Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)A person from Italy or of Italian descent.

    A tour group of Italians is visiting Westminster Cathedral today.

    Italiener, Italienerin

    италья́нецitalʹjánec, италья́нкаitalʹjánka

    італі́єцьitalíjecʹ, італі́йкаitalíjka

    a native or inhabitant of Italy

  2. (uncountable)A style of cuisine or individual dishes of or associated with Italy or Italian people.

    A: What's for dinner tonight? B: I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some Italian tonight!

Examples

561 sentences
  1. I know a good Italian restaurant.

    Я знаю добрий італійський ресторан. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю хороший итальянский ресторан. — ae5s

    deIch kenne ein gutes italienisches Restaurant. — Hans_Adler

  2. Tom loves going to Italian restaurants.

    Том дуже любить ходити до італійських ресторанів. — deniko

  3. Tom works at an Italian restaurant.

    Том працює в італійському ресторані. — deniko

    ruТом работает в итальянском ресторане. — marafon

    deTom arbeitet in einem italienischen Restaurant. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. How do you say that in Italian?

    Як це сказати італійською? — deniko

    ruКак это сказать по-итальянски? — paul_lingvo

    deWie heißt das auf Italienisch? — MUIRIEL

  5. One is Japanese and the other is Italian.

    Один із них японець, а інший - італієць. — deniko

    ruОдин японец, другой итальянец. — ae5s

    deEiner ist Japaner, der andere Italiener. — jakov

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person from Italy:
Русский
By meaning 1
person from Italy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person from Italy:

Origin

From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). B

From Middle English Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”). By surface analysis, Italia + -n.

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Forms

plural: Italians
SingularItalian
PluralItalians

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
paisan
Close in meaning
  • the Romance language spoken in Italy:Italian language

Collocations

7 patterns
  • italian food
  • like italian food
  • eat italian food
  • italian restaurant
  • to eat italian
  • like italian
  • eat italian

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Italian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto