Italian–English dictionary

mucillagine

(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds

muco

(physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

muda

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

muffa

(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

muffola

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

muftì

(countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

muggine

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

muggire

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

muggito

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

Mugnai

(countable) An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.

mugnaia

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

mugnaio

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

mugugno

A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.

mulatta

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mulattiera

A road or other similar beaten path.

mulatto

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

muletto

(nautical) A small auxiliary engine.

muliebre

Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

mulinara

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

mulinaro

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

mulinello

A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

mulino

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

mulino a vento

The building or structure containing such machinery.

mulo

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

multa

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

multare

(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

multi-

Many; pertaining to many things.

multicolore

Having many colours; variegated.

multiforme

Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

multimilionaria

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

multimilionario

Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

multinazionale

A multinational company.

multiplo

Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).

multisala

A cineplex.

multiverso

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

mummia

A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

mungere

(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

mungitore

A person who milks.

mungitrice

A person who milks.

mungitura

The act by which any animal is milked.

municipalità

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

municipio

An administrative division of an area.

munifico

(of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

munire di arpionismo

(transitive) To cause (something) to become incremented or decremented.

munire di chiuse

To furnish (a canal) with locks.

munito di punte

Having one or more spikes; spiny.

munizione

An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.

munizioni

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

muovere

(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

muoversi

(colloquial) Hurry up; be quick.

muoversi con fluidità

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

muoversi furtivamente

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

mura

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

muraglia

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

murales

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

murare

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

muratore

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

murena

Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

muro

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

Musa

One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.

muschio

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

muscolare

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

muscolo

A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.

muscolosità

(bodybuilding) The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.

muscoloso

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

muscovite

(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.

muse

Of a person: a source of inspiration.

museo

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Museo del Louvre

A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.

museruola

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

musicale

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

musicalità

The condition of being musical.

musicalmente

In a musical manner.

musicista

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

musico

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

muso

(slang, often, derogatory) The face.

muso giallo

(vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

mussola

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

mussolina

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

Mussolini

A surname from Italian.

Mustafà

A en given name used by Muslims.

musulmana

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

musulmano

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

muta

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

mutaforma

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

mutageno

Any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.

mutamento

A change in temperament or circumstance.

mutamento climatico

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

mutamento di paradigma

(sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962]

mutanda

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

mutande

(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

mutandine

Underpants for women and girls.

mutante

(genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

mutare

(intransitive) To become something different.

mutevole

Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

mutevolezza

The quality of being flighty.

mutezza

(dated, now, offensive) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.

mutilare

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

mutilata

A person who has had one or more limbs removed.

mutilato

A person who has had one or more limbs removed.

mutilazione

The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

mutismo

A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.

muto

Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

mutualismo

(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.

mutualità

The property of being mutual.

mutuo

(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

Myanmar

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).

n-

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

n.

Abbreviation of number.

N.A.T.O.

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

n.ro

Abbreviation of number.

nababbo

(by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

nabbo

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.

Nabucodonosor

A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.

nacchere

(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.

nadir

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

naia

A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.

nailon

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

namaskar

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

namaste

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

namastèe

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

Namibia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

nana

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Nanchino

A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.

nandù

A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.

nano

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

nanosecondo

(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns

nanotecnologia

The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).

Naomi

(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

napoleone

(uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.

napoleonico

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.

napoletana

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

napoletano

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

nappa

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

nappina dorata

(historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.

narcisismo

Excessive love of oneself.

Narciso

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

narcolessia

(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.

narcoterrorismo

Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.

narghilè

(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

narice

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Narnia

(fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

narrare

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

narratologia

The study of narrative structure.

narrazione

The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. [1709]

nasare

(transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

nascente

Moving upward; ascending, rising.

nascere

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

nascita

(countable) An instance of childbirth.