Word origins

• fiorituraA musical embellishment or ornamentation.
• fiumaraA flooded river (or its riverbed), especially one running down from a mountain.
• flautandoflutelike.
• flautinoAny of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
• florentium(disused nomenclature) Promethium.
• FloridiaA commune, a town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
• foibaA deep sinkhole typical of karst regions and particularly Istria.
• FolinoA surname from Italian.
• fondacoA trading factory, trading post, or colony operated by the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, chiefly around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
• fondamentoA quay along an Italian waterway.
• fondutaA fondue, associated with Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta, made from fontina cheese and thickened with egg yolk.
• FontanillaA surname from Spanish of Spanish and Italian origin.
• FonzoA surname from Italian.
• ForlenzaA surname from Italian.
• ForlìA city and comune, the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
• FormazzaA village in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy.
• ForrisiA surname from Italian.
• fra diavoloA spicy tomato sauce for pasta or seafood, made with crushed red pepper, garlic, onions, and herbs.
• FragaleA surname from Italian.
• FraioliA surname from Italian.
• FranzeA surname from Italian.
• FranzettiA surname from Italian.
• FranzoneA surname from Italian.
• FratusA surname.
• frazioneA subdivision of a comune.
• Free State of FiumeSynonym of Fiume, a former polity in Europe, between 1920–1924.
• fricoA traditional Friulian cheese dish in which cheese is shredded and then pan-fried.
• Fried Liver AttackA common chess opening based on the Two Knights' Defence, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7, in which white sacrifices its king's knight to gain attacking momentum.
• frigatoonA Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.
• friggitelloA sweet Italian chili pepper of the species Capsicum annuum.
• FrisciaA surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
• 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.
• fruit of the seaSeafood.
• fruits of the seaSeafood.
• 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.
• galanty showA show performed using silhouettes and shadow puppets.
• 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.
• garibaldinoA partisan or adherent of Garibaldi; a Garibaldist.
• 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.
• gazetAn old Venetian coin of little value.
• GebbiaA surname from Italian.
• GelasianPertaining to Pope Gelasius I.
• 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.
• GhibellineIn the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Holy Roman Emperor in a long struggle against the Guelphs and the Pope.
• GhiblifyTo use generative AI to transform an image into a style resembling the work of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli.
• giallolinoNaples yellow, or massicot.
• 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.
• gigantesqueVery large; like a giant; gigantic.
• 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.
• giocosoMerry; playful.
• 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.