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List of English words of Italian origin - Definition and Overview |
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This is a list of English language words that originated in the Italian language.
- al dente
- from al (a preposition + il article) and dente, ="tooth" (al dente could be translated as "slightly underdone"; it's used particularly to specify the clicking consistency of properly done pasta)
- balcony
- from balcone
- ballot
- from ballote
- bandit
- from bandito
- belvedere, a kind of gazebo
- from belvedere ="nice view"
- bordello
- from bordello
- bravo
- from bravo, ="skillful, good (at something), brave (not very common in current Italian)"
- broccoli
- from plural of broccolo, ="cabbage-sprout or top"
- cameo
- from caméo
- canto, subdivision of a long poem
- from canto ="song, singing"
- capriccio
- from capriccio ="sudden start, motion, or freak"
- casino
- from casino, ="small house", diminutive of casa
- cupola
- from cupola, ="little cask"
- fantasia
- from fantasia, ="fancy"
- folio
- from folio, ="leaf"
- forte, a musical direction for 'loud'
- from forte ="strong, loud"
- galleria
- from galleria, ="arcade"
- giraffe
- from giraffa
- gonzo
- from gonzo, ="fool(ish)"
- imbroglio
- from imbroglio, "an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile"
- incognito
- from incognito (from Latin in + cognitus), ="unknown"
- influenza
- from influenza
- lava
- from lava
- macaroni
- from maccheroni, plural of maccherone
- Madonna
- from madonna, ="my lady"
- malaria
- from malaria
- manifesto
- from manifesto, ="manifest"
- neutrino
- from neutrino, ="little neutron"
- obbligato
- from obbligare, ="to oblige"
- oboe
- from oboè, òboe (actual Italian form)
- opera
- from opera, ="a work produced"
- operetta
- from operetta, ="little opera"
- panini
- from panini, plural of panino, ="bread roll"
- paparazzi
- from paparazzi, plural of paparazzo
- pasta
- from pasta
- pesto
- from pesto, ="crushed"
- piano
- from piano, ="soft"
- pianoforte
- from pianoforte, ="soft-strong"
- piazza
- from piazza, ="square, marketplace"
- piccolo
- from piccolo, ="small"
- propaganda
- from propaganda, ="congregation for propagating the faith"
- pizza
- from pizza
- radicchio
- from radicchio, ="chicory"
- replica
- from replica
- spaghetti
- from spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, ="little string"
- stanza
- from stanza, ="room"
- stiletto
- from stiletto, ="little dagger"
- studio
- from studio, ="study"
- tariff
- from tariffa
- timpani
- from timpani, plural of timpano, ="kettledrum"
- torso
- from torso, ="stalk, stump"
- tortellini
- from tortellino, ="little cake"
- umbrella
- from ombrello
- vendetta
- from vendetta, ="vengeance"
- vermicelli
- from vermicelli, ="little worms"
- volcano
- from vulcano (from Latin vulcanus)
- zabaglione
- from zabaglione, zabaione (actual Italian form)
- zucchini
- from zucchini, plural of zucchino, ="small gourd"
See also: Lists of English words of international origin
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Example Usage of English |
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sharon_jonas: @RachloveNickJ lol i luv English!! :D and my teacher look like Zac Efron!! i luv him! XD |
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i_have_no_hat: >_< Just realised that what I type is absolutely incoherent, gibberish. Fail! English should be my second name. And I should go study <_< |
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si_no_estas: what hope have i got next year, speaking only russian... i find it hard enough to speak English. |
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