italian

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language

   “Italian cooking”

Other forms of italian

plural

italians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about italian

What does italian mean?

italian means "a native or inhabitant of Italy". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in italian?

italian has 3 syllables: it-al-ian. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈtæljən/.

Is italian a common word?

italian is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with italian?

1 word rhymes with italian. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.