adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Italian borders
Meaning relationships
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adj
Pertaining to Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Pertaining to its people or their cultures.
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Broader terms: European
adj
Pertaining to their language.
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Broader terms: Indo-European
adj
Using an italic style; italic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
A person of a Romance ethnic group native to Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: dago, Eyetie, Itie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, Italian, macaroni, paisan, pizzahead, pizza nigger, spaghetti, spic, spigotty, white negro, white nigger, wog, wop
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noun
The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Ellipsis of Italian cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Ellipsis of Italian bread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Ellipsis of Italian sandwich.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
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adjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
the Romance language spoken in Italy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: Romance, Romance language, Latinian language
Narrower terms: Old Italian, Sardinian, Tuscan
noun
a native or inhabitant of Italy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: European
Narrower terms: wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball, Etruscan, Neopolitan, Roman, Sabine, Venetian, Sicilian, Tuscan, Oscan, Samnite, Florentine, Genoese, Milanese, Neapolitan, Sardinian
History
From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). By surface analysis, Italia + -n.
Across languages
459 source translations are retained for this English entry.