Word origins

• 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
• giuseppettiteA trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light violet blue mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
• giustamentein strict tempo
• GleraSynonym of Prosecco (“grape variety”)
• gondoletA small gondola.
• 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.
• Grana PadanoA hard, crumbly cheese from the Po river valley in northern Italy.
• Grand CanalA channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
• grandezzaGrandeur, greatness, magnificence.
• grandiosoA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
• granicultureWheat growing.
• Gran ParadisoA mountain of the Graian Alps, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of northwestern Italy.
• gregaleA strong Mediterranean wind blowing from the north-east.
• 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.
• Gulf of VeniceSynonym of Adriatic Sea.
• GuminaA surname from Italian.
• gustosoin a tasteful, agreeable manner
• GuzzardoA surname from Italian.
• GuzzettaA surname from Italian.
• harpejjiAn electrophonic string instrument.
• hesperiumA rejected name for plutonium. (Esperium chemical symbol: Es)
• hologenesisA theory of evolution in which each species divides into two, only one of which develops successfully.
• -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).
• imbroccataA hit or thrust.
• ImbrognoA surname from Italian.
• ImburgiaA surname from Italian.
• impassionateFilled with passion; impassioned
• ImpastatoA surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
• improvisatoreAn individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
• improvisatriceA female improvisatore.
• -inaUsed to form feminine nouns.
• in altissimoOne octave higher.
• inamorataA female lover or woman with whom one is in love; a mistress.
• inamoratoA lover; a gallant.
• incalmoThe glasswork technique of joining together two separately blown glass bubbles while they are still hot.
• incavoThe incised part in an intaglio.
• incoronateCrowned.
• IncorvaiaA surname from Italian.
• IndelicatoA surname from Italian.
• infamitaA most heinous act against one's own family, or against family life in general.
• inficiateTo render or demonstrate to be invalid; to invalidate or disprove.
• ingannationCheating; deception.
• IngenitoA surname from Italian.
• IngogliaA surname from Italian.
• IngraoA surname from Italian.
• in pettoSecret, private.
• in rilievoThe musical notation that indicates that a particular instrument to play slightly louder than the others so as to stand out over the ensemble; in relief.
• InsalacoA surname from Italian.
• InserraA surname from Italian.
• intabulationan arrangement of a vocal or ensemble piece for keyboard, lute, or other plucked string instrument, written in tablature.
• InterranteA surname from Italian.
• intonacoThe final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.
• intonarumoriA group of experimental musical instruments invented by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo in the early 20th century.
• intricoan intricacy; a web of intrigue
• involtinoA thin slice of meat rolled around a stuffing and cooked; a roulade.
• InzirilloA surname from Italian.
• IodiceA surname from Italian.
• irredentaAny region whose inhabitants are ethnically related to those of another state
• irredentistSomeone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
• isolaniA queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.
• isoletAn islet.
• ItaleseA mixture of English and Italian used among Italian immigrants in Canada.
• Italian mileVarious traditional Italian units of length, particularly the Genovese and Roman miles
• Italian RepublicOfficial name of Italy: a country in Southern Europe.
• jabroniAn obnoxious or contemptible person; a crybaby.
• jadroolA loser; a bum.
• janissaryAn infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).
• Jerusalem artichokeA variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.
• jettaturaThe evil eye.