tanto

it-det

tanto (feminine tanta, masculine plural tanti, feminine plural tante, superlative tantissimo)

tanta (feminine)
tanti (masculine plural)
tante (feminine plural)
tantissimo (superlative)


nessuno

nessuno (feminine nessuna, no plural, superlative nessunissimo)

nessuna (feminine)
nessunissimo (superlative)

From Latin nē (“not”) + ipse (emphatic, literally “himself”) + ūnus (“one”), meaning “not even one”. Cognate with Neapolitan nisciuno, Sardinian nisciunu, Friulian nissun, Ligurian nisciǜn, and Old French neisune. Compare Spanish ninguno and Romanian niciun.


che

From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.

che festa!

some (a remarkable); what (intensifier to begin a sentence)


niente

From an earlier neente, either from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem, or ne inde. Compare Old Catalan nient, Sicilian nenti, Piedmontese gnente, Occitan neient, French néant.
The regional pronunciation with initial self-gemination of /nj-/ is by speakers who try to correct the /ɲ-/ because of the orthography, but keep the syllable structure, and thus gemination, of the original /ɲ-/.

Niente bugie!


loro

From Latin illōrum, genitive plural of ille, illud (“that”).

i loro figli

le loro macchine

casa loro

loro padre

i Loro figli

le Loro macchine

casa Loro

il Loro padre

(possessive, often capitalised/capitalized) your (polite plural form)


ogni

From Old Italian onne~onni (with /ˈɔ-/ per the Latin etymon), from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic *opnis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“to work, toil”).
The development of palatalized /-ɲ-/ and closed /ˈo-/, already attested in the thirteenth century (ógne, later ógni), are due to the word being frequently unstressed. Variants with /ˈɔ-/ still survive in much of Tuscany and Central Italy.


tuo

it-det

tuo (feminine tua, masculine plural tuoi, feminine plural tue)

tua (feminine)
tuoi (masculine plural)
tue (feminine plural)

From Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.
In the singular, Latin tuum underwent *ʊu > *ou > *ɔu dissimilation, cf. Sardinian tou, and also Latin ōvum > Italian òvo, Spanish huevo, ultimately producing [ˈtwɔu], and a plural [ˈtwɔi]. Italian then underwent its regular *wɔV > *uV sound change, cf. *bwɔe > bue, *mjɛu > mio, producing ultimately [ˈtu.o]. This latter sound change is blocked by a following [i], which explains the plural form tuoi, cf. *mjɛi > miei.

i tuoi figli

le tue macchine

casa tua

tuo padre


molto

molto (feminine molta, masculine plural molti, feminine plural molte, superlative moltissimo)

molta (feminine)
molti (masculine plural)
molte (feminine plural)
moltissimo (superlative)

From Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). Compare Portuguese muito, Romanian mult, Catalan molt.

inh

Voglio molti amici.

Ho mangiato molta cioccolata ultimamente.

I've been eating a lot of chocolate lately.

a lot of, much, great, (in the plural) many, a lot of, lots of

Fa molto freddo.

Dobbiamo procedere con molta attenzione.


tutto

it-det

tutto (feminine tutta, masculine plural tutti, feminine plural tutte)

tutta (feminine)
tutti (masculine plural)
tutte (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin tōttus, alteration of Latin tōtus.


questo

questo (feminine questa, masculine plural questi, feminine plural queste)

questa (feminine)
questi (masculine plural)
queste (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum (deictic) + iste (“that”), the former surviving also as Italian ecco and the latter as esto.

Questo meraviglioso dolce è semplice da preparare.

Traduci questa pagina.

Questi fiori dicono che è primavera!


quello

Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.


qualche

Ho qualche amico.


quale

Quale uomo era?

Quale macchina preferisci?

Quale fortuna!

Verdura quali le carote ed i piselli.


altro

altro (feminine altra, masculine plural altri, feminine plural altre)

altra (feminine)
altri (masculine plural)
altre (feminine plural)

From Latin alterum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros.


esto

esto (feminine esta, masculine plural esti, feminine plural este)

esta (feminine)
esti (masculine plural)
este (feminine plural)

Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura ¶ esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte ¶ che nel pensier rinova la paura!

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 4–6; 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:

Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say ¶ What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, ¶ Which in the very thought renews the fear.


nulla

From Latin nūlla, feminine singular and neuter plural (collective) of nūllus.


quanto

Quanto é grosso il tuo cane?


vostro

vostro (feminine vostra, masculine plural vostri, feminine plural vostre)

vostra (feminine)
vostri (masculine plural)
vostre (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin vostrum, which is the accusative of voster, which derives from the older form vester, from Proto-Italic *westeros.

i vostri figli

le vostre macchine

casa vostra

vostro padre


Sue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

(possessive) feminine plural of Suo (“your (formal or polite)”)


nostro

it-det

nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)

nostra (feminine)
nostri (masculine plural)
nostre (feminine plural)

From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

i nostri figli

le nostre macchine

Cosa Nostra

nostro padre

questo nostro parente

nostro proprio bambino


suo

suo (feminine sua, masculine plural suoi, feminine plural sue)

sua (feminine)
suoi (masculine plural)
sue (feminine plural)

From Latin suus, from Proto-Italic *sowos, from Proto-Indo-European *sewos, from *swé.

i suoi figli

le sue macchine

casa sua

suo padre

i Suoi figli

le Sue macchine

casa Sua

Suo padre

(often capitalized) your (polite singular form)


mio

mio (feminine mia, masculine plural miei, feminine plural mie)

mia (feminine)
miei (masculine plural)
mie (feminine plural)

From Old Italian meo, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

casa mia

i miei figli

le mie macchine


poco

poco (feminine poca, masculine plural pochi, feminine plural poche, superlative pochettino)

poca (feminine)
pochi (masculine plural)
poche (feminine plural)
pochettino (superlative)

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

e quei, ch’avea vaghezza e senno poco,
volle ch’i’ li mostrassi l’arte; e solo
perch’ io nol feci Dedalo, mi fece
ardere a tal che l’avea per figliuolo.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 114–117; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And he who had conceit, but little wit, would have me show to him the art; and only because no Dædalus I made him, made me be burned by one who held him as his son.


tutti

→ Catalan: tuti

→ Spanish: tute

→ English: tute


ambo

head

ambo (usually invariable, rare masculine plural ambi, rare feminine plural ambe)

ambi (masculine plural rare)
ambe (feminine plural rare)

Io son colui che tenni ambo le chiavi
del cor di Federigo, e che le volsi,
serrando e diserrando, sì soavi,
che dal secreto suo quasi ogn’ uom tolsi

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 58–61; 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:

I am the one who kept both keys to Frederick's heart, and turned them, locking and unlocking, so softly, that I kept almost everyone from his secrets


meno

Ho meno tè di te.

Ho meno tè che caffé.

Ho dovuto aspettare meno di dieci minuti.


cui

la donna il cui nome ho scordato

la donna le cui amiche sono incinte


lor

Bestemmiavano Dio e’ lor parenti,
 l’umana spezie e ’l loco e ’l tempo e ’l seme
 di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 103–105; 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:

God they blasphemed and their progenitors,
 the human race, the place, the time, the seed
 of their engendering and of their birth!


altrettanto

it-det

altrettanto (feminine altrettanta, masculine plural altrettanti, feminine plural altrettante)

altrettanta (feminine)
altrettanti (masculine plural)
altrettante (feminine plural)

Univerbation of altro + e + tanto, corresponding to Latin alterum et tantum (compare also French autant, Venetian altretanto).

cinque vittorie ed altrettante sconfitte


questa

From Vulgar Latin *eccu ista, from Latin (ec)cu(m) ista(m), from iste.


troppo

troppo (feminine troppa, masculine plural troppi, feminine plural troppe)

troppa (feminine)
troppi (masculine plural)
troppe (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *troppus, from Late Latin troppus, borrowed from Frankish *þorp (“a cluster, agglomeration", also "collection of houses, village”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (“village”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Cognate with French trop (“too much”), Piedmontese tròp/trop. More at trop, thorp and troop.

der

non mettere troppa carne al fuoco

(literally, “Don't put too much meat on the fire.”)


ciascuno

From Vulgar Latin *cisque-unus, from Latin quisque ūnus, and influenced by cadauno. Cf. French chacun, Catalan cadascun.

Ciascuno Stato membro dovrebbe assicurare un'adeguata protezione dei dati nella legislazione nazionale.

Each Member State should ensure an adequate data protection level in its national law.


no

no, anti-; found in numerous expressions borrowed from English, such as no comment, and in pseudo-anglicisms such as no logo (“anti-globalization”) and no-vax (“anti-vax”) (also written no vax)


stesso

it-det

stesso (feminine stessa, masculine plural stessi, feminine plural stesse)

stessa (feminine)
stessi (masculine plural)
stesse (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Italian istesso, from Latin istum (“that”) + ipsum (“himself”).

Vede se stesso.

Vede se stessa.

-self, myself, yourself, himself, itself, myself


parecchio

parecchio (feminine parecchia, masculine plural parecchi, feminine plural parecchie)

parecchia (feminine)
parecchi (masculine plural)
parecchie (feminine plural)

From Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Doublet of pareglio and pariglio, both borrowed via Old French pareil. Compare Spanish parejo.

quite a lot of, rather a lot of, a fair bit of

(in the plural) several, many, quite a few, quite a lot of


quella

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, inflection of *eccum ille. Feminine counterpart to Italian quello.


questi

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istī (nominative masculine plural of iste).

uder

nominative masculine plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">iste</i>


queste

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istae (nominative feminine plural of iste).

inh

nominative feminine plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">iste</i>


altrui

From Vulgar Latin *alterūi, corresponding to classical Latin alterī (dative singular of alter). The -ui ending, analogous to lui, costui, colui, is ultimately due to the influence of cui.

(possessive) another person's, someone else's, other people's, of others (genitive of altro)


medesimo

it-det

medesimo (feminine medesima, masculine plural medesimi, feminine plural medesime)

medesima (feminine)
medesimi (masculine plural)
medesime (feminine plural)

From earlier *metesimo, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from a previous form *metipsissimus, derived from Latin -met (emphatic suffix) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (superlative suffix).
Cognate with French même, Spanish mismo, Portuguese mesmo.


entrambi

Inherited from Latin inter ambōs (“between the both of them”).


istesso

it-det

istesso (feminine istessa, masculine plural istessi, feminine plural istesse)

istessa (feminine)
istessi (masculine plural)
istesse (feminine plural)


alquanto

alquanto (feminine alquanta, masculine plural alquanti, feminine plural alquante)

alquanta (feminine)
alquanti (masculine plural)
alquante (feminine plural)


quantunque

quantunque (plural quantunque or (rare) quantunqui)

quantunque (plural)
quantunqui (plural rare)

From quanto (“how much”) + -unque (indefinite ending). Formed similarly to, and possibly influenced by, Latin quantuscumque.

suffix

cignesi con la coda tante volte ¶ quantunque gradi vuol che giù sia messa.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, page 72, lines 11–12:

Girds himself with his tail as many times ¶ as grades he wishes it should be thrust down.


taluno

it-det

taluno (feminine taluna, masculine plural taluni, feminine plural talune)

taluna (feminine)
taluni (masculine plural)
talune (feminine plural)


ambedue

From Latin ambi- (“both”) + Latin duo (“two”), via due. Compare Old Italian amendue and Old French ambedeus.


tantino

it-det

tantino (feminine tantina, masculine plural tantini, feminine plural tantine)

tantina (feminine)
tantini (masculine plural)
tantine (feminine plural)


nullo

nullo (feminine nulla, masculine plural nulli, feminine plural nulle)

nulla (feminine)
nulli (masculine plural)
nulle (feminine plural)

Ed elli a me: «Tutti quanti fuor guerci ¶ sì de la mente in la vita primaia, ¶ che con misura nullo spendio ferci. […]»

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VII, p. 109, vv. 40-42:

And he to me: «All of them were asquint ¶ in intellect in the first life, so much ¶ that there with measure they no spending made. […] »

(archaic, literary, chiefly in the singular) no, not any

[…] i due fratelli fecero prestamente venire medici e fanti, che lo servissero, e ogni cosa opportuna alla sua santà racquistare. Ma ogni aiuto era nullo […]

1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, G. Pickering (1825), page 34, Giornata prima - Novella I

[…] the two brothers promptly fetched physicians and servants to tend him, and furnished him with all that behoved unto the recovery of his health. But every succour was vain […]

La somma algebrica di due numeri opposti è nulla.

The algebraic sum of two opposite numbers is null.

Il contratto è stato dichiarato nullo.

The contract has been deemed null and void.


cadauno

cadauno (feminine cadauna, masculine plural cadauni, feminine plural cadaune)

cadauna (feminine)
cadauni (masculine plural)
cadaune (feminine plural)

Cf. Old Italian caduno, catuno, from Vulgar Latin *catūnum, from Latin cata (< Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) + unum. The form cadauno may be through the intermediate of Old Spanish cada uno. Compare Occitan cadun, Catalan cadascun; cf. French chacun. See also ciascuno.


codesto

codesto (feminine codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

codesta (feminine)
codesti (masculine plural)
codeste (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Italian cotesto, from Old Italian cotevesto, contracted from a Vulgar Latin introductory locution *eccum tibi istum; compare *eccum iste whence Italian questo.

(dated, regional, literary) this, that (referring to an object close to the addressee)


ciascheduno

ciascheduno (feminine ciascheduna, no plural)

From Vulgar Latin *cisque et ūnus, from Latin quisque et ūnus.

Anzi che più della notte sen gisse,
Prese con loro ciascheduna cosa
Degna di pira […]

c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, Teseida, section 2, page 334:

Before any more the night passed, he and them took every thing worthy of the pyre

io veggio molti huomini […] equali hanno forse in talento di saper la ragione;che in ciascheduno delli tre libbri m'indusse a collocar separatamente le parti

1526, Niccolò Liburnio, Le tre fontane [The Three Fountains], page 69:

I see many people who may want to know the reason that made me put the parts separately in each one of the three books

si fabbricano intorno un piccolissimo bozzoletto di seta, in cui ciascheduno di essi sta rinchiuso alcuni giorni determinati

1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects], Florence, page 139:

They make a very small silk cocoon around themselves, inside which each one of them stays for a set number of days

Ben alla negra notte ora ubbidiamo,
E armiam da cena, e ciascheduna guardia
Al fosso posin, fuor della muraglia.

1723, “Libro VIIII [Book 9]”, in Anton Maria Salvini, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, Santi Franchi, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, page 229:

Now we obey the black night, and prepare for dinner, and every guard rest in the ditch, outside the walls.

quantunque io presuma poco di me stesso, e creda non poter mai godere e conoscere ciascheduna parte d'ogni suo pregio e d'ogni suo magistero […]

1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Il Parini, o vero della gloria [Parini, or About glory]”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works], Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 135:

even though I don't expect much of myself, and believe I can never enjoy and understand every part of each one of his qualities, and of each of his teachings […]


cotanto

cotanto (feminine cotanta, masculine plural cotanti, feminine plural cotante)

cotanta (feminine)
cotanti (masculine plural)
cotante (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu tantum, from Latin eccum + tantum (“so much”).

inh+

Da indi in qua cotante carte aspergo ¶ Di pensieri, di lagrime e d'inchiostro; ¶ Tante ne straccio n'apparecchio e vergo.
Thenceforth so many bookfells have I sprinkled ¶ With thoughts, tears and ink; ¶ Many do I torn [and] graith and inscribe.

1374, Francesco Petrarca, I Trionfi - “Trionfo d'amore” (Cristoforo Pasqualigo, Grimaldo (1874), p. 31, vv.115-117)

Quando leggemmo il disïato riso ¶ esser basciato da cotanto amante, ¶ questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, ¶ la bocca mi basciò tutto tremante.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, p. 83 vv. 133-136:

When as we read of the much-longed-for smile ¶ being by such a noble lover kissed, ¶ this one, who ne'er from me shall be divided ¶ kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.


cotesto

it-det

cotesto (feminine cotesta, masculine plural cotesti, feminine plural coteste)

cotesta (feminine)
cotesti (masculine plural)
coteste (feminine plural)

From earlier cotevesto, contracted from a Vulgar Latin introductory locution *eccum tibi istum (literally “here [is] that [thing] for you”).


quell'

(before a vowel) Apocopic form of quella

(before a vowel) Apocopic form of quello


quest'

(before a vowel) Apocopic form of questa

(before a vowel) Apocopic form of questo


qual'

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of quale


quant'

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of quanta

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of quanto


tutt'

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of tutta

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of tutto


nessun'

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of nessuna


tant'

(sometimes before a vowel) Apocopic form of tanto


veruno

veruno (feminine veruna, masculine plural veruni, feminine plural verune)

veruna (feminine)
veruni (masculine plural)
verune (feminine plural)

From Latin vērē ūnus (literally “truly only one”).

inh

(following a negative statement) no, not any


amendue

Ultimately from Latin ambo + duae. Compare Old French andui, Romanian amândoi. Doublet of ambedue.


certuno

it-det

certuno (feminine certuna, masculine plural certuni, feminine plural certune)

certuna (feminine)
certuni (masculine plural)
certune (feminine plural)


ambedui

[…] Non omo, omo già fui,
e li parenti miei furon lombardi,
mantoani per patrïa ambedui.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 67–69; 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:

Not man. I once was a man, and my parents were Lombards, both of Mantuan origin.

(literary, obsolete) Alternative form of ambedue


ambe

From Latin ambae, nominative singular feminine of ambō (“both”).

(literary, rare) feminine plural of ambo (“both”)


niuno

From Latin nē ūnus (literally “not one”).


Loro

(uncommon, very formal or polite, possessive) your (plural)


Sua

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

(possessive) feminine singular of Suo (“your (formal or polite)”)


Suoi

(possessive) masculine plural of Suo (“your (formal or polite)”)


ben altro

it-det

ben altro (feminine ben altra, masculine plural ben altri, feminine plural ben altre)

ben altra (feminine)
ben altri (masculine plural)
ben altre (feminine plural)

Un presidente dovrebbe occuparsi di ben altre questioni.

A president is supposed to take care of much more important matters.

(usually in the plural) other, more important


cotevesto

cotevesto (feminine cotevesta, masculine plural cotevesti, feminine plural coteveste)

cotevesta (feminine)
cotevesti (masculine plural)
coteveste (feminine plural)

Contracted from a Vulgar Latin introductory locution *eccum tibi istum (literally “here [is] that [thing] for you”).


neuno

head

neuno m sg (singular only, feminine neuna)

From Latin ne ūnus (literally “not one”).


tutti e

non occorreva che lei considerasse tutte e tre le possibilità

she did not need to consider all three possibilities