Word origins

• DiMarinoA surname from Italian.
• DimascioA surname from Italian.
• DiMattiaA surname from Italian.
• DimiceliA surname from Italian.
• diminuendoA dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
• DimperioA surname from Italian.
• DiMuzioA surname from Italian.
• DioguardiA surname from Italian.
• DiPalmaA surname.
• DiPaolaA surname from Italian.
• DiPernaA surname from Italian.
• DiPierroA surname from Italian.
• Di PietroA surname from Italian.
• dipintoa sketched or painted (as opposed to engraved) inscription.
• DirussoA surname from Italian.
• dispartTo part, separate.
• DispenzaA surname from Italian.
• DiStasioA surname from Italian.
• ditalA finger-operated key for raising the pitch of a guitar by a semitone.
• ditalinishort pasta tubes with ribbed sides
• DiTommasoA surname from Italian.
• DiVirgilioA surname from Italian.
• divisoAn instruction that a section of the orchestra (normally the strings) should divide itself into two, each taking separate parts normally notated on the same staff; either tutti or all'unisono cancels this instruction
• DocimoA surname from Italian.
• dogalOf or pertaining to a doge.
• dogaressaThe wife of a doge.
• dogateThe office or dignity of a doge.
• dolce far nienteSheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.
• dolcelatteA mild, slightly sweet form of gorgonzola cheese.
• dolce stil nuovoA literary movement in 13th- and 14th-century Italy, influenced by the Sicilian School and Tuscan poetry, and having divine love as its main theme, often incorporating vivid descriptions of female beauty and likening women to angels.
• dolce vitaThe good life; a life of self-indulgence and luxury.
• dolcissimoVery soft.
• dolenteSorrowfully, as if the player were mourning.
• dolorosoplaintively; pathetically
• DomodossolaA town in Piedmont, Italy, close to the border with Switzerland.
• donna angelicaan idealized concept of the purity of woman
• donzellaA female donzel.
• DorazioA surname from Italian.
• DubaldoA surname from Italian.
• duelloA duel.
• DugoA surname from Italian.
• DurazzoSynonym of Durrës (“a city in Albania”).
• elichepasta spirals
• elicoidaliA form of ridged tubular pasta, similar to rigatoni.
• Emilia-RomagnaAn administrative region of northern Italy. Capital: Bologna.
• eneolithicDescribing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
• ErcolaniA surname from Italian.
• ErnestaA female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Ernest.
• espressivoTo be played in an expressive manner.
• espresso breveEspresso prepared with steamed half and half.
• EtorreA male given name from Italian.
• EtruscheriaA fascination with Etruscan culture.
• facilizeTo make something easy; to facilitate.
• FaetoA town in Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
• fagottinoSynonym of tenoroon.
• fagottoThe bassoon.
• falanghinaA white grape variety from Campania in Italy.
• faldettaA headdress and shawl worn by women in parts of the Mediterranean.
• FaliveneA surname from Italian.
• FallacaraA surname from Italian.
• FallettaA surname from Italian.
• FamularoA surname from Italian.
• FanaraA surname from Italian.
• fantocciniPuppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
• FareseA surname from Italian.
• farfallonia larger form of farfalle pasta
• farinataA flat baked pancake, somewhat similar to a pizza, made from chickpea flour and olive oil.
• FarruggiaA surname from Italian.
• fascioA bundle or sheaf.
• fata morganaA form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.
• fatchaA face.
• FattoreA surname from Italian.
• fava beanAn edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
• FavazzaA surname from Italian.
• FavignanaA small town in Trapani, Sicily.
• fazzoletA handkerchief.
• FeboA surname.
• FellinA surname.
• FemiaA surname from Italian.
• femminielloA member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.
• fernetA particular type of Italian amaro.
• ferramentaThe supporting ironwork associated with stained glass panels.
• FerrantelliA surname from Italian.
• FerrantelloA surname from Italian.
• FerrentinoA surname from Italian.
• ferrettocopper sulphide, used to colour glass.
• ferricadouzerA knockdown blow; a good thrashing.
• FerruggiaA surname from Italian.
• FerulloA surname from Italian.
• festinoA feast or entertainment.
• fettucceA wide form of fettuccine pasta.
• fettuccelleA narrow form of fettuccine pasta.
• fettuccine AlfredoFettuccine pasta served with a sauce containing cream, parmigiano, nutmeg and pepper.
• FilesiA surname from Italian.
• FilippelliA surname from Italian.
• FilosaA surname from Italian.
• finale concertatoAny finale of an opera's penultimate acts which features several main characters singing simultaneously but independently.
• FinamoreA surname from Italian.
• fior di latteA style of mozzarella cheese.
• FiorittoA surname from Italian.