Italian–English dictionary

chiarimento

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

chiarina

(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.

chiarire

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

chiaro

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

chiaro di luna

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

chiarore

(painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

chiaroveggente

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

chiaroveggenza

(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.

chiasso

A complaint or noise; a scene.

chiassoso

(archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

chiatta

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

chiavare

(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

chiavata

(informal, countable, chiefly, UK) An act of sexual intercourse.

chiave

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

chiave di basso

The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

chiave di fa

(music) a clef which indicates the position of F below middle C in a given staff.

chiave di lettura

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

chiave di volta

The highest part of an arch.

chiave inglese

A wrench (spanner) with an adjustable jaw.

chiave piatta

(US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]

chiavi in mano

Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).

chiavica

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

chiavistello

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

chiazza

(countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad on the skin.

chiazzato

Marked with dots or spots, spotted.

chiazzatura

An uneven patch of color or discoloration.

chic

(chiefly, uncountable) Good form; style.

Chicago

A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.

chicane

(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]

chicca

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

chicco

(botany) A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.

chicco di caffè

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

chiedere

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

chiedere perdono

(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.

chiedere scusa

(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.

chiedersi

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

chierere

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

chierico

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

chiesa

(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]

chiesetta

(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

chifel

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

chifer

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

chiffero

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

chiffon

A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.

chiglia

(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.

chihuahua

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

chilo

A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

chilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

chilocaloria

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

chilociclo

(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.

chilogrammo

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

chilohertz

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

chilometro

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

chimera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

chimica

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

chimicamente

Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.

chimico

Of or relating to chemistry.

chimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

china

A black ink, made from lampblack, used for printing and artwork.

chinatown

A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

chincaglieria

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

chinino

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

chiocciare

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

chioccio

The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.

chiocciola

(computing) The symbol @, used in e-mail addresses to separate the user name from the domain name.

chiodare

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]

chiodato

Having studs.

chiodino

A parasitic mushroom of the genus Armillaria that lives on trees and shrubs.

chiodo

The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

chiodo di garofano

(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

chioma

All the hair that covers the scalp of a person (excludes the beard and moustache)

chiosa

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

chiosare

(transitive) To add annotation to.

chiosco

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

chiosco della musica

A small, open-air platform or enclosure for bands to play on, usually roofed.

chip

(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.

chiropratico

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chirurgia

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chirurgicamente

Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.

chirurgo

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chissà

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

chitarra

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

chitarrata

(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

chitarrista

Someone who plays a guitar.

chiudere

(transitive, slang) To shut up.

chiudere a chiave

(transitive) To fasten with a lock.

chiudere ermeticamente

(transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.

chiunque

Any person; anybody.

chiusa

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

chiuso

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

chiuso in sé

Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.

chiusura

A protective cover or seal.

chiusura di sicurezza

A protective cover or seal.

choc

(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.

chorizo

A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.

Chruščëv

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

churro

A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

chutney

A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]

ci

(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

ci mancherebbe altro

(idiomatic, subjunctive) indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable

ciabatta

A broad, flat, white Italian bread.

ciabattina

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

ciabattino

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

cialda

A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.

ciambella

A ring-shaped cake, of German origin, baked in a decorative, often fluted, mould.

ciambellano

A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.

ciancia

Idle talk; senseless prattle

cianciare

To blab; to reveal a secret.

ciancione

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

cianfrinare

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

cianfruglione

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

cianfrusaglia

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

ciano

An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.

cianuro

(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.

ciao

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

ciao, ci vediamo

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

ciarlare

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

ciarlataneria

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

ciarlatano

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

ciascuno

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

cibaria

(Newfoundland, South Africa, and, British Army, _, slang) Food.

cibarsi

(transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.

ciber-

(Internet) Relating to the Internet or cyberspace, or to computers more generally.

ciberspazio

A world of information accessed through the Internet.

cibo

(uncountable) Food and drink.

cicala

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

cicalare

(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.

cicalino

A device that makes a buzzing sound.

cicatrice

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

ciccia

(informal) Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.

ciccioli

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

ciccione

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

cicciottello

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

cicciuto

Of a person: slightly overweight, somewhat fat, and hence plump, rounded, and soft.

Cicerone

The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).

cicisbeo

(now, chiefly, historical) A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.

ciclismo

(uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

ciclista

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

ciclo

A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.

ciclo completo

(finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.

cicloalcano

(organic compound) Any saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.

cicloesano

(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.

cicloesene

(organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.

ciclomotore

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

ciclone

(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.

ciclope

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.

cicoria

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

cicuta

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

ciecamente

Without seeing; unseeingly.

cieco

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.