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

  1. Italiannoun

    a native or inhabitant of Italy

  2. Italianadjective

    the Romance language spoken in Italy

  3. Italianadjective

    of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language

    "Italian cooking"

Wiktionary

  1. Italiannoun

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

  2. Italianadjective

    Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language.

  3. Italiannoun

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

  4. Etymology: Italianus, from Italia

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Italianadjective

    of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language

  2. Italiannoun

    a native or inhabitant of Italy

  3. Italiannoun

    the language used in Italy, or by the Italians

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2516

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4668

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Nouns Frequency: #2306

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Italian' in Adjectives Frequency: #336

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Italian in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Italian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Italian in a Sentence

  1. Italian Gianmarco Tamberi:

    What changed more was in the mind, after I was going for my third attempt, I tell Italian Gianmarco Tamberi, OK technically you are OK but you have to jump it, so jump please.

  2. Lorenzo Codogno:

    An anti-establishment, anti-euro (though somewhat watered down) and anti-austerity government would not bode well for Italian financial assets.

  3. Eduard Hanslick:

    The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel.

  4. Pope Francis:

    May the example of the four Italian saints help the dear Italian people to rekindle the spirit of collaboration and harmony for the public good, and to look to the future with hope.

  5. England Matteo Manassero:

    Hopefully Francesco will pull it off this weekend and we can have a third Italian to win this trophy. That would be amazing.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

Italian#1#2068#10000

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