"amaretto" meaning in Italian

See amaretto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.maˈret.to/ Forms: amaretti [plural]
Rhymes: -etto Etymology: From amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Latin amārus. Etymology templates: {{af|it|amaro|-etto|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=bitter}} amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), {{der|it|la|amārus}} Latin amārus Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} amaretto m (plural amaretti)
  1. the sweet-bitter liqueur amaretto Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Liqueurs

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "amaro",
        "3": "-etto",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "bitter"
      },
      "expansion": "amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "amārus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin amārus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Latin amārus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amaretti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "amaretto m (plural amaretti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧ma‧rét‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms suffixed with -etto",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Liqueurs",
          "orig": "it:Liqueurs",
          "parents": [
            "Alcoholic beverages",
            "Beverages",
            "Recreational drugs",
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Drugs",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sweet-bitter liqueur amaretto"
      ],
      "id": "en-amaretto-it-noun-WsThShhA",
      "links": [
        [
          "amaretto",
          "amaretto#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.maˈret.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaretto"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "amaro",
        "3": "-etto",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "bitter"
      },
      "expansion": "amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "amārus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin amārus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Latin amārus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amaretti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "amaretto m (plural amaretti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "a‧ma‧rét‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 4-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms derived from Latin",
        "Italian terms suffixed with -etto",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/etto",
        "Rhymes:Italian/etto/4 syllables",
        "it:Liqueurs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sweet-bitter liqueur amaretto"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amaretto",
          "amaretto#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.maˈret.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amaretto"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amaretto meaning in Italian (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (8c1bb29 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.