Word origins

• friulanoA cow's-milk cheese with firm pale-yellow flesh and a mild flavour, originating in Friuli, Italy.
• frizzanteLightly sparkling.
• frottolaThe predominant type of Italian popular secular song of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, and the most important and widespread predecessor to the madrigal.
• fughettaA short, condensed version of a fugue.
• FulginitiA surname from Italian.
• fuliginsoot, lampblack.
• FumarolaA surname from Italian.
• fumaroleAn opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.
• furlanaA lively Italian folk dance.
• gabbadosthard-headed, stubborn
• GaccioA surname from Italian.
• GaglioneA surname from Italian.
• GalanoA surname.
• galeroA large, broad-brimmed, tasseled hat worn by Catholic clergy.
• GalganiA surname.
• GallicchioA surname from Italian.
• GalvanoA surname from Italian
• galvano-Synonym of electro-, particularly with regard to bioelectricity and some specific applications.
• GambiniA surname from Italian
• GamboneA surname from Italian.
• GancitanoA surname from Italian.
• GandinoA comune of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
• GaravagliaA surname from Italian.
• GarbelliniA surname from Italian.
• GardeneseOf or pertaining to Val Gardena.
• GaroneA surname from Italian.
• GarritanoA surname from Italian.
• GarufiA surname from Italian.
• GarufoA surname from Italian.
• GarziaA surname.
• GasbarroA surname from Italian.
• GaudiosoA surname from Italian.
• GavoniA surname from Italian.
• GebbiaA surname from Italian.
• gelateriaA shop that sells gelato (Italian-style ice cream).
• GencarelliA surname from Italian.
• geomantA geomancer.
• GermanottaA surname from Italian.
• GerussiA surname from Italian
• gestatorial chairA sedan chair used as a portable throne by popes.
• GiambalvoA surname from Italian.
• GiammarcoA surname from Italian.
• GiammarinoA surname from Italian.
• giandujaA Piedmontese preparation of chocolate containing about 50 percent hazelnut and almond paste.
• GiangrandeA surname from Italian.
• GiannuzziA surname from Italian.
• GiaquintoA surname from Italian.
• giardinieraAn Italian relish made of pickled vegetables.
• GiarratanoA surname from Italian; a locative name derived from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa province, Sicily.
• gigliatoA silver coin established in 1303 by Charles II of Anjou in Naples, and then also in Provence from 1330, and depicting on its reverse side a lily entwined around a cross.
• GilbertiA surname from Italian.
• GiocondoA character in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso.
• GiovannielloA surname from Italian.
• GiovenaleA surname from Italian.
• GiovinazziA surname from Italian.
• GirgentiA surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
• Giro d'ItaliaAn annual long-distance cycling race in Italy, usually held over three weeks.
• GisondoA surname from Italian.
• giuboA rubber disk or toroid with six holes equally spaced along a circle, with one shaft bolted to three of the holes and the other shaft bolted to the other three.
• GiuffridaA surname from Italian.
• Giuoco PianoA chess opening
• GleraSynonym of Prosecco (“grape variety”)
• GonnellaA surname from Italian.
• goulotteA snowy, steep gorge on a mountain which is too narrow to ski through.
• GovernaleA surname from Italian.
• GraceffaA surname from Italian.
• GraciA surname from Italian.
• gradinogradin.
• GraffeoA surname from Italian.
• GrafseeA lake in Pfitsch, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige autonomous region, Italy.
• grandezzaGrandeur, greatness, magnificence.
• grandiosoA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
• Gran ParadisoA mountain of the Graian Alps, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of northwestern Italy.
• gremolataA paste of capers, parsley, lemon zest, olives and olive oil served as an accompaniment to meat or fish.
• GrippiA surname from Italian.
• GrisantiA surname from Italian.
• grissinoA narrow breadstick in Italian cuisine.
• grossettoAn Italian coin of the fourteenth century.
• groupoSynonym of groupset.
• grupettoA group of notes played together that are added to the melody, also known as the "turn" or grace notes.
• gruppettoSynonym of autobus (“a large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race”).
• GuagliardoA surname from Italian.
• guancialeAn Italian dish of fatty bacon prepared from pig cheeks.
• GuariscoA surname from Italian.
• GuarnaschelliA surname from Italian.
• GuastelloA surname from Italian.
• GuglielmiteA follower of the Italian noblewoman Guglielma of Bohemia (1210–1281), who practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate.
• GugliuzzaA surname from Italian.
• GuminaA surname from Italian.
• gustosoin a tasteful, agreeable manner
• GuzzardoA surname from Italian.
• -iUsed to form adjectives, nouns, demonyms (describing people of a particular city, region or country) or genonyms (describing people of a particular tribe, clan or family) and the language spoken by these people.
• IacuzziA surname from Italian.
• IannaconeA surname from Italian.
• IannelloA surname from Italian.
• IannielloA surname from Italian.
• IannottiA surname from Italian.
• IezziA surname from Italian.
• IlardiA surname from Italian.
• Il DuceThe title which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini assumed during his rule (1922—1945).