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From Middle English Italian Medieval Latin Italiānus Latin Italia ( “ Italy ” ) .
Italian (comparative more Italian , superlative most Italian )
Pertaining to Italy .
Italian borders
Pertaining to its people or their cultures.
Hypernym: European Italian cuisines
Pertaining to their language.
Hypernym: Indo-European Italian verbs
( obsolete , not comparable ) italic style; italic.
1868 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.
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
Italian (countable and uncountable plural Italians
( countable ) Italy , or a person of Italian descent.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Italian person 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport [1] 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.
( uncountable ) language of Italy , also spoken in San Marino , the Vatican , and parts of Argentina , Slovenia and Switzerland .( uncountable , cooking ) 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.
( countable , textiles ) Short for Italian cloth .( uncountable ) Short for Italian vermouth , a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth .
gin and Italian
1971 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.
( countable , Maine ) Short for Italian sandwich .( language ) :
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: ภาษา อิตาลี
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
IPA (key ) : /italian/ [i.t̪a.li.ãn] Rhymes: -ian
Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧an Italian
inessive indefinite of Italia Italian
genitive singular of Italia 
