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# italian

adjective (Italian — with a capital I); noun (an Italian, Italians; Italian — the language)

«italian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Italian means from or about Italy, a country in southern Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#m1)
2. An Italian is a person from Italy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#m2)
3. Italian is the language spoken in Italy and parts of Switzerland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life Italian food like pizza, pasta and gelato is popular everywhere; many towns in the US, Canada and Australia have Italian communities. In geography lessons Italy is shaped like a boot. In music, many words like «piano», «forte» and «tempo» are Italian. Phrases: «Italian food», «speak Italian», «an Italian restaurant», «Italian-American».

### Examples

- We had dinner at an Italian restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x1)
- Pizza is a famous Italian food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x2)
- My friend's grandma is Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x3)
- She is learning to speak Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x4)
- «Ciao» means hello in Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x5)
- Many music words come from Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x6)
- Rome is the capital of Italy, and the people there are Italians. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x7)
- The Italian team won the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x8)
- It occurs in Swift and in modern Italian folk-lore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/#x9)

### Note

Always a capital I: Italian, Italy. Stress: i-TAL-ian (not EYE-talian, which can sound rude). Plural: Italians. «Italic» writing (slanted letters) is named after Italy.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «italian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«italian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/italian.html) on Mova free.