ITALIAN

Pronunciation (US):

• ITALIAN (noun)
  The noun ITALIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Italy
2. the Romance language spoken in Italy

  Familiarity information: ITALIAN used as a noun is rare.

• ITALIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ITALIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language

  Familiarity information: ITALIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

• ITALIAN (noun)

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Italian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Italian"):

Oscan (an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania)

Samnite (an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans)

Florentine (a native or resident of Florence)

Genoese (a native or resident of Genoa)

Milanese (a native or inhabitant of Milan)

Neapolitan (a native or inhabitant of Naples)

Tuscan (a resident of Tuscany)

Sicilian (a resident of Sicily)

Venetian (a resident of Venice)

Sabine (a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC)

Roman (a resident of modern Rome)

Neopolitan (a resident of Naples)

Etruscan (a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC))

dago; ginzo; greaseball; Guinea; wop (offensive terms for a person of Italian descent)

Sardinian (a native or inhabitant of Sardinia)

Holonyms ("Italian" is a member of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Meaning:

The Romance language spoken in Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Italian" is a kind of...):

Latinian language; Romance; Romance language (the group of languages derived from Latin)

Domain member category:

Signora (an Italian title or form of address for a married woman)

Signorina (an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman)

donna (an Italian woman of rank)

Domain region:

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Italian"):

Old Italian (the Italian language up to the middle of the 16th century)

Sardinian (the Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish)

Tuscan (a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence))

• ITALIAN (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Italian cooking

Pertainym:

Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)