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Italianness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality or characteristic of being Italian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Italian + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: italiartasuna — quality of being Italian
  • Bengali: ইতালিয়ানা (italiẏana) — quality of being Italian
  • Bulgarian: италианскост (italianskost) — quality of being Italian
  • Catalan: italianitat — quality of being Italian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意大利的特性 (Yìdàlì de tèxìng) — quality of being Italian
  • Czech: italství — quality of being Italian
  • Danish: italienskhed — quality of being Italian
  • Dutch: Italiaansheid — quality of being Italian
  • Finnish: italialaisuus — quality of being Italian
  • French: italianité — quality of being Italian
  • Georgian: იტალიურობა (iṭaliuroba) — quality of being Italian
  • Georgian: იტალიელობა (iṭalieloba) — quality of being Italian
  • German: Italianität — quality of being Italian
  • German: Italienischkeit — quality of being Italian
  • Greek: ιταλικότητα (italikótita) — quality of being Italian
  • Hungarian: olaszság — quality of being Italian
  • Italian: italianità — quality of being Italian
  • Japanese: イタリアらしさ (Itaria-rashisa) — quality of being Italian
  • Korean: 이탈리아다움 (italliadaum) — quality of being Italian
  • Polish: włoskość — quality of being Italian
  • Polish: włoszczyzna — quality of being Italian
  • Portuguese: italianidade — quality of being Italian
  • Romanian: italianitate — quality of being Italian
  • Russian: италья́нскость (italʹjánskostʹ) — quality of being Italian
  • Serbo-Croatian: талија́нство — quality of being Italian
  • Serbo-Croatian: talijánstvo — quality of being Italian
  • Spanish: italianidad — quality of being Italian
  • Swedish: italienskhet — quality of being Italian
  • Ukrainian: італі́йськість (italíjsʹkistʹ) — quality of being Italian