Definitions for Italian
ɪˈtæl yənital·ian

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Italiannoun

   a native or inhabitant of Italy

2. Italianadjective

   the Romance language spoken in Italy

3. Italianadjective

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language

   "Italian cooking"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Italiannoun

   An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

2. Italianadjective

   Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language.

3. Italiannoun

   The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Switzerland.

4. Etymology: Italianus, from Italia

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1. italian

   Italian can refer to: 1. A person who is from, or a citizen of Italy, a country in southern Europe. 2. The Romance language spoken mainly in Italy and some regions of Switzerland, San Marino, and the Vatican City. 3. Something relating to or characteristic of Italy, including its culture, customs, traditions, cuisine, fashion, art, and music.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Italianadjective

   of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language

2. Italiannoun

   a native or inhabitant of Italy

3. Italiannoun

   the language used in Italy, or by the Italians

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Italian

   i-tal′yan, Italic, i-tal′ik, adj. of or relating to Italy or its people.—n. a native of Italy: the language of Italy.—vs.t. Ital′ianate, Ital′ianise, to make Italian.—vs.i. to play the Italian: to speak Italian.—n. Ital′ianism.—Italian architecture, the style practised by the Italian architects of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, which originated in a revival of the ancient architecture of Rome; Italian warehouseman, a dealer in the finer kinds of groceries, as macaroni, vermicelli, dried fruits, &c.—Italic version, or It′ala, a translation of the Bible into Latin, based on a still older version, called Old Latin, and made probably in the time of Augustine. [It. Italiano, Italico—L. Italia—Gr. italos, a bull.]

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1. italian

   Quotes by italian -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by italian on the Quotes.net website.

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1. • European

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2516

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4668

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Nouns Frequency: #2306

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Adjectives Frequency: #336

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Italian »

1. antilia

How to pronounce Italian?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Italian in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Italian in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Italian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Italian in a Sentence

1. Rosy Bindi:

   Our hope is that we have succeeded in contributing to creating clarity, italian electors are able to make up their minds.

2. Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi:

   The Italian constitution guarantees the right to information and expression but the Vatican is a state with no right to information, if they think they can silence me they are following the wrong path, because after me other reporters will tell the facts and the information will not stop.

3. H. L. Mencken:

   Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

4. Canadian Pelley:

   After the incident( murder), many blue-chip businesses and many governments continued to do business in Saudi,( and the) entertainment business is still flourishing, there was Italian Super Cup with AC Milan and Juventus( in January) and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal and celebrated, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey tried to find any kind of criticism for Cristiano Ronaldo, yet Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey players were criticized. Why was golf singled out ? I was perplexed why Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey were.

5. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni:

   Obviously, we are very upset for what happened, and we asked the Egyptian government to cooperate and to allow the Italian authorities to be involved in the inquiry to understand what happened there, it's not acceptable that, if an Italian citizen is a victim -- and in such a way is a victim -- of a tragedy in Cairo, there is no cooperation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Italian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Italian
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Italian
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Italian
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Italian