Italian

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of or relating to Italy or its people, language, or culture.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Italy.
3. n. A person of Italian descent.
4. n. The Romance language of the Italians and an official language of Switzerland.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of or pertaining to Italy, a country and kingdom of Europe, which comprises the central one of the three southern European peninsulas, together with the adjoining region northward to the Alps, and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, etc.; pertaining to the inhabitants of Italy. The kingdom of Italy has developed from the former kingdom of Sardinia, which, through the events of 1859–60, annexed Lombardy, Tuscany, Modena, Parma, the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and part of the Papal States, acquired Venetia in 1866, and finally Rome in 1870. The title of King of Italy was assumed by Victor Emmanuel II. of Sardinia in 1861.
2. n. A native of Italy, or one of the Italian race.
3. n. The language spoken by the inhabitants of Italy, whether the literary speech or one of the popular dialects.
4. n. Abbreviated It., Ital.
5. n. A member of a race of honey-bees imported into the United States from Italy and having at least three yellow bands across the abdomen when the latter is distended with honey.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Pertaining to Italy, its people or its language.
2. n. An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
3. n. The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Switzerland.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to Italy, or to its people or language.
2. n. A native or inhabitant of Italy.
3. n. The language used in Italy, or by the Italians.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a native or inhabitant of Italy
2. adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language
3. n. the Romance language spoken in Italy