English words from Italian
- jiboneyA low-level tough or thug, a mean man.
- JorizzoA surname from Italian.
- JudeccaA zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot
- KaraffaA surname from Italian.
- karezzaNon-religious spiritual sexual practices that draw upon tantric techniques of body control but do not involve any of tantra's cultural or iconographic symbolism; intended to promote birth control, equality for women, and marital pleasure and fidelity.
- khaziAn outhouse or lavatory: a place used for urination and defecation.
- Kingdom of ItalyA European state that existed from 476 to 493.
- Kingdom of NaplesA former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Naples between 1282 and 1816.
- Kingdom of the Two SiciliesA former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Palermo and Naples between 1816 and 1861, covering Sicily and most of the present-day Mezzogiorno.
- LaCivitaA surname from Italian.
- LaducaA surname from Italian.
- LafataA surname from Italian.
- LaframentaA surname from Italian.
- LagrangiaA surname from Italian
- LagrecaA surname from Italian.
- LainoA surname from Italian.
- LambiaseA surname from Italian.
- LambogliaA surname from Italian.
- lamentosoIn a mournful, grieving manner.
- lamettaThin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.
- LamorteA surname from Italian.
- LampanelliA surname from Italian.
- lampanteExtracted by mechanical methods; suitable for lighting, but not suitable for human consumption without further refining
- LamparielloA surname from Italian.
- lampredottoA beef tripe dish from Florence, usually served with a green parsley sauce, pepper, and olive oil, and eaten with a bread roll.
- LanasaA surname from Italian.
- lance corporalAn enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.
- LandolfiA surname from Italian.
- LandriscinaA surname from Italian.
- LaneseA surname from Italian.
- languenteIn a languishing manner; pathetically.
- LanzillottaA surname from Italian.
- LanziseraA surname from Italian.
- LapadulaA surname from Italian
- LapennaA surname from Italian.
- lapilloSynonym of lapillus (“lava fragment”).
- LapollaA surname from Italian.
- L'AquilaA province of Abruzzo, Italy.
- larghissimoAs slowly as possible.
- LaSorsaA surname from Italian.
- La SpeziaA province of Liguria, Italy.
- LaspinaA surname from Italian.
- LatellaA surname from Italian.
- latifondoA latifundium in Italy.
- LattanzioA surname from Italian.
- latte macchiatoA coffee-based beverage, prepared by "staining" the steamed "pure" white milk by the addition of espresso, using half or less of the espresso shot of caffè macchiato.
- latticinioA variety of white glass threads or canes, used to make decorative articles.
- launcesand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
- launeddasA traditional Sardinian polyphonic woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed.
- LauricellaA surname from Italian.
- LaurinoA surname from Italian.
- LavaroneA town in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
- LavecchiaA surname from Italian.
- lavoltaAn ancient dance of the Renaissance which incorporated many challenging twists and skips.
- lazarettoA place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
- lazzaroneOne of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; a chance-worker or beggar.
- lazzoA stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated with commedia dell'arte.
- leggeroLightly, delicately, or gently.
- leggiadrousgraceful, elegant
- LeggioA surname from Italian.
- LemmoA surname from Italian.
- LeonardeschiA group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci.
- LeperaA surname from Italian.
- LepreA surname from Italian.
- LerroA surname from Italian.
- LevatinoA surname from Italian.
- libbraA traditional Italian unit of mass now equated to the pound.
- libeccioA southwest wind.
- LibrizziA surname from Italian.
- LicciardiA surname from Italian.
- LiistroA surname from Sicilian.
- lingua francaA common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its speakers.
- LiquoriA surname from Italian.
- listelloAn architectural fillet, a tile border or listel
- l'istesso tempoIndicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.
- liuto attiorbatoA type of small archlute; a fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with double courses in the bass and two sets of tuning pegs.
- LivolsiA surname from Italian.
- LoboscoA surname from Italian.
- LobueA surname from Italian.
- LoConteA surname from Italian.
- LodatoA surname from Italian.
- LodicoA surname from Italian.
- LofasoA surname from Italian.
- LogiudiceA surname from Italian.
- LograssoA surname from Italian.
- Lo IaconoA surname from Italian.
- LomonacoA surname from Italian.
- LonardoA surname from Italian.
- LongarettiA surname from Italian
- LonigroA surname from Italian.
- LoPintoA surname from Italian.
- LoprestoA surname from Italian.
- LoSassoA surname from Italian.
- LositoA surname from Italian.
- LotitoA surname from Italian.
- LotumoloA surname from Italian
- LovalloA surname from Italian.
- love appleSynonym of tomato.
- luiginoAn imitation coin, based on the French petit louis, once used mostly as an ornament.
- lumachelA grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours