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Webster 1913 Edition

Italian

I-tal′ian

Adj.

[Cf. F.

italien

, It.

italiano

. Cf.

Italic

Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.

Italian cloth

a light material of cotton and worsted; – called also

farmer’s satin

–

Italian iron

a heater for fluting frills.

–

Italian juice

Calabrian liquorice.

I-tal′ian

Noun.

A native or inhabitant of Italy.

The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.

Webster 1828 Edition

Italian

ITAL'IAN

Adj.

Pertaining to Italy.

ITAL'IAN

Noun.

A native of Italy.

The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.

Definition 2024

Italian

See also: italian

English

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Adjective

Italian ‎(comparative more Italian, superlative most Italian)

Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language.

Synonyms

Italish

Derived terms

Italian cloth
Italian iron
Italian juice

Translations

of or pertaining to Italy

Arabic: إِيطَالِيّ ‎(ʾīṭāliyy)
Armenian: իտալական (hy) ‎(italakan)
Asturian: italianu (ast)
Basque: italiar (eu)
Bulgarian: италиански ‎(italianski)
Catalan: italià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 意大利的 (zh) ‎(Yìdàlì de), 意- (zh) ‎(Yì-)
Czech: italský (cs)
Danish: italiensk (da)
Dutch: Italiaans (nl), Italiaanse (nl)
Esperanto: itala (eo)
Estonian: itaalia
Faroese: italskur
Finnish: italialainen (fi)
French: italien (fr)
Friulian: talian
Galician: italiano (gl)
Georgian: იტალიური (ka) ‎(iṭaliuri), იტალიელი ‎(iṭalieli)
German: italienisch (de)
Greek: ιταλικός (el) ‎(italikós)
Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
Hebrew: איטלקי ‎(italki)
Hindi: इटली (hi) ‎(iṭalī), इतालवी (hi) ‎(itālavī)
Hungarian: olasz (hu)
Icelandic: ítalskur
Interlingua: italiano (ia)
Irish: Iodálach
Italian: italiano (it)
Japanese: イタリアの (ja) ‎(Itaria-no), 伊- (ja) ‎(い-, i-)
Kashubian: italsczi

Latin: ītalicus, ītalus
Latvian: itāļu, itāliešu, itālisks
Lithuanian: itališkas
Malay: Itali
Maltese: Taljan (mt) m, Taljana f
Maori: Itariana
Marathi: इटालियन ‎(iṭaliyana)
Mòcheno: balsch
Nauruan: Italionise
Neapolitan: taliano
Norwegian:

Bokmål: italiensk (no)

Nynorsk: italiensk (nn)
Occitan: italian (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: италїискъ ‎(italiiskŭ)
Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) ‎(italiyayi)
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)
Spanish: italiano (es)
Swedish: italiensk (sv)
Telugu: ఇటాలియను ‎(iṭāliyanu)
Thai: อิตาเลียน ‎(ì-dtaa-lian)
Turkish: İtalyan (tr)
Vietnamese: Ý (vi)
Volapük: Litaliyänik (vo), (obsolete) Tälik
Welsh: Eidalaidd
Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) ‎(italyenish)

of or pertaining to Italians

Armenian: իտալական (hy) ‎(italakan)
Esperanto: itala (eo)
French: italien (fr)
Georgian: იტალიური (ka) ‎(iṭaliuri)
German: italienisch (de)
Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
Latvian: itāliešu, itāļu, itālisks
Malay: orang Itali, Itali

Norwegian:

Bokmål: italiensk (no)

Nynorsk: italiensk (nn)
Portuguese: italiano (pt), ítalo (pt), itálico (pt)
Romanian: italian (ro), italienesc (ro), italic (ro)
Telugu: ఇటాలియను ‎(iṭāliyanu)
Volapük: (♂♀) Litaliyänanik, (♂) hi-Litaliyänanik, (♀) ji-Litaliyänanik
Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) ‎(italyenish)

of or pertaining to the Italian language

Armenian: իտալերեն (hy) ‎(italeren)
Esperanto: itala (eo), itallingva
French: italien (fr), italophone (fr)
Georgian: იტალიური (ka) ‎(iṭaliuri)
German: italienisch (de), italienischsprachig, italienischsprachlich, italophon
Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
Italian: italiano (it) m
Latvian: itāļu, itāliešu, itālisks
Malay: bahasa Itali, Itali

Norwegian:

Bokmål: italiensk (no)

Nynorsk: italiensk (nn)
Portuguese: italiano (pt)
Romanian: italian (ro), italienesc (ro)
Telugu: ఇటాలియను ‎(iṭāliyanu)
Volapük: Litaliyänapükik

Noun

Italian ‎(plural Italians)

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

Translations

person

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af)
Albanian: Italisht
Arabic: إِيطَالِيّ m ‎(ʾīṭāliyy), إِيطَالِيَّة (ar) f ‎(ʾīṭāliyya)
Armenian: իտալացի ‎(italacʿi)
Asturian: italianu (ast) m
Azeri: italyan, италјан
Basque: italiar (eu)
Belarusian: італья́нец m ‎(italʹjánjec), італья́нка f ‎(italʹjánka)
Bengali: ইতালীয় ‎(বাংলা)
Breton: Italianeg
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
Finnish: italialainen (fi)
French: Italien (fr) m, Italienne (fr) f
Friulian: talian m
Galician: italiano (gl) m
Georgian: იტალიელი ‎(iṭalieli)
German: Italiener (de) m, Italienerin (de) f
Greek: Ιταλός (el) m ‎(Italós), Ιταλίδα (el) f ‎(Italída)
Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
Hebrew: איטלקי ‎(italki)
Hungarian: olasz (hu)
Icelandic: Ítali (is) m
Interlingua: italiano (ia) m, italiana f
Italian: italiano (it) m, italiana (it) f, italiani (it) m pl, italiane (it) f pl
Japanese: イタリア人 (ja) ‎(Itaria-jin)

Korean: 이탈리아인 ‎(Italliain)
Latvian: itālis m, itālietis, itāliete f
Lithuanian: italas (lt) m, italė (lt) f
Malay: orang Itali, Itali
Maltese: Taljan (mt) m, Taljana f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: italiener m

Nynorsk: italienar (nn) m
Occitan: italian (oc) m
Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) ‎(italiyayi)
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
Slovak: Talian m, Talianka f
Slovene: Italijàn (sl) m, Italijánka f
Spanish: italiano (es) m, italiana (es) f
Swahili: Mwitalia, Mwitali
Swedish: italienare (sv) c, m, f italienska (sv) c
Telugu: ఇటాలియను ‎(iṭāliyanu)
Turkish: İtalyan (tr)
Ukrainian: італі́єць m ‎(italíjecʹ)
Vietnamese: người Ý
Volapük: (♂♀) Litaliyänan, (♂) hi-Litaliyänan, (♀) ji-Litaliyänan, (obsolete) Tälan
Yiddish: איטאַליענער m ‎(italyener)

Proper noun

Italian

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

Derived terms

Old Italian

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Italiaans (af)
Albanian: gjuha italiane (sq)
Arabic: إِيطَالِيَّة (ar) f ‎(ʾīṭāliyya)
Armenian: իտալերեն (hy) ‎(italeren)
Asturian: italianu (ast) m
Azeri: italyan, италјан
Basque: italiera (eu)
Belarusian: італья́нская мо́ва f ‎(italʹjánskaja móva), італья́нская f ‎(italʹjánskaja)
Breton: Italianeg
Catalan: italià (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵ ‎(Itali)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 意大利語 (zh), 意大利语 (zh) ‎(Yìdàlìyǔ)
Cornish: Italek
Czech: italština (cs) f
Danish: italiensk (da) n
Dutch: Italiaans (nl)
Esperanto: Itala (eo)
Estonian: Itaalia (et)
Faroese: italskt n
Finnish: italia (fi)
French: italien (fr) m
Galician: italiano (gl) m
Georgian: იტალიური (ka) ‎(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) ‎(itālavī)
Hungarian: olasz (hu)
Icelandic: ítalska (is) f
Ido: Italiana (io)
Indonesian: Bahasa Italia (id)
Interlingua: italiano (ia)
Irish: Iodáilis
Italian: italiano (it) m
Japanese: イタリア語 (ja) ‎(Itaria-go), 伊語 (ja) ‎(いご, I-go)
Norman: Italien m
Korean: 이탈리아어 (ko) ‎(Itallia-eo)
Kurdish: Talyanî
Latvian: itāļu valoda, itāliešu valoda f
Limburgish: Ieteljaansj (li) n
Lithuanian: Italų, Itališkai
Macedonian: италијански ‎(italijanski)
Malay: Itali, bahasa Itali

Maltese: it-Taljan (mt)
Maori: reo Itariana
Mapudungun: italia dungun
Marathi: इटालियन ‎(iṭaliyana)
Moksha: италиень ‎(italijenʹ)
Mongolian: итали (mn) ‎(itali)
Navajo: Ídelii bizaad
Nepali: इटालियन ‎(iṭāliyana)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: italiensk (no) m

Nynorsk: italiensk (nn) m
Occitan: italian (oc) m
Persian: ایتالیایی (fa) ‎(italiyayi)
Polish: (język) włoski (pl)
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
Sinhalese: ඉතාලි ‎(itāli), ඉතාලි භාෂාව ‎(itāli bhāṣāva)
Slovak: taliančina (sk)
Slovene: italijánščina (sl) f
Somali: Talyani
Spanish: italiano (es) m
Swahili: Kiitaliano, Kiitalia, Kiitali
Swedish: italienska (sv) c
Tagalog: Italyano (tl)
Tamil: இத்தாலியன் (ta) ‎(ittāliyaṉ)
Tarantino: tagliàne
Tatar: италия ‎(italiya)
Telugu: ఇటాలియను ‎(iṭāliyanu)
Thai: ภาษาอิตาลี (th) ‎(paasăa ì-dtaa-lee)
Turkish: İtalyanca (tr)
Ukrainian: італі́йська (uk) f ‎(italíjsʹka)
Urdu: اٹالوی ‎(iṭālavī)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ý (vi)
Volapük: Litaliyänapük (vo), (obsolete) Tälapük
Walloon: Itålyin
Welsh: Eidaleg (cy)
West Frisian: Italjaansk (fy)
Yiddish: איטאַליעניש (yi) ‎(italienish)
Zulu: Isintaliyane

Finnish

Proper noun

Italian

Genitive singular form of Italia.

italian

See also: Italian

Finnish

Noun

italian

Genitive singular form of italia.

Anagrams

liaanit, litania

Occitan

Adjective

italian m (feminine singular italiana, masculine plural italians, feminine plural italianas)

Italian

Noun

italian m (plural italians)

the Italian language
a Italian person

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌi.ta.liˈan/

Adjective

italian m, n ‎(feminine singular italiană, masculine plural italieni, feminine and neuter plural italiene)

Italian

Declension

declension of italian

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	italian		italiană	italieni	italiene
nominative/ accusative	definite	italianul		italiana	italienii	italienele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	italian		italiene	italieni	italiene
genitive/ dative	definite	italianului		italienei	italienilor	italienelor

Synonyms

italienesc

Noun

italian m ‎(plural italieni, feminine equivalent italiană)

an Italian man

Declension

declension of italian

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) italian	italianul	(niște) italieni	italienii
genitive/dative	(unui) italian	italianului	(unor) italieni	italienilor
vocative	italianule		italienilor

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Webster 1913 Edition

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I-tal′ian

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ITAL'IAN

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italian

italian

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Noun

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Romanian

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Noun

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