Italian–English dictionary

fiottare

To flow with a bubbling sound.

fireball

(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.

Firenze

A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Florence and the region of Tuscany, Italy.

firma

A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.

firmamento

With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.

firmare

(transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).

firmatario

One who signs or has signed something.

firmato

(of a person) Having signed at the end of a document.

firmware

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

fisarmonica

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

fiscale

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

fiscaleggiare

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

fischiare

(intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.

fischiatore

Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.

fischietto

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

fischio

(countable) The noise of a horn or whistle.

fisica

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fisicismo

(philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.

fisico

A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.

fisiologia

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fisiologico

Of, or relating to physiology.

fisionomia

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

fisiopatologia

(pathology) The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.

fissa

An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.

fissare

(transitive, legal) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).

fissare (con uno spillo)

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

fissare con filo metallico

To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.

fissarsi

(figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

fissato

(with, on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.

fissatore

(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.

fissazione

(idiomatic) Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession.

fissionare

(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.

fissione

The process whereby one item splits to become two.

fisso

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]

fistola

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fitoterapeuta

A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

fitta

(countable, and, uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.

fittizio

Invented, as opposed to real.

fitto

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

fiumana

(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.

fiume

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Fiume Azzurro

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

fiumicello

(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.

fiutare

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

fiuto

(by extension) Skill at finding information.

flaccido

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

flag

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

flagelare

(transitive) To whip or scourge.

flagellare

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

flagellato

(biology) Any organism that has flagella.

flagellatore

(BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.

flagellazione

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.

flagello

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

flaggare

(computing) To set a program variable to true.

flagrante

Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

flame

(Internet, somewhat, dated) An aggressively insulting criticism or remark.

flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flammare

(Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).

flanella

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flangia

An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.

flato

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

flatulente

Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.

flatulento

Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.

flatulenza

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

flautare

(intransitive) To play on a flute.

flauto

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flauto di Pan

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flauto dolce

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flauto traverso

A transverse (side-blown) woodwind instrument made of metal or wood.

flebile

Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.

flebo

(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.

flebotomia

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

flemma

Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]

flemmatico

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

flemmone

A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.

fleo

Other species of genus Phleum.

fleolo

Other species of genus Phleum.

flessibile

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

flessibilità

(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.

flessibilizzare

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

flessiblie

Able to vary or be varied.

flessione

(countable) An act of flexing.

flessuosità

The state of being graceful.

fletano

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

flettere

(transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.

flettersi

(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

flippato

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

flipper

(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

flirtare

(transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.

floema

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

floppy

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

floppy disk

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

florale

Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.

floreale

(historical) The eighth month of the French Republican Calendar, from April 20 or 21 to May 19 or 20.

florido

That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.

florilegio

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

floscia

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

floscio

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

flotta

A group of vessels or vehicles.

flottiglia

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

flox

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

fluente

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

fluidamente

In a fluid manner; smoothly.

fluidità

Smoothness or continuity.

fluido

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

fluire

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

fluorescente

Of or relating to fluorescence.

fluoruro

(chemistry) The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

fluoxetina

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.

flussante

A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

flusso

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

flusso anomalo

A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

flusso mediatico predominante

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

flusso sanguigno

The continuous circulation of blood in the cardiovascular system; bloodstream.

flute

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

flutti

Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.

fluttino

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

fluttuazione

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

fobia

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

foca

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

focalizzare

(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

focalizzato

Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.

focato

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

foccalabindella

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]

foce

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

focena

Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.

focolare

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

focolare domestico

(figurative) Home or family life.

focoso

Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

fodera

A covering for the inside surface of something.

foderare

(transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.

fodero

The sheath of a sword.

foga

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

foggia

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

foggiatore

One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

foglia

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

foglia di tè

(mostly, in the plural) A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.

fogliame

The leaves of plants.

foglio

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

foglio di calcolo

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

fogliolina

(botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.

foglioso

leafy or leaf-like.

fogna

(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.

fognatura

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

foia

The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

fola

A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.

folaga

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

folata

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

foletta

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.

foletto

(mythological creature) A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.