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Etymology

From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈtæliən/, enPR: ĭ-tăl'ē-ən

  • Audio (General American):

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• (US, less common, see Eye-talian) IPA^(key): /aɪˈtæliən/, enPR: ī-tăl'ē-ən
• Rhymes: -æliən

Adjective

Italian (comparative more Italian, superlative most Italian)

1. Pertaining to Italy.

   Italian borders

2. Pertaining to its people or their cultures.

   Hypernym: European

   Italian cuisines

3. Pertaining to their language.

   Hypernym: Indo-European

   Italian verbs

4. (obsolete, not comparable) Using an italic style; italic.
   • 1868, Henry Noel Humphreys, A History of the Art of Printing, page 175:

     It has been shown that there was a great disposition on the part of some German printers, especially Albert Durer, to adopt the rounded Italian type; others preferring the crisp angularity of the Gothic black-letter, even for general purposes; while for books of devotion it appears to have been deemed the more orthodox; the Italian style of type being deemed an innovation.

Synonyms

• Italish

Derived terms

• anti-Italian
• Italian bee
• Italian bread
• Italian cloth
• Italian cypress
• Italian dressing
• Italian East Africa
• Italian Game
• Italian greyhound
• Italian ice
• Italian iron
• Italian juice
• Italian kale
• Italian millet
• Italian paste
• Italian sighthound
• Italian Somaliland
• Italian strike
• Italian thistle
• Italian vermouth
• non-Italian
• Sicilian Italian

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Italy

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af) Albanian: italian (sq) Arabic: إِيطَالِيّ (ʔīṭāliyy) Armenian: իտալական (hy) (italakan) Asturian: italianu (ast) Azerbaijani: italyan Basque: italiar (eu) Belarusian: італья́нскі (italʹjánski) Bulgarian: италиа́нски (italiánski) Burmese: အီတလီ (ita.li) Carpathian Rusyn: талія́нськый (talijánsʹkŷj) Catalan: italià (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 意大利的 (zh) (Yìdàlì de), 意 (zh) (yì) Corsican: talianu (co), italianu (co) Czech: italský (cs), vlašský (cs) Danish: italiensk (da) Dutch: Italiaans (nl), Italiaanse (nl) Esperanto: itala (eo) Estonian: itaalia Farefare: itali Faroese: italskur Finnish: italialainen (fi) Franco-Provençal: étalien French: italien (fr) Friulian: talian Galician: italiano (gl) Georgian: იტალიური (iṭaliuri), იტალიელი (iṭalieli) German: italienisch (de) Greek: ιταλικός (el) (italikós) Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia Hebrew: אִיטַלְקִי (he) (italkí) Hindi: इतालवी (hi) (itālvī), इटालियन (hi) (iṭāliyan), इटली (hi) (iṭlī), Hungarian: olasz (hu) Icelandic: ítalskur (is) Ido: Italiana (io) Interlingua: italiano (ia) Irish: Iodálach (ga) Italian: italiano (it) Japanese: イタリアの (ja) (Itaria no), 伊 (ja) (い, i) Kashubian: italsczi Kazakh: италиян (italiän) Khmer: អ៊ីតាលី (km) (ʼiitaalii) Korean: 이탈리아의 (ko) (italliaui) Kyrgyz: италян (italyan), итальян (italyan) Lao: ອິຕາລີ (lo) (ʼi tā lī) Latin: italicus m, italus m (poetic), italis f (poetic), italiciānus, italiānus Latvian: itāļu, itāliešu, itālisks Lithuanian: itališkas Macedonian: италијански (italijanski) Malay: Itali (ms) Maltese: Taljan (mt) Maori: Itariana Marathi: इटालियन (iṭāliyan) Mòcheno: balsch Mongolian: итали (mn) (itali) Nauruan: Italionise Neapolitan: taliano Norwegian: Bokmål: italiensk (no) Nynorsk: italiensk (nn) Occitan: italian (oc) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: италїискъ (italiiskŭ) Pashto: ايټالوي (iṭalawí) Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) (itâliyâyi) Polish: włoski (pl) Portuguese: italiano (pt), ítalo (pt), itálico (pt) Romanian: italian (ro), italienesc (ro) Russian: италья́нский (ru) (italʹjánskij) Scottish Gaelic: Eadailteach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: италѝја̄нскӣ, талѝја̄нскӣ Roman: italìjānskī (sh), talìjānskī (sh) Slovak: taliansky (sk) Slovene: italijánski (sl) Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: włóski (hsb) Spanish: italiano (es) Swedish: italiensk (sv) Tagalog: Italyano (tl) Tajik: итолиявӣ (tg) (itoliyavi) Telugu: ఇటాలియను (iṭāliyanu) Thai: อิตาเลียน (ì-dtaa-liian), อิตาลี (th) (ì-dtaa-lîi) Turkish: İtalyan (tr) Turkmen: italýan Ukrainian: італі́йський (uk) (italíjsʹkyj) Urdu: اطالوی (ur) (itālvī) Uyghur: ئىتاليان (italyan) Uzbek: italyan (uz) Vietnamese: Ý (vi), Ý Đại Lợi Volapük: Litaliyänik (vo), (obsolete) Tälik Welsh: Eidalaidd Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) (italyenish) Zhuang: Eiqdaihleih

of or pertaining to Italians

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af) Armenian: իտալական (hy) (italakan) Esperanto: itala (eo) Finnish: italialainen (fi) French: italien (fr) Galician: italiano (gl) m Georgian: იტალიური (iṭaliuri) German: italienisch (de) Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia Hindi: इतालवी (hi) (itālvī), इटालियन (hi) (iṭāliyan) Latin: italicus m, italis f (poetic), italus m (poetic) Latvian: itāliešu, itāļu, itālisks Malay: orang Itali, Itali (ms) Mòcheno: balsch Norwegian: Bokmål: italiensk (no) Nynorsk: italiensk (nn) Polish: włoski (pl) Portuguese: italiano (pt), ítalo (pt), itálico (pt) Romanian: italian (ro), italienesc (ro), italic (ro) Spanish: italiano (es) Telugu: ఇటాలియను (iṭāliyanu) Volapük: (♂♀) Litaliyänanik, (♂) hi-Litaliyänanik, (♀) ji-Litaliyänanik Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) (italyenish)

of or pertaining to the Italian language

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af) Armenian: իտալերեն (hy) (italeren) Chinese: Mandarin: 義大利語／义大利语 (zh) Corsican: italianu (co), talianu (co) Esperanto: itala (eo), itallingva Finnish: italiankielinen (fi), italialainen (fi) French: italien (fr), italophone (fr) Galician: italiano (gl) m Georgian: იტალიური (iṭaliuri) German: italienisch (de), italienischsprachig (de), italienischsprachlich, italophon Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia Hindi: इतालवी (hi) (itālvī), इटालियन (hi) (iṭāliyan) Italian: italiano (it) m Latin: italicus m Latvian: itāļu, itāliešu, itālisks Malay: bahasa Itali, Itali (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: italiensk (no) Nynorsk: italiensk (nn) Polish: włoski (pl), włoskojęzyczny (pl) Portuguese: italiano (pt) Romanian: italian (ro), italienesc (ro) Spanish: italiano (es) Telugu: ఇటాలియను (iṭāliyanu) Volapük: Litaliyänapükik

Noun

Italian (countable and uncountable, plural Italians)

2. (countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Italian person

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.

4. (uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.
5. (uncountable, cooking) A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.
   • 1995, Betty Crocker's New Italian Cooking, page 5:

     Simple Cannoli, Lemon Ice, or a delicious Tira Mi Su. With so many wonderful recipes, you can eat Italian anytime.

6. (countable, textiles) Short for Italian cloth.
7. (uncountable) Short for Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.

   gin and Italian

   • 1971, John Doxat, The World of Drinks and Drinking, page 102:

     So the English women would have been interested in American drinks, and in came the gin-and-Italian, for example.

8. (countable, Maine) Short for Italian sandwich.

Meronyms

(language):

• Tuscan
  • Corsican

Derived terms

• Old Italian
• Sicilian Italian

 

Translations

inhabitant of Italy

Afrikaans: Italianer Albanian: italian (sq) m Arabic: إِيطَالِيّ m (ʔīṭāliyy), إِيطَالِيَّة (ar) f (ʔīṭāliyya) Armenian: իտալացի (italacʻi) Asturian: italianu (ast) m Azerbaijani: italyan, италјан Basque: italiar (eu) Belarusian: італья́нец m (italʹjánjec), італья́нка f (italʹjánka) Bengali: ইতালীয় (bn) (italiẏo) Breton: Italianeg Bulgarian: италиа́нец m (italiánec), италиа́нка f (italiánka) Catalan: italià (ca) m, italiana (ca) f Cherokee: ᎠᎢᏔᎵ (aitali) Chinese: Mandarin: 意大利人 (zh) (yìdàlìrén) Czech: Ital (cs) m, Italka (cs) f Danish: italiener (da) c Dutch: Italiaan (nl) m, Italiaanse (nl) f Esperanto: italo, f italino Estonian: itaallane, itaallased pl Farefare: Italia-nẽra, Italga (ethnically) Finnish: italialainen (fi) French: Italien (fr) m, Italienne (fr) f Friulian: talian m Galician: italiano (gl) m, italiana f Georgian: იტალიელი (iṭalieli) German: Italiener (de) m, Italienerin (de) f Greek: Ιταλός (el) m (Italós), Ιταλίδα (el) f (Italída) Ancient: Ἰταλός m (Italós) Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia Hebrew: אִיטַלְקִי (he) (italkí) Hindi: इतालवी (hi) (itālvī), इटालियन (hi) (iṭāliyan) Hungarian: olasz (hu) Icelandic: Ítali (is) m Interlingua: italiano (ia) m, italiana f Italian: italiano (it) m, italiana (it) f Japanese: イタリア人 (ja) (いたりあじん, itariajin) Kazakh: италиялық (italiälyq) Korean: 이탈리아인 (italliain), 이태리인 (itaeriin), 이탈리아 사람 (itallia saram), 이태리 사람 (itaeri saram) Latin: italus m, itala f, italis f (poetic) Latvian: itālis m, itālietis, itāliete f Lithuanian: italas (lt) m, italė (lt) f Macedonian: Италијанец m (Italijanec), Италијанка f (Italijanka) Malay: orang Itali, Itali (ms) Maltese: Taljan (mt) m, Taljana f Norwegian: Bokmål: italiener m Nynorsk: italienar (nn) m Occitan: italian (oc) m Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) (itâliyâyi) Polish: Włoch (pl) m pers, Włoszka (pl) f Portuguese: italiano (pt) m, italiana (pt) f, ítalo (pt) m, itálico (pt) m Romanian: italian (ro) m, italiancă (ro) f, italiană (ro) f Russian: италья́нец (ru) m (italʹjánec), италья́нка (ru) f (italʹjánka) Scottish Gaelic: Eadailteach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Италѝја̄н m, Талѝја̄н m, Италија́нац m, Талија́нац m, Италѝја̄нка m, Талѝја̄нка m Roman: Italìjān m, Talìjān (sh) m, Italijánac m, Talijánac (sh) m, Italìjānka f, Talìjānka f Sicilian: talianu (scn) m, taliana (scn) f, italianu m, italiana f Slovak: Talian (sk) m, Talianka (sk) f Slovene: Italijàn (sl) m, Italijánka f Spanish: italiano (es) m, italiana (es) f Swahili: Mwitalia, Mwitali Swedish: italienare (sv) c italienska (sv) c Telugu: ఇటాలియను (iṭāliyanu) Turkish: İtalyan (tr) Ukrainian: італі́єць (uk) m (italíjecʹ), італі́йка f (italíjka) Vietnamese: người Ý (𠊛意) Volapük: (♂♀) Litaliyänan, (♂) hi-Litaliyänan, (♀) ji-Litaliyänan, (obsolete) Tälan Yiddish: איטאַליענער m (italyener)

language

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af) Albanian: gjuha italiane Arabic: الإِيطَالِيَّة f (al-ʔīṭāliyya), اللُّغَة الإِيطَالِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-ʔīṭāliyya), إِيطَالِيّ m (ʔīṭāliyy) (colloquial) Armenian: իտալերեն (hy) (italeren) Asturian: italianu (ast) m Azerbaijani: italyan, италјан Basque: italiera (eu) Belarusian: італья́нская мо́ва f (italʹjánskaja móva), італья́нская f (italʹjánskaja) Breton: Italianeg Catalan: italià (ca) m Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵ (itali) Chinese: Cantonese: 意大利文 (ji3 daai6 lei6 man5) Mandarin: 意大利語／意大利语 (zh) (yìdàlìyǔ) Cornish: Italek Czech: italština (cs) f Danish: italiensk (da) n Dutch: Italiaans (nl) Esperanto: Itala Estonian: Itaalia (et) Farefare: italle, italne Faroese: italskt (fo) n Finnish: italia (fi) Franco-Provençal: étalien m, italien m French: italien (fr) m Galician: italiano (gl) m Georgian: იტალიური (iṭaliuri), იტალიური ენა (ka) (iṭaliuri ena) German: Italienisch (de) n Greek: ιταλικά (el) n pl (italiká) Greenlandic: italiamiutut Hebrew: אִיטַלְקִית (he) f (italkít) Hindi: इतालवी (hi) f (itālvī), इटालियन (hi) f (iṭāliyan) Hungarian: olasz (hu) Icelandic: ítalska (is) f Ido: Italiana (io) Indonesian: Bahasa Italia (id) Interlingua: italiano (ia) Irish: Iodáilis (ga) Italian: italiano (it) m Japanese: イタリア語 (ja) (イタリアご, itariago), 伊語 (ja) (いご, igo) Korean: 이탈리아어 (ko) (itallia'eo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Talyanî Latin: lingua italica, italicum n Latvian: itāļu valoda, itāliešu valoda f Limburgish: Ieteljaansj n Lithuanian: Italų, Itališkai Macedonian: италијански (italijanski) Malay: Itali (ms), bahasa Itali Maltese: it-Taljan (mt) Maori: reo Itariana Mapudungun: italia dungun Marathi: इटालियन (iṭāliyan) Mingrelian: იტალიური ნინა (iṭaliuri nina) Mòcheno: balsch Moksha: италиень (itaľijeń) Mongolian: итали (mn) (itali) Navajo: Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bizaad Nepali: इटालियन (iṭāliyan) Norman: Italien m Norwegian: Bokmål: italiensk (no) m Nynorsk: italiensk (nn) m Occitan: italian (oc) m Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) (itâliyâyi) Polish: (język) włoski (pl) m Portuguese: italiano (pt) Romanian: italiană (ro) f Russian: италья́нский (ru) (italʹjánskij) Scottish Gaelic: Eadailtis f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (adjective) италѝја̄нскӣ m, талѝја̄нскӣ m Roman: (adjective) italìjānskī (sh) m, talìjānskī (sh) m Sicilian: talianu (scn) m, italianu m Sinhalese: ඉතාලි (itāli), ඉතාලි භාෂාව (itāli bhāṣāwa) Slovak: taliančina (sk) Slovene: italijánščina (sl) f Somali: Talyani Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: italšćina f Upper Sorbian: italšćina (hsb) f Spanish: italiano (es) m Swahili: Kiitaliano, Kiitalia Swedish: italienska (sv) c Tagalog: Italyano (tl) Tamil: இத்தாலியன் (ta) (ittāliyaṉ) Tarantino: tagliàne Tatar: италия (italiyä) Telugu: ఇటాలియను (iṭāliyanu) Thai: ภาษาอิตาลี Tigrinya: ጣሊያንኛ (ṭaliyanña) Turkish: İtalyanca (tr) Ukrainian: італі́йська (uk) f (italíjsʹka) Urdu: اطالوی (ur) (itālvī) Uzbek: italyancha (uz) Vietnamese: tiếng Ý (vi) (㗂意) Volapük: Litaliyänapük (vo), (obsolete) Tälapük Walloon: itålyin (wa) Welsh: Eidaleg (cy) West Frisian: Italjaansk (fy) Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) (italyenish) Zulu: Isintaliyane

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Italian terms
• Appendix:Italian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Italian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code it, ISO 639-3 code ita (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Italian, ita ⁠

Anagrams

• Antilia, Taliani

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /italian/ [i.t̪a.li.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧an

Proper noun

Italian

1. inessive indefinite of Italia

Finnish

Proper noun

Italian

1. genitive singular of Italia

Anagrams

• laitain, liaanit, litania