italiano

See also: Italiano

Asturian

Adjective

italiano

  1. neuter of italianu

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /itaˈljɐnʊ/

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas)

  1. Italian

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

  1. Italian person

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

  1. Italian language

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.taˈlja.no/

Proper noun

italiano

  1. Italian (language)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ītaliānus (Italian). By surface analysis, Italia (Italy) +‎ -ano (-an, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.taˈlja.no/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lià‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italiani, feminine plural italiane, superlative italianissimo)

  1. Italian (of, from or relating to Italy)
    • p. 1306 – 1348 (date written), Jacopo Alighieri, “Sopra l'universale essenza dell'universo” (chapter 1), in Il Dottrinale, lines 1–4; republished as Giovanni Crocioni, editor, Il Dottrinale di Jacopo Alighieri - Edizione critica con note e uno studio preliminare[1], Città di Castello: S. Lapi tipografo-editore, 1895:
      Adciò che sia palese / per ciaschedun paese / del sito italiano, / da presso e da lontano []
      [Acciocché sia [] ]
      In order to make this known in every country of the Italian region, both near and far away []
    • early 14th century, Ciampolo di Meo degli Ugurgieri, “Libro settimo [Seventh book]”, in Eneide [Aeneid]; republished in Aurelio Gotti, editor, L'Eneide di Virgilio [Virgil's Aeneid]‎[2], Florence: Le Monnier, 1858, page 245:
      O Dee, [] insegnatemi a cantare [] de’ quali uomini l’alma terra italiana sia fiorita, in quello tempo
      O Goddesses, [] teach me how to sing [] of how the noble Italian land was filled with such men, in those times
    • 1526, Niccolò Liburnio, “Dialogo di messer Niccolò Liburnio sopra le lettere del Trissino nuovamente imaginate nelle cose della lingua italiana”, Libro terzo [Third book], in Le tre fontane[3], page 71:
      [] ſe non fuſſe ſtato il conſiglio, la ſapienza, & la dottrina del Triſſino, ſarebbeſi perſo deltutto il ſplendore della pronuntia italiana.
      [ [] se non fusse stato il consiglio, la sapienza e la dottrina del Trissino, sarebbesi perso del tutto il splendore della pronunzia italiana.]
      [] had it not been for Trissino's forethought, knowledge and doctrine, the splendor of the Italian pronunciation would have been completely lost.

Noun

italiano m (plural italiani, feminine italiana)

  1. Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy) (usually male)

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

  1. the Italian language

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

italiānō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of italiānus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Itália +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ta.liˈɐ̃.nu/ [i.ta.lɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /i.taˈljɐ̃.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ta.liˈɐ.no/ [i.ta.lɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /i.taˈljɐ.no/
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
  • Hyphenation: i‧ta‧li‧a‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas, comparable, comparative mais italiano, superlative o mais italiano or italianíssimo, diminutive italianinho, augmentative italianão)

  1. Italian (of or relating to Italy)
  2. Italian (relating to the Italian language)

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

  1. Italian (person from Italy or of Italian descent)

Derived terms

  • italianamente
  • italianão (augmentative)
  • italianinho (diminutive)
  • italianozinho (diminutives)

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Italian (Romance language spoken in Italy)
  2. (uncountable) the Venetan dialect spoken in Brazil
    Synonym: talian

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /itaˈljano/ [i.t̪aˈlja.no]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: i‧ta‧lia‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas)

  1. Italian (from or native to Italy)
  2. Italian (pertaining to Italy)
  3. (Chile) (of a hot dog or a sandwich) having avocado, mayonnaise, and tomato

Derived terms

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

  1. an Italian

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos)

  1. (Chile) clipping of completo italiano, a hot dog (especially with avocado, mayonnaise, and tomato)

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

  1. Italian (language)

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