English words from Italian
- romanescoRomanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.
- RomanielloA surname from Italian.
- RomanucciA surname from Italian.
- RoncaA surname from Italian.
- RoncadoriA surname from Italian.
- RoppoloA surname from Italian.
- RosaniaA surname.
- RosanoA surname from Italian.
- rosolioAny of several sweet liqueurs containing fruit extract.
- rosso corsaA bright red colour commonly used on sports cars.
- RossoneriA.C. Milan
- rosticceriaAn Italian rotisserie (cooking device).
- RotunnoA surname.
- RotzoA town in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.
- RubboA surname from Italian.
- RuggirelloA surname from Italian.
- RulliA surname from Italian.
- ruoteA type of pasta in the shape of a spoked wheel.
- RutiglianoA surname from Italian.
- RuvoloA surname.
- SaccavinoA surname from Italian.
- sacra conversazioneA painting depicting the Virgin Mary, infant Jesus and saints in a relatively informal grouping.
- SaggeseA surname from Italian.
- SaladiniA surname from Italian.
- salmoriglioAn Italian condiment made from lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs.
- salottoAn Italian drawing room.
- saltandoPlayed with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument.
- saltarelloA lively medieval Italian dance with a leaping step.
- saltatoA "springing" stroke in playing the violin.
- saltimbancoA quack doctor, a fraud.
- saltimboccaAn Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled in prosciutto ham and sage leaves.
- salumeriaa shop specializing in salami and the like: a butchershop, delicatessen
- salumiSynonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).
- SalzanoA surname from Italian.
- SammarcoA surname from Italian.
- sampietrinoA roughly 12cm square-topped, dark, fine-grained, paving stone with a tapered base, endemic to Rome (first used in the 17th century to pave St. Peter’s Square—whence it received its name—later becoming iconic throughout Rome and further afield in Italy), which was traditionally (albeit not exclusively) quarried from the mafic, alkaline, ultrapotassic leucitite Pleistocene-age lavas erupted by the Alban Hills volcano just outside of the city, although modern replacement stones are often made of similar, yet more readily-available, cheaper basalt, imported from China.
- San BasileA town in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, known for having a large diaspora of Arbëreshë.
- SangiacomoA surname from Italian.
- San MarinoA landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy. Official name: Republic of San Marino.
- SantagataA surname from Italian.
- Santa Maria degli AngeliA village near Assisi, Perugia, Italy, famed for the indulgence granted at its Portiuncula chapel on 1 & 2 August.
- SantarlasciA surname from Italian.
- SantorelliA surname from Italian.
- SanzoneA surname from Italian.
- SapiaA surname from Italian.
- SappadinoThe Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
- sardelsard
- SardellaA surname from Italian.
- SarracinoA surname from Italian.
- SassanoA surname from Italian.
- SassuoloA town in Italy.
- SatarianoA surname from Italian.
- SavastanoA surname from Italian.
- savoiardiA ladyfinger (small sponge cake–like biscuit, shaped approximately like a finger).
- sbirroA policeman in Italy, Corsica, etc.
- ScacciaA surname from Italian.
- ScafidiA surname from Italian.
- scagliaA reddish variety of limestone.
- scagliolaPlasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
- scaladeAn escalade.
- scaldinoAn Italian earthenware brazier.
- ScaleraA surname from Italian.
- ScaliciA surname from Italian.
- scamorzaAn unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy.
- scampaviaA quick, long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the 19th century.
- ScandolaA surname from Italian.
- ScaramucciA unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or 11 days.
- ScarcellaA surname from Italian.
- ScarlataA surname from Italian.
- ScarpatiA surname from Italian.
- scarperChiefly in scarper the letty: to depart quickly or run away from (a place); to flee.
- ScarpinoA surname from Italian.
- ScarpullaA surname from Italian.
- SchettinoA surname from Italian.
- schiacciataA type of crisp and chewy Italian bread, originating from Tuscany.
- SchillaciA surname from Italian.
- ScialabbaA surname from Italian.
- SciarrinoA surname from Italian.
- ScibelliA surname from Italian.
- ScibettaA surname from Italian.
- ScibiliaA surname from Italian.
- ScintoA surname from Italian.
- scioltoLight, free and easy; without strictness or legato.
- ScolaroA surname from Italian.
- scordaturacross-tuning
- scorrendoGliding or passing smoothly between tones.
- scorrevoleGliding from one note to the next.
- ScorzielloA surname from Italian.
- scorzoneraA herb from southern Europe (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica), having yellow flowers and edible carrot-shaped roots.
- scrivanA clerk or writer.
- scrivanoA scribe or clerk.
- sdrucciolaFormed of words stressed on their antepenults and rhyming on all three final syllables.
- SelinunteAn Ancient Greek city on the south-western coast of Sicily.
- SellariaA former quartiere (quarter) of the city of Naples, Italy, which occupied territory approximating to that of the present-day quartiere of Pendino.
- sellaryA male prostitute.
- SellittoA surname from Italian.
- SelvaggioA surname from Italian.
- SelvitellaA surname from Italian.
- semibreveA musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US)
- semifreddoAny of various desserts eaten cold but not frozen, having egg yolks, sugar and cream as main ingredients.