Italian
- noun
- /ɪˈtæljən/
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italiano
- The Italian enjoyed sharing stories about his hometown in Florence.
Let's have the scholarships all over the world, German, French, Russians, Italians, Americans, even English.
- Let's have the scholarships all over the world, German, French, Russians, Italians, Americans, even English.
- And my wife, the Italian, we weren't married then, but we got married.
- The Germans, the Russians, the Austrians, the Italians, all of those have been handing out condoms.
- I, I found, I, I found out that I was in an Italian citizen early on.
Examples
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And my wife, the Italian, we weren't married then, but we got married.
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I'm like the most responsible italian in the world.
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His jobs now were to rebuild the Italian Army and hold the Piave line.
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But elsewhere, the Italian cause fares badly.
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when they were making a play against the italians in the eighties.
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your mother italian?
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Marco is an Italian who moved to the United States in search of new opportunities.
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Many Italian people immigrated to America in the early 20th century for a better life.
Compounds
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A period in Italy from the 1300s to the 1600s known for great art and new ideas
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A thin sauce for salad made with oil, vinegar, garlic, and herbs like oregano
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A small plant with flat dark green leaves that adds a mild fresh taste to food
A tall, thin evergreen tree that grows in a narrow column and people plant in gardens
A climbing shrub with sweet-smelling white and yellow flowers that attract bees and butterflies
A rough grass grown each year for grain or animal feed that grows well in dry soil
- Specialized
A plant with red, spiky flowers grown for animal food and to improve soil
A long boot-shaped piece of land in southern Europe that sticks into the Mediterranean Sea
- Specialized
A fast-growing grass from Europe grown for hay, lawns, and to make soil better
A large sandwich made with a long crusty roll filled with meats, cheese, and vegetables
- Literature
A 14-line poem with eight lines that present a problem and six lines that respond using set rhyme patterns
A dark green squash with light patches used in Mediterranean cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Italian comes from the country's name Italia, which may come from an old local word meaning 'calf'. So an Italian is simply a person from 'Italy'.