Milanese

See also: milanese

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian milanese.

Adjective

Milanese (not comparable)

1. From, or pertaining to, Milan.

Translations

pertaining to Milan

• Catalan: milanès (ca)
• Czech: milánský (cs)
• Danish: milanesisk
• Dutch: Milanees (nl)
• Esperanto: milana
• Estonian: milanolane
• Finnish: milanolainen
• French: milanais (fr)
• German: mailändisch
• Greek: μιλανέζικος (el) (milanézikos)
• Hungarian: milánói (hu)
• Italian: milanese (it), (informal) meneghino (it)
• Japanese: ミラノの (Mirano no)
• Korean: 밀라노의 (millanoui)
• Latin: mediolanensis
• Polish: mediolański (pl)
• Portuguese: milanês (pt)
• Romanian: milanez (ro)
• Russian: мила́нский (ru) (milánskij)
• Spanish: milanés (es)
• Tagalog: Milanes
• Ukrainian: міла́нський (milánsʹkyj)

Noun

Milanese (plural Milanese or Milaneses)

1. An inhabitant or native of Milan.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Milaner

   • 1863, Tales and Essays, page 38:

     —the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—

   • 2002, Robert L. Kendrick, The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, Oxford University Press on Demand, →ISBN, page 66:

     Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.

   • 2015 March 27, Cristina Moretti, Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     Indeed, in Milan, everyday conversations and practices of relating, attunement, and distancing between inhabitants also partake in wider discourses concerning who is a “Milanese” and what the Milanese share.

Usage notes

• As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Milanese", "writing about Milanese cuisine as a Milanese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Milanese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Milanese cuisine as a Milanese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

inhabitant or native of Milan

• Armenian: միլանցի (milancʻi)
• Catalan: milanès (ca) m, milanesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米蘭人 / 米兰人 (Mǐlánrén)

• Czech: Miláňan m
• Danish: milaneser c
• Dutch: Milanees (nl) m, Milanese (nl) f
• Esperanto: milanano (man or woman), milananino (woman)
• Finnish: milanolainen
• French: Milanais (fr) m, Milanaise (fr) f
• German: Mailänder (de) m, Mailänderin (de) f
• Greek: Μιλανέζος (el) m (Milanézos), Μιλανέζα (el) f (Milanéza)
• Hungarian: milánói (hu)
• Italian: milanese (it) m or f, (informal) meneghino (it) m, meneghina (it) f
• Japanese: ミラノ人 (ミラノじん, Mirano-jin)
• Korean: 밀라노 사람 (millano saram)
• Latin: Mediolanensis m or f
• Polish: mediolańczyk (pl) m, mediolanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: milanês (pt) m, milanesa f
• Romanian: milanez (ro) m, milaneză (ro) f
• Russian: мила́нец (ru) m (milánec), мила́нка f (milánka)
• Spanish: milanés (es) m, milanesa (es) f
• Swedish: milanesare c, milanobo c

Proper noun

Milanese (plural Milaneses)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Milanese is the 38532^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 574 individuals. Milanese is most common among White (92.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Milanese”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 589.

Anagrams

• Niemelas, melanise, seamline

Italian

Etymology

From milanese (“Milanese”).

Proper noun

Milanese m or f by sense

1. a surname