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© by Joseph D. Lesser
This dictionary contains about 55,000 english words translated from english to italian.
A Coruña {prop} /ˌɑ kəˈɹunjə/ (city in Galicia) -- La Coruña {f}
A major {n} (major key) -- la maggiore
ABC {n} (alphabet) -- SEE: alphabet
ABC book {n} (primer) -- SEE: primer
AD {adv} (anno Domini) -- d.C. (dopo Cristo)
AIDS {n} /eɪdz/ (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) -- SIDA {f}, AIDS
AKA {prep} (also known as) -- alias, altrimenti detto
ASEAN {prop} (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -- ASEAN, Associazione delle Nazioni del Sud-est asiatico
ATM {n} ((banking) Automated Teller Machine) -- bancomat {m}
AWOL {n} (generic: one who is absent without permission) -- assente senza permesso, assente ingiustificato {m}
Aachen {prop} /ˈɑkən/ (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) -- Aquisgrana
Aalenian {prop} (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch) -- aaleniano {m}
Aargau {prop} (canton) -- Argovia
Aaron {prop} /ˈɛɹ.ən/ (biblical brother of Moses) -- Aronne {m}
Aaron {prop} (male given name) -- Aronne
Aaron's rod {n} (goldenrod) -- SEE: goldenrod
Aaron's rod {n} (mullein) -- SEE: mullein
Abbe refractometer {n} /ˈɑ.bə ˌɹi.fɹækˈtɑm.ɪ.tɚ/ (instrument used to measure the refractive index of a liquid) -- rifrattometro di Abbe {m}
Abdullah {prop} /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/ (Muslim given name) -- Abdullah
Abecedarian {n} /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/ (member of a 16th-century sect) -- abecedariano {m}
Abel {prop} /ˈeɪ.bl̩/ (biblical character) -- Abele
Abelard {prop} /ˈæb.ə.ˌlɑɹd/ (male given name) -- Abelardo
Abidjan {prop} /ˌæb.ɪˈdʒɑn/ (the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire) -- Abidjan
Abigail {prop} /ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/ (biblical wife of David) -- Abigail
Abigail {prop} (female given name) -- Abigaille
Abkhaz {adj} /ɑbˈkɑz/ (of or pertaining to Abkhazia) -- abcaso
Abkhaz {prop} (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia) -- abcaso {m}, abcazico {m}
Abkhazia {prop} /æbˈkeɪ.ʒi.ə/ (territory in the Caucasus, see also: Republic of Abkhazia) -- Abcasia {f}, Abkhazia {f}
Abkhazian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Abkhazia) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {n} (Abkhaz) -- SEE: Abkhaz
Abkhazian {prop} (Abkhazian language) -- SEE: Abkhaz
A-bomb {n} (atomic bomb) -- bomba A {f}
Aboriginal {n} (aboriginal) -- SEE: aboriginal
Aboriginal {adj} /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/ (of or pertaining to aborigines) -- aborigeno
Aboriginal {n} (original inhabitant of any land) -- aborigeno {m}
Abraham {prop} /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/ (prophet in the Old Testament) -- Abramo {m}
Abraham {prop} (male given name) -- Abramo {m}
Abraham {prop} (surname) -- Abramo {m}
Abram {prop} /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/ (Old Testament patriarch) -- Abramo
Abruzzi Apennines {prop} (part of the Apennines) -- Appennino abruzzese
Abruzzian {n} (native of Abruzzo) -- abruzzese {m}
Abruzzo {prop} (region of central Italy) -- Abruzzo {m}
Absalom {prop} /ˈæb.sə.ləm/ (male given name) -- Assalonne, Absalone
Abu Dhabi {prop} /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/ (capital of UAE) -- Abu Dhabi
Abundius {prop} (male given name) -- Abbondio {m}
Accra {prop} /ə.ˈkɹɑ/ (capital of Ghana) -- Accra
Achaea {prop} (a region in the northern head of the Peloponnese) -- Acaia
Acheron {prop} /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/ (a river) -- Acheronte {m}
Acheulean {adj} /əˈ(t)ʃuːlɪən/ -- acheuleano
Acheulean {n} -- acheuleano {m}
Achilles {prop} /əˈkɪliːz/ (Greek mythical hero) -- Achille
Achilles heel {n} /əˌkɪl.iːz ˈhiːl/ (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation) -- tallone di Achille, tallone d'Achille {m}
Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) -- tendine di Achille {m}
Acoetes {prop} /əˈsiːtiːz/ (Acoetes) -- Acete {m}
Acre {prop} /ˈeɪ.kə/ (city) -- Acri {m}
Acropolis {prop} /əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/ -- Acropoli
Actium {prop} /ˈæk.ti.əm/ (promontory) -- Azio {f}
Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) -- SEE: Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) -- Atti degli Apostoli {m-p}
Adam {prop} /ˈæ.dəm/ (first man in Abrahamic religions) -- Adamo
Adam {prop} (male given name) -- Adamo
Adam and Eve {prop} (the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) -- Adamo ed Eva
Adam's apple {n} (Citrus medica) -- SEE: citron
Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) -- pomo d'Adamo {m}
Addis Ababa {prop} /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/ (capital of Ethiopia) -- Addis Abeba
Adela {prop} /ˈæ.də.lə/ (female given name) -- Adele {f}
Adelaide {prop} /ˈæ.də.leɪd/ (female given name) -- Adelaide
Adele {prop} (female given name) -- SEE: Adela
Aden {prop} (seaport of Yemen) -- Aden
Adige {prop} /ˈadɪdʒeɪ/ (river in South Tyrol) -- Adige {m}
Admiral of the Fleet {prop} (nautical rank) -- SEE: admiral of the fleet
Adolf {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Adolph
Adolph {prop} /ˈeɪ.dɑlf/ (male given name) -- Adolfo
Adonis {prop} /əˈdoʊnɪs/ (male given name) -- Adone
Adria {prop} (town) -- Adria
Adrian {prop} /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/ (male given name) -- Adriano
Adriatic {prop} (Adriatic Sea) -- SEE: Adriatic Sea
Adriatic {adj} /ˌeɪ.dɹɹiˈæt.ɪk/ (of or pertaining to the Adriatic) -- adriatico {m}
Adriatic Sea {prop} /eɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/ (sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice) -- mare Adriatico {m}
Advent {prop} (season before Christmas) -- Avvento {m}
Advent calendar {n} (calendar used to count down the days of Advent) -- calendario dell'avvento {m}
Aegadian Islands {prop} /ɪˈɡeɪdi.ən ˈaɪlændz/ (islands off the coast of Sicily) -- le isole Egadi {f-p}
Aegean {prop} (Aegean Sea) -- SEE: Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea {prop} (sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea) -- mar Egeo {m}
Aegidius {prop} (male given name) -- Egidio
Aeneas {prop} /ɪˈniː.əs/ (Trojan hero) -- Enea {m}
Aeneid {prop} /ˈiː.ni.ɪd/ (Classic epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy.) -- Eneide {f}
Aeronian {prop} -- Aeroniano
Aeschylus {prop} /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/ (Greek tragedian) -- Eschilo {m}
Aesop {prop} /ˈiːsɒp/ (ancient Greek author) -- Esopo {m}
Aetius {prop} (given name) -- Ezio
Aetolia {prop} /iːˈtəʊ.liː.ə/ (region of Greece) -- Etolia {f}
Aetolian {adj} (of or relating to Aetolia) -- etolico
Aetolian {n} (native of Aetolia) -- etolico {m}
Afar {prop} (language) -- afar
Afghan Hound {n} /ˌæfɡænˈhæu̯nd/ (Afghan Hound) -- levriero afgano {m}
Afghan hound {n} (Afghan Hound) -- SEE: Afghan Hound
Afghanistan {prop} /æfˈɡæn.ɪˌstæn/ (country) -- Afghanistan {m}, Afganistan {m}
A-flat {n} (tone four fifths below C) -- La bemolle
A-flat major {n} (A-flat major) -- la bemolle maggiore
Africa {prop} /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kə/ (continent south of Europe) -- Africa {f}
Africa-Eurasia {prop} (Afro-Eurasia) -- SEE: Afro-Eurasia
African {adj} /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/ (Of or pertaining to Africa) -- africano
African {n} (a native of Africa) -- africano {m}, africana {f}
African Union {prop} (multinational organisation) -- Unione Africana {f}
African clawed frog {n} (frog) -- xenopo {m}
African hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) -- licaone {m}
African violet {n} (perennial plant of the genus Saintpaulia) -- violetta africana {f}
African wild dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) -- SEE: African hunting dog
Afrikaans {prop} /ˌɑːfɹɪˈkɑːnz/ (language) -- afrikaans
Afrikaans {prop} (Afrikaner) -- SEE: Afrikaner
Afrikaner {n} (member of ethnic group) -- afrikander, sudafricano {m}
Afro-Cuban {adj} (describing the section of the population of Cuba that has an African heritage) -- afrocubano
Afro-Eurasia {prop} /ˈæf.ɹoʊ.jʊɹˈeɪ.ʒə/ (supercontinent) -- Eurafrasia
Agamemnon {prop} /æɡæˈmɛmnɒn/ (Greek hero) -- Agamennone
Agatha {prop} (female given name) -- Agata {f}
Agent Orange {prop} (herbicide) -- Agente Arancio {f}
Aghlabid {n} -- aglabita {m}
Agnes {prop} /ˈæɡ.nɪs/ (female given name) -- Agnese
Agrigento {prop} /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/ (province and city in Sicily) -- Agrigento {f}
Agrinion {prop} (city in Greece) -- Agrinio
Aguascalientes {prop} (state of Mexico) -- Aguascalientes {m}
Aida {prop} (female given name) -- Aida
Aidos {prop} (Greek goddess of shame, modesty, and humility) -- Aidos
Ainu {prop} (language) -- lingua ainu {f}
Ajaccio {prop} /aˈʒaksɪəʊ/ (capital city of Corsica) -- Ajaccio, Aiaccio
Ajax {prop} /ˈeɪ.dʒæks/ (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) -- Aiace {m}
Akan {prop} (language group spoken in Ghana) -- akan
Al Jazeera {prop} /æl dʒəˈziːɹə/ (Arabic satellite TV news channel) -- Al Jazeera
Al-Andalus {prop} (Islamic Spain) -- Al-Andalus
Aladdin {prop} (the Arabic tale) -- Aladino
Alan {prop} /ˈæ.lən/ (male given name) -- Alano
Alaska {prop} /əˈlas.kə/ (US state) -- Alaska {f}
Alaskan Malamute {n} (Alaskan Malamute sled dog) -- malamute di Alaska
Alban {prop} (male given name) -- Albano
Albania {prop} /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/ (country in south-eastern Europe) -- Albania {f}
Albania {prop} (Caucasian Albania) -- SEE: Caucasian Albania
Albanian {adj} /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ən/ (of or pertaining to Albania) -- albanese
Albanian {n} (person from Albania) -- albanese
Albanian {prop} (language) -- albanese
Albany {prop} (capital of New York) -- Albany
Albert {prop} /ˈæl.bɚt/ (male given name) -- Alberto
Alberta {prop} /ˌælˈbɜː(ɹ).tə/ (province) -- Alberta {f}
Albin {prop} (male given name) -- Albino
Albion {prop} (England) -- Albione {f}
Alcibiades {prop} /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/ (Greek name) -- Alcibiade
Alcman {prop} (Ancient Greek name) -- Alcmane
Alcmanian {adj} -- alcmanio
Alcoholics Anonymous {prop} (proper noun) -- Alcolisti Anonimi
Aldebaran {prop} /alˈdɛbəɹən/ (star) -- Aldebaran
Aldine {adj} (of or pertaining to the publications of Aldus Manutius) -- aldino {m}
Aldine {adj} (describing the typography used) -- aldino {m}
Alecto {prop} (Greek goddess of vengeance) -- Aletto {f}
Alejandro {prop} (cognates of Alejandro) -- SEE: Alexander
Aleppo {prop} /əˈlɛpoʊ/ (Syrian city) -- Aleppo
Alessandria {prop} -- Alessandria {f}
Alex {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Alexius
Alexander {prop} /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzæn.dɚ/ (male given name) -- Alessandro {m}
Alexander the Great {prop} (King of Macedonia) -- Alessandro Magno {m}
Alexandra {prop} (female given name) -- Alessandra
Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) -- Alessandria {f}
Alexandrianism {n} -- alessandrinismo {m}
Alexandroupoli {prop} (city) -- Alessandropoli
Alexius {prop} (male given name) -- Alessio
Alfierian {adj} -- alfieriano
Alfonso {prop} (male given name) -- Alfonso
Alfred {prop} (Male given name) -- Alfredo
Algeria {prop} /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/ (country) -- Algeria {f}
Algherese {prop} (Catalan dialect spoken in Alghero) -- algherese {m}
Alghero {prop} /ɑlˈɡɛɹoʊ/ (port town in Sardinia) -- Alghero {f}
Algiers {prop} /ælˈdʒɪɹz/ (the capital of Algeria) -- Algeri
Algonquian {adj} /ælˈɡɑːŋkwi.ən/ (relating to a group of North American languages) -- algonchino
Ali {prop} (male given name from Arabic) -- Alì {m}
Ali Baba {prop} (a fictional character) -- Alì Babà {m}
Alicante {prop} (city in Spain) -- Alicante
Alice {prop} /ˈæl.ɪs/ (female given name) -- Alice {f}
All Hallows' Day {prop} (All Saints' Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints Day {prop} (All Saints Day) -- SEE: All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day {prop} (feast day) -- Ognissanti {m}, Tutti i Santi
All Souls' Day {prop} (Christian feast day) -- Giorno dei Morti {m}, Commemorazione dei defunti {f}
Allen key {n} /ˈælən kiː/ (a hex head wrench) -- brugola {f}
Allobrogian {adj} -- allobrogo
Almighty {prop} (God, the supreme being) -- Onnipotente {m}
Almodovarian {adj} -- almodovariano
Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) -- Alfa Centauri
Alpine {adj} /ˈæl.paɪn/ (Relating to the Alps) -- alpestre, alpino
Alps {prop} /ælps/ (a mountain range in Western Europe) -- Alpi {m-p}
Alsace {prop} /ælˈseɪs/ (region on the west bank of the upper Rhine) -- Alsazia {f}
Altair {prop} (star) -- Altair
Alzheimer's disease {n} /ˈɑːltshaɪmə(ɹ)z/ (mental disorder from brain tissue changes) -- morbo di Alzheimer {m}
Amadeus {prop} (male given name) -- Amedeo {m}
Amanda {prop} /əˈmændə/ (female given name) -- Amanda
Amazon {n} /ˈæm.əˌzɑːn/ (Mythological female warrior) -- amazzone
Amazon {prop} (river) -- Rio delle Amazzoni {m}, Amazzoni {f-p}
Amazonian antshrike {n} (Thamnophilus amazonicus) -- averla formichiera dell'Amazzonia
Amber {prop} /ˈæm.bɚ/ (female given name) -- Ambra
Ambrose {prop} (male given name) -- Ambrogio
America {prop} (United States of America) -- SEE: United States of America
America {prop} (Americas) -- SEE: Americas
American {n} /əˈmɛɹɪkən/ (inhabitant of the Americas) -- americano
American {n} (person born in or citizen of the USA) -- americano {m}, americana {f}, statunitense {m} {f},
American {prop} (American English) -- inglese americano {m}
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the Americas) -- americano
American {adj} (of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture) -- americano, (more precisely) statunitense
American {adj} (of or pertaining to a native or citizen of the USA) -- statunitense
American Civil War {prop} (civil war in the United States (1861-1865)) -- guerra di secessione americana {f}, guerra civile americana {f}
American Dream {n} (determination) -- sogno americano {m}
American Dream {n} (philosophy) -- sogno americano {m}
American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) -- SEE: Indian
American Samoa {prop} /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈmoʊ.ə/ (US overseas territory in Oceania) -- Samoa americane
American badger {n} (Taxidea taxus) -- tasso argentato {m}
American bison {n} /əˈmɛɹɪkənˈbaɪ̯sən/ (mammal) -- bisonte americano
American black vulture {n} (black vulture) -- SEE: black vulture
American football {n} (American football) -- football americano {m}
American kestrel {n} (species) -- gheppio americano
American pokeweed {n} (pokeweed) -- SEE: pokeweed
American studies {n} (an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Americas, with a historical emphasis upon the United States) -- americanistica {f}
American sweetgum {n} (deciduous tree) -- storace americano
Americanistic {adj} (relating to American studies) -- americanistico
Americanize {v} (to make American) -- americanizzare
Americas {prop} (North and South America) -- America {f}, Americhe {f-p}
Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) -- SEE: Indian
Amharic {prop} /æmˈhæɹɪk/ (language) -- amarico
A-minor {n} (minor key with A as its tonic) -- la minore {m}
Amorgos {prop} (an island in Greece) -- Amorgo {f}
Amos {prop} /ˈeɪ.məs/ (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) -- Amos {m}
Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) -- Amos {m}
Amphitrite {prop} /ˌæm.fɪˈtɹaɪ.ti/ (Greek goddess) -- Anfitrite {f}
Amsterdam {prop} /ˌæmstəˈdæm/ (capital of the Netherlands) -- Amsterdam {f}
Amun {prop} (Egyptian wind deity) -- Amon {m}, Ammone {m}
Amur {prop} (the river between the Far East Russia and China) -- Amur
Anastasia {prop} (female given name) -- Anastasia {f}
Anastasius {prop} (male given name) -- Anastasio {m}
Anatolius {prop} (male given name) -- Anatolio {m}
Anaxagoras {prop} (philosopher) -- Anassagora {m}
Anchises {prop} /æŋˈkaɪ.siːz/ -- Anchise {m}
Ancient Greece {prop} (The ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) -- Antica Grecia {f}
Ancient Greek {prop} (the Greek language of classical antiquity) -- greco antico {m}
Ancient Rome {prop} (civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD) -- Roma antica {f}, antica Roma {f}
Ancona {n} (town, province) -- Ancona {f}
Ancus {prop} (male given name) -- Anco
Andalusia {prop} /ˌændəˈluːsi.ə/ (autonomous community of Spain) -- Andalusia {f}
Andalusian {adj} (from, or pertaining to, Andalusia) -- andaluso
Andorra {prop} /ænˈdɔɹ.ə/ (country) -- Andorra {f}
Andrew {prop} /ˈæn.dɹuː/ (the Apostle) -- Andrea
Andrew {prop} (male given name) -- Andrea
Andromache {prop} /ænˈdɹɒməki/ (the wife of Hector) -- Andromaca
Andros {prop} (island in Greece) -- Andro {f}
Angel {prop} (female given name) -- SEE: Angela
Angel {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Angelo
Angela {prop} /ˈændʒələ/ (female given name) -- Angela {f}
Angelica {prop} (female given name) -- Angelica {f}
Angelo {prop} /ˈæn.dʒə.loʊ/ (male given name) -- Angelo {m}
Angevin {adj} (pertaining to Anjou) -- angioino
Angevin {n} (native of Anjou) -- angioino {m}
Angle {n} /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ (A member of the ancient Germanic tribe) -- Anglo {m}
Anglian {n} (Angle) -- SEE: Angle
Anglican {adj} /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/ (pertaining to the Church of England and related churches) -- anglicano
Anglican {n} (member of an Anglican church) -- anglicano {m}
Anglican Communion {prop} (worldwide network of churches) -- Comunione anglicana {f}
Anglicanism {n} (beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church) -- anglicanesimo {m}
Anglo- {prefix} /ˈæŋ.ɡləʊ/ (relating to England or English) -- anglo-
Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) -- SEE: Old English
Anglophilia {n} /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈfɪ.li.ə/ (the love of the country, culture or people of England) -- anglofilia {f}
Anglophone {n} /ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn/ (one who speaks English) -- Anglofono?, -ante, Inghil?
Angola {prop} /æŋˈɡoʊlə/ (country in Southern Africa) -- Angola {f}
Angolan {adj} /æŋˈɡoʊlən/ (of, from or pertaining to Angola or its people) -- angolano, angolese
Angolan {n} (person from Angola or of Angolan descent) -- angolano {m}, angolana {f}
Anguilla {prop} /æŋˈɡwɪlə/ (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) -- Anguilla
Anjou {prop} /ˈɒnʒuː/ (a former county of France) -- Angiò
Anjouan {adj} (Angevin) -- SEE: Angevin
Anjouan {prop} (Angevin) -- SEE: Angevin
Ankara {prop} /ˈæŋ.kə.ɹə/ (capital of Turkey) -- Ankara {f}
Ann {prop} /æn/ (female given name) -- Anna
Anna {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anna {prop} /ˈænə/ (biblical prophetess) -- Anna
Annamite {n} (dated, Vietnamese language) -- annamitico {m}
Annamite {adj} (of or from Annam) -- annamitico
Anne {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Ann
Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) -- Anno Domini; dopo Cristo (abbr. d.C.)
Annunciation {prop} (Christianity) -- annunciazione {f}
Anselm {prop} /ˈænˌsɛlm/ (male given name) -- Anselmo
Antarctic {adj} /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/ (pertaining to Antarctica) -- antartico
Antarctic Peninsula {prop} (the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica) -- Penisola Antartica {f}
Antarctica {prop} /ænˈtɑɹktɪkə/ (southernmost continent) -- Antartide
Antares {prop} (star) -- Antares
Antenor {prop} (a son of Aesyetes) -- Antenore {m}
Anthony {prop} /ˈæn.tə.ni/ (given name) -- Antonio
Antichrist {prop} (one under the direct control of the Devil) -- Anticristo {m}
Antigone {prop} /ænˈtɪɡəni/ (the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta) -- Antigone
Antigua and Barbuda {prop} /ænˌti.ɡə ænd bɑɹˈbju.də/ (country) -- Antigua e Barbuda
Antioch {prop} /ˈæn.ti.ɒk/ (city) -- Antiochia {f}
Antiochene {adj} /ænˈtaɪəkiːn/ (of or pertaining to Antioch) -- antiocheno {m}
Antiochene {n} (citizen of Antioch) -- antiocheno {m}, antiochena {f}
Antiochian {adj} (Antiochene) -- SEE: Antiochene
Antiochian {n} (Antiochene) -- SEE: Antiochene
Antiochus {prop} (one of the thirteen kings) -- Antioco
Antisthenes {prop} /ænˈtɪsθəniːz/ (Greek name) -- Antistene
Antoinette {prop} (female given name from French Antoinette) -- Antonietta
Antonia {prop} (female given name) -- Antonia {f}
Antonio {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antony {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Anthony
Antwerp {prop} /ˈæn.twɝp/ (province) -- Anversa {f}
Aosta {prop} /ɑːˈɒstə/ (city in Italy) -- Aosta {f}
Aostan {adj} (of or from Aosta) -- aostano
Aostan {n} (one from Aosta) -- aostano {m}, aostana {f}
Apennine {adj} (pertaining to the Apennines) -- ; appenninico
Aphrodite {prop} /æfɹəˈdaɪti/ (Greek goddess) -- Afrodite
Apocalypse {prop} /əˈpɑkəlɪps/ (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet) -- apocalisse
Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible) -- Apocalisse
Apollo {prop} /əˈpɒləʊ/ (the son of Zeus) -- Apollo {m}
Apollo {prop} (a very handsome young man) -- apollo {m}
Apollo {n} (asteroid type) -- Apollo {m}
Apollonia {prop} (the name of a number of Ancient Greek cities and colonies) -- Apollonia
Appenzell Inner Rhodes {prop} (Swiss canton) -- Appenzello Interno
Appenzell Outer Rhodes {prop} (a Swiss canton) -- Appenzello Esterno
Appian {prop} /ˈæ.pi.ən/ (Roman name) -- Appiano
Appius {prop} (Roman name) -- Appio
April {prop} /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/ (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- aprile {m}
April fool {n} (practical joke played on April Fools' Day) -- pesce d'aprile
Aptian {prop} (subdivision of the Early Cretaceous epoch) -- Aptiano
Apuglian {adj} (Apulian) -- SEE: Apulian
Apuleius {prop} /ˌæpjuˈli.əs/ (author in the Roman Empire) -- Apuleio {m}
Apulia {prop} (region of Italy) -- Puglia {f}
Apulian {adj} /əˈpuːliːən/ (of or pertaining to Apulia) -- pugliese
Apulian {n} (resident of Apulia) -- pugliese {m} {f}
Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) -- SEE: Aquarius
Aquarius {prop} /əˈkwɛɹɪəs/ (constellation) -- Acquario {m}, Aquario {m}
Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign) -- Acquario {m}, Aquario {m}
Aquitaine {prop} (region of France) -- Aquitania {f}
Arab {adj} /ˈæɹ.əb/ (of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations) -- arabo
Arab {n} (Semitic person) -- arabo {m}, araba {f}
Arab {n} (horse) -- alfana {f}
Arab Republic of Egypt {prop} (Official name of Egypt) -- Repubblica Araba d'Egitto {f}
Arab World {prop} (Arabic speaking world) -- mondo arabo {m}
Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;) -- Arabia
Arabian camel {n} (dromedary) -- SEE: dromedary
Arabic {adj} /ˈɛɹəbɪk/ (of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour) -- arabo
Arabic {prop} (language) -- arabo
Arabic {prop} (alphabet) -- arabo
Arabic numeral {n} (any of the ten symbols from 0 through 9) -- numero arabo {m}
Arabic script {n} (letters of the Arabic language) -- alfabeto arabo {m}
Arachne {prop} /əˈɹækni/ ((Greek mythology) woman famous for her skill at weaving) -- Aragne {f}
Aragon {prop} /ˈerəɡɑːn/ (an autonomous community in Spain) -- Aragona {f}
Aragonese {adj} (from Aragon) -- aragonese
Aragonese {n} (a person) -- aragonese {m} {f}
Aragonese {prop} (the language of Aragon) -- aragonese {m}
Aral Sea {prop} /ˈɑːɹəl siː/ (Aral sea) -- Aral {m}, lago d'Aral {m}
Aramaean {prop} (Aramaic) -- SEE: Aramaic
Aramaean {n} /æɹəˈmiːən/ (member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people) -- arameo {m}, aramaico {m}
Aramaean {adj} (of or pertaining to Aramaeans or Aram) -- arameo
Aramaic {prop} /ˌæɹ.ə.ˈmei.ɪk/ (the language) -- aramaico {m}
Aramaic {adj} (pertaining to the language, alphabet, culture or poetry) -- aramaico
Aranese {prop} (dialect) -- aranese {m}
Arbëresh {prop} /ˌɑːbəˈɹɛʃ/ (form of Albanian spoken in southern Italy) -- arbëresh {m}, arbëreshe {m}
Arbëreshë Albanian {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in southern Italy) -- SEE: Arbëresh
Arc de Triomphe {prop} (the Parisian monument) -- Arco di Trionfo {m}
Arcadia {prop} (A district or a prefecture in the central and mid SE Peloponnese) -- Arcadia {f}
Arcadius {prop} (male given name) -- Arcadio
Archaean {adj} (of eon from 3,800 to 2,500 million years ago) -- archeano
Archangel {prop} (Arkhangelsk) -- SEE: Arkhangelsk
Archibald {prop} /ˈɑː(ɹ).tʃɪ.bɔːld/ (male given name) -- Arcibaldo, Arcimboldo {m}, Archimboldo {m}, Arcimbaldo {m}
Archimedean solid {n} (any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices) -- solido archimedeo {m}
Archimedes {prop} /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/ (an ancient Greek mathematician) -- Archimede {m}
Arctic {adj} /ˈɑɹ(k)tɪk/ (Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) -- artico
Arctic {prop} (a region of the Earth) -- Artide {m}
Arctic Circle {prop} (one of the five major circles of latitude) -- Circolo Polare Artico {m}
Arctic Ocean {prop} (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole) -- Oceano Artico {m}
Areopagus {n} (supreme council in Athens) -- areopago {m}
Ares {prop} /ˈeəɹiːz/ (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) -- Ares
Arethusa {prop} /ˌæɹɨˈθjuːzə/ (nereid nymph who became a fountain) -- Aretusa {f}
Arezzo {prop} /əˈɹɛtsəʊ/ (province of Tuscany) -- Arezzo {f}
Arezzo {prop} (capital city of Arezzo) -- Arezzo {f}
Argentina {prop} /ˌɑɹ.dʒənˈti.nə/ (Argentine Republic) -- Argentina
Argentine {prop} (Argentina) -- SEE: Argentina
Argentine {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentine {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinean {adj} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinean {n} (Argentinian) -- SEE: Argentinian
Argentinian {adj} /ɑɹˌdʒɨnˈtɪni.ən/ (pertaining to Argentina) -- argentino {m}, argentina {f}
Argonaut {prop} (member of the Argo crew) -- argonauta {m}
Ariadne {prop} /ˌæ.ɹiˈæd.ni/ (daughter of King Minos) -- Arianna
Arian {n} (someone whose star sign is in Aries) -- SEE: Aries
Arian {n} /ˈɛəɹi.ən/ (a kind of Christian who holds Arian ideas) -- [used of both Arians and Aryans] ariano
Arian {adj} (pertaining to Arianism) -- ariano (used both for Aryan and Arian)
Arianism {n} /ˈɛəɹɪənɪzəm/ (nontrinitarian Christian teaching) -- arianesimo {m}
Ariel {prop} (name) -- Ariele {m}
Ariel {prop} (moon of Uranus) -- Ariele {m}
Aries {prop} /ˈɛɹiz/ (constellation) -- Ariete {m}
Aries {prop} (astrological sign) -- Ariete {m}
Ariostan {adj} (characteristic of Ludovico Ariosto) -- ariostesco
Aristarch {n} /ˈæɹɪstɑːk/ (severe critic) -- aristarco
Aristides {prop} (male name) -- Aristide {m}
Aristophanean {adj} -- aristofaneo, aristofanio
Aristophanic {adj} (Aristophanean) -- SEE: Aristophanean
Aristotelianism {prop} (philosophical system) -- aristotelismo
Aristotle {prop} (ancient Greek philosopher) -- Aristotele {m}
Arius {prop} /ˈɛəɹi.əs/ (Greek name) -- Ario
Ark of the Covenant {prop} (the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest) -- Arca dell'Alleanza {f}
Arkhangelsk {prop} (city in Russia) -- Arcangelo
Armageddon {prop} /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ (site) -- Armaghedòn {m}
Armenia {prop} /ɑɹˈmi.ni.ə/ (ancient kingdom and country in West Asia) -- Armenia {f}
Armenian {adj} /ɑːɹˈmiːni.ən/ (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet) -- armeno
Armenian {n} (person) -- armeno {m}, armena {f}
Armenian {prop} (language) -- armeno {m}
Armenian SSR {prop} (Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, see also: Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic) -- RSS Armena
Arminianism {n} (school of thought) -- arminianesimo {m}
Arminius {prop} (Germanic chieftain) -- Arminio
Arno {prop} (river in Tuscany) -- Arno {m}
Arnold {prop} (male given name) -- Arnaldo
Arolla pine {n} (Pinus cembra) -- SEE: Swiss pine
Aromanian {prop} /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/ (language) -- arumeno {m}, aromuno {m}
Arretine {adj} /ˈæɹɪtaɪn/ (of, from or pertaining to Arezzo, Italy) -- aretino
Arte Povera {prop} /ˌɑɹteɪ ˈpoʊvəɹə/ (Italian modern art movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s) -- arte povera {f}
Artemis {prop} /ˈɑɹtəmɪs/ (Greek goddess) -- Artemide {f}
Arthur {prop} /ˈɑɹθɚ/ (male given name) -- Arturo
Artinian {adj} (of a ring) -- artiniano
Artinskian {prop} -- Artinskiano
Aruba {prop} /ˈæ.ɹuː.bə/ (territory in the Caribbean) -- Aruba
Aruküla {prop} (small borough in Estonia) -- Aruküla
Arvanitic {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) -- SEE: Arvanitika
Arvanitika {prop} /ˌɑːvəˈnɪtɪkə/ (form of Albanian) -- arvanitico {m}
Arvanitika Albanian {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) -- SEE: Arvanitika
Aryan {n} /ˈɛəɹi.ən/ (in Nazism: a member of an alleged master race comprised of non-Jewish Caucasians) -- ariano {m}
Aryan {n} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: a white) -- ariano {m}
Aryan {n} (rare: a Proto-Indo-European) -- ario {m}
Aryan {n} (obsolete: in 19th century ethnography, a subdivision of the Caucasian race) -- ario {m}
Aryan {adj} (pertaining to the (alleged) Aryan master race) -- ariano
Aryan {adj} (used primarily by neo-Nazis: pertaining to the Caucasian race) -- ariano
Aryan {adj} (of or pertaining to Indo-European or Aryan peoples, culture, and languages) -- ariano
Ascanius {prop} /æˈskeɪni.əs/ (the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas) -- Ascanio
Ascension {prop} (holiday celebrating Ascension of Jesus) -- SEE: Ascension Day
Ascension {prop} (Jesus' rise to heaven) -- Ascensione {f}
Ascension Day {prop} (the fortieth day of Easter) -- Ascensione {f}
Asclepius {prop} /əˈskliːpi.əs/ (Greek god of medicine and healing) -- Asclepio
Ascoli Piceno {prop} -- Ascoli Piceno
Ash Wednesday {n} (a Christian day of penitence) -- Mercoledì delle Ceneri {m}, Ceneri {f-p}
A-sharp major {n} -- la diesis maggiore
Ashkelon {prop} (city in Israel) -- Ascalona {f}
Ashkenazi {adj} /ˌaʃkəˈnazi]/ (of, or relating to Jews from Germany or Eastern Europe) -- ashkenazita, askenazita
Ashkenazi {n} (Jew from Germany or Eastern Europe) -- ashkenazita {m} {f}, askenazita {m} {f}
Asia {prop} /ˈeɪʒə/ (the continent of Asia) -- Asia {f}
Asian {n} /ˈeɪʒən/ (person from Asia) -- asiatico {m}, asiatica {f}
Asian {n} (person from or descended from people from the Indian sub-continent) -- asiatico {m}, asiatica {f}
Asian {adj} (of, relating to or from Asia) -- asiatico {m}, asiatica {f}
Asian Games {prop} (sport event) -- Giochi Asiatici {m-p}
Asiatic golden cat {n} (cat) -- gatto dorato asiatico {m}
Asselian {prop} -- Asseliano
Assisi {prop} (city) -- Assisi {f}
Assyria {prop} /əˈsɪɹi.ə/ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) -- Assiria {f}
Assyriological {adj} (of or pertaining to Assyriology) -- assiriologico
Assyriologist {n} (a person who studies ancient Assyria) -- assiriologo {m}
Assyriology {n} (study of the Assyrian language and culture) -- assiriologia {f}
Asti {prop} (province of Piedmont) -- Asti
Asti {prop} (capital of Asti) -- Asti {f}
Asturian {adj} /æsˈtʊɹ.i.ən/ (of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain) -- asturiano {m}
Asturias {prop} /æsˈtʊɹ.i.əs/ (autonomous community of Spain) -- Asturie
Aswan {prop} /asˈwɑːn/ (city in southern Egypt) -- Assuan {f}
Atayal {n} (people) -- Atayal
Atenism {n} (religion) -- atonsimo {m}
Athanasius {prop} /ˌæθəˈneɪsi.əs/ (male given name) -- Atanasio
Athena {prop} /əˈθiːnə/ (Greek goddess) -- Atena {f}
Athens {prop} /ˈæθənz/ (capital city of Greece) -- Atene {f}
Atilius {prop} (a Roman nomen gentile) -- Atilio
Atlanta {prop} (capital and largest city of the State of Georgia) -- Atlanta {f}
Atlantic Ocean {prop} (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) -- Oceano Atlantico {m}
Atlantic herring {n} (Clupea harengus) -- aringa {f}
Atlantic salmon {n} (species of fish) -- salmone dell'Atlantico {m}
Atlantis {prop} /ətˈlæntəs/ (mythical country said to have sunk into the ocean) -- Atlantide
Attica {prop} (periphery) -- Attica {f}
Atticus {prop} (male given name) -- Attico {m}
Augeas {prop} /ɔːˈdʒiːəs/ (king) -- Augia {m}
Augsburg {prop} (city in southern Germany) -- Augusta {f}
August {prop} (male given name) -- SEE: Augustus
August {prop} /ˈɔː.ɡəst/ (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar) -- agosto {m}
Augustine {prop} /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/ (male given name) -- Agostino
Augustus {prop} /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/ (Roman emperor) -- Augusto {m}
Aurelia {prop} (female given name) -- Aurelia
Aurelius {prop} (male given name) -- Aurelio {m}
Aurora {prop} (female given name) -- Aurora
Ausonius {prop} (Roman poet) -- Ausonio {m}
Aussie {n} /ˈɔːzi/ (an Australian) -- australiano {m}
Aussie {adj} (Australian) -- australiano {m}
Austin {prop} /ˈɔstɪn/ (capital of Texas) -- Austin {f}
Australasia {prop} (Oceania) -- SEE: Oceania
Australasian {adj} (relating to Australia and its surrounding regions) -- australasiano
Australia {prop} /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ə/ (Commonwealth of Australia) -- Australia {f}
Australian {n} /ɔˈstɹeɪ.li.ən/ (a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent) -- australiano {m}
Australian {adj} (of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages) -- australiano
Australian dollar {n} (official currency of Australia) -- dollaro australiano
Australian pelican {n} (species of pelican) -- pellicano australiano {m}
Australianise {v} /ɒˈstɹeɪljənaɪz/ (make Australian) -- australianizzare
Australianise {v} (localise a medium for sale or use in Australia) -- australianizzare
Austria {prop} /ˈɔːs.tɹi.ə/ (country in Central Europe) -- Austria {f}
Austria-Hungary {prop} (former country in Central Europe) -- Austria-Ungheria {f}
Austrian {adj} /ˈɔːstɹi.ən/ (related to Austria) -- austriaco {m}
Austrian {n} (Austrian person) -- austriaco {m}, austriaca {f}, austriaci {m-p}, austriache {f-p}
Austro-Asiatic {prop} -- austroasiatico
Auvergne {prop} (region of France) -- Alvernia {f}
Avellino {prop} (province of Italy) -- Avellino {f}
Avellino {prop} (town and capital of Avellino) -- Avellino {f}
Aventine {adj} /ˈævəntaɪn/ (Pertaining to Aventine Hill) -- aventiniano
Aventine {prop} (Aventine Hill) -- SEE: Aventine Hill
Aventine Hill {prop} (one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built) -- Aventino
Avernus {prop} (underworld) -- SEE: underworld
Avernus {prop} (lake in Italy) -- Averno {m}, Lago Averno {m}
Averroism {n} (tenets of the Averroists) -- averroismo {m}
Avicenna {prop} /ˌævɪˈsenə/ (a Persian polymath) -- Avicenna {m}
Avignon {prop} (city in Provence) -- Avignone {f}
Avogadro's number {n} (number of atoms present in 0.012 kilograms of isotopically pure carbon-12) -- numero di Avogadro {m}, costante di Avogadro {f}
Avraham {prop} (given name) -- SEE: Abraham
Axis power {n} (fascist country of World War II) -- Asse {m}, Potenze dell'Asse
Ayers Rock {prop} (Uluru) -- SEE: Uluru
Aymara {prop} /ˌaɪməˈɹɑː/ (language of South America) -- lingua aymara
Azawad {prop} (an unrecognised state) -- Azauad
Azerbaijan {prop} /ˌæz.ə(ɹ).baɪˈ(d)ʒɑːn/ (country in the Caucasus) -- Azerbaigian {m}
Azerbaijani {prop} /ˌæzəɹbaɪˈdʒɑːni/ (language of Azerbaijan) -- azerbaigiano
Azeri {n} (Azerbaijani) -- SEE: Azerbaijani
Azeri {prop} (Azerbaijani) -- SEE: Azerbaijani
Azores {prop} /ˈeɪzɔːɹz/ (an archipelago and an autonomous region) -- le Azzorre {f-p}
Azrael {prop} (angel of death) -- Azrael {m}
a {article} (an) -- SEE: an
a {n} /eɪ/ (name of the letter A, a) -- a {m} {f}
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) -- meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani
a bit {adv} (a little) -- SEE: a little
a bit much {n} (More than is reasonable) -- esagerazione {f}
a camel is a horse designed by a committee {proverb} (critique on committees) -- un cammello è un cavallo disegnato da un comitato
a cappella {adv} /ˌɑ kə.ˈpɛl.ə/ (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment) -- a cappella
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link {proverb} (aphorism) -- una catena è resistente solo quanto il suo anello debole
a cold day in July {n} (an event that will never happen) -- alle calende greche, quando gli asini voleranno, mai
a few {determiner} (a small number of) -- pochi, alcuni
a few {pron} (a small number of things) -- pochi, un pò di
a fortiori {adv} /ˈeɪ fɔɹʃˈjɔˑɹaɪ/ -- a fortiori
a friend in need is a friend indeed {proverb} (someone who helps you in your time of need is a real friend) -- gli amici si vedono nel momento del bisogno
a good beginning makes a good ending {proverb} (good beginnings promise a good end) -- chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step {proverb} (a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step) -- un viaggio di mille miglia comincia con il primo passo
a leopard cannot change its spots {proverb} (one cannot change one's own nature) -- il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio (the wolf can lose its fur but not its bad habits), chi nasce tondo non può morire quadrato
a lie has no legs {proverb} (you can't get away with a lie) -- Le bugie hanno le gambe corte
a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) -- un po', un poco
a little bird told me {phrase} (idiomatic) -- un uccellino mi ha detto che... {}
a lot {n} /əˈlɒt/ (a large amount) -- molto
a lot {adv} (very much) -- molto
a lot {adv} (often) -- spesso
a new broom sweeps clean {proverb} (new management will often make radical changes) -- scopa nuova scopa bene
a picture is worth a thousand words {proverb} (visualisation is better than verbal description) -- un'immagine vale più di mille parole
a picture paints a thousand words {proverb} (a picture is worth a thousand words) -- SEE: a picture is worth a thousand words
a posteriori {adj} (involving deduction of theories from facts) -- a posteriori
a priori {adj} ((logic) based on hypothesis rather than experiment.) -- a priori, teorico, preconcetto
a priori {adv} (derived by logic) -- a priori
a stitch in time saves nine {proverb} (a timely effort can prevent larger problems) -- meglio prevenire che curare, prevenire è meglio che curare, è meglio prevenire che curare
aardvark {n} /ˈɑɹd.vɑɹk/ (mammal) -- oritteropo {m}
aardwolf {n} /ˈɑɹd.ˌwʊlf/ (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) -- protele
abaca {n} /ˌæb.əˈkɑ/ (plant) -- abaca {f}
abaca {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
aback {adv} /əˈbæk/ (backwards) -- indietro
aback {adv} (in the rear) -- dietro, di dietro
aback {adv} (said of sails pressed backward) -- a collo
aback {n} (abacus) -- SEE: abacus
abacus {n} /əˈbɑk.əs/ (calculating frame) -- abaco {m}, pallottoliere {m}
abacus {n} (uppermost member of the capital of a column) -- abaco {m}
abaka {n} (plant) -- SEE: abaca
abaka {n} (fiber/fibre) -- SEE: Manila hemp
abalone {n} /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/ (edible univalve mollusc) -- abalone
abandon {v} /əˈbæn.dn̩/ (to give up control of, surrender) -- abbandonare
abandon {v} (to leave behind or desert; to forsake) -- abbandonare
abandon {v} (to cast out, expel, reject) -- bandire
abandon {n} (a giving up to natural impulses) -- abbandono {m}
abandoned {adj} /əˈbæn.dn̩d/ (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted) -- abbandonato
abandoning {n} (abandoning) -- abbandono {m}
abandonment {n} /əˈbæn.dn̩.mn̩t/ (act of abandoning) -- abbandono {m}
abandonment {n} (maritime law: relinquishment of a property to underwriters) -- rinuncia {m}
abandonment {n} (relinquishment of a right, claim or privilege) -- rinuncia {m}
abandonment {n} (voluntary leaving of a person) -- abbandono {m}
abandonment {n} (cessation of service) -- rinuncia {f}, abbandono {m}
abandonment {n} (refusal to receive freight) -- rinuncia {f}
abandonment {n} (careless freedom) -- abbandono {m}, abnegazione {m}
abarthrosis {n} (diarthrosis) -- SEE: diarthrosis
abasia {n} /ə.ˈbeɪ.ʒə/ (incapacity to walk) -- abasia
abastard {v} (To abastardize) -- imbastardire
abate {v} /əˈbeɪt/ (to bring down or reduce to a lower state) -- ridurre
abatement {n} /əˈbeɪt.mənt/ (the act of abating or the state of being abated) -- riduzione
abaton {n} (enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept) -- abaton {m}, abato {m} [rare]
abattoir {n} /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹ/ (public slaughterhouse) -- mattatoio {m}, macello {m}
abbess {n} /ˈæb.ɪs/ (female superior of a nunnery) -- badessa {f}
abbey {n} /ˈæb.i/ (monastery headed by an abbot) -- abbazia {f}
abbey {n} (church of a monastery) -- abbazia {f}
abbot {n} /ˈæb.ət/ (superior or head of an abbey or monastery) -- abate {m}
abbreviate {v} /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/ (to make shorter) -- abbreviare
abbreviate {n} (abridgment) -- SEE: abridgment
abbreviated {adj} /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/ (shortened) -- abbreviato
abbreviation {n} /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/ (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) -- abbreviazione {f}, abbreviatura {f}, acronimo {m}
abbreviation {n} (abridged version of a document) -- riassunto {m}
abbreviation {n} (act or result of shortening or reducing) -- abbreviazione {f}
abbreviation {n} (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note) -- abbreviazione {f}
abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) -- SEE: abbreviation
abciximab {n} (antiplatelet drug) -- abciximab
abdicate {v} /ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/ (surrender or relinquish) -- abdicare
abdicate {v} (reject) -- abdicare
abdicate {v} (disinherit) -- abdicare
abdicate {v} (renounce a throne) -- abdicare
abdication {n} /ˌæb.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder) -- abdicazione {f}
abdomen {n} /ˈæb.də.mən/ (belly) -- addome {m}
abdominal {adj} /æbˈdɑm.ə.nl̩/ (of or pertaining to the abdomen) -- addominale
abducens nerve {n} /æbˈduˌsɛnz nɚv/ (nerve) -- nervo abducente
abduct {v} /æbˈdʌkt/ (to take away) -- sottrarre, sequestrare, rapire (people)
abduct {v} (to draw away from its ordinary position) -- abdurre
abduction {n} /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ (leading away, carrying away) -- rapimento {m}, sequestro {m}
abduction {n} (physiology: movement separating limb from axis) -- abduzione {f}
abduction {n} (logic: type of syllogism) -- abduzione {f}
abduction {n} (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being) -- rapimento {m}
abductive {adj} /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/ (logic) -- abduttivo
abductive {adj} (anatomy) -- abduttore
abearance {n} (behavior) -- SEE: behavior
abecedarium {n} (a book used to teach the alphabet) -- SEE: primer
abed {adv} /əˈbɛd/ (in bed, or on the bed) -- a letto
abele {n} (Populus alba) -- SEE: white poplar
abelian group {n} /əˈbi.li.ən ɡɹup/ (group in which the group operation is commutative) -- gruppo abeliano {m}
abelmosk {n} /ˈeɪ.bəlˌmɑsk/ (evergreen shrub) -- abelmosco {m}
aberrant {adj} /əbˈɛɹ.n̩t/ (deviating from the norm) -- aberrante
aberrant {adj} (straying from the right way) -- aberrante
aberrant {adj} (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal) -- aberrante
aberration {n} /ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/ (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality) -- aberrazione {f}, deviazione {f}
aberration {n} (optics: convergence to different foci) -- aberrazione {f}
aberration {n} (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies) -- aberrazione {f}
aberration {n} (partial alienation of reason) -- alienazione {f}
aberration {n} (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure) -- aberrazione {f}
aberration {n} -- aberrazione {f}
aberrometry {n} -- aberrometria {f}
abessive case {n} (case used to express the lack of something) -- caso abessivo {m}
abet {v} /əˈbɛt/ (to assist or encourage in crime) -- favoreggiare, incoraggiare, istigare
abet {v} (to support, uphold, or aid) -- sostenere
abettor {n} /əˈbɛtə/ (accomplice) -- complice {m} {f}
abettor {n} (inciter) -- favoreggiatore {m}, favoreggiatrice {f}, istigatore {m}, istigatrice {f}, fiancheggiatore {m}, fiancheggiatrice {f},, fomentatore {m}, fomentatrice {f}, aizzatore {m}, aizzatrice {f}, agitatore {m}, agitatrice {f}
abeyance {n} /əˈbeɪ.ənts/ (suspension; temporary suppression) -- sospensione {f}
abhor {v} /æbˈhɔɹ/ (to regard with horror or detestation) -- aborrire, abominare
abhorrent {adj} /æbˈhɔɹ.ənt/ (contrary or discordant) -- contrario, incompatibile, contro
abhorrent {adj} (detesting; showing abhorrence) -- ripugnante, disgustoso, odioso
abide {v} /əˈbaɪd/ (to dwell) -- vivere, abitare, risiedere, dimorare
abide {v} (to await) -- aspettare, attendere
abide {v} (to endure) -- sopportare, tollerare
abide {v} (to tolerate) -- sopportare, tollerare
abide by {v} (to accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it; to conform to; to acquiesce) -- conformarsi a
abide by {v} (to remain faithful to something or someone; to stand to; to adhere) -- mantenere [a promise], rimanere fedele [remain faithful]
abiding {adj} /əˈbaɪ.dɪŋ/ (continue) -- duraturo, persistente
abietic {adj} /ˌæb.iˈɛt.ɪk/ (related to fir trees) -- abietico
abietic {adj} (related to abietic acid or its deratives) -- abietico
abigeat {n} (theft of cattle) -- abigeato {m}
ability {n} /əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ (quality or state of being able) -- abilità {f}
ability {n} (a skill or competence) -- capacità {f}
abiosphere {n} -- abiosfera {f}
abject {adj} /ˈæb.d͡ʒɛkt/ (Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope) -- abbietto
abject {n} (A person in the lowest and most despicable condition) -- abbietto
abjure {v} /æbˈdʒʊɹ/ (to renounce upon oath) -- abiurare
abjure {v} (to renounce with solemnity) -- abiurare
ablative {adj} /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/ (applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language) -- ablativo {m}
ablative {n} (ablative case) -- SEE: ablative case
ablative case {n} (grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source) -- ablativo {m}
ablaut {n} /ˈɑbˌlaʊt/ (substitution of one root vowel for another) -- apofonia {f}
ablaze {adj} /əˈbleɪz/ (on fire) -- in fiamme, fiammeggiante
able {adj} /ˈeɪ.bl̩/ (permitted to) -- capace
able {adj} (skillful) -- abile
-able {suffix} /ə.bl̩/ (able to be done) -- -abile, -ibile, -evole
-able {suffix} -- -abile, -ibile
able {adj} (healthy) -- SEE: healthy
able {v} (enable) -- SEE: enable
ablegation {n} (expulsion, banishment) -- ablegazione {f}
ablet {n} (a small fresh-water fish) -- alborella {f}, alburno {m}
ablution {n} /əˈblu.ʃn̩/ (the act of washing or cleansing) -- abluzione {f}
ably {adv} /ˈeɪ.bli/ (with great ability) -- abilmente
abnegation {n} /ˈæb.nɪˈɡɘɪ.ʃn̩/ (denial; renunciation) -- abnegazione {f}
abnormal {adj} /ˈæbˌnɔɹ.ml̩/ (not conforming to rule or system) -- anormale, anomalo
abnormal {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) -- anormale, anomalo
abnormality {n} /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/ (state of being abnormal) -- anomalia {f}
abnormally {adv} /æbˈnɔɹ.mə.li/ (In an abnormal manner) -- anormalmente
abnormalness {n} (abnormality) -- SEE: abnormality
aboard {adv} /əˈbɔɹd/ (on board) -- a bordo
aboard {prep} (on board of) -- a bordo di
abode {n} /əˈboʊd/ (stay or continuance in a place; sojourn) -- soggiorno {m}
abode {n} (slightly dated: residence) -- dimora {f}, residenza {f}, domicilio {m}
abode {n} (omen) -- SEE: omen
abolish {v} /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/ (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice) -- abolire
abolition {n} /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.n̩/ -- abolizione
abolitionism {n} /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.əˌnɪz.m̩/ (opinion in favor of the abolition of something) -- abolizionismo {m}
abolitionist {n} /ˌæ.bə.ˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (person who favors the abolition) -- abolizionista {m} {f}
abomasum {n} /ˌæb.oʊˈmeɪ.səm/ (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant) -- abomaso {m}
abominable {adj} /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/ (hateful; detestable; loathsome) -- abominabile
abominable snowman {n} /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩ ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) -- abominevole uomo delle nevi {m}
abominably {adv} /əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bli/ (in an abominable manner) -- abominevolmente
abominate {v} /əˈbɒm.əˌnəɪt/ (to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree) -- abominare
aboriginal {adj} /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/ (original; indigenous) -- aborigeno
aborigine {n} /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ɪ.ni/ (aboriginal inhabitant of a country) -- aborigeno
abort {v} /əˈbɔɹt/ (to miscarry) -- abortire, fallire
abort {v} (to cause a premature termination) -- abortire, interrompere
abort {v} (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion) -- interrompere, fermare
aborted {adj} -- terminato
abortifacient {adj} /əˌbɔɹ.təˈfeɪ.ʃn̩t/ (producing miscarriage) -- abortivo
abortifacient {n} (agent that causes premature delivery) -- abortivo {m}
abortion {n} /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/ (miscarriage) -- aborto {m}
abortion {n} (induced abortion) -- aborto {m}
abortion {n} (act of inducing abortion) -- aborto {m}
abortion {n} (immature product of an untimely birth) -- abortivo {m}
abortive {n} /əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ -- abortito, abortivo
abound {v} /əˈbaʊnd/ (to be plentiful) -- abbondare, essere abbondante
abound {v} (to be copiously supplied) -- abbondare, essere abbondante
abound with {v} (abound) -- SEE: abound
about {prep} /əˈbaʊt/ (on every side of) -- circa
about {prep} (near, approximately, regarding time, size or quantity) -- vicino a
about {prep} (on the point or verge of) -- stare per
about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in) -- riguardando, su, riguardo {m}
about {prep} (concerning) -- riguardando
about {prep} (in the immediate neighborhood of) -- vicino
about {adv} (here and there) -- intorno
about time {adv} (far past the desired time) -- era ora
about turn {n} /əˈbaʊt tɚn/ (about face) -- dietro front, dietrofront {m}
about turn {n} (change of opinion) -- dietro front, voltagabbana
about turn {v} (perform an about turn) -- fare dietro front
about-face {n} /əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs/ (military: abrupt turn to face the opposite direction) -- dietro front {m}, dietrofront {m}
about-face {n} (reversal of direction or attitude) -- voltafaccia {m}, voltagabbana {m}, banderuola {f}
about-face {v} (to turn 180 degrees) -- fare dietrofront