What does Italian mean?
Definitions for Italian
ɪˈtæl yənital·ian
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Italian.
Princeton's WordNet
Italiannoun
a native or inhabitant of Italy
Italianadjective
the Romance language spoken in Italy
Italianadjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language
"Italian cooking"
Wiktionary
Italiannoun
An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
Italianadjective
Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language.
Italiannoun
The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Switzerland.
Etymology: Italianus, from Italia
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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 Dictionary
Italianadjective
of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language
Italiannoun
a native or inhabitant of Italy
Italiannoun
the language used in Italy, or by the Italians
Etymology: [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2516
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4668
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Nouns Frequency: #2306
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Adjectives Frequency: #336
Anagrams for Italian »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Italian in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Italian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Italian in a Sentence
We are pricing in a total lack of confidence in the outlook for Italian public finances, the 10-year spread itself is not so much a worry as short term yields which have exploded.
It's not that banks in other countries don't have problems, but in Italy it's more widespread, because you have lots of small banks that do not have the shock absorption capacity you find in bigger banks, a third of the banks that failed the ECB tests were Italian, but since then not much has happened.
Our idea at the time, and now in execution, was to partner with these incredible Italian factories, design beautiful shoes of the highest qualities and, by working directly with these factories and selling directly to the consumer, pass along savings.
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
… She was [already] romantically involved with [Italian film producer] Carlo Ponti, but their situation was very, very complicated, divorce was illegal in Italy at that time and he was already married… She was very frustrated at the time. So she fell into this romance with Cary Grant.
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