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Torinese, a. and n.|tɒrɪˈniːz|
Also Turinese.
[a. It. Torinese, f. Torino Turin: see -ese.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the city of Turin in Piedmont, north-west Italy, its natives and inhabitants, or their dialect.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Turin.
b. The dialect of Italian spoken in Turin.
1883H. James Little Tour in France (1885) xix. 132 The shops are probably better than the Turinese, but the people are not so good. 1886Webster, Torinese a. and n. 1960A. Colquhoun tr. di Lampedusa's Leopard i. 19 The Piedmontese... Wouldn't things be just the same? Just Torinese instead of Neapolitan dialect; that's all. 1975R. Cobb Paris & its Provinces 2 The famous café..that unkind Torinese have sometimes called il caffé della mennapausa. Ibid. 3 Two louts engage the auburn beauty in the coarsest Torinese. 1977Times 26 Mar. 10/1 Turinese cooking. 1980Times 16 Oct. 7/2 As the five acts of the opera drifted their way onwards the Torinese decided they had had enough. |