italiano

See also: Italiano

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itaˈljano/ [i.t̪aˈlja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: i‧ta‧lia‧no

Adjective

italiano

1. neuter of italianu

Galician

Etymology

From Itália + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itaˈljano/ [i.t̪aˈlja.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano

• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lia‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas)

1. Italian

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

1. Italian person

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

1. Italian language

Related terms

• Italia

Further reading

• “italiano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “italiano”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English Italian, French italien, Italian italiàno, Spanish italiano and Portuguese italiano; all from New Latin italiānus. By surface analysis, Italia +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.taˈlja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lia‧no

Proper noun

italiano

2. Italian (language)

Noun

italiano (plural italianos)

1. Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy)

Italian

Alternative forms

• itagliano (chiefly northern Italy, misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin italiānus (“Italian”). By surface analysis, Itàlia (“Italy”) +‎ -àno (“-an”, derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.taˈlja.no/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧lià‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italiani, feminine plural italiane, superlative italianissimo)

1. Italian (of, from or relating to Italy)
   • p. 1306 – 1348 (date written), Jacopo Alighieri, “Sopra l'universale essenza dell'universo” (chapter 1), in Il Dottrinale, lines 1–4; republished as Giovanni Crocioni, editor, Il Dottrinale di Jacopo Alighieri - Edizione critica con note e uno studio preliminare‎^[1], Città di Castello: S. Lapi tipografo-editore, 1895:

     Adciò che sia palese / per ciaschedun paese / del sito italiano, / da presso e da lontano […]

     [Acciocché sia […] ]

     In order to make this known in every country of the Italian region, both near and far away […]

   • early 14^th century, Ciampolo di Meo degli Ugurgieri, “Libro settimo [Seventh book]”, in Eneide [Aeneid]; republished in Aurelio Gotti, editor, L'Eneide di Virgilio [Virgil's Aeneid]‎^[2], Florence: Le Monnier, 1858, page 245:

     O Dee, […] insegnatemi a cantare […] de’ quali uomini l’alma terra italiana sia fiorita, in quello tempo

     O Goddesses, […] teach me how to sing […] of how the noble Italian land was filled with such men, in those times

   • 1526, Niccolò Liburnio, “Dialogo di messer Niccolò Liburnio sopra le lettere del Trissino nuovamente imaginate nelle cose della lingua italiana”, Libro terzo [Third book], in Le tre fontane‎^[3], page 71:

     […] ſe non fuſſe ſtato il conſiglio, la ſapienza, & la dottrina del Triſſino, ſarebbeſi perſo deltutto il ſplendore della pronuntia italiana.

     [ […] se non fusse stato il consiglio, la sapienza e la dottrina del Trissino, sarebbesi perso del tutto il splendore della pronunzia italiana.]

     […] had it not been for Trissino's forethought, knowledge and doctrine, the splendor of the Italian pronunciation would have been completely lost.

Noun

italiano m (plural italiani, feminine italiana)

1. Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy) (usually male)

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

2. the Italian language

Further reading

• “italiano” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “italiano”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• laotiani, oliatina

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪ.ta.liˈaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.ta.liˈaː.no]
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧li‧ā‧nō

Adjective

italiānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of italiānus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú)bor.?

Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā)der.

Latin Ītalialbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese Italia

Portuguese Itália

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese -ano

Portuguese -ano

Portuguese italiano

From Itália + -ano.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ta.liˈɐ̃.nu/, (faster) /i.taˈljɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɐˈljɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɐˈljɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɐˈlja.nu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu, (Portugal) -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧li‧a‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas, comparable, comparative mais italiano, superlative o mais italiano or italianíssimo, diminutive italianinho, augmentative italianão)

1. Italian (of or relating to Italy)
2. Italian (relating to the Italian language)

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

1. Italian (person from Italy or of Italian descent)

Derived terms

• italianamente
• italianão (augmentative)
• italianinho (diminutive)
• italianozinho (diminutives)

Related terms

• itálico
• italiota
• Ítalo
• ítalo
• talian

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Italian (Romance language spoken in Italy)
2. (uncountable) the Venetan dialect spoken in Brazil

   Synonym: talian

Further reading

• “italiano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Italia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Spanish -ano

Spanish italiano

From Italia + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itaˈljano/ [i.t̪aˈlja.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: i‧ta‧lia‧no

Adjective

italiano (feminine italiana, masculine plural italianos, feminine plural italianas)

1. Italian (from or native to Italy)
   • 2024 April 29, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Rolls-Royce amplía su fábrica para construir coches más despacio”, in CNN en Español‎^[4]:

     Los fabricantes italianos de supercoches Lamborghini y Ferrari también han informado de un mayor interés por los programas de personalización.

     The Italian supercar manufacturers Lamborghini and Ferrari have also reported increased interest in their customisation programmes.

2. Italian (pertaining to Italy)
3. (Chile) (of a hot dog or a sandwich) having avocado, mayonnaise, and tomato

Derived terms

• galgo italiano
• gorrión italiano
• italianizar
• lebrel italiano
• República Italiana

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos, feminine italiana, feminine plural italianas)

1. an Italian

Noun

italiano m (plural italianos)

1. (Chile) clipping of completo italiano, a hot dog (especially with avocado, mayonnaise, and tomato)

Noun

italiano m (uncountable)

1. Italian (language)

Further reading

• “italiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025