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List of English words of Italian origin
This is a list of English language words that originated in the Italian language.
- al dente :from al (a preposition + il article) and dente, ="tooth" (al dente could be translated as "slightly underdone"; it's used particularly to specify the clicking consistency of properly done pasta)
- balcony :from balcone
- ballot :from ballote
- bandit :from bandito
- belvedere, a kind of gazebo :from belvedere ="nice view"
- bordello :from bordello
- bravo :from bravo, ="skilfull, good (at something), brave (not very common in current Italian)"
- broccoli :from plural of broccolo, ="cabbage-sprout or top"
- cameo :from caméo
- canto, subdivision of a long poem :from canto ="song, singing"
- capriccio :from capriccio ="sudden start, motion, or freak"
- casino :from casino, ="small house", diminutive of casa
- cupola :from cupola, ="little cask"
- fantasia :from fantasia, ="fancy"
- folio :from folio, ="leaf"
- forte, a musical direction for 'loud' :from forte ="strong, loud"
- galleria :from galleria, ="arcade"
- giraffe :from giraffa
- gonzo :from gonzo, ="fool(ish)"
- imbroglio :from imbroglio, "an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile"
- incognito :from incognito (from Latin in + cognitus), ="unknown"
- influenza :from influenza
- lava :from lava
- macaroni :from maccheroni, plural of maccherone
- Madonna :from madonna, ="my lady"
- malaria :from malaria
- manifesto :from manifesto, ="manifest"
- neutrino :from neutrino, ="little neutron"
- obbligato :from obbligare, ="to oblige"
- oboe :from oboè, òboe (actual Italian form)
- opera :from opera, ="a work produced"
- operetta :from operetta, ="little opera"
- panini :from panini, plural of panino, ="bread roll"
- paparazzi :from paparazzi, plural of paparazzo
- pasta :from pasta
- pesto :from pesto, ="crushed"
- piano :from piano, ="soft"
- pianoforte :from pianoforte, ="soft-strong"
- piazza :from piazza, ="square, marketplace"
- piccolo :from piccolo, ="small"
- propaganda :from propaganda, ="congregation for propagating the faith"
- pizza :from pizza
- radicchio :from radicchio, ="chicory"
- replica :from replica
- spaghetti :from spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, ="little string"
- stanza :from stanza, ="room"
- stiletto :from stiletto, ="little dagger"
- studio :from studio, ="study"
- tariff :from tariffa
- timpani :from timpani, plural of timpano, ="kettledrum"
- torso :from torso, ="stalk, stump"
- tortellini :from tortellino, ="little cake"
- umbrella :from ombrello
- vendetta :from vendetta, ="vengeance"
- vermicelli :from vermicelli, ="little worms"
- volcano :from vulcano (from Latin vulcanus)
- zabaglione :from zabaglione, zabaione (actual Italian form)
- zucchini :from zucchini, plural of zucchino, ="small gourd"
See also: Lists of English words of international origin
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