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語源

From 中期英語 Italian, from Medieval Latin Italiānus, from Latin Italia (“Italy”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: ĭ-tăl'yən, IPA: /ɪˈtæl.jən/
• (米国発音, less common, see Eye-talian) IPA: /aɪˈtæl.jən/, enPR: ī-tăl'yən
• (General Australian) IPA: /əˈtæl.jən/, /ɪˈtæl.jən/, /əˈtæ.jən/
• 韻: -æljən

形容詞

Italian (comparative more Italian, superlative most Italian)

1. Pertaining to Italy.

   Italian borders

2. Pertaining to its people or their cultures.

   Hypernym: European

   Italian cuisines

3. Pertaining to their language.

   Hypernym: Indo-European

   Italian verbs

4. (obsolete, not comparable) Using an italic style; italic.
   • 1868, Henry Noel Humphreys, A History of the Art of Printing, page 175:

     It has been shown that there was a great disposition on the part of some German printers, especially Albert Durer, to adopt the rounded Italian type; others preferring the crisp angularity of the Gothic black-letter, even for general purposes; while for books of devotion it appears to have been deemed the more orthodox; the Italian style of type being deemed an innovation.

同意語

• Italish

派生語

名詞

Italian (countable and uncountable, plural Italians)

1. (countable) A person of a Romance ethnic group native to Italy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Italian person

   A tour group of Italians is visiting Westminster Cathedral today.

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.

2. (uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland; various varieties (dialects) exist.

   Hyponyms: Corsican, Sicilian, Tuscan

   Coordinate term: Old Italian

   The tour group asked their questions in Italian, and their tour guide translated.

   • 2024 July 20, Fiona Sampson, “The other Dordogne: exploring France’s unspoiled Périgord region”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 September 2024:

     In Occitan a stroll, una passejada, is close to the Italian passeggiata, and a reminder of what a public business it is to amble these streets.

3. (uncountable, cooking) 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!

   • 1995, Betty Crocker's New Italian Cooking, page 5:

     Simple Cannoli, Lemon Ice, or a delicious Tira Mi Su. With so many wonderful recipes, you can eat Italian anytime.

4. (countable, textiles) Ellipsis of Italian cloth.

   They bought a bolt of the finest Italian that can be had this side of Italy.

5. (uncountable) Ellipsis of Italian vermouth, a dark-colored sweet or mildly bitter vermouth.

   gin and Italian

   • 1971, John Doxat, The World of Drinks and Drinking, page 102:

     So the English women would have been interested in American drinks, and in came the gin-and-Italian, for example.

6. Ellipsis of Italian bread.

   Can I please get a meatball sub on Italian? Thank you!

7. (countable, Maine) Ellipsis of Italian sandwich.

   Can I please get an Italian and a beer? Thank you!

派生語

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Italian terms
• Appendix:Italian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Italian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code it, ISO 639-3 code ita (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Italian, ita ⁠

アナグラム

• Antilia, Taliani