Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language. / (obsolete, not comparable) Using an italic style; italic.

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

plural of Italian

(transitive) To give something Italian characteristics / (intransitive) To adopt an Italian way of life, or Italian manners

The conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one. / (linguistics) The process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system.

(historical) The forced cultural and ethnic assimilation of minorities in the Kingdom of Italy, with particular reference to the Fascist government (1922–1943).

Italian in style or character.

To Italianize

plural of Italianization

A loanword from the Italian language. / A characteristic of Italy or the Italian people. / A tendency to assimilate or imitate the culture or customs of Italy.