Italian

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈtæliən/, enPR: ĭ-tăl'ē-ən (US, less common, see Eye-talian) IPA(key): /aɪˈtæliən/, enPR: ī-tăl'ē-ən Rhymes: -æliən === Adjective === Italian (comparative more Italian, superlative most Italian) Pertaining to Italy. Pertaining to its people or their cultures. Hypernym: European Pertaining to their language. Hypernym: Indo-European (obsolete, not comparable) Using an italic style; italic. ==== Synonyms ==== Italish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Italian (countable and uncountable, plural Italians) (countable) An inhabitant of Italy or a person of Italian descent. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Italian person (uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland. Synonym: wopspeak (uncountable, cooking) A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people. (countable, textiles) Ellipsis of Italian cloth. (uncountable) Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth. (countable, Maine) Ellipsis of Italian sandwich. ==== Meronyms ==== (language): Tuscan Corsican ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Italian terms Appendix:Italian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Italian === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code it, ISO 639-3 code ita (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Italian, ita ⁠ === Anagrams === Antilia, Taliani == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /italian/ [i.t̪a.li.ãn] Rhymes: -ian, -an Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧an === Proper noun === Italian inessive indefinite of Italia == Finnish == === Proper noun === Italian genitive singular of Italia === Anagrams === laitain, liaanit, litania