Many words of Italian origin have entered other languages. A large part of musical terminology is Italian, as are popular foods from Italian cuisine. This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores. ... Italian cuisine as a national cuisine known today has evolved from centuries of social and political change. ...

Art and Architecture

Amoretto, Cupid 

from amoretto, diminutive of amore, from Latin amor = "love"

Arcade 

from arcate = "arches"

Architrave 

from architrave

Artisan 

from artigiano

Bagnio 

from bagno

Balcony 

from balcone

Baldachin 

from baldacchino

Baluster 

from balaustra

Balustrade 

from balaustrata

Belvedere, a kind of gazebo 

from belvedere = "nice view"

Berlinetta 

from berlinetta

Biennale 

from biennale

Bronze 

from bronzo

Cameo 

from cammeo

Campanile 

from campanile

Caricature 

from caricatura

Carpet 

from carpita

Carrozzeria 

from carrozzeria

Cartoon 

from cartone, ="cardboard", augmentative of carta, ="paper"

Chiaroscuro 

from chiaro, ="clear, light coloured" and scuro, "dark"

Cognoscente 

from conoscente

Colonnade 

from colonnato, from colonna column

Conversazione 

from conversazione

Corridor 

from corridoio

Cupola 

from cupola, ="little cask"

Curioso 

from curioso

Dilettante 

from dilettante

Dome 

from duomo

Facade 

from French façade, from Italian facciata, from faccia face, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia

Faience 

from the city of Faenza

Fascia 

from fascia, ="band or strip"

Figurine 

from figurina

Fresco 

from fresco, ="fresh, cool". The Italian word for a painting on wet plaster is affresco

Fumetti 

from fumetti

Gallery 

from galleria, ="arcade"

Gesso 

from gesso, ="chalk"

Graffiti 

from graffiti, plural of graffito

Grotesque 

from grottesca

Impasto 

from impasto, ="dough, paste"

Indigo 

from indaco

Intaglio 

from intaglio, ="cutting, engraving"

Intarsia 

from intarsio, ="inlaying, marquetry"

Loggia 

from loggia

Madonna 

from madonna, ="my lady"

Madonnari 

from madonnari, plural of madonnaro

Magenta 

from the town of Magenta, Italy

Majolica 

from maiolica

Mandorla 

from mandorla

Martello 

from martello

Mascara 

from maschera

masquerade 

from maschera

Mask 

from maschera

Medal 

from medaglia

Mezzanine 

from mezzanino

Mezzotint 

from mezzo, ="half", and tinto, ="dyed, stained"

Millefiori 

from millefiori

Miniature 

from miniatura

Model 

from modello

Monticello 

from monticello, ="little mountain"

Morbidezza 

from morbidezza

Mosaic 

from mosaico

Muslin 

from mussolina

Niello 

from niello

Ovolo 

from ovulo, diminutive of "uovo", "ovo" egg, from Latin "ovum"

Palazzo 

from palazzo

Parapet 

from parapetto

Pastel 

from pastello

Pasticcio 

from pasticcio, ="pastiche"

Pentimento 

from pentimento

Pergola 

from pergola

Piazza 

from piazza, ="square, marketplace"

Pietà 

from pietà, ="pity"

Pilaster 

from pilastro

Porcelain 

from porcellana

Portico 

from portico

Predella 

from predella

Putto 

from putto

Relievo 

from rilievo, see also alto-relievo, basso-relievo

Replica 

from replica

Rotunda 

from rotonda

Saloon 

from salone

Scagliola 

from scagliola, =literally, "little chip"

Sepia 

from seppia, ="cuttlefish"

Seraglio 

from serraglio

Sfumato 

from sfumato, ="shaded, toned down"

Sgraffito 

from sgraffito

Sienna 

from the town of Siena, Italy

Sketch 

from schizzo =literally, "splash"

Soffit 

from soffitto, ="ceiling"

Studio 

from studio, ="study"

Stucco 

from stucco

Tazza 

from tazza

Tempera 

from tempera

Terra-cotta 

from terra cotta, =literally, "baked or cooked earth"

Terrazzo 

from terrazzo, ="terrace"

Umber 

from Umbria, a region in Italy

Veduta 

from veduta

Vedutista 

from vedutista

Villa 

from villa

Virtue 

from virtù

Virtuoso 

from virtuoso

It has been suggested that Amoretti be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Arcade. ... The architrave is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. ... An artisan, also called a craftsman,[1] is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... Bagnios were the slave prisons of Turkey and the Barbary regencies. ... A balcony comprising a balustrade supported at either end by plinths. ... The Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller at Rhodes under a canopy of estate, on a dais: there is a cushion under his feet Margaret Beaufort, Queen Mother, at prayer, by an anonymous artist, about 1500 Engraving of the Gnadenaltar in the Vierzehnheiligen Basilica, Bad Staffelstein, Bavaria. ... A page of fanciful balusters from A Handbook of Ornament, Franz S. Meyer, 1898 A baluster (through the French balustre, from Italian balaustro, from balaustra, pomegranate flower [from a resemblance to the post], from Lat. ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from the Italian (literally fair view), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... The name Biennale is Italian and means every other year, describing an event that happens every 2 years. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... 2002 Lincoln cent, obverse, proof with cameo Cameo is a method of carving, or an item of jewelry made in this manner. ... A campanile (pronounced []) is, especially in Italy, a free-standing bell tower (Italian campana, bell), often adjacent to a church or cathedral. ... For the book of comics by Daniel Clowes see Caricature (Daniel Clowes collection) A caricature of film comedian Charlie Chaplin. ... For other uses, see Carpet (disambiguation). ... A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... For the band, see Cartoons (band). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Tenebrism. ... Enormous colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... Look up Corridor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and provide ventilation. ... (ital. ... For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see facade (disambiguation). ... Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed earthenware on a delicate pale buff body. ... Faenza is an old Italian cathedral town, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna. ... Fascia may refer to: Fascia, a type of connective tissue Fascia is also used as a term for parts of cars Fascia a type of Fascism, see National Romanian Fascia for an example. ... A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Figurine is a diminutive form of the word figure, and generally refers to a small human-made statue that represents a human (or deity or animal). ... For other uses, see Fresco (disambiguation). ... Fumetti (or photo novels) are a genre of American comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... Galleria (Italian for gallery or arcade), or The Galleria, is a common name for a shopping mall, ultimately deriving from the 19th-century Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. ... Gesso is the Italian word for chalk (akin to the Greek word gypsum), and is a powdered form of the mineral calcium carbonate used in art. ... For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ... This article is about the word itself. ... Image:Jane Frank Crgs And Crevices. ... Indigo is the color on the spectrum between about 450 and 420 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet. ... Intaglio is a printmaking technique in which the image is incised into a surface. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... For the surname, see Loggia (surname). ... Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels (c. ... It has been suggested that Street artist be merged into this article or section. ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ... Magenta is a town in Milan province in Lombardy in northern Italy. ... Majolica is earthenware with a white tin glaze, decorated by applying colorants on the raw glazed surface. ... Majolica is earthenware with a white tin glaze, decorated by applying colorants on the raw glazed surface. ... In iconography, a Mandorla is an almond-shaped aureola which surrounds the figure of Christ in traditional Christian art. ... Martello can refer these people: Cesar Martello, politician in Ontario Alfonse Martello DAmato, New York politician Charles Martel dAnjou, 13th century titular king of Hungary Leo Martello, pagan Martello can also refer to: a Napoleonic War defensive structure, the Martello Tower, in Britain or Canada a type of... A mascara tube and a wand applicator Mascara is a cosmetic used to darken, thicken and define eyelashes. ... A masquerade ball (or masque) is an event which the participants attend in costume, usually including a mask. ... For other uses, see Mask (disambiguation). ... A medal is a small metal object, usually engraved with insignia, that is awarded to a person for athletic, military, scientific, academic or some other kind of achievement. ... Mezzanine may refer to: Mezzanine (architecture), an intermediate floor between main floors of a building In technology, a mezzanine can refer to a thin sheet of plastic insulating different parts of circuitry from each other in cramped environments, such as laptop interiors. ... Mezzotint is a printing process of the intaglio family, in which the surface of a metal plate is roughened evenly; the image is then brought out by smoothing the surface, creating the image by working from dark to light. ... Murano Millefiori Pendant Millefiori is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. ... Look up miniature in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up model in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is about the Jefferson residence. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... Muslin is a type of finely-woven cotton fabric, introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the 17th century. ... „Minden Cross“ in Niello technique, appr. ... Ovolo in architecture, is a convex molding known also as the echinus, which in Classical architecture was invariably carved with the egg and tongue. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... A parapet consists of a dwarf wall along the edge of a roof, or round a lead flat, terrace walk, etc. ... Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. ... Pasticcio (Italian for hodgepodge) is a term used to describe a musical work assembled from portions of other musical works, usually by other composers. ... In painting, pentimento is the growing transparency in paints with age causing underlying elements to show through. ... A pergola in a garden in Oregon, USA. For the Italian city, see Pergola, Italy. ... A piazza is an open square in a city, often used as a marketplace, found in Italy. ... A pietà (pl. ... In architecture, pilasters comprise slightly-projecting pseudo-columns built into or onto a wall, with capitals and bases. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... Categories: Architectural elements | Stub ... A predella is the platform or step on which an altar stands. ... sculpted putto The putto is a figure of a pudgy baby, almost always male, often naked and having wings, found especially in Italian Renaissance art. ... Greek figure Alto-relievo are figures carved out of a tablet that project at least one half of cross-section from the tablets surface. ... Detail from the Elgin Marbles, an example of bas-relief. ... Look up replica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In Mosta, Malta, the Rotunda of Santa Marija Assunta is covered by a saucer dome. ... A State Room in a large European mansion, is usually one of a suite of very grand rooms which were designed to impress, they were the most luxurious in the house and contained the finest works of art. ... Scagliola (from the Italian scaglia, meaning chips) is a technique for producing plasterwork columns, sculptures, and other architectural elements that resemble marble. ... Look up sepia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household, from an Italian variant of Turkish saray, meaning palace, enclosed courts. In the context of the turquerie fashion, the seraglio became the subject of works of art, the most famous perhaps being Mozarts... Detail of the face of Mona Lisa showing the use of sfumato, particularly in the shading around the eyes. ... Renaissance façade with Sgraffito in Mödling, Lower Austria Scraffito on a workshop in Linz Windows decorated with Sgraffito in Zrenjanin, Serbia Sgraffito (scratched, plural Scraffiti and often also written Scraffito) is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to... This page is not about Siena, Italy. ... This page is not about the form of limonite clay called sienna. ... Look up Sketch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Soffit (from French soffite, Italian soffitto, formed as a ceiling; from suffictus for suffixus, Latin suffigere, to fix underneath). ... For the illustrated magazine, see Studio Magazine. ... Stucco is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water which is applied wet, and hardens when it dries. ... A Tazza is a shallow saucer-like dish either mounted on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. ... A 1367 tempera on wood by Niccolò Semitecolo. ... Sculpture of Hanuman in terra cotta. ... Terrazzo with adapted Native-American design at the Hoover Dam Terrazzo is a faux-marble flooring or countertopping material. ... Raw umber Umber is a natural brown clay pigment which contains iron and manganese oxides. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... The River Thames from Somerset House: a classic veduta by Canaletto, 1747. ... The Albertian Villa Medici in Fiesole: terraced grounds on a sloping site. ... Personification of virtue (Greek ἀρετή) in Celsus Library in Ephesos, Turkey Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ) is moral excellence of a person. ... A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning: skill, manliness, excellence) is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. ...

Food and culinary terms

See also: Italian cuisine

affogato 

from affogato

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)

al fresco 

from al and fresco, ="fresh, cool", hence ="in a cool place". In Italian al fresco is a slang term for being in jail.

amaretto 

from amaretto, diminutive of amaro bitter, from Latin amarus

antipasto 

from antipasto

artichoke 

from North Italian articiocco, from Arabic al-ẖaršúf.

arugula 

from the Neapolian dialect rugula

barista 

from barista

biscotti 

from plural of biscotto ="cooked twice, cookie"

bologna or baloney (boloney) 

from Bologna

broccoli 

from plural of broccolo, ="cabbage-sprout or top"

calamari 

from calamari

candy 

from Middle English sugre candy, part translation of Middle French sucre candi, part translation of Old Italian zucchero candi, from zucchero sugar + Arabic qandI candied, from qand cane sugar

cappuccino 

from cappuccino

carpaccio 

from carpaccio

cauliflower 

from cavolfiore

caviar 

from caviale

Chicken Marengo 

from the village of Marengo

ciabatta 

from ciabatta

coffee 

from caffè

confetti 

from confetti, plural of confetto

espresso 

from espresso

fettuccine 

from fettuccine, plural of fettuccina

focaccia 

from focaccia

gelato 

from gelato

grappa 

from grappa

gusto 

from gusto

lasagna 

from lasagne

latte 

from latte, ="milk". Coffee with lots of milk is called caffellatte in Italy

linguine 

from linguine, plural of linguina, ="diminutive of lingua tongue"

macaroni 

from maccheroni, plural of maccherone

macchiato 

from macchiato, ="marked"

maraschino 

from maraschino

marinara 

from (alla) marinara ="literally, in sailor style"

panettone 

from panettone

panini 

from panini, plural of panino, ="bread roll"

parmesan 

from dialect word parmesan ="from Parma", parmigiano in standard Italian

pasta 

from pasta ="dough"

pepperoni 

from peperoni, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper

pesto 

from pesto, ="crushed"

pignoli 

from pinoli, plural of pinolo

pistachio 

from pistacchio

pizza 

from pizza

pizzeria 

from pizzeria

polenta 

from polenta

prosciutto 

from prosciutto

provolone 

from augmentative of provola

radicchio 

from radicchio, ="chicory"

ravioli 

from ravioli, plural of raviolo

salami 

from salami, plural of salame

scampi 

from scampi, plural of scampo

semolina 

from semolino

soda 

from soda

spaghetti 

from spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, ="little string"

spumante 

from spumante

spumoni 

from spumone

sugar 

from zucchero; ultimately form Arabic

tiramisu 

from tiramisù

tortellini 

from tortellini, plural of tortellino ="little cake"

tortoni 

from Tortoni 19th century Italian restaurateur in Paris

trattoria 

from trattoria

tutti-frutti 

from tutti frutti, ="all fruits"

vermicelli 

from vermicelli, plural of vermicello ="little worm"

zabaglione 

from zabaglione, zabaione (actual Italian form)

zucchini 

from zucchini, plural of zucchina, ="small gourd"

Italian cuisine as a national cuisine known today has evolved from centuries of social and political change. ... An affogato [roughly rhymes with avocado] is an Italian dessert/drink. ... In cooking, the adjective al dente (pronounced al DEN-tay) describes pasta and (less commonly) rice that have been cooked to be edible but still firm, or vegetables that are cooked to the tender crisp phase - still offering resistance to the bite, but cooked through. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with adposition. ... An article is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood. ... The Amaretto Disaronno square bottle The term amaretto refers to a sweet liqueur made from a basic infusion of the stones of drupe fruits, such as peaches, as well as a related almond biscotto. ... Crudités variés, a typical hors d’œuvre in French cuisine Hors d’œuvre in Bosnian cuisine Hors d’œuvre, (IPA: French but often in English as ; French plural: hors d’œuvre, without an extra s; English plural often hors d’œuvres), also known as appetizer(s), refer to... Artichoke may refer to any of three types of vegetables. ... Binomial name (L.) Cav. ... A competitor (James Hoffmann) during the World Barista Championship. ... A plate of biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning twice baked) are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. ... Bologna sausage is an American version of the Italian mortadella (a finely hashed/ground pork sausage with lard pieces, which originated in the Italian city of Bologna). ... For the food product, see Bologna sausage. ... Broccoli is a plant of the Cabbage family, Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). ... Look up Calamari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carpaccio is a dish of raw beef, veal or tuna traditionally thinly sliced or pounded thin served as an appetizer. ... Cauliflower is a cultivar group within Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. ... For the band of the same name, see Caviar (band). ... Chicken Marengo is so named for being the last dish that Napoléon Bonaparte ate at the Battle of Marengo (1800). ... Several places have the name Marengo: Marengo, Indiana Marengo, Illinois Marengo, Iowa Marengo, Ohio Marengo County, Alabama There was a battle called the Battle of Marengo (1800). ... A half-sized Ciabatta. ... For the several U.S. counties named Coffee, see Coffee County. ... Small boy trying to catch confetti at Folk Festival in Namur, Belgium. ... Espresso brewing, with a dark reddish-brown foam, called crema or schiuma. ... == Fettuccine (literally little ribbons in Italian) is a type of pasta. ... Focaccia bread with rosemary garnish. ... Italian Gelato, with two tower shaped biscuits. ... Grappa is a fragrant grape-based pomace brandy of between 40% and 70% alcohol by volume (80 to 140 proof), of Italian origin. ... Gusto may mean: great enthusiasm and energy Look up gusto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lasagna in the crinkly American style. ... Latte or Caffelatte For the type of pillar found in the Marianas Islands, see Latte stone. ... Linguine pescatore: linguine served with seafood. ... Penne, a very common kind of maccheroni in Italy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Maraschino is a bittersweet, clear liqueur flavored with marasca cherries, which are grown in northern Italy (near Trieste), Croatia, and Slovenia. ... Marinara may refer to: A variety of Tomato sauce Marinara (TV series), a fantasy TV series in the Philippines This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Panettone (this isnt the original shape). ... For other uses of Panino, see Panino (disambiguation). ... Parmesan cheese. ... Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pesto (italian pron. ... Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pine trees (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus). ... Binomial name L. The pistachio (Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae; sometimes placed in Pistaciaceae) is a small tree up to 10 m tall, native to mountainous regions of Iran, Turkmenistan and western Afghanistan. ... For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ... Pepperoni is one of the most popular toppings on American pizzas. ... Fried polenta (left), with chicken and potatoes Polenta is a cornmeal dish popular in Italian, Savoyard, Swiss, Austrian, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Corsican, Argentine, Brazilian, and Mexican cuisine, and it is a traditional staple food throughout much of northern Italy. ... Prosciutto Prosciutto (IPA: ) is the Italian word for ham, used in English to refer to dry-cured ham (prosciutto crudo). ... Provolone cheese is an Italian cheese, very similar to mozzarella cheese, which is traditionally used on submarine sandwiches. ... Radicchio is a Leaf Chicory, sometimes known as Italian Chicory. ... Lemon dill shrimp ravioli Ravioli is a popular type of pasta, comprised of a filling, commonly (though not always) meat-based, sealed between two layers of pasta dough. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... American scampi in garlic butter Scampi is the plural of scampo, the Italian name for the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), also known as the Dublin Bay prawn (especially in the U.K. and Ireland) and langoustine (the French name). ... Picture of semolina Semolina grains Semolina is coarsely ground grain, usually wheat, with particles mostly between 0. ... Look up soda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Spaghetti (disambiguation). ... Spumante is a type of Italian wine similar to French Champagne. ... Spumoni or spumone is a molded Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts. ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely traded commodity. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Tiramisu Tiramisu is an Italian dessert typically made from ladyfinger cookies, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, eggs, cream, sugar, Marsala wine, cocoa, and rum. ... Tortellini in broth Tortellini is a variety of ring-shaped pasta. ... See: Tortoni (cafe owner) Biscuit Tortoni the biscuit made after the café owner Category: ... Italian Trattoria sign in the Toscana The trattoria is a specifically Italian institution more akin to an eating club than a conventional restaurant. ... Tutti frutti can mean several things: Tutti frutti (Italian for all fruits, many fruits) is a confection, in most cases ice cream, containing a variety of chopped and usually candied fruits. ... Vermicelli (Italian: ver-mih-CHEL-lee, lit. ... Zabaglione is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liquor (usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. ... This article is about the fruit. ...

Language and literature

Beatrice 

from Beatrice

canto, subdivision of a long poem 

from canto ="song, singing"

lingua franca 

from lingua franca

motto 

from motto

novel 

from novella, ="short story, tale".

pun 

from puntiglio (originally meaning "a fine point"), diminutive of punto, "point", from the Latin punctus, past participle of pungere, "to prick."

scenario 

from scenario

sonnet 

from sonetto

stanza 

from stanza, ="room"

trill 

from trillo

Beatrice (pronounced bee-a-tris or in Italian bay-a-tree-chay) is a name derived from the Latin name Beatrix. ... A canto is a significant section of a long poem or the highest part in a piece of choral music. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Lingua franca, literally Frankish language in Italian, was originally a mixed language consisting largely of Italian plus a vocabulary drawn from Turkish, Persian, French, Greek and Arabic and used for communication throughout the Middle East. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... This article is about the literary concept. ... A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ... For other uses, see Pun (disambiguation). ... A scenario (from the Italian, that which is pinned to the scenery) is a brief description of an event or a series of events. ... Francesco Petrarca, or Petrarch, one of the best-known early Italian sonnet writers. ... In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ... In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the articulator and the place of articulation. ...

Music

See also: Musical terminology and Italian musical terms

alto 

from alto

basso 

from basso

bassoon 

from bassone

bel canto 

from bel canto

bravura 

from bravura

cadenza 

from cadenza

cantata 

from cantata

canzone 

from canzone

capo 

short for capotasto, from Italian, literally, head of fingerboard

capriccio 

from capriccio ="sudden start, motion, or freak"

castrato 

from castrato

cavatina 

from cavatina

cello 

from violoncello

concert 

from concerto

diva 

from diva

divertimento 

from divertimento

folio 

from foglio, ="leaf"

fantasia 

from fantasia, ="fancy"

forte, a musical direction for 'loud' 

from forte ="strong, loud"

fugue 

from fuga

harmonica 

from armonica

intermezzo 

from intermezzo

libretto 

from libretto

madrigal 

from madrigale

maestro 

from maestro

mandola 

from mandola

mandolin 

from mandolino

obbligato 

from obbligare, ="to oblige"

oboe 

from oboè, òboe (actual Italian form)

ocarina 

from ocarina

opera 

from opera, ="a work produced"

operetta 

from operetta, ="little opera"

oratorio 

from oratorio

orchestra 

from orchestra

piano 

from piano, ="soft"

pianoforte 

from pianoforte, ="soft-strong"

piccolo 

from piccolo, ="small"

presto 

from presto

rondo 

from rondo, ="rondeau"

scena 

from scena, ="scene"

serenade 

from serenata

sinfonia 

from sinfonia, ="symphony"

solfege 

from solfeggio

solo 

from solo

sonata 

from sonata

soprano 

from soprano

sordino 

from sordino

tempo 

from tempo, ="time"

tessitura 

from tessitura, ="texture"

timpani 

from timpani, plural of timpano, ="kettledrum"

trill 

from trillo

trombone 

from trombone, ="large trumpet"

tuba 

from tuba

viola 

from viola

violin 

from violino

This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores. ... For a general, non-language specific list of terms, see Musical terminology A great many musical terms are in Italian. ... This article is about the voice-type. ... A basso (or bass) is a male singer who sings in the lowest vocal range of the human voice. ... The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. ... The term Bel Canto may refer to: Belcanto, a vocal technique; or Bel Canto, a novel by Ann Patchett. ... In classical music, a bravura is a virtuostic passage intended to show off the skill of a performer, generally as a solo, and often in a cadenza. ... In music, a cadenza (Italian for cadence) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a free rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display. ... A cantata (Italian, sung) is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment and generally containing more than one movement. ... Literally song in Italian, a canzone (plural: canzoni) (cognate with English to chant) is an Italian or Provençal song or ballad. ... A capo (short for capotasto, Italian for head of fretboard) is a device used for shortening the strings, and hence raising the pitch, of a stringed instrument such as a guitar, mandolin or banjo. ... A capriccio or caprice is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character. ... A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity. ... For the piece of music known as Cavatina or Theme from The Deer Hunter, see Cavatina (song) Cavatina (Italian diminutive of cavata, the producing of tone from an instrument, plural cavatine) is a musical term, originally a short song of simple character, without a second strain or any repetition of... The violoncello, usually abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as in the ch of check), is a bowed stringed instrument, a member of the violin family. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 Kasia Kowalska concert in Warsaw A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. ... A diva is a great female opera singer, a prima donna. ... Divertimento is a music genre, with most of its examples stemming from the 18th century. ... The fantasia (also English: , German: , French: ) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. ... “Fortissimo” redirects here. ... In music, a fugue (IPA: ) is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred to as voices, irrespective of whether the work is vocal or instrumental. ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... InterMezzo is a distributed file system written for Linux, distributed with a GPL licence. ... Antonio Ghislanzoni, nineteenth century Italian librettist. ... Madrigal may refer to: Madrigal, Spain Trecento-Madrigal, a musical form of the 13th and 14th centuries Madrigal (music), a musical form of the 16th and 17th centuries Madrigal (literature) Madrigal may also be: A city in the computer game Myth The fictional character Anna Madrigal from Armistead Maupins... Look up Maestro, maestro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... mandola A mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Europe, Ireland, and UK) is a stringed musical instrument. ... This article is about the musical instrument. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... The ocarina (IPA: ) is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. ... An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... For the song titled Orchestra, see The Servant (band). ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The piano Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). ... This article is about the instrument in the flute family. ... Presto is an italian word meaning quickly or prompt. ... a rondo is played between episode which are played by non solo people Rondo, and its French equivalent rondeau, is a word that has been used in music in a number of ways, most often in reference to a musical form, but also in reference to a character-type that... A panorama of Schenna (Scena). ... Serenade by Judith Leyster. ... In music, a sinfonia can be one of three things: 1) In the very late Renaissance and early Baroque, a sinfonia was an alternate name for a canzona, fantasia or ricercar. ... Sol-fa redirects here. ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ... This article is about the singing voice part. ... Sordino, also sordoni or sorduni, is an Italian term somewhat promiscuously applied by various writers to contrivances for damping or muting wind, string and percussion instruments (sordini) to a family of archaic wind instruments blown by means of a double reed (sordoni or sordun) and to a string instrument. ... The first two measures of Mozarts Sonata XI, which indicates the tempo as Andante grazioso and a modern editors metronome marking: = 120. “Andante” redirects here. ... In music, tessitura (Italian: texture) is a range of pitches compared to the instrument for which it was intended to be used. ... A timpanist in the United States Air Forces in Europe Band. ... The trill is a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes of a scale (compare mordent and tremolo). ... The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... For other uses, see Tuba (disambiguation). ... The viola (French, alto; German Bratsche) is a bowed string instrument. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ...

Politics

ballot 

from ballottaggio

bandit 

from bandito

Camerlengo 

from Camerlengo

camorra 

from Camorra

doge 

from doge

duce 

from (Il) Duce, which derives from the Latin dux, ducis, meaning commander, leader

fascio 

from fascio

fascism 

from fascismo

generalissimo 

from generalissimo

illuminati 

Italian, from New Latin, from Latin, plural of illuminatus

imbroglio 

from imbroglio, "an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile";the Italian word imbroglio is itself a borrowed word from Vèneto (Venetian) brolio meant a garden, politicians in Venice used to meet in a garden to cement alliances, so to go 'in brolio' meant to cheat or deceive

incognito 

from incognito (from Latin in + cognitus), ="unknown"

irredentism 

from irredentismo

machiavellian 

from Niccolò Machiavelli

manifesto 

from manifesto, ="manifest"

partisan 

from partigiano

Podestà 

from Podestà

politico 

from politico

propaganda 

from propaganda, ="congregation for propagating the faith"

razzia 

from razzia

risorgimento 

from risorgimento

Coat of arms of the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (the escutcheon and motto are proper to the incumbent) The title Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (plu camerlenghi, Italian for Chamberlain) refers to an official of the Papal court---either the Chamberlain of the Roman Church, the... The camorra is a mafia-like criminal organization, or secret society, in the region of Campania and the city of Naples in Italy. ... The word doge (pronounced /dôdj/ in English, /do-dje/ in Italian; plural dogi or doges) is a dialectical Italian word (in standard Italian it became duce) that comes from Latin dux, meaning leader, especially military, and giving rise to the noble or princely title duke in English. ... Duce is an Italian word meaning leader, derived from Latin word dux of the same meaning, of which Duke is a derivation. ... Fascio (plural: fasci) is an Italian language word which was used in the late 19th century to refer to radical political groups of many different (and sometimes opposing) orientations. ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on, but not limited to, ethnic, cultural, or racial attributes. ... Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Generalissimo or Generalissimus is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to a Field Marshal or Grand Admiral. ... For other uses, see Illuminati (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... irredentism is position advocating annexation of territories administered by another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ... Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. ... Look up manifesto in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Partisan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Palace of the Podestà in Florence, known as the Palazzo Vecchio or the Palazzo della Signoria Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later middle ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state (like otherwise styled counterparts in other cities... A politico or pol is a person involved in politics. ... Soviet Propaganda Poster during World War II. The text reads Red Army Fighter, SAVE US! Chinese propaganda poster from the time of the Cultural Revolution. ... Ghawz (plural ghazawāt) is an Arabic word meaning an armed incursion for the purposes of conquest, plunder, or the capture of slaves. ... Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy...

Science and medicine

algebra 

from algebra

breccia 

from breccia

gabbro 

from gabbro

granite 

from granito ,derivative of grano, ="grain"

gonzo 

from gonzo, ="fool(ish)"

influenza 

from influenza

lagoon 

from laguna,

lava 

from lava

lazaretto 

from lazzaretto, alteration of Nazaretto, quarantine station in Venice, from Santa Maria di Nazareth, church on the island where it was located

malaria 

from malaria, contraction of mala, ="bad" and aria, "air"

medico 

from medico

neutrino 

from neutrino, ="little neutron"

pellagra 

from pellagra, contraction of pelle, ="skin" and agra, "acid, sour"

peperino 

from peperino

pozzolana 

from pozzolana

race 

from razza

rocket 

from rocchetto

scalpel 

from scalpello, ="chisel"

torso 

from torso, ="stalk, stump"

travertine 

from travertino

tufa 

from tufa

tuff 

from tufo

volcano 

from vulcano (from Latin vulcanus)

This article is about the branch of mathematics. ... Breccia, derived from the Latin word for broken, is a sedimentary rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material. ... Gabbro specimen. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gonzo journalism. ... Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by an RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). ... This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... Look up lava, Aa, pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. ... For other uses, see Neutrino (disambiguation). ... Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency disease caused by dietary lack of niacin (vitamin B3) and protein, especially proteins containing the essential amino acid tryptophan. ... Peperino is an Italian name applied to a brown or grey volcanic tuff, containing fragments of basalt and limestone, with disseminated crystals of augite, mica, magnetite, leucite, and other similar minerals. ... Pozzolana is a fine sandy volcanic ash, originally discovered and dug at Pozzuoli in the region around Vesuvius, but later at a number of other sites. ... For other uses, see Race (disambiguation). ... This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. ... A scalpel is a very sharp knife used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts. ... The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ... Travertine Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park A carving in travertine Travertine is a sedimentary rock. ... Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. ... Welded tuff at Golden Gate in Yellowstone National Park Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. ... Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska photographed from the International Space Station For other uses, see Volcano (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

Other words

agio 

from agio

alarm 

from all'arme (allarme in modern standard Italian), =literally, "to the arms"

alert 

from all'erta (allerta in modern standard Italian), =literally, "on the ascent"

archipelago 

from arcipelago

arsenal 

from arsenale

assassin 

from assassino

attack 

from attaccare

attitude 

from attitudine

autostrada 

from autostrada

ballerina 

from ballerina

ballet 

from balletto

balloon 

from pallone

bambino 

from bambino, ="child", "baby"

bank 

from banco or banca, ="bench"

bankrupt 

from banco or banca, ="bench" and rotto, ="broken"

Barbarossa 

nickname given to the German emperor Friedrich I, from barba, ="beard" and rossa (feminine form of rosso), ="red"

bella figura 

from bella figura

ben trovato 

from ben trovato

bersagliere 

from bersagliere

bimbo 

from bimbo, ="child", "baby"

biretta 

from biretta

bizarre 

from bizzarro

bocce 

from bocce, plural form of boccia ="ball"

bomb 

from bomba

bordello 

from bordello, ="brothel"

brave 

from bravo courageous, wild, probably from Latin barbarus barbarous

bravo 

from bravo, ="skillful, good (at something), brave (not very common in current Italian)"

brilliant 

from French brillant, present participle of briller to shine, from Italian brillare

buffalo 

from bufalo

buffoon 

from buffone

bulletin 

from bolletino

camauro 

from camauro

Campo Santo 

from campo santo

cannon 

from cannone

capuchin 

from cappuccino

carabiniere 

from carabiniere

carat 

from carato

caravan (disambiguation) 

from caravana or carovana

caress 

from carezza

carnival 

from carnevale

carousel 

from carosello

cartridge 

from cartoccio

cascade 

from cascata

cash 

from modification of Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French casse money box, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa chest

casino 

from casino, ="small house", diminutive of casa In current Italian, it means a lot of noise, a mess, or a brothel.

catenaccio 

from catenaccio

Cavalier 

from cavaliere, ="chevalier"

ciao 

from ciao

cicala 

from cicala, ="cicada"

cicerone 

from cicerone

colonel 

from colonnello

condottiere 

from condottiero

consigliere 

from consigliere

corna 

from corna

courtesan 

from cortigiana

cozen 

from cozzone

credit 

from credito, ="credit, belief, or balance"

debit 

from debito, ="debt"

disaster 

from disastro

ditto 

from ditto, now detto, said

donna 

from donna

extravaganza 

from stravaganza

festa 

from festa, ="feast"

fiasco 

from fare fiasco, ="to make a bottle"

fico 

from fico, ="fig"

finale 

from finale, ="final"

florin 

from fiorino

fugazi 

from fugazi =Italian-American slang term for something that is "forged/not authentic"

gambado 

from gambale, from gamba leg

gazette 

from gazzetta

ghetto 

from ghetto

ghibli 

from ghibli

giraffe 

from giraffa

girandole 

from girandola

giro 

from giro

gondola 

from gondola

gran turismo 

from gran turismo, ="grand touring"

group 

from gruppo

Harlequin 

from Arlecchino

impresa 

from impresa

impresario 

from impresario

innamorato 

from innamorato

inferno 

from inferno, ="hell"

in petto 

from in petto, literally, "in the breast"

jeans 

from blu di Genova

literati 

from obsolete Italian litterati, from Latin, plural of litteratus

lottery 

from lotteria

lotto 

from lotto

magazine 

from magazzino

mafia 

from mafia

mafioso 

from mafioso

magnifico 

from magnifico

Mamma Mia 

from mamma mia

manage 

from maneggiare

marina 

from marina

monster

from mostro

morra 

from morra

mozzetta

from mozzetta

musket 

from moschetto

mustachio 

from mustacchio, ="mustache"

ogre 

from orco, ="demon, monster"

omertà 

from omertà

pants 

from pantalone

paparazzo 

from Paparazzi, the surname of a character in a movie by Fellini

parasol 

from parasole

pedal 

from pedale

pilot 

from pilota

pistol 

from the city of Pistoia, Tuscany

piston 

from pistone

pococurante 

from poco curante, ="caring little"

policy 

from polizza

poltroon

from poltrone, ="lazy person, idler", from poltrona, armchair

pontoon 

from pontone, augmentative of ponte, ="bridge"

portfolio 

from portafoglio

previdential 

from previdenza

punchinello 

from Neapolitan language pucinella

regatta 

from regata

risk 

from rischio

riviera 

from riviera

saltarello 

from saltarello

sansevieria 

from Raimondo di Sangro, prince of San Severo died 1774 Italian scholar

scaramouche 

from scaramuccia, ="skirmish"

sedan 

from sede, a southern Italian dialect derivative of "chair"

sequin 

from zecchino

simpatico 

from simpatico

sirocco 

from scirocco

skirmish 

from scaramuccia

squad 

from squadra

squadron 

from squadrone

stiletto 

from stiletto, ="little dagger"

strappado 

from strappata

taffeta 

from taffettà

tariff 

from tariffa

tarot 

from tarocchi

tifoso 

from tifoso, plural tifosi

tinge 

from tingere, ="to dye or to colour"

tombola 

from tombolare, ="to tumble, fall upside down"

tombolo 

from tombolo

traffic 

from Middle French trafique, from Old Italian traffico, from trafficare to traffic

trampoline 

from trampolino

turban 

from turbante

umbrella 

from ombrello, diminutive of ombra, ="shade"

valuta 

from valuta, ="value"

vendetta 

from vendetta, ="vengeance"

vista 

from vista

viva 

from viva

zany 

from Zanni a dialectal form of Giovanni, a Commedia dell'arte character

zero 

from zero

zucchetto 

from zucchetto

For a list of words with Italian language origins, see the Italian derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary