Italˈianize or Italˈianise transitive verb

1. To make Italian
2. To give an Italian character to

1. To become Italian
2. To play the Italian
3. To speak Italian
4. To use Italian idioms
5. To adopt Italian ways

Italˈic adjective

1. Relating to Italy, esp ancient Italy
2. Of or relating to the Italic branch of languages
3. (without cap) of a sloping type introduced by the Italian printer Aldo Manuzio in 1501, used esp for emphasis or other distinctive purpose, indicated in manuscripts by single underlining

1. A branch of Indo-European usu considered to comprise Oscan, Umbrian, Latin and related languages, but sometimes applied to either the Latin group or the Osco-Umbrian group alone
2. (without cap, usu in pl) an italic letter

italicīzāˈtion or italicīsāˈtion noun

italˈicize or italˈicise transitive verb

To put in, or mark for, italics

Italˈiot or Italˈiote noun

A Greek of ancient Italy (also adjective)

Italian architecture noun

The style practised by Italian architects of the 15c–17c centuries, which originated in a revival of the ancient architecture of Rome

Italianate Englishman noun

An Englishman of the Renaissance, full of Italian learning and vices, proverbially equivalent to a devil incarnate

Italian garden noun

A formal garden with statues

Italian iron noun

A smoothing iron for fluting

Italian sixth noun (music)

A chord of a note with its major third and augmented sixth

Italian sonnet same as Petrarchan sonnet (see under sonnet).

Italian vermouth noun

A sweet vermouth

Italian warehouseman noun (historical)

A dealer in such groceries as macaroni, olive oil, dried fruits, etc

Italic version or Itˈala version noun

A translation of the Bible into Latin, based on the ‘Old Latin’ version, and made probably in the time of Augustine