Italian
[ɪ'tæljən]
Definition
(noun.) the Romance language spoken in Italy.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Italy.
(adj.) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language; 'Italian cooking' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Italy.
(n.) The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Of Italy.
n. [1]. Native of Italy.[2]. Language of Italy.
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Definition
adj. of or relating to Italy or its people.—n. a native of Italy: the language of Italy.—vs.t. Ital′ianate Ital′ianise to make Italian.—vs.i. to play the Italian: to speak Italian.—n. Ital′ianism.—Italian architecture the style practised by the Italian architects of the 15th 16th and 17th centuries which originated in a revival of the ancient architecture of Rome; Italian warehouseman a dealer in the finer kinds of groceries as macaroni vermicelli dried fruits &c.—Italic version or It′ala a translation of the Bible into Latin based on a still older version called Old Latin and made probably in the time of Augustine.
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Examples
- I was obviously a German in Italian uniform. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This led his eager mind to delve into Italian literature, and shortly the young workman was not only draughtsman and artist, but something of a man of letters as well. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Was it only ten years since she had wavered in imagination between the English earl and the Italian prince? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In the Italian Quarter? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were supposed to be Italian troops concentrated in Soria, and at Siguenza again besides those operating in the North. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rifled cannon were first employed in actual service in Louis Napoleon’s Italian campaign of 1859, and were first introduced in the United States service by General James in 1861. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It's only the Italian army. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But in this case the Italian boat was on the surface and was at the time practically a surface ship. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They carried their raiding right down the Italian peninsula, devastating all Etruria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are several varieties, as the Irish greyhound, the Scottish, the Russian, the Italian and the Turkish. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Never smoke any Italian tobacco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We have come up to town on purpose to witness an Italian Opera, and we have procured tickets for this box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We will turn over my Italian engravings together, continued that good-natured man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Some fine Italian girl? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Italians all stood up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Won't there be Italians there? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Italians put it under the arm, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Italians were cooked. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Cardan Ramelli and Leonardo da Vinci, learned Italians, and the accomplished Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Italians, Piani said, using the word as an epithet, Italiani! Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In this same library we saw some drawings by Michael Angelo (these Italians call him Mickel Angelo,) and Leonardo da Vinci. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These Italians were also very mannered and matched manners with the two we had collected before. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He proclaimed to the Italians that the French were coming to break their chains--_and they were_! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are in more danger from Italians than Germans, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We have noted how the Keltic peoples drizzled westward, how the Italians, the Greeks, and their Epirote, Macedonian, and Phrygian kindred came south. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were some Italians with one of our units. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We ran into a couple of Italians we knew and McAdams, the vice-consul, and they came up with us when we joined the girls. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He said the fighting was over for the year down here and that the Italians had bitten off more than they could chew. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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