has particulars: dago, ginzo, greaseball, guinea, wop, etruscan, neopolitan, roman, sabine, venetian, sicilian, tuscan, oscan, samnite, florentine, genoese, milanese, neapolitan, sardinian

Derived form adjective italian₁

italian(n = noun.communication) Array - the Romance language spoken in Italy; Array

is a kind of

latinian language

romance

romance language

has particulars: old italian, sardinian, tuscan

Derived form adjective italian₁

Adjective Italian has 1 sense

italian(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language; "Italian cooking"

Derived forms noun

italian₂

noun

italian₁

noun

italy₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Italian, a. [Cf. F. italien, It. italiano. Cf. Italic.].

Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language. [1913 Webster]

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.

Italian, n.

A native or inhabitant of Italy. [1913 Webster]
The language used in Italy, or by the Italians. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Italian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a a native or national of Italy. b a person of Italian descent.
2 the Romance language used in Italy and parts of Switzerland.
--adj. of or relating to Italy or its people or language.

Idiom

Italian vermouth a sweet kind of vermouth.

Etymology

ME f. It. Italiano f. Italia Italy

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