Italian

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈtaljən/

adjective

  • relating to Italy, its people, or their language.

noun

  • 1a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Romance language of Italy, descended from Latin and with roughly 60 million speakers worldwide. It is also one of the official languages of Switzerland.

Derivatives

Italianist

noun

Italianize

(also Italianise) verb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Italian italiano, from Italia 'Italy'