Italian–English dictionary

crusca

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

cruscotto

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

csi

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

cu

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

cu cu

The sound of that particular bird.

Cuba

A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.

cubana

A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

cubane

A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

cubani

A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.

cubano

Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.

cubettare

(transitive) To cut into cubes.

cubico

(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

cubicolo

A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy and safety by children

cubo

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

cuboide

Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

cuccagna

(medieval folklore) A land of plenty, luxury and idleness.

cuccetta

One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.

cucchiaiata

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

cucchiaino

A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.

cucchiaino da tè

A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.

cucchiaio

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

cucchiaio da minestra

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

cucchiaio da tavola

(Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.

cuccia

A house or shelter for a dog.

cucciolata

(countable) The whole group of live young born at the same time, typically in reference to mammals or (figurative, pejorative) unpleasant people or objects. [1486]

cucciolo

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

cuccu

The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

cuccuma

(cookware) any vessel (such as a saucepan), with or without a lid, used to cook food

cucina

(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.

cucinare

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

cucinato

(of food) Prepared by cooking.

cucitrice

A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.

cucitura

(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

cucù

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

cuculo

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.

cucuma

(cookware) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

cudù

A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).

cuffia

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

cuffie

A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

cugina

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

cugino

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

cui

(mostly, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom, that; which remains possible with words also referred to by it such as baby, child).

cul de sac

(idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.

culaccio

(US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.

culatta

(firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]

culinaria

(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.

culinario

Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

culla

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

cullare

(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).

culmine

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]

culo

(informal, _, or, _, childish, chiefly, Commonwealth) The buttocks.

culto

(of a person) cultured, refined, educated

cultura

(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.

culturale

Pertaining to culture.

culturalmente

Related to culture.

cumolo

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.

cumulata

Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.

cumulativo

Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.

cumulato

Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.

cumulo

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

cuna

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

cuneo

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

cunetta

A ditch along the side of a road.

cunicolo

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

cunnilinguo

Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.

cunnilingus

Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.

cuoca

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

cuocere

(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).

cuocere troppo

(transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).

cuocersi

(intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

cuoco

(cooking) A person who prepares food.

cuoio

A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.

cuoio capelluto

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

cuoio greggio

Untanned hide.

Cuor di Leone

The nickname of Richard I of England.

cuore

(literary) A very remote part.

cuore pulsante

A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.

cuori

(card games) A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.

cupamente

With a dark appearance.

cupidigia

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

cupidità

Extreme greed, especially for wealth.

Cupido

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.

cupo

Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

cupola

(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

cura

Close attention; concern; responsibility.

curabile

Capable of being cured.

curare

(intransitive) (with for) To look after or look out for.

curare il proprio aspetto

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

curare la propria persona

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

curaro

A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

curarsi

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

curatela

The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.

curativo

Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

curatore

A person who edited a specific document.

curatrice

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

curculione

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

curcuma

A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.

curcumina

(organic compound, biochemistry) A polyphenol (1E,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione; a major constituent of the spice turmeric.

Curdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

curdo

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

curiosamente

In an unusual manner.

curioso

Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

curling

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

cursore

(computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.

curva

A curve.

curva a gomito

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

curva in forma parametrica

(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

curvare

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

curvarsi

(transitive) To cause to change direction.

curvatura

The shape of something curved.

curvo

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

curvoso

(of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

cuscinetto

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

cuscino

A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

cuscino d'aria

A layer of trapped air that supports a hovercraft.

cuscino salvavita

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

cuscus

A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

cuscuta

Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

cuspide

The highest point.

custode

A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

custode dello zoo

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

custodia

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

custodire

To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.

customizzare

To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.

customizzazione

The act of customizing something.

Cutberto

A en given name.

cutter

(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.

cyberattacco

An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.

cyberspazio

A world of information accessed through the Internet.

cyborg

(scifi) A being which is part machine and part organic.

d'accordo

Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.

d'aiuto

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

d'improvviso

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

d'oh!

Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

d'oro

Made of gold.

d'ottone

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

d'ufficio

Of or relating to clerks or their work.

d'uva

Of a dark purplish red colour.

d’ora in avanti

(formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.

d’ora in poi

(formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.

da

In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.

da agnellino

Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.

da allora

From a specified time in the past.

da asporto

(chiefly, UK, Australia, South Africa, and, New Zealand) A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere.

da banco

(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

da coccolare

Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

da cui

(literary, poetic) Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence

da dove

(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.

da est

From the East; oriental.

da incubo

Resembling a nightmare.