Italian–English dictionary

istigatore

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

istigatrice

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

istigazione

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

istintivamente

Innately; by instinct; without being taught.

istinto

A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.

istituire

(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

istituto

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

istitutore

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

istitutrice

A woman paid to educate children in their own home.

istituzionale

Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.

istituzione

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

istmo

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

Istria

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

istrice

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

istrionesco

Of or relating to actors or acting.

istrionico

Of or relating to actors or acting.

istruire

(transitive) To instruct or train.

istruito

(of a person) cultured, refined, educated

istruttivo

Instructive, or helping to educate.

istruttore

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

istruttrice

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

istruzione

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

istruzioni d'uso

(in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

istupidire

(transitive) To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.

ità

Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

Itaca

An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.

Italia

A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.

italiana

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

italiano

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

ite

(pathology) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.

iter

A particular method for performing a task.

iterazione

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

itinerante

Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

itineranza

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.

itinerario

The itinerary of a race.

itterizia

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

ittero

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

ittita

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

ittito

A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia.

iù

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

iugoslava

(historical) A native of Yugoslavia.

Iugoslavia

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

iugoslavo

(historical) Of or relating to Yugoslavia.

iurta

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

iuta

(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

Iutlandia

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

iva

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

Ivanovič

A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”).

ive

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

ivi

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

ivo

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

Izebel

(biblical character) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings), and who incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.

Jacopo

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

Jalta

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

jambalaya

Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.

jamboree

(scouting) A large rally of Scouts or Guides.

Java

(computer language) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.

JavaScript

(computer language) A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.

Javè

(religion) YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions.

jazz

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

jeans

denim trousers

Jeju

An island, province, and city in South Korea.

Jersey

An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.

jet lag

(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.

jihad

(Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

jinn

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

jinrikisha

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

jockey

One who rides racehorses competitively.

jodel

A song incorporating yodelling.

jogging

The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.

jolly

A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

joystick

A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.

judaisimo

An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.

judo

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

Jugoslavia

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

jujitsu

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

juke-box

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]

junco occhiscuri

A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.

Jutland

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

kaama

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Kabul

The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

kafkiano

Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.

kaiser

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

Kalahari

large desert in Southern Africa

Kali

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.

Kandahar

A city, the capital of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

kanji

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

kannada

The Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, India.

kappa

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Karachi

The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

karaoke

(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.

karité

The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

karmico

Of or pertaining to karma.

Karnataka

A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.

katakana

(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.

Katmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

Kazakistan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kazakstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kazan'

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

kazoo

(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.

kebab

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Kenia

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

keniano

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

keniota

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

Kent

A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

Kenya

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

kernel

(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.

ket

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

ketchup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

kettlebell

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

khan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Khartum

The capital city of Sudan.

khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

kibbutz

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kickare

(transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

Kilimangiaro

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

killer

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilocaloria

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.

kilociclo

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

kilohertz

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

kimchi

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

kimono

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

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

kippah

(Judaism, headwear) The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

kirsch

(often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.

Kissinger

A surname.

kitsch

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

kiwi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

klingon

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

klingoniana

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

klingoniano

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

knut

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

koala

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

kombinat

An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

kongoni

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Kraken

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.

krapfen

A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.

kripto

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kristiania

(skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.

krypto

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kryptonite

(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

ksi

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

kudu

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

Kurdistan

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

kylix

An Ancient Greek drinking cup with a stem, two handles, and a broad, shallow body.

Kyoto

A prefecture of Japan.

l'

The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...

l'arcano senza nome

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

l'ignoranza è una benedizione

A lack of knowledge or awareness about certain facts or situations results in happiness or reduced anxiety.