italianus

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Latin

Etymology

From Italia (Italy) +‎ -ānus (adjective suffix), on the model of a Romance language such as Italian italiano.

Pronunciation

Adjective

italiānus (feminine italiāna, neuter italiānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin, nonstandard) Italian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

italiānus m (genitive italiānī); second declension

  1. (New Latin, nonstandard) an Italian
    • 1889, Jacobus Christiansen, De apicibus et i longis inscriptionum latinarum, page 59:
      V́LTRA (tab. Claud) apicem habet adversus oltra Italianorum et outre Francorum.
      ÚLTRA (Claudian tablet) has an acute, in contrast to oltra of the Italians and outre of the French.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms