Italian–English dictionary

voglia

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

voglia matta

A constant teasing desire or want.

voglioso

In eager desire, eager, astir.

voi

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

voi stesse

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

voi stessi

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

voivodato

(countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.

volano

(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.

volant

(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.

volante

That flies or can fly.

volantino

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

volare

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

volare da solo

To perform something in the absence of anyone else.

volare via

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

volata

(collective) A small group of persons, especially of girls and women.

volatile

(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).

volatore

(dated) An airplane pilot.

volée

(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.

volente o nolente

Inevitably; of necessity.

volenteroso

Of or relating to voluntarism.

volentieri

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

volere

To want emotionally or sexually.

volere bene

(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

volere dire

(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

volete

Used to make a polite request: please.

volgare

(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

volgersi

(intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.

volgo

The common people; the commonality.

voliera

A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]

volitività

A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]

volizione

A conscious choice or decision. [from early 17th c.]

volley

(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

volo

A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.

volontà

The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.

volontariamente

In a voluntary manner.

volontario

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

volovelista

A pilot of glider aircraft.

volpe

A female fox.

volpina

A female fox.

volt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

volta

A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. [from 16th c.]

voltagabbana

(figurative) A reversal in direction; a reversal of attitude or opinion.

voltaggio

(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

voltare

To stir or mix (a salad).

volteggiare

To remain stationary or float in the air.

volteggio

An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.

volto

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

voltolino americano

A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

volubile

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

volubilità

The quality of being flighty.

volume

Size, specifically, volume.

volumetrico

Pertaining to measurement by volume.

voluminoso

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

voluta

(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.

voluto

Done on purpose; intentional.

voluttà

(uncountable) Sexual enjoyment.

voluttuoso

(of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

volverina

A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.

vombato

Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.

vomitare

(South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.

vomito

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.

voodoo

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

vorace

Very hungry.

voragine

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Vormazia

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

vorticale

Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]

vorticare

(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.

vortice

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

vorticoso

Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]

vostra

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vostre

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vostri

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

vostro

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).

votare

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

votazione

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

votivo

Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.

voto

A nearly extinct Finno-Ugric language spoken in Ingria.

voto a favore

A vote of support or in favor of something.

voucher

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

voyeur

A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.

vucumprà

An itinerant seller of small goods.

vudu

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

vulcanizzazione

(engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.

vulcano

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

vulnerabile

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

vulnerabilità

(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

vulva

(anatomy) The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.

vuotare

(transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.

vuoto

Having no supplies.

wafer

A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

walchiria

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

Walhalla

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

walkiria

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

wallaby

Any of several species of macropod; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.

wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

wasabi

A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).

water

(UK, AU, HK) A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

water closet

(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation and sink but no bathtub or shower.

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

wavelet

(mathematics) A fast-decaying oscillation.

WC

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

Web

the World Wide Web.

webcam

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

weber

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

weekend

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

Wellington

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

Weltanschauung

A person's personal view of the world and how one interprets it; any ingroup's or society's mainstream view thereof.

Wendy

A en given name.

western

(Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (cinema) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

whisky

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Wikipedia

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikizionario

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wisconsin

A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

witherite

(mineral) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3

Wolfgang

A German en given name.

wolframio

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

Women

(sports) Clipping of women's team (used in club names, as in [Club Name] Women)

wonton

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

word

(computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register). [from 20th c.]

workaround

(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.

workshop

A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

workstation

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

Worms

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wyoming

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

XBox

(video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.

xeno

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xenobiotico

Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.

xenofobia

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xenofobo

One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners.

xenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xeres

(uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

xerocopiare

(Philippines, India, dated, _, in, _, North America) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.

xi

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

xilofono

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

yacht

(watercraft) A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

yak

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

Yalta

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

Yap

An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

yard

(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.

Yemen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

yen

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

Yeshivah

(schools, Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.

yeti

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

yiddish

Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.

yoga

Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

yogurt

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

York

A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England.

Yorkshire

England's largest county. Situated in the north-east of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.

yuan

(currencies) The basic unit of money in China.