English words from Italian
- ColasurdoA surname from Italian.
- ColatoA surname from Italian.
- col legnoA musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow.
- coll'ottavaHaving the notes played in two adjacent octaves simultaneously.
- ColosiA surname from Italian.
- ColumbuA surname.
- come stàAn instruction to play without improvised ornamentation or rhythmic alteration.
- comitivaA band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.
- commedia dell'arteAn early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
- CommissoA surname from Italian.
- ComperatoreA surname from Italian.
- comprimarioA secondary singer, often in opera.
- con amorein an amorous manner, with care or zeal.
- con brioWith spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction).
- concerto grossoa musical form, common in the Baroque period, in which contrasting sections are played by full orchestra and by a small group of soloists.
- conchigliepasta shells
- conchiglioniA larger form of conchiglie pasta.
- conciatorThe person who prepares the materials to be made into glass, and/or works and tempers them.
- condottiereA mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.
- confettoA single piece of confetti; singular of confetti.
- con motoA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played "with motion"
- ConsalvoA surname from Italian.
- ConsoloA surname from Italian.
- con sordiniWith the mutes.
- con sordinoWith the mute.
- contadinaAn Italian peasant woman.
- contadinoAn Italian peasant.
- contadoThe land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city.
- contorniateA bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.
- contornocontour; outline
- contrabassoThe largest kind of bass viol.
- contrafagottocontrabassoon
- contrappostoThe position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; (countable) an instance of this.
- contrapuntistOne skilled in counterpoint.
- conversazioneA formal gathering where something related to the arts or academia is discussed.
- CoppolinoA surname from Italian.
- CordelliA surname from Italian.
- cornutoA cuckold.
- cornutorOne who makes another person into a cuckold.
- CorrealeA surname from Italian.
- CorrentiA surname from Italian.
- CorsaliniA surname from Italian.
- CorselloA surname from Italian.
- CorsinoA surname from Italian.
- cortissimoThe shot that forms the coffee base of a flat white.
- cossicOf or relating to algebra.
- cossistA practitioner of proto-algebra in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe.
- cotechinoA kind of pork sausage from Emilia-Romagna in Italy.
- CotroneoA surname from Italian.
- CotroniA surname from Italian.
- CotugnoA surname from Italian.
- CracoAn abandoned hill town in Monte d'Oro, Craco Peschiera, Craco, Matera, Basilicata, Italian Peninsula, Italy.
- CraxismThe political philosophy of Bettino Craxi, Italian former prime minister.
- crazy waterAn Italian dish of poached whitefish and tomatoes.
- CresciA surname from Italian.
- crespelleSmall, folded pancakes, with a savoury (or sweet) filling, sometimes served with a sauce.
- CretellaA surname from Italian.
- criminyExpressing surprise or impatience.
- CriscioneA surname from Italian.
- CristinoA surname.
- CritelliA surname from Italian.
- crostataA kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.
- CrudelliA surname from Italian.
- CucchiaraA surname.
- CucciA surname from Italian.
- CuccinelliA surname from Italian.
- culatelloA kind of ham aged for at least 11 months, traditionally produced in the territory along the River Po.
- curatopriest
- CuratoloA surname from Italian.
- curvetOf a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
- CusmanoA surname from Italian.
- CutilloA surname from Italian.
- CutinoA surname from Italian.
- CutroneA surname from Italian.
- da capoFrom the beginning.
- da capo al fineRepeat from the beginning up to the word fine ("end").
- dacha-salteeTenpence.
- DacquistoA surname from Italian.
- DadamoA surname from Italian.
- DaddonaA surname from Italian.
- DagataA surname from Italian.
- DaidoneA surname from Italian.
- DalessandroA surname from Italian.
- DalessioA surname from Italian.
- D'AlfonsoA surname from Italian.
- DalfonsoA surname from Italian.
- DallagoA surname from Italian.
- DaloiaA surname from Italian.
- dal segnoFrom the last segno.
- D'AmatoA surname from Italian.
- D'AmbrosioA surname from Italian.
- DambrosioA surname from Italian.
- D'AmelioA surname from Italian.
- DamelioA surname from Italian.
- DamoreA surname from Italian.
- D'AndreaA surname from Italian.
- DandreaA surname from Italian.
- D'AngeloA surname from Italian.
- D'AntoniA surname from Italian.
- DantoniA surname from Italian.