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List Of English Words Of Italian OriginWords of Italian origin have entered other languages. - al dente
- rom al (a preposition + il article) and dente, ="tooth" (al dente could be translated as "slightly underdone"; it's used particularly to specify the clicking consistency of properly done pasta)
- balcony
- rom balcone
- ballot
- rom ballote
- bandit
- rom bandito
- belvedere, a kind of gazebo
- rom belvedere ="nice view"
- bordello
- rom bordello
- bravo
- rom bravo, ="skillful, good (at something), brave (not very common in current Italian)"
- broccoli
- rom plural of broccolo, ="cabbage-sprout or top"
- cameo
- rom camo
- canto, subdivision of a long poem
- rom canto ="song, singing"
- capriccio
- rom capriccio ="sudden start, motion, or freak"
- casino
- rom casino, ="small house", diminutive of casa
- cupola
- rom cupola, ="little cask"
- fantasia
- rom fantasia, ="fancy"
- folio
- rom folio, ="leaf"
- forte, a musical direction for 'loud'
- rom forte ="strong, loud"
- galleria
- rom galleria, ="arcade"
- giraffe
- rom giraffa
- gonzo
- rom gonzo, ="fool(ish)"
- imbroglio
- rom imbroglio, "an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile"
- incognito
- rom incognito (from Latin in + cognitus), ="unknown"
- influenza
- rom influenza
- lava
- rom lava
- macaroni
- rom maccheroni, plural of maccherone
- Madonna
- rom madonna, ="my lady"
- malaria
- rom malaria
- manifesto
- rom manifesto, ="manifest"
- neutrino
- rom neutrino, ="little neutron"
- obbligato
- rom obbligare, ="to oblige"
- oboe
- rom obo, boe (actual Italian form)
- opera
- rom opera, ="a work produced"
- operetta
- rom operetta, ="little opera"
- panini
- rom panini, plural of panino, ="bread roll"
- paparazzi
- rom paparazzi, plural of paparazzo
- pasta
- rom pasta
- pesto
- rom pesto, ="crushed"
- piano
- rom piano, ="soft"
- pianoforte
- rom pianoforte, ="soft-strong"
- piazza
- rom piazza, ="square, marketplace"
- piccolo
- rom piccolo, ="small"
- propaganda
- rom propaganda, ="congregation for propagating the faith"
- pizza
- rom pizza
- radicchio
- rom radicchio, ="chicory"
- replica
- rom replica
- spaghetti
- rom spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, ="little string"
- stanza
- rom stanza, ="room"
- stiletto
- rom stiletto, ="little dagger"
- studio
- rom studio, ="study"
- tariff
- rom tariffa
- timpani
- rom timpani, plural of timpano, ="kettledrum"
- torso
- rom torso, ="stalk, stump"
- tortellini
- rom tortellino, ="little cake"
- umbrella
- rom ombrello
- vendetta
- rom vendetta, ="vengeance"
- vermicelli
- rom vermicelli, ="little worms"
- volcano
- rom vulcano (from Latin vulcanus)
- zabaglione
- rom zabaglione, zabaione (actual Italian form)
- zucchini
- rom zucchini, plural of zucchino, ="small gourd"
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