manga

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


homunculus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin homunculus (“little man”). Compare the adapted borrowing omuncolo.

ubor

(alchemy, folklore) homunculus (a legendary figure resembling a little man, who was said to be created through alchemy)


fronte

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

inh+

(poetry, prosody) the two initial quatrains of an Italian sonnet


cyborg

Unadapted borrowing from English cyborg.


quaderno

From Latin quaternus (“fourfold”), from quater (“four times”), from quattuor (“four”).


cornetto

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

suffix

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

(folklore) horn-shaped amulet resembling a hot pepper


thriller

(film, literature) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)


-ide

it-noun

-ide f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idi)

From Latin -is f (genitive: -idis), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).

Enea (“Aeneas”) + -ide → Eneide (“Aeneid”)


terza rima

(poetry) terza rima (arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc)


muta

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

(poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet


fabula

Borrowed from Latin fābula. Doublet of favola, fiaba, and fola.


testo

From Early New Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).

(literature, linguistics, by extension) work

(music, literature) lyrics (the words of a song or poem)


cesura

Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra (“cut”).


contrasto

(literature) a work centered around a contrast between two opposing concepts


Befana

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin *epiphanĭa for Latin epiphanīa, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”). Doublet of Epifania.

uder

(folklore) a folkloric figure resembling an ugly but kind old witch who gives treats or presents to children in the night before Epiphany


sestina

→ English: sestina

(poetry) a six-line stanza, sestet, sestina, sextain


villanelle

Borrowed from French, from Italian villanella.


apostrofo

From Late Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned backwards”), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, literally “I turn away”).

der

L’I, quando è Consonante, […] conoscesi dal non potersi segnare coll’apostrofo la parola, che le sta avanti

1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “Che cosa siano le Lettere, quante, e quali [What letters are, which ones, and how many]”, in Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people], Torino: Stamperia Reale, page 2:

When it is a consonant, the I is recognized by the inability of marking the word that follows with the apostrophe


lassa

From French laisse, from laisser (“to leave”), from Old French laissier, from Latin laxāre (“to expand, make wide”).


avanguardia

all'avanguardia / d'avanguardia


sonetto

Borrowed from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).


eradere

it-verb

eràdere (first-person singular present eràdo, first-person singular past historic eràsi, past participle eràso, auxiliary avére)

eràdere (canonical)
eràdo (first-person present singular)
eràsi (first-person historic past singular)
eràso (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
eràdere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
eradèndo (gerund)
eradènte (participle present)
eràso (participle past)
eràdo (first-person indicative present singular)
eràdi (indicative present second-person singular)
eràde (indicative present singular third-person)
eradiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
eradéte (indicative plural present second-person)
eràdono (indicative plural present third-person)
eradévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
eradévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
eradéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
eradevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
eradevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
eradévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
eràsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
eradésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
eràse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
eradémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
eradéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
eràsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
eraderò (first-person future indicative singular)
eraderài (future indicative second-person singular)
eraderà (future indicative singular third-person)
eraderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
eraderéte (future indicative plural second-person)
eraderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
eraderèi (conditional first-person singular)
eraderésti (conditional second-person singular)
eraderèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
eraderébbe (conditional singular third-person)
eraderémmo (conditional first-person plural)
eraderéste (conditional plural second-person)
eraderèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
eraderébbero (conditional plural third-person)
eràda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
eràda (present second-person singular subjunctive)
eràda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
eradiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
eradiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
eràdano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
eradéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
eradéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
eradésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
eradéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
eradéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
eradéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
eràdi (imperative second-person singular)
eràda (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
eradiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
eradéte (imperative plural second-person)
eràdano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
eràdere (imperative negative second-person singular)
eràda (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
eradiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
eradéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
eràdano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from Latin ērādere. First attested in 1970.

(palaeography) to efface (a codex) (to scrape off existing writing)


Giudecca

From giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah, Judas”).

der

(literature) Judecca, a zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot


-ne

Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno
li Colchi del monton privati féne.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 86–87; 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:

That is Jason, who, through courage and wits, deprived the Colchians of the fleece.

La prima, che omo trovarao alcuna cosa scritta la quale se revederao avenire in simile, donne conoscerao che·llo ditto de Salamone ène vero. Dice Salamone: «Non è cosa nova sotto lo sole, ché cosa che pare nova stata è».

1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo dove se demostra le rascione per le quale questa opera fatta fu [Preface and first chapter wherein the reason for which this work was made is shown]”, in Cronica [Chronicle]; republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

The first one [reason] is that somebody will find in writing something which will be seen happening again in the same way; then, they will learn that Solomon's saying is true. Solomon says: "There are no new things under the sun, for a thing that appears new has [already] been".

(obsolete, chiefly poetry, now only dialectal) an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone


scansione

(literature, poetry) scansion (rhythm or meter of a line or verse)


teletrasportare

it-verb

teletrasportàre (first-person singular present teletraspòrto, first-person singular past historic teletrasportài, past participle teletrasportàto, auxiliary avére)

teletrasportàre (canonical)
teletraspòrto (first-person present singular)
teletrasportài (first-person historic past singular)
teletrasportàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
teletrasportàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
teletrasportàndo (gerund)
teletrasportànte (participle present)
teletrasportàto (participle past)
teletraspòrto (first-person indicative present singular)
teletraspòrti (indicative present second-person singular)
teletraspòrta (indicative present singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
teletrasportàte (indicative plural present second-person)
teletraspòrtano (indicative plural present third-person)
teletrasportàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
teletrasportàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
teletrasportàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
teletrasportavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
teletrasportavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
teletrasportàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
teletrasportài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
teletrasportàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
teletrasportò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
teletrasportàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
teletrasportàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
teletrasportàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
teletrasporterò (first-person future indicative singular)
teletrasporterài (future indicative second-person singular)
teletrasporterà (future indicative singular third-person)
teletrasporterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
teletrasporteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
teletrasporterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
teletrasporterèi (conditional first-person singular)
teletrasporterésti (conditional second-person singular)
teletrasporterèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
teletrasporterébbe (conditional singular third-person)
teletrasporterémmo (conditional first-person plural)
teletrasporteréste (conditional plural second-person)
teletrasporterèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
teletrasporterébbero (conditional plural third-person)
teletraspòrti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
teletraspòrti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
teletraspòrti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
teletrasportiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
teletrasportiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
teletraspòrtino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
teletrasportàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
teletrasportàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
teletrasportàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
teletrasportàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
teletrasportàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
teletrasportàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
teletraspòrta (imperative second-person singular)
teletraspòrti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
teletrasportàte (imperative plural second-person)
teletraspòrtino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
teletrasportàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
teletraspòrti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
teletrasportàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
teletraspòrtino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, science fiction) to teleport, to beam


pentimento

→ English: pentimento (learned)

From pentirsi (“to repent, regret”) + -mento.

un'opera eseguita senza pentimenti

a work executed without changes (from the sketch/stub)

(art, literature) a change between the old sketch/stub of a work from its final form


metrica

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετρική (metrikḗ); feminine substantive of metrico.

bor+

(music, poetry, etc.) metric (all senses)


scandire

it-verb

scandìre (first-person singular present scandìsco, first-person singular past historic scandìi, past participle scandìto, auxiliary avére)

scandìre (canonical)
scandìsco (first-person present singular)
scandìi (first-person historic past singular)
scandìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scandìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scandèndo (gerund)
scandènte (participle present)
scandìto (participle past)
scandìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
scandìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
scandìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scandìte (indicative plural present second-person)
scandìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
scandìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scandìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scandìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scandivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scandivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scandìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scandìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scandìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scandì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scandìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scandìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scandìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scandirò (first-person future indicative singular)
scandirài (future indicative second-person singular)
scandirà (future indicative singular third-person)
scandirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scandiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scandirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scandirèi (conditional first-person singular)
scandirésti (conditional second-person singular)
scandirèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
scandirébbe (conditional singular third-person)
scandirémmo (conditional first-person plural)
scandiréste (conditional plural second-person)
scandirèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
scandirébbero (conditional plural third-person)
scandìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scandìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scandìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scandiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scandìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scandìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scandìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scandìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scandìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scandìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scandìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scandìsci (imperative second-person singular)
scandìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scandìte (imperative plural second-person)
scandìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scandìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scandìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scandiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scandìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scandìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin scandō (“to climb, ascend”), from *skend- (“to jump”).

(poetry) to scan (to mark to show meter)


codetta

→ English: codetta

From coda + -etta (diminutive suffix). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish ogonek.


fraseggiare

fraseggiàre (first-person singular present fraséggio, first-person singular past historic fraseggiài, past participle fraseggiàto, auxiliary avére)

fraseggiàre (canonical)
fraséggio (first-person present singular)
fraseggiài (first-person historic past singular)
fraseggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
fraseggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
fraseggiàndo (gerund)
fraseggiànte (participle present)
fraseggiàto (participle past)
fraséggio (first-person indicative present singular)
fraséggi (indicative present second-person singular)
fraséggia (indicative present singular third-person)
fraseggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
fraseggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
fraséggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
fraseggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fraseggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fraseggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fraseggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fraseggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fraseggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fraseggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fraseggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
fraseggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fraseggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fraseggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fraseggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
fraseggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
fraseggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
fraseggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
fraseggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
fraseggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
fraseggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
fraseggerèi (conditional first-person singular)
fraseggerésti (conditional second-person singular)
fraseggerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
fraseggerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
fraseggerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
fraseggeréste (conditional plural second-person)
fraseggerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
fraseggerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
fraséggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fraséggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fraséggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fraseggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fraseggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fraséggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fraseggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fraseggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fraseggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fraseggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fraseggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fraseggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fraséggia (imperative second-person singular)
fraséggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
fraseggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
fraseggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
fraséggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
fraseggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
fraséggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
fraseggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
fraseggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
fraséggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(literature) to phrase, to compose phrases


legatura

→ English: legatura

From Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus.

typographic ligature
typographic ligature

(orthography, typography) typographic ligature


manzoniano

it-adj

manzoniano (feminine manzoniana, masculine plural manzoniani, feminine plural manzoniane)

manzoniana (feminine)
manzoniani (masculine plural)
manzoniane (feminine plural)

(literature) Manzonian (of or in the style of Alessandro Manzoni)


manzoniano

it-noun

manzoniano m (plural manzoniani, feminine manzoniana)

manzoniani (plural)
manzoniana (feminine)

(literature) Manzonian (follower or imitator of Alessandro Manzoni)


shakespeariano

it-adj

shakespeariano (feminine shakespeariana, masculine plural shakespeariani, feminine plural shakespeariane)

shakespeariana (feminine)
shakespeariani (masculine plural)
shakespeariane (feminine plural)
scespiriano (alternative)

From English Shakespeare + -iano (“-ian”).


apologo

From Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek.


astrofico

astrofico (feminine astrofica, masculine plural astrofici, feminine plural astrofiche)

astrofica (feminine)
astrofici (masculine plural)
astrofiche (feminine plural)


girone

(literature) any one of the three concentric zones in which Dante divides the seventh circle of Hell ᵂᵖ

(informal, literature) any one of the crags in Dante's Purgatory

(informal, literature) any one of the heavens in Dante's Paradise


puffo

Onomatopoeic; or the word might contain an allusion to the adjective "buffo", meaning "funny".


sirima

(poetry, prosody) the two final tercets of an Italian sonnet


sirma

(poetry) the two final tercets of an Italian sonnet


stornello

(poetry) a type of lyric poem or folk song


cuneiforme

it:Osso cuneiforme
it:Scrittura cuneiforme


autobiografismo

it-noun

autobiografismo m (plural autobiografismi)


acatalettico

it-adj

acatalettico (feminine acatalettica, masculine plural acatalettici, feminine plural acatalettiche)

acatalettica (feminine)
acatalettici (masculine plural)
acatalettiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin acatalēcticus, derived from catalēcticus.


agnizione

Learned borrowing from Latin agnitiōnem, derived from agnitus, past passive participle of agnoscō (“to understand, recognize, know, perceive”).

(literature, theater) The plot-relevant reveal of a character's previously unknown indentity.


antistrofe

antistrofi (plural)
antistrofa (alternative)

Borrowed from Late Latin antistrophe, antistropha, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”). By surface analysis, anti- + strofe.

der

(Ancient Greece, poetry, theater) antistrophe


coriambico

it-adj

coriambico (feminine coriambica, masculine plural coriambici, feminine plural coriambiche)

coriambica (feminine)
coriambici (masculine plural)
coriambiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin choriambĭcus, from Ancient Greek χοριαμβικός (khoriambikós). By surface analysis, coriambo + -ico.


crittologico

it-adj

crittologico (feminine crittologica, masculine plural crittologici, feminine plural crittologiche)

crittologica (feminine)
crittologici (masculine plural)
crittologiche (feminine plural)
criptològico (alternative)


egloga

Borrowed from Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”), derived from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “I pick, choose”).


grafema

(orthography, typography) grapheme (smallest unit of a writing system of any given language;letters of alphabet)


melica

(poetry) ellipsis of poesia melica (“melic poetry”)


narratologico

it-adj

narratologico (feminine narratologica, masculine plural narratologici, feminine plural narratologiche)

narratologica (feminine)
narratologici (masculine plural)
narratologiche (feminine plural)


patafisica

(literature) pataphysics (absurdist philosophy)


petrarchesco

petrarchesco (feminine petrarchesca, masculine plural petrarcheschi, feminine plural petrarchesche)

petrarchesca (feminine)
petrarcheschi (masculine plural)
petrarchesche (feminine plural)

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -esco (“-esque”).

affix

(literature) Petrarchan (of or relating to Petrarch)

(literature) Petrarchesque (reminiscing of the style of Petrarch)


petrarchismo

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -ismo (“-ism”).

(countable or uncountable, literature) Petrarchism


petrarchista

it-noun

petrarchista m or f by sense (masculine plural petrarchisti, feminine plural petrarchiste)

petrarchisti (masculine plural)
petrarchiste (feminine plural)

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -ista (“-ist”).

(literature) Petrarchist (one who imitates the style of Petrarch)


petrarchescamente

From petrarchesca f sg (“Petrarchan; Petrarchesque”) + -mente (“-ly”).


itifallico

it-adj

itifallico (feminine itifallica, masculine plural itifallici, feminine plural itifalliche)

itifallica (feminine)
itifallici (masculine plural)
itifalliche (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ithyphallicus, from Ancient Greek ἰθυφαλλικός (ithuphallikós), derived from ῑ̓θῠ́φαλλος (īthŭ́phallos, “phallus carried in festivals of Bacchus; ode sung in honour of the phallus; dance accompanying such an ode; dancer performing such a dance”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of, pertaining to”, relational adjective suffix).

af

(poetry) (of a poem) ithyphallic (having a metrical combination of two trochees followed by one spondee)


villancico

Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


teletrasportarsi

it-verb

teletrasportàrsi (first-person singular present mi teletraspòrto, first-person singular past historic mi teletrasportài, past participle teletrasportàtosi)

teletrasportàrsi (canonical)
mi teletraspòrto (first-person present singular)
mi teletrasportài (first-person historic past singular)
teletrasportàtosi (participle past)
teletrasportàrsi (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
teletrasportàndosi (gerund)
teletrasportàntesi (participle present)
teletrasportàtosi (participle past)
mi teletraspòrto (first-person indicative present singular)
ti teletraspòrti (indicative present second-person singular)
si teletraspòrta (indicative present singular third-person)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
vi teletrasportàte (indicative plural present second-person)
si teletraspòrtano (indicative plural present third-person)
mi teletrasportàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti teletrasportàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si teletrasportàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ci teletrasportavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi teletrasportavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si teletrasportàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi teletrasportài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ti teletrasportàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
si teletrasportò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ci teletrasportàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vi teletrasportàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
si teletrasportàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mi teletrasporterò (first-person future indicative singular)
ti teletrasporterài (future indicative second-person singular)
si teletrasporterà (future indicative singular third-person)
ci teletrasporterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
vi teletrasporteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
si teletrasporterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mi teletrasporterèi (conditional first-person singular)
ti teletrasporterésti (conditional second-person singular)
si teletrasporterèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
si teletrasporterébbe (conditional singular third-person)
ci teletrasporterémmo (conditional first-person plural)
vi teletrasporteréste (conditional plural second-person)
si teletrasporterèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
si teletrasporterébbero (conditional plural third-person)
mi teletraspòrti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ti teletraspòrti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
si teletraspòrti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vi teletrasportiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
si teletraspòrtino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mi teletrasportàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ti teletrasportàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
si teletrasportàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ci teletrasportàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vi teletrasportàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
si teletrasportàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
teletraspòrtati (imperative second-person singular)
si teletraspòrti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmoci (first-person imperative plural)
teletrasportàtevi (imperative plural second-person)
si teletraspòrtino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
teletrasportàrti (imperative negative second-person singular)
ti teletrasportàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
si teletraspòrti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
teletrasportiàmoci (first-person imperative negative plural)
ci teletrasportiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
teletrasportàtevi (imperative negative plural second-person)
vi teletrasportàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
si teletraspòrtino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, science fiction) to teleport, to be beamed


catalogico

it-adj

catalogico (feminine catalogica, masculine plural catalogici, feminine plural catalogiche)

catalogica (feminine)
catalogici (masculine plural)
catalogiche (feminine plural)


peone

From Latin paeōn, from Ancient Greek παιών (paiṓn), variant of παιάν (paián) (cfr. peana).


segno diacritico

it-noun

segno diacritico m (plural segni diacritici)

(orthography, typography) diacritical mark, diacritic


nanopotenziato

it-adj

nanopotenziato (feminine nanopotenziata, masculine plural nanopotenziati, feminine plural nanopotenziate)

nanopotenziata (feminine)
nanopotenziati (masculine plural)
nanopotenziate (feminine plural)

(science fiction) nanotechnologically enhanced


vulcaniano

vulcaniano (feminine vulcaniana, masculine plural vulcaniani, feminine plural vulcaniane)

vulcaniana (feminine)
vulcaniani (masculine plural)
vulcaniane (feminine plural)

(science fiction) Vulcan (of, from or relating to Vulcan (fictional planet))


vulcaniano

(science fiction) Vulcan (native or inhabitant of Vulcan) (usually male)


acataletto

acataletto (feminine acataletta, masculine plural acataletti, feminine plural acatalette)

acataletta (feminine)
acataletti (masculine plural)
acatalette (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin acatalēctus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos, “leaving off”).


allobiologico

it-adj

allobiologico (feminine allobiologica, masculine plural allobiologici, feminine plural allobiologiche)

allobiologica (feminine)
allobiologici (masculine plural)
allobiologiche (feminine plural)

(biology, science fiction) exobiological


ottava rima

(poetry) ottava rima (arrangement of stanzas of eight lines rhyming ab ab ab cc)


autocommento

(literature) self-comment (a form of self-criticism)


sonetto petrarchesco

it-noun

sonetto petrarchesco m (plural sonetti petrarcheschi)

Named after Italian scholar, poet and humanist Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), who did not invent but made large use of this form in his authorship.


petrarcheggiare

it-verb

petrarcheggiàre (first-person singular present petrarchéggio, first-person singular past historic petrarcheggiài, past participle petrarcheggiàto, auxiliary avére)

petrarcheggiàre (canonical)
petrarchéggio (first-person present singular)
petrarcheggiài (first-person historic past singular)
petrarcheggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
petrarcheggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
petrarcheggiàndo (gerund)
petrarcheggiànte (participle present)
petrarcheggiàto (participle past)
petrarchéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
petrarchéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
petrarchéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
petrarcheggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
petrarchéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
petrarcheggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
petrarcheggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
petrarcheggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
petrarcheggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
petrarcheggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
petrarcheggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
petrarcheggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
petrarcheggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
petrarcheggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
petrarcheggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
petrarcheggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
petrarcheggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
petrarcheggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
petrarcheggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
petrarcheggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
petrarcheggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
petrarcheggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
petrarcheggerèi (conditional first-person singular)
petrarcheggerésti (conditional second-person singular)
petrarcheggerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
petrarcheggerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
petrarcheggerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
petrarcheggeréste (conditional plural second-person)
petrarcheggerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
petrarcheggerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
petrarchéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
petrarchéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
petrarchéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
petrarchéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
petrarcheggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
petrarcheggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
petrarchéggia (imperative second-person singular)
petrarchéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
petrarcheggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
petrarchéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
petrarcheggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
petrarchéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
petrarcheggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
petrarcheggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
petrarchéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Petrarca (“Petrarch”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix).

affix

(intransitive, poetry) to write according to the Petrarchan style; to imitate Petrarch's poetry; to Petrarchize


stivali delle sette leghe

it-noun

stivali delle sette leghe m pl (plural only)

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


spada laser

2015, Laura Novello, Il capitano Joe Benda Nera e il mostro mangia tutto, goWare (publ.).
Nella fretta, poi, non aveva disegnato l'arma con cui affrontarlo, tipo una spada laser, una pistola lancia razzi o un fucile spara fulmini...

Also, in his haste, he hadn't drawn a weapon to confront it with, like a lightsaber, a rocket-launching gun, or a lightning-shooting rifle...


Olandese Volante

l'Olandese Volante (canonical masculine)

(nautical folklore) Flying Dutchman (mythical ghost ship)


accento circonflesso

accento circonflesso m (plural accenti circonflessi)

(orthography) circumflex (ˆ); circumflex accent


spirito dolce

(Ancient Greek orthography) smooth breathing


digiambo

Borrowed from Late Latin diiambus, from Ancient Greek διίαμβος (diíambos), derived from δι- (di-, “two”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iambus”).


elegiambo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεγίαμβος (elegíambos), compound of ἔλεγος (élegos, “elegy”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iambus”).

compound

(poetry) a metrical foot in verse consisting of two dactyls and three trochees (¯˘˘¯˘˘¯˘¯˘¯˘)


meliambo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μελίαμβος (melíambos).

bor+

(poetry) a composition that mixes iambic verses with dactylic verses


galliambo

Borrowed from Latin galliambus, from Ancient Greek γαλλιαμβικόν (μέτρον) (galliambikón (métron)).

der

γαλλιαμβικόν (μέτρον)


pentastico

it-adj

pentastico (feminine pentastica, masculine plural pentastici, feminine plural pentastiche)

pentastica (feminine)
pentastici (masculine plural)
pentastiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάστιχος (pentástikhos).

bor+

(poetry, uncommon) consisting of five verses


rima baciata

(poetry) an AABB rhyme scheme wherein a line rhymes with the following one


macchina del tempo

it-noun

macchina del tempo f (plural macchine del tempo)

(literature, sciences, science fiction) time machine


monometro

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μονόμετρος (monómetros).


monostico

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). By surface analysis, mono- + -stico.


polimetro

it-adj

polimetro (feminine polimetra, masculine plural polimetri, feminine plural polimetre)

polimetra (feminine)
polimetri (masculine plural)
polimetre (feminine plural)


tristico

tristico (feminine tristica, masculine plural tristici, feminine plural tristiche)

tristica (feminine)
tristici (masculine plural)
tristiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίστιχος (trístikhos), derived from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line, series”).

bor+

(poetry) consisting of three lines (of a stanza)


falecio

faleci (masculine plural)
faleceo (alternative)
faleucio (alternative rare)
faleuco (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Latin phalaecius, phalaecēus, phaleucius, phalaecus [versus], from Ancient Greek φαλαίκειον [μέτρον] (phalaíkeion [métron]).

der

φαλαίκειον 􂀿μέτρον􂁀

(poetry) being hendecasyllabic, and consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees (of a verse)


falecio

faleci (plural)
faleceo (alternative)
faleucio (alternative rare)
faleuco (alternative rare)

φαλαίκειον 􂀿μέτρον􂁀

( poetry) a hendecasyllabic verse, consisting of a spondee, a dactyl, and three trochees


shakespearianamente

From shakespeariana f sg (“Shakespearean”) + -mente (“-ly”).


monocondilio

From mono- (“one”) + Byzantine Greek κονδύλιον (kondúlion, “quill”).

(calligraphy) a short text, usually containing the name of a writer or scribe, written by (almost) never removing the pen from the writing material, which resulted in a difficult-to-decipher, entangled drawing


cherileo

(poetry) a metre consisting of a catalectic hexameter


difilio

Borrowed from Latin Dīphilius, derived from the proper name of Athenian comic poet Dīphilus, from Ancient Greek Δίφιλος (Díphilos).


leprecauno

leprecauni (plural)
leprechaun (alternative)
leprecano (alternative)
lepricauno (alternative)

Borrowed from English leprechaun, from Irish leipreachán.