Italian–English dictionary

copista

A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

coppa

A protective cover or seal.

coppia

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

coppo

A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.

copri piumino

(US) Short for duvet cover.

copricapo

A covering for the head.

copriletto

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

coprire

(intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)

copulare

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

copulatore

(especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner.

copyright

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

coraggio

(uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.

coraggiosamente

In a bold manner; with confidence.

coraggioso

Courageous, daring.

corale

Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

corallina

Made of coral.

corallino

Made of coral.

coramella

A broad, heavy leather strop, designed to whet a razor on

corata

The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

coratella

The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

corazza

(uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.

corazzata

A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.

corbelleria

Nonsense; senseless talk.

corda

(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

cordaggio

(nautical) Bundles of fibres twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.

cordaio

A maker of ropes.

cordame

(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

cordiale

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

cordiali saluti

(idiomatic) Used as a polite closing of a letter

cordiera

(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.

cordigliere

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

cordolo

(British spelling) .

cordoncino

A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).

Corea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

coreana

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

coreano

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

coreografa

A person who choreographs.

coreografo

A person who choreographs.

coriaceo

(botany) Resembling leather; leathery.

coriandoli

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

coriandolo

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

coricarsi

To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.

corindone

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

Corinto

A port city in Greece.

Corinzi

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

corinzio

Of or relating to Corinth.

coriza

(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.

cormo

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

cormorano

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

cornacchia

The common European black crow Corvus corone.

cornamusa

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

cornata

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.

cornea

(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

Cornelia

A en given name in quiet use since the 18th century.

Cornelio

A en given name.

corneo

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

cornetta

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

cornetto

(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.

cornice

A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

cornicione

(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.

cornico

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

corno principale

(anatomical, informal) The principal stem of the antler of a deer.

Čornobyl'

A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.

cornovagliese

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

cornucopia

(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

cornuto

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

corolla

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

corollario

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

corona

A crown for covering a tooth.

corona d'alloro

A crown of laurel.

coronale

(phonetics) Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.

coronamento

(figurative) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.

coronato dal successo

Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.

coronazione

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

corpetto

(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

corpino

A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.

corpo

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]

corporalmente

Pertaining to the whole body or mass; wholly.

corporatura

The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

corporazione

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

corporeità

(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.

corposo

Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.

corpulento

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

corpus

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

corpuscolo

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

corpuzzo

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

Corrado

A en given name.

correa

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

corredare

(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

corredo

(archaeology) The artefacts (jewellery, animals, slaves, etc) buried with a dead person in a grave or tomb.

correggere

(transitive) To make better; improve.

correggia

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

correggiato

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

correlazione

A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.

corrente

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

corrente [[d']]aria

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

corrente ascensionale

(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.

corrente contraria

A current that flows against the prevailing one.

correntemente

In a fluent manner, as expressing oneself easily, especially in a foreign language.

correo

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

correre

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.

correttamente

In a correct manner.

correttezza

The property of being fair or equitable.

corretto

Free from error; true; accurate.

corridoio

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

corridoio aereo

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

corriera

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.

corriere

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

corrigendo

A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

corrimano

A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

corrispettivo

(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

corrispondente

Present together.

corrispondente libero

(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.

corrispondenza

(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.

corrispondere

(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.

corroborare

(figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.

corroborazione

(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

corrodere

(transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

corrompere

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

corrotto

In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

corrucciamento

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

corrucciarsi

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

corruccio

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

corrugare

(transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.

corrugarsi

(intransitive) To become wrinkled.

corrugato

(of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.

corruscare

(intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

corruscazione

A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.

corsa

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

corsa di cavalli

Any of several annual horse races.

corsaro

A pirate.

corsetta

A quick pace, faster than a walk.

corsetto

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

corsia

A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

Corsica

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

corsiero

(historical, military) A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry (of a lighter build than a destrier).

corsivo

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

corso

Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

corso d'acqua

A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

corso di laurea

(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

Corte

A French commune in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica.

corteccia

(countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.

corteggiamento

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

corteggiare

(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.

corteggiatore

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

corteggio

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

corteo

The act of progressing or proceeding.

corteo di auto

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

corteo di automobili

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

cortese

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.