaróne (augmentative)


ametista

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


rame

→ Albanian: ram

Albanian: rem

From Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.


letto

it-noun

letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)

letti (plural)
lettìno (diminutive)
lettùccio (diminutive)
letticciòlo (diminutive)
lettóne (augmentative)
lettàccio (pejorative)

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Galician and Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.


miele

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n. Compare Sicilian meli.


arancio

From arancia (“orange (fruit”), from arancio (“orange (tree)”).


arancio

→ Sardinian: aràngiu

Borrowed from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “elephant taste”).


calliope

From Calliope, from Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), Muse of eloquence and epic poetry.

Calliope calliope
Calliope calliope#Translingual

the bird Calliope calliope: Siberian rubythroat


inverno

it-noun

inverno m (plural inverni, pejorative invernàccio)

inverni (plural)
invernàccio (pejorative)

From Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus).


suonatore

suonatore m (plural suonatori, feminine suonatrice)

suonatori (plural)
suonatrice (feminine)

musical instrument
musical instrument#English


suonare

it-verb

suonàre (first-person singular present suòno, first-person singular past historic suonài, past participle suonàto, auxiliary avére)

suonàre (canonical)
suòno (first-person present singular)
suonài (first-person historic past singular)
suonàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
suonàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
suonàndo (gerund)
suonànte (participle present)
suonàto (participle past)
suòno (first-person indicative present singular)
suòni (indicative present second-person singular)
suòna (indicative present singular third-person)
suoniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
suonàte (indicative plural present second-person)
suònano (indicative plural present third-person)
suonàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
suonàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
suonàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
suonavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
suonavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
suonàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
suonài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
suonàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
suonò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
suonàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
suonàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
suonàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
suonerò (first-person future indicative singular)
suonerài (future indicative second-person singular)
suonerà (future indicative singular third-person)
suonerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
suoneréte (future indicative plural second-person)
suonerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
suonerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
suonerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
suonerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
suonerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
suonerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
suoneréste (conditional plural present second-person)
suonerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
suonerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
suòni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
suòni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
suòni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
suoniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
suoniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
suònino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
suonàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
suonàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
suonàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
suonàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
suonàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
suonàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
suòna (imperative second-person singular)
suòni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
suoniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
suonàte (imperative plural second-person)
suònino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
suonàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
suòni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
suoniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
suonàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
suònino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin sonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).

der

(transitive, music) to play (an instrument)


morire

Et sachiez que Jehans vesqui quatre-vint dis-nuef anz; lors entra il en sa sepulture, et se coucha touz vis autressi comme en un lit

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260s], “Di santo Giovanni apostolo e vangelista [Of saint John, apostle and evangelist]” (chapter 7), Libro II [Book 2], in anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou tresor [Book of the treasure] by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro di Brunetto Latini, volume 1, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 249:

And know that he lived ninety-nine years. And, when he came to death, he entered the grave alive. And he laid himself there as if on a bed.

L’animo mio, per disdegnoso gusto,
credendo col morir fuggir disdegno,
ingiusto fece me contra me giusto.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 70–72; 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:

My soul, with contemptuous desire, believing to escape scorn through death, made me—a just one—unjust against myself.


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


zaffiro

→ Greek: ζαφείρι (zafeíri)

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


zirlare

it-verb

zirlàre (first-person singular present zìrlo, first-person singular past historic zirlài, past participle zirlàto, auxiliary avére)

zirlàre (canonical)
zìrlo (first-person present singular)
zirlài (first-person historic past singular)
zirlàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
zirlàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
zirlàndo (gerund)
zirlànte (participle present)
zirlàto (participle past)
zìrlo (first-person indicative present singular)
zìrli (indicative present second-person singular)
zìrla (indicative present singular third-person)
zirliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
zirlàte (indicative plural present second-person)
zìrlano (indicative plural present third-person)
zirlàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zirlàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zirlàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zirlavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zirlavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zirlàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zirlài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zirlàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zirlò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zirlàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zirlàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zirlàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zirlerò (first-person future indicative singular)
zirlerài (future indicative second-person singular)
zirlerà (future indicative singular third-person)
zirlerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
zirleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
zirlerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
zirlerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
zirlerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
zirlerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
zirlerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
zirlerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
zirleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
zirlerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
zirlerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
zìrli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zìrli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zìrli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zirliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zirliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zìrlino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zirlàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zirlàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zirlàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zirlàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zirlàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zirlàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zìrla (imperative second-person singular)
zìrli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
zirliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
zirlàte (imperative plural second-person)
zìrlino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
zirlàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
zìrli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
zirliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
zirlàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
zìrlino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


affogare

affogàre (first-person singular present affógo or affògo, first-person singular past historic affogài, past participle affogàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

affogàre (canonical)
affógo (first-person present singular)
affògo (first-person present singular)
affogài (first-person historic past singular)
affogàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
affogàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
affogàndo (gerund)
affogànte (participle present)
affogàto (participle past)
affógo (first-person indicative present singular)
affògo (first-person indicative present singular)
affóghi (indicative present second-person singular)
affòghi (indicative present second-person singular)
affóga (indicative present singular third-person)
affòga (indicative present singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
affogàte (indicative plural present second-person)
affógano (indicative plural present third-person)
affògano (indicative plural present third-person)
affogàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
affogàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
affogàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
affogavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
affogavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
affogàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
affogài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
affogàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
affogò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
affogàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
affogàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
affogàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
affogherò (first-person future indicative singular)
affogherài (future indicative second-person singular)
affogherà (future indicative singular third-person)
affogherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
affogheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
affogherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
affogherèi (conditional first-person present singular)
affogherésti (conditional present second-person singular)
affogherèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
affogherébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
affogherémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
affogheréste (conditional plural present second-person)
affogherèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
affogherébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
affóghi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affòghi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
affóghi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affòghi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
affóghi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affòghi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
affoghiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
affóghino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affòghino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
affogàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
affogàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
affogàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
affogàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
affogàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
affogàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
affóga (imperative second-person singular)
affòga (imperative second-person singular)
affóghi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affòghi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
affogàte (imperative plural second-person)
affóghino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affòghino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affogàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
affóghi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affòghi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
affoghiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
affogàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
affóghino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
affòghino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

→ Sardinian: affogare

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre.

Lo affogarono nel lago.

(transitive) to drown (to kill by suffocating in a liquid)

Morde e divora / ogni genìa di cose vive e morte; / e solo con la sabbia / si affoga e con l’aceto / si stempera.

1901, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Atto II [Act 2]”, in Francesca da Rimini, Milan: Fratelli Treves, published 1904, scena II, page 87:

It [Greek fire] bites and devours things of all kinds, alive or dead; and it is only extinguished with sand, and weakened with vinegar.

(transitive, literary) to extinguish, to put out

Quasi affogò nel fiume.

(intransitive) to drown (to die by suffocating in a liquid) [auxiliary essere]


abbaiare

abbaiàre (first-person singular present abbàio, first-person singular past historic abbaiài, past participle abbaiàto, auxiliary avére)

abbaiàre (canonical)
abbàio (first-person present singular)
abbaiài (first-person historic past singular)
abbaiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
abbaiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
abbaiàndo (gerund)
abbaiànte (participle present)
abbaiàto (participle past)
abbàio (first-person indicative present singular)
abbài (indicative present second-person singular)
abbàia (indicative present singular third-person)
abbaiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
abbaiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
abbàiano (indicative plural present third-person)
abbaiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abbaiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abbaiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abbaiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abbaiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abbaiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abbaiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
abbaiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
abbaiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
abbaiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
abbaiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
abbaiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
abbaierò (first-person future indicative singular)
abbaierài (future indicative second-person singular)
abbaierà (future indicative singular third-person)
abbaierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
abbaieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
abbaierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
abbaierèi (conditional first-person present singular)
abbaierésti (conditional present second-person singular)
abbaierèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
abbaierébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
abbaierémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
abbaieréste (conditional plural present second-person)
abbaierèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
abbaierébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
abbài (first-person present singular subjunctive)
abbài (present second-person singular subjunctive)
abbài (present singular subjunctive third-person)
abbaiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abbaiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
abbàino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
abbaiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abbaiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abbaiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abbaiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abbaiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abbaiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abbàia (imperative second-person singular)
abbài (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abbaiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
abbaiàte (imperative plural second-person)
abbàino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
abbaiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
abbài (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abbaiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
abbaiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
abbàino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Latin baubor, Dalmatian bajur and French aboyer.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

Poscia che io […] ebbi più tosto abbajato che detto queste cose, ella con piacevole viso, e niente per li miei lamenti alteratasi, disse: […]

1551, Benedetto Varchi, transl., Della consolazione della filosofia [The Consolation of Philosophy], translation of De consolatione philosophiae by Boethius, published 1832, page 24:

After I had barked, rather than said, this, she, with a serene face, not at all upset at my lamentations, said: […]

(by extension, figurative) to yell, to shout


accordare

it-verb

accordàre (first-person singular present accòrdo, first-person singular past historic accordài, past participle accordàto, auxiliary avére)

accordàre (canonical)
accòrdo (first-person present singular)
accordài (first-person historic past singular)
accordàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
accordàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
accordàndo (gerund)
accordànte (participle present)
accordàto (participle past)
accòrdo (first-person indicative present singular)
accòrdi (indicative present second-person singular)
accòrda (indicative present singular third-person)
accordiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
accordàte (indicative plural present second-person)
accòrdano (indicative plural present third-person)
accordàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
accordàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
accordàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
accordavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
accordavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
accordàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
accordài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
accordàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
accordò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
accordàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
accordàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
accordàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
accorderò (first-person future indicative singular)
accorderài (future indicative second-person singular)
accorderà (future indicative singular third-person)
accorderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
accorderéte (future indicative plural second-person)
accorderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
accorderèi (conditional first-person present singular)
accorderésti (conditional present second-person singular)
accorderèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accorderébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accorderémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
accorderéste (conditional plural present second-person)
accorderèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accorderébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accòrdi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accòrdi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accòrdi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accordiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
accordiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
accòrdino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accordàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
accordàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
accordàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
accordàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
accordàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
accordàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
accòrda (imperative second-person singular)
accòrdi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accordiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
accordàte (imperative plural second-person)
accòrdino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accordàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
accòrdi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accordiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
accordàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
accòrdino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, derived from Latin cor (“heart”).


battere

bàttere (first-person singular present bàtto, first-person singular past historic battéi, past participle battùto, auxiliary avére)

bàttere (canonical)
bàtto (first-person present singular)
battéi (first-person historic past singular)
battùto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
bàttere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
battèndo (gerund)
battènte (participle present)
battùto (participle past)
bàtto (first-person indicative present singular)
bàtti (indicative present second-person singular)
bàtte (indicative present singular third-person)
battiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
battéte (indicative plural present second-person)
bàttono (indicative plural present third-person)
battévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
battévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
battéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
battevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
battevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
battévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
battéi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
battésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
batté (historic indicative past singular third-person)
battémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
battéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
battérono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
batterò (first-person future indicative singular)
batterài (future indicative second-person singular)
batterà (future indicative singular third-person)
batterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
batteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
batterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
batterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
batterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
batterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
batterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
batterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
batteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
batterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
batterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
bàtta (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bàtta (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bàtta (present singular subjunctive third-person)
battiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
battiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bàttano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
battéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
battéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
battésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
battéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
battéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
battéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bàtti (imperative second-person singular)
bàtta (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
battiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
battéte (imperative plural second-person)
bàttano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
bàttere (imperative negative second-person singular)
bàtta (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
battiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
battéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
bàttano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

batterista

batteria (not from Italian but Old French)

(transitive, music) to mark the tempo (of a musical composition)


abbandono

(ethnology) a funeral custom wherein the body is left on the ground as food for wild animals and birds


viola

Possibly from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”), which could be related to the goddess Latin vitula.


scordatura

→ English: scordatura


accentuare

it-verb

accentuàre (first-person singular present accèntuo, first-person singular past historic accentuài, past participle accentuàto, auxiliary avére)

accentuàre (canonical)
accèntuo (first-person present singular)
accentuài (first-person historic past singular)
accentuàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
accentuàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
accentuàndo (gerund)
accentuànte (participle present)
accentuàto (participle past)
accèntuo (first-person indicative present singular)
accèntui (indicative present second-person singular)
accèntua (indicative present singular third-person)
accentuiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
accentuàte (indicative plural present second-person)
accèntuano (indicative plural present third-person)
accentuàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
accentuàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
accentuàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
accentuavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
accentuavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
accentuàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
accentuài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
accentuàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
accentuò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
accentuàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
accentuàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
accentuàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
accentuerò (first-person future indicative singular)
accentuerài (future indicative second-person singular)
accentuerà (future indicative singular third-person)
accentuerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
accentueréte (future indicative plural second-person)
accentuerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
accentuerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
accentuerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
accentuerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accentuerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accentuerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
accentueréste (conditional plural present second-person)
accentuerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accentuerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accèntui (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accèntui (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accèntui (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accentuiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
accentuiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
accèntuino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accentuàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
accentuàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
accentuàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
accentuàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
accentuàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
accentuàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
accèntua (imperative second-person singular)
accèntui (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accentuiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
accentuàte (imperative plural second-person)
accèntuino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accentuàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
accèntui (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accentuiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
accentuàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
accèntuino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


abito

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

bor+

(crystallography) the predominant simple shape in a crystal


sitar

From Persian سهتار (se-târ), meaning “three strings”.


falsetto

→ English: falsetto

→ Portuguese: falsete

→ Spanish: falsete


raga

Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour/color”).

(music) raga (melodic mode used in Indian classical music)


doc

un vino doc

(viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)


marrone

Originally Tuscan, from Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon, “sweet chestnut”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *māros (“great”), referring to the size of the nut, related to Welsh mawr and Cimbrian môr, a borrowing.


marrone

→ French: marron (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Marone, Maroni


ferro

it-noun

ferro m (plural ferri, diminutive ferrétto or ferrettìno; ferrìno or ferrolìno or ferrùzzo/ferrùccio, pejorative ferràccio)

ferri (plural)
ferrétto (diminutive)
ferrettìno (diminutive)
ferràccio (pejorative)

(chemistry) iron (metal, tool made of iron)


uccidere

it-verb

uccìdere (first-person singular present uccìdo, first-person singular past historic uccìsi, past participle uccìso, auxiliary avére)

uccìdere (canonical)
uccìdo (first-person present singular)
uccìsi (first-person historic past singular)
uccìso (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
uccìdere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
uccidèndo (gerund)
uccidènte (participle present)
uccìso (participle past)
uccìdo (first-person indicative present singular)
uccìdi (indicative present second-person singular)
uccìde (indicative present singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
uccidéte (indicative plural present second-person)
uccìdono (indicative plural present third-person)
uccidévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
uccidévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
uccidéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
uccidevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
uccidevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
uccidévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
uccìsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
uccidésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
uccìse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
uccidémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
uccidéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
uccìsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ucciderò (first-person future indicative singular)
ucciderài (future indicative second-person singular)
ucciderà (future indicative singular third-person)
ucciderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
uccideréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ucciderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ucciderèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ucciderésti (conditional present second-person singular)
ucciderèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ucciderébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ucciderémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
uccideréste (conditional plural present second-person)
ucciderèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ucciderébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
uccìda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
uccìda (present second-person singular subjunctive)
uccìda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
uccidiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
uccìdano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
uccidéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
uccidéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
uccidésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
uccidéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
uccidéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
uccidéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
uccìdi (imperative second-person singular)
uccìda (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
uccidéte (imperative plural second-person)
uccìdano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
uccìdere (imperative negative second-person singular)
uccìda (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
uccidiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
uccidéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
uccìdano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Old Italian occidere, from Latin occīdō (“to kill, slay”).

il fumo uccide


cazzo

it-noun

cazzo m (plural cazzi, diminutive cazzétto or cazzettìno, pejorative cazzàccio, augmentative-derogatory cazzóne)

cazzi (plural)
cazzétto (diminutive)
cazzettìno (diminutive)
cazzàccio (pejorative)

Of uncertain origin. One possibility is from a contraction of Latin capitium (“small head”) (cf. also capezzo, capezza), or from Byzantine Greek ακάτιον (akátion, “main mast”). See also caspita.


solo

it-adj

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)

sola (feminine)
soli (masculine plural)
sole (feminine plural)
solissimo (superlative)

→ English: solo

→ German: solo

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)


ambrosia

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).


nuvola

it-noun

nuvola f (plural nuvole, diminutive nuvolétta or nuvolìna, augmentative nuvolone, pejorative nuvolàccia)

nuvole (plural)
nuvolétta (diminutive)
nuvolìna (diminutive)
nuvolone (augmentative)
nuvolàccia (pejorative)

From a Latin nūbila, noun use of the feminine of nūbilus (“cloudy”), from nūbēs. Cognate with Sicilian nuvula. Compare Catalan núvol.

così dentro una nuvola di fiori
che da le mani angeliche saliva
e ricadeva in giù dentro e di fori

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 28–33; 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:

Thus in the bosom of a cloud of flowers which from those hands angelical ascended, and downward fell again inside and out


rosso

it-adj

rosso (feminine rossa, masculine plural rossi, feminine plural rosse, diminutive rossétto m (“redhead”) or rossétta f (“readhead”) or rossìno m (“redhead”) or rossìna f (“redhead”), pejorative rossàccio)

rossa (feminine)
rossi (masculine plural)
rosse (feminine plural)
rossétto (diminutive masculine)
rossétta (diminutive feminine)
rossìno (diminutive masculine)
rossìna (diminutive feminine)
rossàccio (pejorative)

From Latin russus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Cognate with Latin rosa.

[…] Ed ei mi disse: «Il foco etterno ¶ ch'entro l'affoca le dimostra rosse, ¶ come tu vedi in questo basso inferno».

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 73–75; 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 he to me: "The fire eternal that kindles them within makes them look red, as thou beholdest in this nether Hell".


periodo

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, period of time, path around”), from περί- (perí-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

uder

(astronomy) the time taken for a planet to orbit its star; year


brandy

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.


Aldebaran

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”) (because it follows the Pleiades).

der

اَلدَّبَرَان


piombo

it-noun

piombo m (plural piombi, diminutive piombino)


piatto

piatto m (plural piatti, diminutive piattino or piattèllo, augmentative piattóne, pejorative piattàccio)

piatti (plural)
piattino (diminutive)
piattèllo (diminutive)
piattóne (augmentative)
piattàccio (pejorative)

→ Albanian: pjatë

→ Cimbrian: pjatto

→ Greek: πιάτο (piáto)

→ Mòcheno: piatt

→ Piedmontese: piat

→ Sicilian: piattu

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Doublet of chiatto.


plebe

Borrowed from Latin plēbem. Compare the inherited doublet pieve.

(historical, Ancient Rome) plebs (plebeian class)


karma

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

bor+

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma


scopare

it-verb

scopàre (first-person singular present scópo, first-person singular past historic scopài, past participle scopàto, auxiliary avére)

scopàre (canonical)
scópo (first-person present singular)
scopài (first-person historic past singular)
scopàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scopàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scopàndo (gerund)
scopànte (participle present)
scopàto (participle past)
scópo (first-person indicative present singular)
scópi (indicative present second-person singular)
scópa (indicative present singular third-person)
scopiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scopàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scópano (indicative plural present third-person)
scopàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scopàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scopàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scopavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scopavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scopàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scopài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scopàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scopò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scopàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scopàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scopàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scoperò (first-person future indicative singular)
scoperài (future indicative second-person singular)
scoperà (future indicative singular third-person)
scoperémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scoperéte (future indicative plural second-person)
scoperànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scoperèi (conditional first-person present singular)
scoperésti (conditional present second-person singular)
scoperèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scoperébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scoperémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
scoperéste (conditional plural present second-person)
scoperèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scoperébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scópi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scópi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scópi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scopiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scopiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scópino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scopàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scopàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scopàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scopàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scopàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scopàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scópa (imperative second-person singular)
scópi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scopiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scopàte (imperative plural second-person)
scópino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scopàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scópi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scopiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scopàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scópino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Late Latin scōpāre (“to brush or sweep away”), from Latin scōpae (“broom”).

inh

(transitive, informal, strongly vulgar) to screw, to fuck


uguale

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

(music) equal (intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female)


nero

→ Greek: νέρος (néros)

negro

part archaic, part borrowed from Spanish


grandine

From Latin grandinem (“hail”), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₃d-.

chicco di grandine


palla

Borrowed from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.

(historical, Ancient Rome) palla (cloth worn by ladies)


trombone

→ English: trombone

→ Russian: тромбо́н (trombón) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: trombón (see there for further descendants)

From tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


salmone

salmon (having a pale pinkish-orange colour/color)


notturno

From Latin nocturnus, from noctū (“by night”), from nox (“night”), whence also Italian notte, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


hashish

Transliteration of Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).


casino

→ English: casino

→ Ladino: gazino

→ Ottoman Turkish: غازینو (gazino)

Turkish: gazino

→ Portuguese: casino

→ Spanish: casino

From casa + -ino; cognate with Piedmontese casin.


spoiler

Unadapted borrowing from English spoiler.

ubor

(sports, skiing) articulated rear part of the upper of a ski or other sports boot

(skiing) plastic device attached to the front of downhill skis to prevent vibration or crossing


mezzanotte

From mezza + notte or from Latin mediam noctem.


martello

From Late Latin martellus, diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, diminutive of marcus, or from malleus (“hammer”). Compare Portguese martelo and Catalan martell.


sereno

it-adj

sereno (feminine serena, masculine plural sereni, feminine plural serene, superlative serenissimo)

serena (feminine)
sereni (masculine plural)
serene (feminine plural)
serenissimo (superlative)

Laudato si mi signore per frate vento et per aere et nubilo et sereno et onne tempo

c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures], Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind, and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather

(weather) clear, serene, calm, cloudless, fair


sereno

É tornato il sereno


obbligato

obbligato (feminine obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate, superlative obbligatissimo)

obbligata (feminine)
obbligati (masculine plural)
obbligate (feminine plural)
obbligatissimo (superlative)


argento

From Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”). See also the obsolete variant form ariento, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *aregentum; cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese and Old Spanish arento, Spanish arienzo.


cornetto

From corno (“horn”, from Latin cornū) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

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


fantasia

→ English: fantasia

→ German: Fantasia

→ Greek: φαντασία (fantasía)

From Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía).


oro

From Latin aurum, from earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂usom (“glow”), derived from the root *h₂ews-.


birra

→ Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Egyptian Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Moroccan Arabic: بيرة (bīrra)

→ Cimbrian: bira

→ Greek: μπίρα (bíra)

→ Maltese: birra

→ Portuguese: birra

→ Spanish: birra

→ Ottoman Turkish: بیرا (bira)

Turkish: bira

→ Armenian: պիրա (pira)

→ Venetian: bira

→ Cimbrian: biira

Mi piace la birra.


allargando

(music) a stylistic feature consisting in playing allargando


caffè

it-noun

caffè m (invariable, diminutive-derogatory caffeùccio (“café”))

→ Cimbrian: kafè

→ Dutch: koffie (see there for further descendants)

→ English: caffè

→ Faroese: kaffi

→ French: café (see there for further descendants)

→ Irish: caife

→ Icelandic: kaffi

→ Maltese: kafè

→ Mòcheno: kafè

→ New Latin: cafea

→ Spanish: café (see there for further descendants)

→ Swedish: kaffe
→ Finnish: kahvi

→ West Flemish: kaffie

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).


playback

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from playback.

Si è scoperto in seguito che aveva cantato tutto il concerto in playback.

It was later discovered he had lip-synced the whole concert.


silicio

Borrowed from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“stone, flint”), the latter continued as Italian selce (“flint”).


sodio

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


litio

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


niobio

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


fermio

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


Urano

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


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.


astato

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


verde

it-noun

verde m (plural verdi, diminutive verdìno or verdolìno or verdétto, augmentative verdóne, diminutive-derogatory verdìgno or verdógnolo)

verdi (plural)
verdìno (diminutive)
verdolìno (diminutive)
verdétto (diminutive)
verdóne (augmentative)

From Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis, from vireō. Cognate with English verdure, French vert, and various Romance homonyms.


platino

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


rodio

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


cromo

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


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.


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


piropo

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


atmosfera

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


sambuca

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


OVNI

Acronym of oggetto volante non identificato.


chiave

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


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)


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)


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 present singular)
ammazzerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
ammazzerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ammazzerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ammazzerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
ammazzeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
ammazzerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ammazzerébbero (conditional plural present 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, Venetian 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.


elio

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


idrogeno

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


scandio

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


nettunio

it-adj

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.


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>


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


lantanio

From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō) + -io.


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


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).


Melpomene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē).


Urania

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).


Euterpe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).


pago

Learned borrowing from Latin pāgus (“district”).

lbor

(historical, Ancient Rome) pagus (country district)


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

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


flare

it-noun

flare m (usually invariable, plural flares)

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


cimbalo

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


selenite

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


malachite

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