italian

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language (synset 302968612)
    "Italian cooking"
Noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Italy (synset 109735443)
    is a type of: european - a native or inhabitant of Europe
    subtypes:
    • dago, ginzo, greaseball, guinea, wop - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
    • etruscan - a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)
    • neopolitan - a resident of Naples
    • roman - a resident of modern Rome
    • sabine - a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
    • venetian - a resident of Venice
    • sicilian - a resident of Sicily
    • tuscan - a resident of Tuscany
    • oscan - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
    • samnite - an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
    • florentine - a native or resident of Florence, Italy
    • genoese - a native or resident of Genoa
    • milanese - a native or inhabitant of Milan
    • neapolitan - a native or inhabitant of Naples
    • sardinian - a native or inhabitant of Sardinia
    belongs to: italia, italian republic, italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
  2. The Romance language spoken in Italy (synset 106976989)
    associated with:
    • signora - an Italian title or form of address for a married woman
    • signorina - an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman
    • donna - an Italian woman of rank
    domain region: italia, italian republic, italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
    is a type of: latinian language, romance, romance language - the group of languages derived from Latin
    subtypes:
    • old italian - the Italian language up to the middle of the 16th century
    • sardinian - the Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish
    • tuscan - a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence)

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