# translation

lexentry: eng/ectoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoderm
trans_list: ectoderma
sense:
(biology) Outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/ectoparasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoparasite
trans_list: dermatozoo
sense:
A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: ectoplasma
sense:
(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: ectoplasma
sense:
(parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.


lexentry: eng/ectothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectothermic
trans_list: a sangue freddo
sense:
(zoology) Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.


lexentry: eng/ecu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecu
trans_list: scudo
sense:
(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.


lexentry: eng/ecumenical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenical
trans_list: ecumenico
sense:
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ecumenism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenism
trans_list: ecumenismo
sense:
(philosophy) Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.


lexentry: eng/eczema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eczema
trans_list: eczema
sense:
(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.


lexentry: eng/edaphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edaphic
trans_list: edafico
sense:
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.


lexentry: eng/edelweiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edelweiss
trans_list: stella alpina
sense:
A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.


lexentry: eng/edema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edema
trans_list: edema
sense:
(American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.


lexentry: eng/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: edge
trans_list: spigolo | orlo | arco | bordo | lato
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.


lexentry: eng/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: edge
trans_list: filo | lama
sense:
(also, _, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.


lexentry: eng/edgy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: edgy
trans_list: confine
sense:
(entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.


lexentry: eng/edible_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edible crab
trans_list: granciporro
sense:
Cancer pagurus; a species of robust crab of a reddish-brown color found in the North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and perhaps in the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/edification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edification
trans_list: edificazione
sense:
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually


lexentry: eng/edisonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edisonade
trans_list: edisonata
sense:
(science fiction) A genre of science fiction and adventure fiction featuring a brilliant robust inventor, engineer or scientist hero who has an adventure in the wilds of the world, created from the mid-19th century to early 20th century, mostly American. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/edit_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edit war
trans_list: guerra di modifiche
sense:
(WMF) A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.


lexentry: eng/editio_princeps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: editio princeps
trans_list: edizione principe
sense:
(humanities, printing) The first printed edition of a work previously only published in manuscript form.


lexentry: eng/edition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edition
trans_list: edizione
sense:
(publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.


lexentry: eng/editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: editor
trans_list: redattore | curatore | redattrice | curatrice
sense:
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.


lexentry: eng/editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: editor
trans_list: montatore
sense:
(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: educe
trans_list: edurre
sense:
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: educe
trans_list: edurre
sense:
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eeny, meeny, miny, moe
trans_list: ambarabà ciccì coccò | igne migne magna mo
sense:
(playground games) A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each quarter-line (i.e. each word or pair of syllables). The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen.


lexentry: eng/efface__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efface
trans_list: cancellare
sense:
(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: effect
trans_list: effetto
sense:
(filmology, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: effect
trans_list: effetto
sense:
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.


lexentry: eng/effectuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effectuate
trans_list: causare
sense:
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/effeminate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effeminate
trans_list: effemminato
sense:
(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.


lexentry: eng/effendi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effendi
trans_list: efendi | effendi
sense:
An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.


lexentry: eng/effervescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effervescence
trans_list: effervescenza
sense:
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.


lexentry: eng/efficiency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: efficiency
trans_list: efficienza
sense:
The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.


lexentry: eng/efficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efficient
trans_list: efficiente | performante
sense:
making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy


lexentry: eng/efficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: efficient
trans_list: efficiente
sense:
expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input


lexentry: eng/efflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efflorescence
trans_list: efflorescenza
sense:
(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/effluent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: effluent
trans_list: effluente
sense:
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: uovo
sense:
(specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: uovo
sense:
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.


lexentry: eng/egg_donation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg donation
trans_list: ovodonazione
sense:
The process by which a woman provides one or several eggs (ova, oocytes) for purposes of assisted reproduction or biomedical research.


lexentry: eng/egg_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg on
trans_list: dare una spinta
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.


lexentry: eng/egg_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg roll
trans_list: involtino
sense:
A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it.


lexentry: eng/egg_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg salad
trans_list: insalata di uova
sense:
A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.


lexentry: eng/egg_timer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egg timer
trans_list: clessidra
sense:
(by extension) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.


lexentry: eng/egg_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg tooth
trans_list: diamante
sense:
(zoology) A small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg's surface during hatching.


lexentry: eng/eggnog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eggnog
trans_list: zabaglione | zabaione | zabajone
sense:
A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/eggplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eggplant
trans_list: melanzana
sense:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.


lexentry: eng/eglantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eglantine
trans_list: rosa canina
sense:
A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips.


lexentry: eng/egotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: egotism
trans_list: egotismo
sense:
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).


lexentry: eng/egregore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egregore
trans_list: eggregora
sense:
(occult) An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.


lexentry: eng/egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egret
trans_list: airone guardabuoi | garzetta
sense:
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.


lexentry: eng/eh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eh
trans_list: eh
sense:
(informal, chiefly, Canada, Upper Midwestern US, New Zealand, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.


lexentry: eng/eicosane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eicosane
trans_list: eicosano
sense:
(organic compound) any of the 366,319 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C20H42, but especially n-eicosane CH3(CH2)18CH3


lexentry: eng/eicosapentaenoic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eicosapentaenoic acid
trans_list: acido eicosapentaenoico
sense:
(fatty acid) An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), having 20 carbon atoms and 5 cis double bonds, that acts as a precursor for prostaglandin-3, thromboxane-3, and leukotriene-5 eicosanoids


lexentry: eng/eider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eider
trans_list: edredone
sense:
Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).


lexentry: eng/eidetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidetic
trans_list: eidetico
sense:
(neuroscience) Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.


lexentry: eng/eidolon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidolon
trans_list: idolo
sense:
An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.


lexentry: eng/eidolopoeia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidolopoeia
trans_list: idolopeia | idolopea
sense:
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.


lexentry: eng/eigenfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenfunction
trans_list: autofunzione
sense:
(mathematics) A function \phi such that, for a given linear operator D, D\phi=\lambda\phi for some scalar \lambda (called an eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eigenspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenspace
trans_list: autospazio
sense:
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.


lexentry: eng/eigenstate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenstate
trans_list: autostato
sense:
(physics) A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity


lexentry: eng/eigenvalue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvalue
trans_list: autovalore
sense:
(linear algebra) A scalar, \lambda, such that there exists a non-zero vector x (a corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of x under a given linear operator \mathrm{A} is equal to the image of x under multiplication by \lambda; i.e. \mathrm{A} x = \lambda x.


lexentry: eng/eigenvector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvector
trans_list: autovettore
sense:
(linear algebra) A vector that is not rotated under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; (more formally) given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] for some scalar λ (called the eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eight-thousander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight-thousander
trans_list: ottomila
sense:
Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.


lexentry: eng/eight_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight hundred
trans_list: ottocento
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seven hundred ninety-nine and before eight hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 800.


lexentry: eng/eight_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight o'clock
trans_list: otto
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).


lexentry: eng/eighteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighteen
trans_list: diciotto
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.


lexentry: eng/eighty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty-first
trans_list: ottantunesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number eighty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 81 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/eighty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty-seventh
trans_list: ottantasettesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/eighty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty
trans_list: ottanta
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.


lexentry: eng/eikonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eikonal
trans_list: eikonale
sense:
(physics, mathematics) Describing the properties of a class of partial differential equation encountered in descriptions of wave propagation.


lexentry: eng/einkorn_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einkorn wheat
trans_list: farricello | farro piccolo
sense:
A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.


lexentry: eng/einstein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einstein
trans_list: einsteinio
sense:
(photochemistry, dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.


lexentry: eng/einsteinium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einsteinium
trans_list: einstenio | einsteinio
sense:
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.


lexentry: eng/either__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: either
trans_list: o | oppure
sense:
Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.


lexentry: eng/either_way__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations).
written_rep: either way
trans_list:
a prescindere | ad ogni modo | in ambo i casi | in ogni modo | in tutti i modi | in un modo o nell'altro


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: eiaculare
sense:
(biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: eiaculare
sense:
(specifically, transitive, and, intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculation
trans_list: eiaculazione
sense:
(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculatory_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejaculatory duct
trans_list: dotto eiaculatorio
sense:
(anatomy) Either of a pair of ducts through which semen passes, each of which is formed by the merging of the vas deferens and the duct of the seminal vesicle.


lexentry: eng/ejection_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejection seat
trans_list: seggiolino eiettabile
sense:
A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.


lexentry: eng/ejector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejector
trans_list: espulsore
sense:
ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.


lexentry: eng/ekphrasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ekphrasis
trans_list: ecfrasi
sense:
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.


lexentry: eng/elaboration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elaboration
trans_list: elaborazione
sense:
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order


lexentry: eng/eland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eland
trans_list: antilope alcina
sense:
A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/elastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elastic
trans_list: elastico | elastica
sense:
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.


lexentry: eng/elasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elasticity
trans_list: elasticità
sense:
(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: elativo
sense:
In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: elativo
sense:
(grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about".


lexentry: eng/elative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative case
trans_list: elativo
sense:
(grammar) The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.


lexentry: eng/elbaite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbaite
trans_list: elbaite
sense:
(mineral) A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/elbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elbow
trans_list: raccordo | gomito
sense:
(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.


lexentry: eng/elbow_bump__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elbow bump
trans_list: saluto col gomito
sense:
The touching of elbows between two people, sometimes as an alternative to a handshake, fist bump, or other form of contact when attempting to avoid the spread of germs.


lexentry: eng/elbow_grease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbow grease
trans_list: olio di gomito
sense:
(idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.


lexentry: eng/election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: election
trans_list: elezione
sense:
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.


lexentry: eng/electoral_fraud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral fraud
trans_list: frode elettorale
sense:
(politics) Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.


lexentry: eng/electret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electret
trans_list: elettrete
sense:
(physics) A solid dielectric having a quasi-permanent charge; usually a metallized film; used in electroacoustic and electromechanical transducers and in air filters.


lexentry: eng/electric_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric bass
trans_list: basso elettrico
sense:
An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.


lexentry: eng/electric_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric car
trans_list: auto elettrica
sense:
A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.


lexentry: eng/electric_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric circuit
trans_list: circuito elettrico
sense:
A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: corrente | corrente elettrica
sense:
(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: corrente | corrente elettrica
sense:
(electromagnetism) The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time, having the SI unit A (C/s).


lexentry: eng/electric_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric eel
trans_list: anguilla elettrica
sense:
(narrowly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.


lexentry: eng/electric_fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric fence
trans_list: recinto elettrico
sense:
A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.


lexentry: eng/electric_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric field
trans_list: campo elettrico
sense:
(electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.


lexentry: eng/electric_train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric train
trans_list: elettrotreno | treno elettrico
sense:
(rail) A railway train driven by electric motors powered by electricity supplied via overhead lines or third rails, or sometimes from rechargeable batteries. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/electric_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric vehicle
trans_list: auto elettrica
sense:
A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an e-car or e-truck.


lexentry: eng/electrical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical engineering
trans_list: elettrotecnica
sense:
The branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity, especially the design and application of circuitry and equipment for power generation and distribution, machine control, and communications.


lexentry: eng/electrical_resistance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical resistance
trans_list: resistenza
sense:
(physics) The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.


lexentry: eng/electricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electricity
trans_list: elettricità
sense:
(physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/electrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrify
trans_list: elettrificare
sense:
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.


lexentry: eng/electrobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrobiology
trans_list: elettrobiologia
sense:
(obsolete) A theory of animal magnetism according to which the actions, feelings, etc. of a person are controlled by the will of the operator.


lexentry: eng/electrochemical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrochemical
trans_list: elettrochimico
sense:
(electrochemistry) Of, or relating to electricity produced by a chemical reaction e.g. in a battery.


lexentry: eng/electrochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrochemistry
trans_list: elettrochimica
sense:
(chemistry) The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode.


lexentry: eng/electroconvulsive_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroconvulsive therapy
trans_list: elettroshockterapia
sense:
(medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.


lexentry: eng/electrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrode
trans_list: elettrodo
sense:
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.


lexentry: eng/electrodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrodynamics
trans_list: elettrodinamica
sense:
(physics) The phenomena associated with moving electric charges, and their interaction with electric and magnetic fields; the study of these phenomena.


lexentry: eng/electrodynamometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrodynamometer
trans_list: elettrodinamometro
sense:
An instrument, having a fixed and a moveable coil, that measures the power flowing in an electric circuit; a type of wattmeter.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalogram
trans_list: elettroencefalogramma
sense:
(neurology) A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalography
trans_list: elettroencefalografia
sense:
(neurology) The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/electroluminescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroluminescence
trans_list: elettroluminescenza
sense:
(physics) The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas.


lexentry: eng/electrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrolysis
trans_list: elettrolisi
sense:
(chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.


lexentry: eng/electrolyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: electrolyte
trans_list: elettrolito | elettrolita
sense:
(physiology, medicine) Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood#Noun, blood serum#Noun, or urine.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic radiation
trans_list: radiazione elettromagnetica
sense:
Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic spectrum
trans_list: spettro elettromagnetico
sense:
(physics) The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays, to X-rays through visible light, infrared, to radio waves.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetism
trans_list: elettromagnetismo
sense:
A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.


lexentry: eng/electron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron
trans_list: elettrone
sense:
(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.


lexentry: eng/electron_cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron cloud
trans_list: nuvola elettronica
sense:
(physics) A mathematically defined region around an atomic nucleus defined by a high probability that the atom's electrons will be present in that region.


lexentry: eng/electron_microscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron microscope
trans_list: microscopio elettronico
sense:
Any of several forms of microscope that use a beam of electrons, rather than one of light, and thus has a much greater resolving power.


lexentry: eng/electron_volt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron volt
trans_list: elettronvolt
sense:
(physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 x 10-19 joules.


lexentry: eng/electronegativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronegativity
trans_list: elettronegatività
sense:
(chemistry) The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.


lexentry: eng/electronic_cigarette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronic cigarette
trans_list: sigaretta elettronica
sense:
A cylindrical battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: elettronica
sense:
(physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: elettronica
sense:
(in the plural) Devices which require the flow of electrons through conductors and semiconductors in order to perform their function; devices that operate on electrical power (battery or outlet)


lexentry: eng/electrooculogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrooculogram
trans_list: elettrooculogramma
sense:
(medicine) A record of the voltage differences between the front and back of the eye as the eyeball moves.


lexentry: eng/electrophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrophile
trans_list: elettrofilo
sense:
(chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.


lexentry: eng/electrophoresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrophoresis
trans_list: elettroforesi
sense:
(analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis


lexentry: eng/electroplating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroplating
trans_list: elettrodoratura | galvanostegia
sense:
A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.


lexentry: eng/electroretinography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroretinography
trans_list: elettroretinografia
sense:
(ophthalmology) A diagnostic test to used to measure the electrical responses of various cell types in the retina.


lexentry: eng/electroscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroscope
trans_list: elettroscopio
sense:
(physics) a simple device that detects the presence of an electric charge by the mutual repulsion of metal foils or pith balls


lexentry: eng/electrostatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrostatics
trans_list: elettrostatica
sense:
(physics) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object


lexentry: eng/electrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrum
trans_list: elettro
sense:
An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.


lexentry: eng/electuary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electuary
trans_list: elettuario | lattovaro
sense:
(pharmacology) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elemento
sense:
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elemento
sense:
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elemento
sense:
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: element
trans_list: elemento
sense:
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: element
trans_list: elemento
sense:
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.


lexentry: eng/elemental__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elemental
trans_list: elementare
sense:
(mysticism, fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.


lexentry: eng/elementary_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elementary particle
trans_list: particella elementare
sense:
(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.


lexentry: eng/elephant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant
trans_list: elefante
sense:
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/elephant_in_the_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant in the room
trans_list: elefante nella stanza
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.


lexentry: eng/elephant_shrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant shrew
trans_list: toporagno elefante
sense:
Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae, native to Africa; more closely related to elephants than to true shrews.


lexentry: eng/elephantiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephantiasis
trans_list: elefantiasi
sense:
(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.


lexentry: eng/elevated_railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevated railway
trans_list: Ferrovia sopraelevata
sense:
(rail transport) a rapid transit railway with tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: alzato
sense:
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.


lexentry: eng/eleven_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eleven o'clock
trans_list: undici
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfo
sense:
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfo
sense:
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elf
trans_list: elfo
sense:
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: provocare | suscitare
sense:
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.


lexentry: eng/eligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eligible
trans_list: eleggibile | appropriato | idoneo | qualificato
sense:
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something


lexentry: eng/elimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: elimination
trans_list: eliminazione
sense:
(mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.


lexentry: eng/elision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elision
trans_list: elisione
sense:
(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.


lexentry: eng/elite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elite
trans_list: élite
sense:
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as the elite of society.


lexentry: eng/elitist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elitist
trans_list: elitista
sense:
(usually, derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.


lexentry: eng/elixir__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: elixir
trans_list: elisir
sense:
(pharmacy) A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.


lexentry: eng/ell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ell
trans_list: auna
sense:
(historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.


lexentry: eng/ellipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipse
trans_list: ellisse
sense:
(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.


lexentry: eng/ellipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsis
trans_list: ellissi | puntini puntini puntini
sense:
(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple periods (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.


lexentry: eng/ellipsoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsoid
trans_list: ellissoide
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1.


lexentry: eng/elliptic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elliptic
trans_list: ellitico
sense:
(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.


lexentry: eng/elm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elm
trans_list: olmo
sense:
(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.


lexentry: eng/elope__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elope
trans_list: fuggire
sense:
(intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.


lexentry: eng/elucidate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elucidate
trans_list: chiarire | delucidare
sense:
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.


lexentry: eng/elucidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elucidation
trans_list: elucidazione
sense:
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration


lexentry: eng/elytron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elytron
trans_list: elitra
sense:
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/em_dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: em dash
trans_list: lineetta emme
sense:
(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: email
trans_list: posta elettronica | e-mail | mail
sense:
(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.


lexentry: eng/emanationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emanationism
trans_list: emanatismo
sense:
(theology) The idea that everything emanates from something else, and that the original and most perfect things emanated directly from God.


lexentry: eng/emancipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emancipation
trans_list: emancipazione
sense:
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).


lexentry: eng/emasculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emasculate
trans_list: castrare
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/embankment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embankment
trans_list: argine
sense:
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.


lexentry: eng/embarrass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrass
trans_list: imbarazzare | mettere in imbarazzo
sense:
(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.


lexentry: eng/embarrassment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrassment
trans_list: imbarazzo
sense:
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.


lexentry: eng/embassy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embassy
trans_list: ambasciata
sense:
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/embattled__Adjective__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embattled
trans_list: merlato
sense:
(by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.


lexentry: eng/embedding__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embedding
trans_list: immersione
sense:
(mathematics) A map which, in any of several technical senses, represents the containment of one structure inside another.


lexentry: eng/embellish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: embellish
trans_list: abbellire | imbellettare | impreziosire
sense:
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.


lexentry: eng/embezzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embezzle
trans_list: distrarre
sense:
(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.


lexentry: eng/embiopteran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embiopteran
trans_list: embiotteri | embiottero
sense:
Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.


lexentry: eng/embolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolism
trans_list: embolia
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.


lexentry: eng/embolization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolization
trans_list: embolizzazione
sense:
(surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that affects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.


lexentry: eng/embolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolus
trans_list: stantuffo
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.


lexentry: eng/embrace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrace
trans_list: abbracciare
sense:
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.


lexentry: eng/embrasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrasure
trans_list: telaio
sense:
(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.


lexentry: eng/embrocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrocate
trans_list: far penetrare frizionando
sense:
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embryo
trans_list: embrione
sense:
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.


lexentry: eng/embryology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embryology
trans_list: embriologia
sense:
The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental biology of all prenatal phases (embryology sensu stricto plus fetology and teratology collectively).


lexentry: eng/emerald__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald
trans_list: smeraldo
sense:
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/emergency_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency landing
trans_list: atterraggio di fortuna | atterraggio forzato | atterraggio di emergenza
sense:
(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.


lexentry: eng/emergency_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency room
trans_list: pronto soccorso
sense:
(North America, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emigrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigrate
trans_list: emigrare
sense:
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/emigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigration
trans_list: emigrazione
sense:
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.


lexentry: eng/eminent_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eminent domain
trans_list: espropriazione per pubblica utilità | occupazione d'urgenza
sense:
(legal, US, Philippines) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.


lexentry: eng/emission_nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission nebula
trans_list: nebulosa a emissione
sense:
(astronomy) A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).


lexentry: eng/emission_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission spectrum
trans_list: spettro di emissione
sense:
(physics) The spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.


lexentry: eng/emmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emmer
trans_list: farro medio | farro dicocco
sense:
Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/emoji__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoji
trans_list: emoji
sense:
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.


lexentry: eng/emoticon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoticon
trans_list: faccina
sense:
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.


lexentry: eng/emotion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emotion
trans_list: emozione
sense:
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.


lexentry: eng/emotional_intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emotional intelligence
trans_list: intelligenza emotiva
sense:
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.


lexentry: eng/empanoply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empanoply
trans_list: corazzarsi
sense:
(transitive, Britain, military, historical, also, figuratively) To dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply.


lexentry: eng/empathic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empathic
trans_list: empatico
sense:
(science fiction) Of, pertaining to, or being an empath: of or having the capability of sensing the emotions of others.


lexentry: eng/empathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empathy
trans_list: empatia
sense:
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.


lexentry: eng/emperor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emperor
trans_list: imperatore
sense:
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.


lexentry: eng/emphasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: emphasis
trans_list: enfasi
sense:
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.


lexentry: eng/emphyteusis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emphyteusis
trans_list: enfiteusi
sense:
(legal) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empire
trans_list: impero
sense:
A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: empire
trans_list: impero
sense:
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.


lexentry: eng/empirical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empirical
trans_list: empirico
sense:
Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation) .


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empiricism
trans_list: empirismo
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.) [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/employment_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: employment contract
trans_list: contratto di lavoro
sense:
(law, business, human resources) A category of contract used in labor law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emporium
trans_list: emporio
sense:
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.


lexentry: eng/empower__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empower
trans_list: incoraggiare | sostenere
sense:
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.


lexentry: eng/empty_the_tank__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empty the tank
trans_list: fare del proprio meglio
sense:
(idiomatic) To make the utmost effort; to contribute to the absolute limit of one's energy and abilities.


lexentry: eng/empyema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyema
trans_list: empiema
sense:
(medical sign) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).


lexentry: eng/empyrean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyrean
trans_list: Empireo
sense:
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: en passant | presa al varco
sense:
(of capturing an enemy pawn in chess) By moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: en passant
sense:
(chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enable
trans_list: permettere
sense:
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: enable
trans_list: permettere
sense:
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: enable
trans_list: attivare | abilitare
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/enantiomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enantiomer
trans_list: enantiomero
sense:
(chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.


lexentry: eng/enantiotropism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enantiotropism
trans_list: enantiotropia
sense:
The reversible transformation of a crystal between different forms when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.


lexentry: eng/encapsulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: encapsulate
trans_list: incapsulare
sense:
(software, object-oriented) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: incapsulamento
sense:
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: incapsulamento
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).


lexentry: eng/encephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalography
trans_list: encefalografia
sense:
(medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium


lexentry: eng/encephalon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalon
trans_list: encefalo
sense:
(neuroanatomy, especially, embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: clausura
sense:
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: clausura
sense:
(uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.


lexentry: eng/encode__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: encode
trans_list: codificare
sense:
(biology) To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.


lexentry: eng/encoding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encoding
trans_list: codifica
sense:
(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.


lexentry: eng/encompass__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encompass
trans_list: circoscrivere | comprendere | includere | racchiudere
sense:
(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.


lexentry: eng/encroachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encroachment
trans_list: invasione
sense:
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.


lexentry: eng/encrust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: encrust
trans_list: incrostare
sense:
(transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.


lexentry: eng/encryption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encryption
trans_list: cifratura | codifica
sense:
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedia
trans_list: enciclopedia
sense:
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic
trans_list: enciclopedico
sense:
Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic_dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic dictionary
trans_list: dizionario enciclopedico
sense:
A form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often famous people and places), usually with pictures.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedist
trans_list: enciclopedista
sense:
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.


lexentry: eng/end_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: end up
trans_list: finire | ritrovarsi | andare a finire | finire col | finire per
sense:
(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.


lexentry: eng/endangered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endangered
trans_list: a rischio
sense:
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)


lexentry: eng/endbutton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endbutton
trans_list: bocciolo
sense:
(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endearment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endearment
trans_list: accarezzamento
sense:
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: sforzo | impegno | impresa | tentativo
sense:
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: tentare | adoperarsi | sforzarsi
sense:
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/endemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endemic
trans_list: endemia
sense:
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.


lexentry: eng/endive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endive
trans_list: indivia | scarola
sense:
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).


lexentry: eng/endocannibalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocannibalism
trans_list: endocannibalismo
sense:
(anthropology) A form of cannibalism, the eating of dead members of one's own social group, often associated with spiritual beliefs.


lexentry: eng/endocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endocentric
trans_list: endocentrico
sense:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine gland
trans_list: ghiandola endocrina
sense:
(anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine system
trans_list: sistema endocrino
sense:
(physiology) A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.


lexentry: eng/endocrinology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrinology
trans_list: endocrinologia
sense:
(physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.


lexentry: eng/endoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoderm
trans_list: endoderma
sense:
One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through development, it will produce the digestive system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/endometriosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometriosis
trans_list: endometriosi
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; an instance of such presence.


lexentry: eng/endometrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometrium
trans_list: endometrio
sense:
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.


lexentry: eng/endonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endonym
trans_list: endonimo
sense:
A name used by a group or category of people (an ingroup) to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups (outgroups).


lexentry: eng/endoplasmic_reticulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoplasmic reticulum
trans_list: reticolo endoplasmatico
sense:
(cytology) A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.


lexentry: eng/endorheic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorheic
trans_list: endoreico
sense:
(hydrology) Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.


lexentry: eng/endorphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorphin
trans_list: endorfina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.


lexentry: eng/endorse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endorse
trans_list: approvare
sense:
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: avallo
sense:
An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: approvazione
sense:
(education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: sostegno | appoggio | avallo
sense:
Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.


lexentry: eng/endoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoskeleton
trans_list: endoscheletro
sense:
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.


lexentry: eng/endosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosome
trans_list: endosoma
sense:
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes


lexentry: eng/endosperm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosperm
trans_list: endosperma
sense:
(biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiosis
trans_list: endosimbiosi
sense:
(ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiotic_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiotic theory
trans_list: teoria endosimbiotica
sense:
(ecology) The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells, originated as independent organisms.


lexentry: eng/endothelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endothelium
trans_list: endotelio
sense:
(anatomy) A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the heart, serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.


lexentry: eng/endotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endotoxin
trans_list: endotossina
sense:
Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endow
trans_list: dotare | finanziare | foraggiare | provvedere | sovvenzionare
sense:
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endow
trans_list: arricchire | dotare | garantire
sense:
(transitive, followed by, _, with, or rarely by, _, of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.


lexentry: eng/endpaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endpaper
trans_list: dolo
sense:
Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.


lexentry: eng/endpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endpin
trans_list: pirone
sense:
(music, lutherie) The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endure__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endure
trans_list: sopportare | tollerare | durare | soffrire di
sense:
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.


lexentry: eng/enemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy
trans_list: nemico | nemica
sense:
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.


lexentry: eng/enemy_of_the_people__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy of the people
trans_list: nemico popolo
sense:
(typically, _, socialism, or, communism) A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.


lexentry: eng/energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: energy
trans_list: energia | forza
sense:
(physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.


lexentry: eng/energy_source__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy source
trans_list: fonte di energia | fonte energetica
sense:
A source from which useful energy can be extracted or recovered either directly or by means of a conversion or transformation process (e.g. solid fuels, liquid fuels, solar energy, biomass, etc.)


lexentry: eng/enfeoff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enfeoff
trans_list: infeudare
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.


lexentry: eng/engage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engage
trans_list: impegnare | ingaggiare
sense:
(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).


lexentry: eng/engage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engage
trans_list: fidanzarsi | impegnarsi
sense:
(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).


lexentry: eng/engagement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engagement
trans_list: adesione | interessamento | interesse | partecipazione | presenza
sense:
(uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.


lexentry: eng/engagement_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engagement ring
trans_list: anello di fidanzamento
sense:
(jewelry) A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended fiancé(e), signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.


lexentry: eng/engender__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engender
trans_list: concepire | generare | originare
sense:
(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engine
trans_list: motore
sense:
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/engineer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engineer
trans_list: ingegnere | ingegnera
sense:
Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.


lexentry: eng/engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engineering
trans_list: ingegneria
sense:
(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.


lexentry: eng/english__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: english
trans_list: inglese
sense:
(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.


lexentry: eng/engraft__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engraft
trans_list: innestare
sense:
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant


lexentry: eng/engrave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engrave
trans_list: incidere | bulinare | intagliare
sense:
(transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engross
trans_list: incettare
sense:
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engross
trans_list: accaparrare
sense:
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.


lexentry: eng/enharmonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enharmonic
trans_list: enarmonico
sense:
(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)


lexentry: eng/enjoin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enjoin
trans_list: ammonire
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.


lexentry: eng/enlightenment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enlightenment
trans_list: illuminazione
sense:
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.


lexentry: eng/enmesh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enmesh
trans_list: accattivarsi
sense:
To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.


lexentry: eng/enol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enol
trans_list: enolo
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enormity
trans_list: perversità
sense:
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: enormity
trans_list: enormità
sense:
(uncountable, sometimes, proscribed) Great size; enormousness, hugeness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: arricchire
sense:
(transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: arricchire
sense:
(physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enriched_uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enriched uranium
trans_list: uranio arricchito
sense:
(chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.


lexentry: eng/ensuing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ensuing
trans_list: conseguente | derivante | risultante
sense:
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.


lexentry: eng/ensure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ensure
trans_list: assicurare | fare in modo che | garantire
sense:
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/entangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: entangle
trans_list: confondere | ingarbugliare | intrigare
sense:
(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.


lexentry: eng/entasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entasis
trans_list: entasi
sense:
(architectural element) A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.


lexentry: eng/entelechy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entelechy
trans_list: entelechia
sense:
(Aristotelian, _, metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.


lexentry: eng/enter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enter
trans_list: entrare | digitare | immettere
sense:
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.


lexentry: eng/enteritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enteritis
trans_list: enterite
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.


lexentry: eng/enterococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enterococcus
trans_list: enterococco
sense:
(bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics


lexentry: eng/enterprise_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enterprise union
trans_list: sindacato
sense:
A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.


lexentry: eng/entertainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainer
trans_list: intrattenitore
sense:
A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.


lexentry: eng/entertainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainment
trans_list: divertimento | intrattenimento
sense:
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.


lexentry: eng/enthalpy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthalpy
trans_list: entalpia
sense:
(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.


lexentry: eng/enthrone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthrone
trans_list: intronizzare
sense:
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture


lexentry: eng/enthymeme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthymeme
trans_list: entimema
sense:
A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally.


lexentry: eng/entitled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entitled
trans_list: presuntuoso | presuntuosa
sense:
(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entity
trans_list: entità | soggetto
sense:
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entity
trans_list: elemento | entità
sense:
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.


lexentry: eng/entognath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entognath
trans_list: entognato
sense:
Any of various ametabolous arthropods, of the class Entognatha, whose mouthparts are retracted within their heads.


lexentry: eng/entomology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entomology
trans_list: entomologia
sense:
The scientific study of insects, and (informally) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).


lexentry: eng/entrance_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrance examination
trans_list: esame d'ammissione
sense:
An examination used by an educational institution to select which students it will grant admission to.


lexentry: eng/entrap__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrap
trans_list: indurre
sense:
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: provocazione
sense:
(legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: sequestrazione
sense:
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.


lexentry: eng/entrenching_tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrenching tool
trans_list: pala pieghevole
sense:
(military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.


lexentry: eng/entrepôt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrepôt
trans_list: magazzino
sense:
A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.


lexentry: eng/entresol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entresol
trans_list: galleria
sense:
A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.


lexentry: eng/entry-level__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entry-level
trans_list: basilare
sense:
Simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to someone who does not need advanced features.


lexentry: eng/entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: entry
trans_list: entrata | ingresso
sense:
A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms


lexentry: eng/entryphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entryphone
trans_list: citofono
sense:
An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.


lexentry: eng/envious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envious
trans_list: invidioso
sense:
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging


lexentry: eng/environmental_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmental science
trans_list: ecologia
sense:
The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment.


lexentry: eng/environmentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: environmentalism
trans_list: ambientalismo | ecologismo
sense:
(politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.


lexentry: eng/environmentalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmentalist
trans_list: ambientalista | ecologista
sense:
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.


lexentry: eng/envy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: invidia
sense:
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/envy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: invidiare
sense:
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/enzyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enzyme
trans_list: enzima
sense:
(biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.


lexentry: eng/eon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eon
trans_list: eone
sense:
(geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.


lexentry: eng/eonism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eonism
trans_list: eonismo
sense:
(sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.


lexentry: eng/eosinophil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eosinophil
trans_list: eosinofilo
sense:
(cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body.


lexentry: eng/epact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epact
trans_list: epatta
sense:
the time (number of days) by which a solar year exceeds twelve lunar months; it is used in the calculation of the date of Easter


lexentry: eng/epanadiplosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epanadiplosis
trans_list: epanadiplosi
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence.


lexentry: eng/epee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epee
trans_list: spada
sense:
(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.


lexentry: eng/epenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epenthesis
trans_list: epentesi
sense:
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.


lexentry: eng/ephedrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephedrine
trans_list: efedrina
sense:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid drug C10H15NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.


lexentry: eng/ephemeris__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ephemeris
trans_list: effemeride
sense:
(astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.


lexentry: eng/ephod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephod
trans_list: efod
sense:
(biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.


lexentry: eng/epic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epic
trans_list: epico
sense:
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.


lexentry: eng/epic_fail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epic fail
trans_list: fiasco epico
sense:
(Internet slang, originally, 4chan) Utter, total failure, especially where success should have been reasonably expected.


lexentry: eng/epicene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicene
trans_list: ambigenere | effemminato | epiceno | promiscuo
sense:
(linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).


lexentry: eng/epicentre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicentre
trans_list: epicentro
sense:
(seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.


lexentry: eng/epiclesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiclesis
trans_list: epiclesi
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer invoking the Holy Spirit, especially one offered in the liturgical context of the Eucharist so as to change the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/epicycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycle
trans_list: epiciclo
sense:
(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.


lexentry: eng/epicycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycloid
trans_list: epicicloide
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.


lexentry: eng/epidemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epidemic
trans_list: epidemia
sense:
(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.


lexentry: eng/epidemiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epidemiology
trans_list: epidemiologia
sense:
(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.


lexentry: eng/epididymis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epididymis
trans_list: epididimo
sense:
(anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.


lexentry: eng/epidural__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epidural
trans_list: epidurale
sense:
(medicine) An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth.


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: epigenetica
sense:
(genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: epigenetica
sense:
(genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.


lexentry: eng/epiglottis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiglottis
trans_list: epiglottide
sense:
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.


lexentry: eng/epilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilator
trans_list: depilatore | depilatrice
sense:
An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.


lexentry: eng/epilepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilepsy
trans_list: epilessia
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.


lexentry: eng/epimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epimer
trans_list: epimero
sense:
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.


lexentry: eng/epinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epinephrine
trans_list: epinefrina
sense:
(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.


lexentry: eng/epiphany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphany
trans_list: rivelazione
sense:
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epiphenomenon
trans_list: epifenomeno
sense:
(philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.


lexentry: eng/epiphyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphyte
trans_list: epifita
sense:
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.


lexentry: eng/episiotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episiotomy
trans_list: episiotomia
sense:
(medical) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.


lexentry: eng/episode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episode
trans_list: episodio
sense:
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: episteme
sense:
(philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: episteme
sense:
(specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.


lexentry: eng/epistemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemic
trans_list: epistemico | epistematico
sense:
(philosophy) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/epistemology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemology
trans_list: epistemologia
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.


lexentry: eng/epistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: epistle
trans_list: epistola
sense:
One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: epitassia
sense:
(crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: epitassia
sense:
A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.


lexentry: eng/epithalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithalamus
trans_list: epitalamo
sense:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.


lexentry: eng/epithelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithelium
trans_list: epitelio | tessuto epiteliale
sense:
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.


lexentry: eng/epithet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: epithet
trans_list: epiteto
sense:
(taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.


lexentry: eng/epitope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitope
trans_list: epitopo
sense:
(biochemistry) The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response


lexentry: eng/epitrochoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrochoid
trans_list: epitrocoide
sense:
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: epoca
sense:
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: epoca | orario epocale
sense:
(chronology, astronomy, computing) A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time.


lexentry: eng/eponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: eponym
trans_list: eponimo
sense:
(loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.


lexentry: eng/eponymous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eponymous
trans_list: eponimo
sense:
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.


lexentry: eng/epoophoron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoophoron
trans_list: epooforon
sense:
(anatomy) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.


lexentry: eng/epoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoxide
trans_list: epossido
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.


lexentry: eng/epsilon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epsilon
trans_list: epsilon
sense:
The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).


lexentry: eng/epsilon_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epsilon number
trans_list: numero epsilon
sense:
(set theory) Any (necessarily transfinite) ordinal number α such that ωα = α; (by generalisation) any surreal number that is a fixed point of the exponential map x → ωx.


lexentry: eng/equal_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal sign
trans_list: segno di uguale | uguale
sense:
A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.


lexentry: eng/equal_temperament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal temperament
trans_list: temperamento equabile
sense:
(music theory) A tuning system in which every interval, as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular:


lexentry: eng/equalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equalization
trans_list: compensazione
sense:
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equalize
trans_list: compensare
sense:
(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: equalizer
trans_list: collazione
sense:
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.


lexentry: eng/equally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equally
trans_list: altrettanto | parimenti
sense:
(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equation
trans_list: equazione
sense:
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.


lexentry: eng/equation_of_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equation of time
trans_list: equazione del tempo
sense:
The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.


lexentry: eng/equative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equative
trans_list: comparativo di uguaglianza
sense:
(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.


lexentry: eng/equator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equator
trans_list: equatore
sense:
(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/equatorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equatorial
trans_list: equatoriale
sense:
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.


lexentry: eng/equerry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equerry
trans_list: aiutante
sense:
(British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.


lexentry: eng/equiangular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equiangular
trans_list: equiangolo
sense:
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: equilibrio
sense:
(chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: equilibrio | quiete
sense:
(physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.


lexentry: eng/equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equinox
trans_list: equinozio
sense:
One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.


lexentry: eng/equip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equip
trans_list: equipaggiare
sense:
(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging)


lexentry: eng/equipment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equipment
trans_list: equipaggiamento | attrezzatura | apparecchiatura
sense:
Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.


lexentry: eng/equiprobable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equiprobable
trans_list: equiprobabile
sense:
(mathematics, logic) Having equal probability, such as any number from 1 to 6 being the equiprobable outcome of the fair toss of fair dice.


lexentry: eng/equity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equity
trans_list: equità
sense:
(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.


lexentry: eng/equivalent_weight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivalent weight
trans_list: massa equivalente | peso equivalente
sense:
(chemistry) The atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction.


lexentry: eng/equivocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocal
trans_list: ambivalente
sense:
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.


lexentry: eng/equivocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivocate
trans_list: disorientare
sense:
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.


lexentry: eng/equivocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocation
trans_list: ambiguità
sense:
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.


lexentry: eng/erase__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erase
trans_list: cancellare | eliminare
sense:
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: gomma
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: cancellino
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.


lexentry: eng/erbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erbium
trans_list: erbio
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: erection
trans_list: erezione
sense:
(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erection
trans_list: erezione
sense:
(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.


lexentry: eng/ergative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative
trans_list: ergativo
sense:
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.


lexentry: eng/ergative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative case
trans_list: caso ergativo
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.


lexentry: eng/ergativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergativity
trans_list: ergatività
sense:
(linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.


lexentry: eng/ergodic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergodic
trans_list: ergodico
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.


lexentry: eng/ergonomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergonomics
trans_list: ergonomia
sense:
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]


lexentry: eng/ergosterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergosterol
trans_list: ergosterolo
sense:
(steroid hormone, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.


lexentry: eng/ergot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ergot
trans_list: fungo della segale cornuta
sense:
The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.


lexentry: eng/ergotamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergotamine
trans_list: ergotamina
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.


lexentry: eng/eristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eristic
trans_list: eristica
sense:
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: ermellino
sense:
A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: armellino | ermellino
sense:
(tincture) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: erosione
sense:
(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: erosione
sense:
(uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.


lexentry: eng/errata__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: errata
trans_list: errata corrige
sense:
An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: error
trans_list: vizio
sense:
(appellate, _, legal, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: error
trans_list: errore
sense:
Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.


lexentry: eng/erysipelas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipelas
trans_list: risipola | erisipela
sense:
(disease) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.


lexentry: eng/erysipeloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipeloid
trans_list: erisipeloide
sense:
(disease, usually, uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.


lexentry: eng/erythropoietin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythropoietin
trans_list: eritropoietina
sense:
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.


lexentry: eng/escalate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalate
trans_list: aggravare
sense:
(transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority


lexentry: eng/escalator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalator
trans_list: scala mobile
sense:
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.


lexentry: eng/escape_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape clause
trans_list: clausola di recesso
sense:
(figuratively) Any clause, term or condition in a contract or statute that avoids the application of a provision


lexentry: eng/escape_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape sequence
trans_list: sequenza alternativa
sense:
(computing, telecommunications) An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.


lexentry: eng/escape_velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape velocity
trans_list: velocità di fuga
sense:
(astrophysics) The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.


lexentry: eng/escapement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapement
trans_list: scappamento
sense:
(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.


lexentry: eng/escapology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapology
trans_list: escapologia
sense:
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.


lexentry: eng/escarole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarole
trans_list: scarola
sense:
(Canada, US) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/escarpment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarpment
trans_list: scarpata
sense:
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.


lexentry: eng/eschar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschar
trans_list: escara
sense:
(loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.


lexentry: eng/eschatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschatology
trans_list: escatologia
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/escort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: scorta
sense:
A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.


lexentry: eng/escort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: scortare
sense:
To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to


lexentry: eng/escrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escrow
trans_list: fidecommesso
sense:
(legal) A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.


lexentry: eng/escutcheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escutcheon
trans_list: scudo | blasone | stemma
sense:
(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoteric
trans_list: esoterico
sense:
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.


lexentry: eng/esoterism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoterism
trans_list: esterismo
sense:
The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: espouse
trans_list: abbracciare
sense:
(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).


lexentry: eng/espresso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espresso
trans_list: espresso | caffè espresso | caffè liscio
sense:
A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: percepire
sense:
To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.


lexentry: eng/essential_amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential amino acid
trans_list: amminoacido essenziale
sense:
(amino acid) One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.


lexentry: eng/essential_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential oil
trans_list: essenza
sense:
A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavourings, especially one having the characteristic odour of the plant from which it is obtained.


lexentry: eng/essential_tremor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential tremor
trans_list: tremore essenziale
sense:
(medicine, chiefly, uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.


lexentry: eng/essive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive case
trans_list: caso essivo
sense:
(grammar) Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.


lexentry: eng/established_church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: established church
trans_list: chiesa di stato
sense:
A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: insediamento | instaurazione
sense:
That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: establishment | classe dirigente
sense:
(usually with "the") The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: organico
sense:
The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: istituzione
sense:
(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/estate_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate agent
trans_list: agente immobiliare
sense:
(British, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.


lexentry: eng/ester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ester
trans_list: estere
sense:
(organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.


lexentry: eng/estimate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: estimate
trans_list: preventivo
sense:
(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.


lexentry: eng/estimator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: estimator
trans_list: stimatore
sense:
(mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population


lexentry: eng/estrange__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrange
trans_list: estraniare
sense:
(transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).


lexentry: eng/estrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrogen
trans_list: estrogeno
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.


lexentry: eng/etacism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etacism
trans_list: etacismo
sense:
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.


lexentry: eng/etc.__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etc.
trans_list: ecc. | eccetera
sense:
And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.


lexentry: eng/etching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etching
trans_list: acquaforte
sense:
(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.


lexentry: eng/etendue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etendue
trans_list: accettanza
sense:
(optics) A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.


lexentry: eng/ethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethane
trans_list: etano
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.


lexentry: eng/ethanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethanol
trans_list: etanolo
sense:
(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ether
trans_list: etere
sense:
(uncountable, literary, or, poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ether
trans_list: etere
sense:
(uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ether
trans_list: etere
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ether
trans_list: etere
sense:
(countable, organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: etereo
sense:
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: etereo
sense:
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.


lexentry: eng/ethical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ethical
trans_list: etico | morale
sense:
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/ethical_dative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethical dative
trans_list: dativo etico
sense:
(grammar) A form of the dative case applied to pronouns; used (in Latin and some other languages, but rare in English) to show a certain interest felt by the person indicated.


lexentry: eng/ethicist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethicist
trans_list: etico
sense:
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).


lexentry: eng/ethidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethidium
trans_list: etidio
sense:
(organic compound) The cationic form of a polycyclic aromatic base, name 3,8-Diamino-5-ethyl-6-phenylphenanthridinium, whose bromide is used as a stain for nucleic acids


lexentry: eng/ethnic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic
trans_list: etnico
sense:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_cleansing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic cleansing
trans_list: pulizia etnica
sense:
(euphemistic) The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic group
trans_list: etnia
sense:
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.


lexentry: eng/ethnicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnicity
trans_list: etnia | etnicità
sense:
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.


lexentry: eng/ethnocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnocentrism
trans_list: etnocentrismo
sense:
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnography
trans_list: etnografia
sense:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/ethnolinguist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnolinguist
trans_list: etnolinguista
sense:
A scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.


lexentry: eng/ethnonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnonym
trans_list: etnonimo
sense:
The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community.


lexentry: eng/ethos__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethos
trans_list: ethos
sense:
(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.


lexentry: eng/ethyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyl
trans_list: etile | etilico
sense:
(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/ethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene
trans_list: etilene
sense:
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.


lexentry: eng/ethylphenol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylphenol
trans_list: etilfenolo
sense:
(organic compound) Any of three isomeric ethyl derivatives of phenol, but especially 4-ethylphenol, which is responsible for a musty smell in some wines.


lexentry: eng/ethyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyne
trans_list: etino
sense:
(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.


lexentry: eng/etic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etic
trans_list: etico
sense:
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.


lexentry: eng/etiolated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etiolated
trans_list: eziolato
sense:
(chiefly, botany, horticulture) Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak because of sunlight deprivation or excessive exposure to sunlight. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/etiolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etiolation
trans_list: eziolamento
sense:
(botany) Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: galateo | etichetta
sense:
The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: comportamento | maniera | modi
sense:
The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.


lexentry: eng/etude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etude
trans_list: studio
sense:
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.


lexentry: eng/etymological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: etymological
trans_list: etimologico
sense:
(comparable) (of a word) Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage and/or the source language).


lexentry: eng/etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: etymology
trans_list: etimologia
sense:
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.


lexentry: eng/etymon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etymon
trans_list: etimo
sense:
(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.


lexentry: eng/eudiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eudiometer
trans_list: eudiometro
sense:
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.


lexentry: eng/euergetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euergetism
trans_list: evergetismo
sense:
(historical) the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction


lexentry: eng/eugenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eugenics
trans_list: eugenetica
sense:
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.


lexentry: eng/euhemerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euhemerism
trans_list: evemerismo
sense:
(uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.


lexentry: eng/eukaryote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryote
trans_list: eucariota
sense:
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.


lexentry: eng/eukaryotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryotic
trans_list: eucariotico
sense:
(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.


lexentry: eng/eunuch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eunuch
trans_list: eunuco
sense:
Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.


lexentry: eng/euphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphemism
trans_list: eufemismo
sense:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.


lexentry: eng/euphonious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphonious
trans_list: armonioso
sense:
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.


lexentry: eng/euphonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphonium
trans_list: eufonio
sense:
A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn.


lexentry: eng/euphuism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphuism
trans_list: eufuismo
sense:
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.


lexentry: eng/euro_coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euro coin
trans_list: moneta in euro
sense:
any of the eight different coins that are in circulation in the eurozone, ranging in value from 1 cent to 2 euros. The 1 euro coin can also be specifically referred to as a euro coin.


lexentry: eng/eusociality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eusociality
trans_list: eusocialità
sense:
(biology) Reproductive specialization, in which most individuals of a species are genetically infertile; the state of being eusocial.


lexentry: eng/eustasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eustasy
trans_list: eustatismo
sense:
(geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/euthanasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euthanasia
trans_list: eutanasia
sense:
The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end suffering.


lexentry: eng/eutrophication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutrophication
trans_list: eutrofizzazione
sense:
(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.


lexentry: eng/evade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evade
trans_list: eludere
sense:
(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from


lexentry: eng/evaluation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evaluation
trans_list: valutazione
sense:
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.


lexentry: eng/evanesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evanesce
trans_list: sublimare
sense:
(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid


lexentry: eng/evangelicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evangelicalism
trans_list: evangelicalismo
sense:
(Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evangelist
trans_list: evangelista
sense:
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).


lexentry: eng/evangelize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelize
trans_list: evangelizzare
sense:
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.


lexentry: eng/evapotranspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evapotranspiration
trans_list: evapotraspirazione
sense:
The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.


lexentry: eng/evasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evasion
trans_list: evasione
sense:
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.


lexentry: eng/even__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: even
trans_list: spianare
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evening
trans_list: sera
sense:
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.


lexentry: eng/evening_dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evening dress
trans_list: abito da sera
sense:
(countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.


lexentry: eng/event__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: event
trans_list: evento
sense:
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.


lexentry: eng/event_horizon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: event horizon
trans_list: orizzonte degli eventi
sense:
(astrophysics) The gravitational sphere of a black hole within which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/eventually__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eventually
trans_list: infine | alla fine
sense:
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.


lexentry: eng/every_man_for_himself__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: every man for himself
trans_list: il primo prossimo è sé medesimo | ognun per sé
sense:
(nautical) A command, issued in case of shipwreck, that crew members are relieved of all duties and should try to save themselves.


lexentry: eng/evict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evict
trans_list: sfrattare
sense:
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.


lexentry: eng/evidentiality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidentiality
trans_list: forza probatoria
sense:
(linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.


lexentry: eng/evidently__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidently
trans_list: evidentemente
sense:
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil
trans_list: male | malevolenza | malignità
sense:
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.


lexentry: eng/evil_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil eye
trans_list: malocchio | iettatura
sense:
A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.


lexentry: eng/evil_laugh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil laugh
trans_list: risata diabolica | risata malvagia
sense:
A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.


lexentry: eng/evocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evocative
trans_list: evocativo
sense:
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.


lexentry: eng/evoke__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evoke
trans_list: evocare | rammemorare | rammentare
sense:
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: evoluzione
sense:
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: evoluzione
sense:
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary biology
trans_list: biologia evolutiva | biologia dell'evoluzione
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_developmental_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary developmental biology
trans_list: biologia evolutiva dello sviluppo
sense:
(biology) A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes.


lexentry: eng/evolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolve
trans_list: evolvere
sense:
(chiefly, passive) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.


lexentry: eng/ewer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ewer
trans_list: brocca | caraffa | lancella
sense:
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water


lexentry: eng/ex__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex
trans_list: ex
sense:
(colloquial) A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: esatto | giusto
sense:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: exact
trans_list: equivalente
sense:
(algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.


lexentry: eng/exact__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: esigere | pretendere
sense:
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: esazione
sense:
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: esazione
sense:
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.


lexentry: eng/exaggeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exaggeration
trans_list: esagerazione
sense:
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: examination
trans_list: esame | visita
sense:
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: examination
trans_list: esame | visita
sense:
(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: example
trans_list: esempio
sense:
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: example
trans_list: esempio
sense:
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.


lexentry: eng/exaptation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exaptation
trans_list: exattamento | riuso
sense:
(biology, evolutionary biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.


lexentry: eng/excavation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excavation
trans_list: scavo
sense:
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.


lexentry: eng/except__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: except
trans_list: tranne | eccetto | salvo | fatto salvo
sense:
Used to introduce a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exception
trans_list: eccezione
sense:
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exception
trans_list: eccezione
sense:
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exception
trans_list: eccezione
sense:
(programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.


lexentry: eng/excerpt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excerpt
trans_list: estratto
sense:
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excess
trans_list: eccesso
sense:
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excess
trans_list: eccedenza
sense:
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: excess
trans_list: franchigia
sense:
(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.


lexentry: eng/excess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excess
trans_list: eccessivo
sense:
(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.


lexentry: eng/exchange_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exchange rate
trans_list: tasso di cambio
sense:
(economics, finance) The rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another, usually expressed as the value of the one in terms of the other.


lexentry: eng/excipient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excipient
trans_list: eccipiente
sense:
(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.


lexentry: eng/excise_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excise tax
trans_list: accisa
sense:
Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.


lexentry: eng/excite__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excite
trans_list: eccitare | riaccendere | stimolare
sense:
(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.


lexentry: eng/exclusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exclusive
trans_list: esclusivo
sense:
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusive right
trans_list: destra esclusiva
sense:
(legal) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force)


lexentry: eng/excommunication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excommunication
trans_list: scomunica
sense:
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.


lexentry: eng/excrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excrete
trans_list: espellere
sense:
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.


lexentry: eng/excretion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excretion
trans_list: escrezione
sense:
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: scusa | pretesto
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: giustificarsi | scusarsi
sense:
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.


lexentry: eng/excuse_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: excuse me
trans_list: come | prego | scusa | scusi
sense:
(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.


lexentry: eng/execration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: execration
trans_list: maledizione
sense:
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.


lexentry: eng/executable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executable
trans_list: file eseguibile
sense:
(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.


lexentry: eng/execute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: execute
trans_list: lanciare | giustiziare
sense:
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive
trans_list: dirigente
sense:
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive
trans_list: esecutivo
sense:
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.


lexentry: eng/executive_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive committee
trans_list: comitato esecutivo
sense:
(government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.


lexentry: eng/executive_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive order
trans_list: decreto legge
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.


lexentry: eng/executor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: executor
trans_list: esecutore testamentario
sense:
(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.


lexentry: eng/exegete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exegete
trans_list: esegeta
sense:
A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, signs, law, the words of an oracle, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.


lexentry: eng/exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exercise
trans_list: esercizio
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.


lexentry: eng/exercise_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise book
trans_list: quaderno
sense:
A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers.


lexentry: eng/exergue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exergue
trans_list: esergo
sense:
(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.


lexentry: eng/exhale__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhale
trans_list: espirare | esalare
sense:
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust valve
trans_list: valvola di scarico
sense:
(in an internal combustion engine) a valve through which the products of combustion escape from the cylinder to the manifold


lexentry: eng/exhibit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhibit
trans_list: mostrare
sense:
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.


lexentry: eng/exhibitionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exhibitionism
trans_list: esibizionismo
sense:
(pathology) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.


lexentry: eng/existentialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: existentialism
trans_list: esistenzialismo
sense:
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: uscita
sense:
(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: uscita
sense:
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.


lexentry: eng/exit_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exit strategy
trans_list: strategia di uscita
sense:
(usually, military, politics, or, business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion.


lexentry: eng/exobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exobiology
trans_list: esobiologia
sense:
(biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.


lexentry: eng/exocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exocentric
trans_list: esocentrico
sense:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.


lexentry: eng/exogamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogamy
trans_list: esogamia
sense:
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law


lexentry: eng/exogenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogenous
trans_list: esogeno
sense:
(economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.


lexentry: eng/exonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exonym
trans_list: esonimo
sense:
An external name for a place, people or language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).


lexentry: eng/exorcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcise
trans_list: esorcizzare
sense:
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.


lexentry: eng/exorcism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcism
trans_list: esorcismo
sense:
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.


lexentry: eng/exorcist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcist
trans_list: esorcista
sense:
A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.


lexentry: eng/exoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoskeleton
trans_list: esoscheletro
sense:
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.


lexentry: eng/exosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exosome
trans_list: esosoma
sense:
(biology) An extracellular vesicle released from the endosomal compartment of eukaryotic cells, responsible for the selective removal of plasma membrane protein.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoteric
trans_list: essoterico
sense:
Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.


lexentry: eng/exothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exothermic
trans_list: esotermico
sense:
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.


lexentry: eng/exotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exotic
trans_list: esotico
sense:
(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expand
trans_list: espandere | espandersi | estendere | estendersi
sense:
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: expand
trans_list: sviluppare
sense:
(intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: expand
trans_list: moltiplicare
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value


lexentry: eng/expectation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: expectation
trans_list: aspettativa
sense:
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.


lexentry: eng/expected_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expected value
trans_list: valore atteso
sense:
(probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.


lexentry: eng/expectoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expectoration
trans_list: espettorazione
sense:
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.


lexentry: eng/expediency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expediency
trans_list: comodità
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.


lexentry: eng/expedient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expedient
trans_list: escamotage | espediente | ripiego
sense:
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: esperienza
sense:
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: experience
trans_list: esperienza
sense:
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.


lexentry: eng/experience__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: esperire | sperimentare
sense:
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.


lexentry: eng/experiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experiment
trans_list: esperimento
sense:
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.


lexentry: eng/expiry_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expiry date
trans_list: data di scadenza
sense:
(UK) The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases needing renewal.


lexentry: eng/explain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explain
trans_list: spiegare | chiosare | illustrare
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.


lexentry: eng/explicit__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: explicit
trans_list: esplicito
sense:
(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic. [from 1971]


lexentry: eng/explode__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: explode
trans_list: esplodere
sense:
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.


lexentry: eng/exploded_view__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploded view
trans_list: disegno esploso
sense:
A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: sfruttare | approfittare | avvantaggiarsi
sense:
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: sfruttare | approfittare | avvantaggiarsi
sense:
(transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.


lexentry: eng/exploration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exploration
trans_list: esplorazione
sense:
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.


lexentry: eng/explosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explosion
trans_list: esplosione | scoppio
sense:
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.


lexentry: eng/exponent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exponent
trans_list: esponente
sense:
(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8.


lexentry: eng/exponential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exponential
trans_list: esponenziale
sense:
(mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.


lexentry: eng/exponential_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential distribution
trans_list: distribuzione esponenziale
sense:
(statistics) Any of a class of continuous probability distributions used to model the time between events that occur independently at a constant average rate.


lexentry: eng/exponential_growth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential growth
trans_list: crescita esponenziale
sense:
(mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity, in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.


lexentry: eng/exponentiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponentiation
trans_list: esponenziale | potenza
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.


lexentry: eng/exporter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exporter
trans_list: esportatore | esportatrice
sense:
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.


lexentry: eng/expose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: expose
trans_list: esporre | mostrare
sense:
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: esposizione | mostra
sense:
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.


lexentry: eng/exposure_meter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exposure meter
trans_list: esposimetro
sense:
(photography) An instrument that measures the intensity of the light reflected from or falling on a subject, and calculates the optimum exposure depending on the film speed.


lexentry: eng/expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: expression
trans_list: espressione
sense:
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.


lexentry: eng/expressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressionism
trans_list: espressionismo
sense:
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressway
trans_list: superstrada
sense:
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/expropriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expropriate
trans_list: espropriare
sense:
(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expropriation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expropriation
trans_list: espropriazione
sense:
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/extemporize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extemporize
trans_list: improvvisare | parlare a braccio
sense:
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/extended_family__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extended family
trans_list: famiglia allargata
sense:
A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: extension
trans_list: estensione | estemsione | proroga
sense:
(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.


lexentry: eng/extension_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extension cord
trans_list: prolunga
sense:
(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.


lexentry: eng/externality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: externality
trans_list: esternalità
sense:
(economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: estinto
sense:
(dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: estinto
sense:
(chiefly, biology) Of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: morte
sense:
(geology) Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: morto
sense:
Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: spegnere
sense:
(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).


lexentry: eng/extort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extort
trans_list: carpire | estorcere | spillare
sense:
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.


lexentry: eng/extra__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extra
trans_list: extra
sense:
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extract
trans_list: estratto
sense:
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: extract
trans_list: estratto
sense:
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).


lexentry: eng/extract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extract
trans_list: cavare
sense:
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.


lexentry: eng/extractor_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extractor hood
trans_list: cappa da cucina
sense:
(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.


lexentry: eng/extradition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extradition
trans_list: estradizione
sense:
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.


lexentry: eng/extradotal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extradotal
trans_list: extradotale | parafernale
sense:
(obsolete, legal) Describing the part of a wife's property that does not form part of her dowry and is administered by her husband


lexentry: eng/extrapolate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extrapolate
trans_list: estrapolare
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones


lexentry: eng/extrapolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrapolation
trans_list: estrapolazione
sense:
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: extraterrestre
sense:
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: extraterrestre
sense:
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.


lexentry: eng/extraterritoriality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterritoriality
trans_list: extraterritorialità
sense:
(legal, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.


lexentry: eng/extreme_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extreme sport
trans_list: sport estremo
sense:
Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.


lexentry: eng/extremist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extremist
trans_list: estremista | oltranzista
sense:
(political) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.


lexentry: eng/extremophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extremophile
trans_list: estremofilo
sense:
(ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially important as a source of enzymes that operate under similar conditions.


lexentry: eng/extroversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroversion
trans_list: estroversione
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.


lexentry: eng/extroverted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroverted
trans_list: estroverso
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.


lexentry: eng/extrusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrusion
trans_list: estrusione
sense:
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.


lexentry: eng/exudate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exudate
trans_list: essudato
sense:
A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.


lexentry: eng/exude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exude
trans_list: trasudare
sense:
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.


lexentry: eng/exuviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exuviate
trans_list: cambiare
sense:
(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).


lexentry: eng/eyas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyas
trans_list: falconetto
sense:
A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: eye
trans_list: occhiello
sense:
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: eye
trans_list: occhio
sense:
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.


lexentry: eng/eye_dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye dialect
trans_list: lingua parlata
sense:
(uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.


lexentry: eng/eye_for_an_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye for an eye
trans_list: occhio per occhio
sense:
(idiom) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.


lexentry: eng/eye_patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye patch
trans_list: occlusore
sense:
An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.


lexentry: eng/eye_socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye socket
trans_list: orbita
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.


lexentry: eng/eyebright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyebright
trans_list: euphrasia
sense:
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/eyelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyelet
trans_list: occhiello
sense:
An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.


lexentry: eng/eyepiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyepiece
trans_list: oculare
sense:
The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: paraocchio
sense:
(countable) A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: paraocchio
sense:
(not countable) A cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.


lexentry: eng/f-hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: f-hole
trans_list: foro di risonanza
sense:
(musical instruments) A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/fa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fa
trans_list: fa
sense:
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


lexentry: eng/fable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: fiaba | favola
sense:
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.


lexentry: eng/fabliau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabliau
trans_list: fabliau
sense:
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/fabric_softener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabric softener
trans_list: ammorbidente
sense:
A chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer by coating the surface of the cloth fibers with a thin layer of chemicals; these chemicals have lubricant properties and are electrically conductive, thus making the fibers feel smoother and preventing buildup of static electricity; usually available as a liquid or as dryer sheets.


lexentry: eng/facade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: facade
trans_list: facciata
sense:
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.


lexentry: eng/facade_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facade pattern
trans_list: facciata
sense:
(software, object-oriented) A structural design pattern that provides an object that is a simplified interface to a larger body of code, such as a class library.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face
trans_list: faccia | viso | volto
sense:
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: face
trans_list: faccia
sense:
(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: face
trans_list: faccia
sense:
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face
trans_list: fronteggiare | posizionarsi | posizionarsi verso | rivolgersi | volgersi
sense:
(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).


lexentry: eng/face__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: face
trans_list: affrontare | confrontarsi | fronteggiare | porre mano | risolvere | sistemare
sense:
(transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.


lexentry: eng/facekini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facekini
trans_list: face-kini
sense:
A balaclava-like swimwear face mask which completely covers the face except for holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth, worn as protection from sun and irritants.


lexentry: eng/facemask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facemask
trans_list: maschera
sense:
A mask made of common textiles worn over the mouth and nose, such as a bandana, handkerchief, or scarf.


lexentry: eng/facemask__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: facemask
trans_list: cofano
sense:
(American football, Canadian football) The part of the helmet that directly covers the face, made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars.


lexentry: eng/facepalm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facepalm
trans_list: portare il palmo della mano al volto
sense:
To bring the palm of one’s hand to one’s face as an expression of mixed humor and disbelief, disgust or shame; for example, when one is caught off-guard with a particularly bad pun.


lexentry: eng/facial_expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facial expression
trans_list: espressione facciale
sense:
The expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person or animal's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles.


lexentry: eng/facilitator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facilitator
trans_list: mediatore
sense:
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.


lexentry: eng/facsimile__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: facsimile
trans_list: fax
sense:
A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fact
trans_list: fatto
sense:
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fact
trans_list: fatto
sense:
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.


lexentry: eng/facticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facticity
trans_list: fatticità
sense:
(uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.


lexentry: eng/faction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faction
trans_list: fazione
sense:
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: factor
trans_list: fattore
sense:
A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: factor
trans_list: fattore
sense:
A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.


lexentry: eng/factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: factor
trans_list: fattore
sense:
(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.


lexentry: eng/factor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factor
trans_list: fattorizzare
sense:
(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).


lexentry: eng/factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factorial
trans_list: fattoriale
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.


lexentry: eng/factoring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factoring
trans_list: factoring
sense:
A financial transaction whereby a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party (called a factor) at a discount.


lexentry: eng/factorize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: factorize
trans_list: fattorizzare
sense:
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.


lexentry: eng/factory_farming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factory farming
trans_list: allevamento intensivo
sense:
(pejorative) A type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry, designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.


lexentry: eng/fade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fade
trans_list: assolvenza
sense:
(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).


lexentry: eng/fade__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fade
trans_list: sbiadire
sense:
(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.


lexentry: eng/faff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faff
trans_list: sciocchezza
sense:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.


lexentry: eng/fag__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fag
trans_list: frocio | finocchio | ricchione | rottinculo
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, vulgar, usually, _, offensive) A homosexual man, especially (usually, _, derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.


lexentry: eng/faggotry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faggotry
trans_list: frociaggine
sense:
(offensive, pejorative, derogatory, vulgar, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.


lexentry: eng/faience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faience
trans_list: faenza
sense:
A type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic, used domestically for tableware and in architecture as a decorative material.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fail
trans_list: fallire | cannare | fare cilecca | toppare
sense:
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fail
trans_list: fallire | andare in bancarotta | fare bancarotta | ignorare | mancare | negligere
sense:
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fail
trans_list: ignorare | mancare | negligere | omettere | tralasciare
sense:
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: fail
trans_list: ignorare | mancare | negligere | omettere | tralasciare
sense:
(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.


lexentry: eng/failed_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: failed state
trans_list: stato fallito
sense:
(politics) A state that has failed to meet the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government; one that has lost physical control of its territory, the ability to provide public services, etc.


lexentry: eng/faint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faint
trans_list: svenire
sense:
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).


lexentry: eng/fair's_fair__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair's fair
trans_list: ciò che è giusto è giusto
sense:
An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.


lexentry: eng/fair-haired_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair-haired boy
trans_list: beniamino
sense:
(idiomatic, US, Australia) Someone's favourite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)


lexentry: eng/fair-weather_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair-weather friend
trans_list: amico di comdo | amico per convenienza
sense:
(idiomatic) One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fair__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fair
trans_list: sereno
sense:
(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.


lexentry: eng/fair_enough__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair enough
trans_list: d'accordo | e sia | va beh
sense:
(idiomatic) An expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.


lexentry: eng/fair_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fair trade
trans_list: equocommercio
sense:
(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.


lexentry: eng/fairground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairground
trans_list: fiera
sense:
An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.


lexentry: eng/fairing__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairing
trans_list: carenatura
sense:
A structure on various parts of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, automobile, or motorcycle, that produces a smooth exterior and reduces drag. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fairlead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairlead
trans_list: passacavo
sense:
(nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it from moving laterally


lexentry: eng/fairleader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairleader
trans_list: carrucola per deviare
sense:
(nautical) A fitting used to guide a line, cable or sheet with minimal friction. Used for anchor lines, and for rigging on sailing ships.


lexentry: eng/fairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fairy
trans_list: fata | foletta | foletto | folletta | folletto
sense:
A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.


lexentry: eng/fairy_godmother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairy godmother
trans_list: fata madrina
sense:
In certain fairy tales, a fictional benevolent woman with magical powers who uses them to help the cause of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fairy_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fairy ring
trans_list: cerchio delle streghe
sense:
(mycology, botany) A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.


lexentry: eng/fairywren__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fairywren
trans_list: scricciolo fatato
sense:
Any of the small passerine birds of the tribe Malurini in the family Maluridae of Australasian wrens.


lexentry: eng/faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faith
trans_list: fede | fiducia
sense:
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.


lexentry: eng/faith_will_move_mountains__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faith will move mountains
trans_list: la fede sposta le montagne
sense:
Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.


lexentry: eng/fajita__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fajita
trans_list: fajita
sense:
A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.


lexentry: eng/fake__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fake
trans_list: duglia
sense:
(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.


lexentry: eng/fake__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fake
trans_list: dugliare
sense:
(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.


lexentry: eng/fakir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fakir
trans_list: fachiro
sense:
(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.


lexentry: eng/falafel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falafel
trans_list: falafel | felafel
sense:
(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.


lexentry: eng/falchion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falchion
trans_list: falcione
sense:
(also, attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.


lexentry: eng/fall__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall
trans_list: caduta
sense:
(chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fall
trans_list: deporre | rovesciare
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.


lexentry: eng/fall__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fall
trans_list: cadere | divenire | diventare
sense:
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.


lexentry: eng/fall_by_the_wayside__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall by the wayside
trans_list: arenarsi | cadere nel dimenticatoio | fallire
sense:
(idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.


lexentry: eng/fall_from_grace__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fall from grace
trans_list: cadere in disgrazia
sense:
(figuratively, idiomatic) To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: innamorarsi
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: innamorarsi
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following "with") To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.


lexentry: eng/fall_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall over
trans_list: cadere
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.


lexentry: eng/fallacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fallacy
trans_list: fallacia
sense:
(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.


lexentry: eng/fallback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fallback
trans_list: ripiego
sense:
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.


lexentry: eng/fallout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fallout
trans_list: pioggia
sense:
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.


lexentry: eng/false_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: false alarm
trans_list: falso allarme
sense:
(archaic, idiomatic) A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.


lexentry: eng/false_bottom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false bottom
trans_list: doppio fondo
sense:
An internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents.


lexentry: eng/false_dichotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: false dichotomy
trans_list: falsa dicotomia
sense:
(rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.


lexentry: eng/false_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false friend
trans_list: falso amico
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.


lexentry: eng/false_imprisonment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false imprisonment
trans_list: sequestrazione
sense:
(legal) The intentional restriction of a person's movement within any area without legal authority, justification, or the restrained person's permission.


lexentry: eng/false_vacuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false vacuum
trans_list: falso vuoto
sense:
(physics, quantum field theory) A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.


lexentry: eng/falsetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsetto
trans_list: falsetto
sense:
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.


lexentry: eng/falsework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsework
trans_list: centina
sense:
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.


lexentry: eng/falsifiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: falsifiable
trans_list: falsificabile
sense:
(epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.


lexentry: eng/falsification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsification
trans_list: contraffare
sense:
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.


lexentry: eng/falsificationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsificationism
trans_list: fallibilismo
sense:
(epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.


lexentry: eng/familiarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: familiarity
trans_list: fiducia
sense:
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.


lexentry: eng/familiarity_breeds_contempt__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: familiarity breeds contempt
trans_list: confidenza toglie riverenza
sense:
The more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it becomes to dislike that person.


lexentry: eng/familiarly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: familiarly
trans_list: familiarmente
sense:
in a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: family
trans_list: famiglia
sense:
(countable) A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: family
trans_list: famiglia
sense:
(countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: family
trans_list: famiglia
sense:
(countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: family
trans_list: famiglia
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.


lexentry: eng/family_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: family tree
trans_list: albero genealogico
sense:
A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives


lexentry: eng/famous_for_being_famous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: famous for being famous
trans_list: famoso per essere famoso
sense:
(pejorative) Having attained celebrity status for no distinguished reason; appearing to generate their own fame, or well-known only through association with an existing celebrity, as opposed to fame based on achievements, skill, or talent.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: ventaglio
sense:
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: tifoso | tifo
sense:
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.


lexentry: eng/fanboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanboy
trans_list: discepolo
sense:
(fandom, often, derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).


lexentry: eng/fancy__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fancy
trans_list: piacere | agognare | anelare | bramare | desiderare | immaginare
sense:
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.


lexentry: eng/fandango__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fandango
trans_list: fandango
sense:
(music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina). [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fanfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanfare
trans_list: fanfara
sense:
(countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.


lexentry: eng/fanny_pack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanny pack
trans_list: marsupio
sense:
(North America) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.


lexentry: eng/fanslation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanslation
trans_list: informalità
sense:
(slang) An unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.


lexentry: eng/fantasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fantasia
trans_list: fantasia
sense:
(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fantasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fantasy
trans_list: fantasy | fantasia
sense:
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.


lexentry: eng/farad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farad
trans_list: farad
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor. Symbol: F


lexentry: eng/farina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farina
trans_list: manna
sense:
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.


lexentry: eng/farm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farm
trans_list: fattoria | podere
sense:
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.


lexentry: eng/farmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmer
trans_list: agricoltore | contadino | fattore | contadina | agricoltrice | fattoressa
sense:
A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.


lexentry: eng/farmhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmhouse
trans_list: casa colonica | casale | casolare
sense:
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.


lexentry: eng/faro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faro
trans_list: faraone
sense:
(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.


lexentry: eng/farrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farrier
trans_list: maniscalco | fabbro ferraio | magnano | maniscalca
sense:
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.


lexentry: eng/farthingale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farthingale
trans_list: crinolina
sense:
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.


lexentry: eng/fasces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fasces
trans_list: fascio | fascio littorio
sense:
A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.


lexentry: eng/fascia__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fascia
trans_list: banda
sense:
(architectural element) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.


lexentry: eng/fasciculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fasciculation
trans_list: fascicolazione
sense:
(anatomy, muscles) (toxicology, venoms) An involuntary muscle twitch, usually localised and temporary, but that may be intensified and prolonged fatally by particular poisons and venoms such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.


lexentry: eng/fascine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fascine
trans_list: fascina
sense:
(specifically, military, _, fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.


lexentry: eng/fascine_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fascine knife
trans_list: machete
sense:
(historical, military) A large, heavy knife or short sword used as a sidearm and tool by 17th to 19th century infantry and artillery.


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fascism
trans_list: fascismo
sense:
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fascism
trans_list: fascismo
sense:
(by extension, derogatory) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fashion
trans_list: moda | voga
sense:
(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.


lexentry: eng/fashion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fashion
trans_list: tendenza | moda
sense:
(uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.


lexentry: eng/fast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fast
trans_list: resistente
sense:
(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fastener__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fastener
trans_list: chiusura
sense:
Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.


lexentry: eng/faster-than-light__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faster-than-light
trans_list: superluminale
sense:
(physics) Faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe.


lexentry: eng/fastidious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fastidious
trans_list: pignolo | meticoloso
sense:
Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat
trans_list: grasso
sense:
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fat
trans_list: grasso
sense:
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.


lexentry: eng/fat_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fat cat
trans_list: profittatore | sfruttatore
sense:
(slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labor of others; and/or not to care about those of lesser means.


lexentry: eng/fatalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatalism
trans_list: fatalismo
sense:
(metaphysics, philosophy) The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.


lexentry: eng/fatalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatalist
trans_list: fatalista
sense:
One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.


lexentry: eng/fatality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatality
trans_list: destino
sense:
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/father-to-be__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: father-to-be
trans_list: futuro
sense:
A male partner of a pregnant woman (mother-to-be), especially when she is pregnant for the first time.


lexentry: eng/father_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: father figure
trans_list: autorità
sense:
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: braccio
sense:
(chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: capire | comprendere
sense:
(archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: capire | comprendere
sense:
(figurative) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.


lexentry: eng/fatigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fatigue
trans_list: fatica | logorio | usura
sense:
(engineering) Weakening and eventual failure of material, typically by cracking leading to complete separation, caused by repeated application of mechanical stress to the material.


lexentry: eng/fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatty acid
trans_list: acido grasso
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.


lexentry: eng/fatwa__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fatwa
trans_list: fatwa
sense:
(religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.


lexentry: eng/faubourg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faubourg
trans_list: sobborghi
sense:
An outlying part of a city or town, beyond the walls; a suburb, especially of Paris, New Orleans, Montreal, or Quebec City.


lexentry: eng/fauces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauces
trans_list: faringe
sense:
(anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.


lexentry: eng/faun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faun
trans_list: fauno | semicapro
sense:
(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.


lexentry: eng/fauna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauna
trans_list: fauna
sense:
(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fauvism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauvism
trans_list: fauvismo
sense:
An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors. [from 1905]


lexentry: eng/fawn__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fawn
trans_list: fare le feste | scodinzolare
sense:
(intransitive, of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.


lexentry: eng/fayalite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fayalite
trans_list: fayalite
sense:
(mineral) Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe2SiO4.


lexentry: eng/faze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faze
trans_list: intimorire
sense:
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fealty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fealty
trans_list: fedeltà
sense:
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.


lexentry: eng/fear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: paura | timore
sense:
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.


lexentry: eng/fear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: temere | aver paura di
sense:
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather
trans_list: piuma | penna
sense:
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feather
trans_list: barbetta
sense:
Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.


lexentry: eng/feather_duster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather duster
trans_list: piumino
sense:
An implement, traditionally consisting of a bundle of feathers (especially ostrich feathers) attached to a handle, used to remove surface dust.


lexentry: eng/feature__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feature
trans_list: rubrica | servizio | speciale
sense:
(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.


lexentry: eng/feature_film__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feature film
trans_list: lungometraggio
sense:
The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federal
trans_list: federale
sense:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federal
trans_list: federale
sense:
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.


lexentry: eng/federalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federalism
trans_list: federalismo
sense:
A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.


lexentry: eng/federation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federation
trans_list: federazione
sense:
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.


lexentry: eng/fee__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fee
trans_list: tassa | emolumento | onorario | quota | retta | tariffa
sense:
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: retroazione
sense:
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: ritorno
sense:
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.


lexentry: eng/feeler__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: feeler
trans_list: antenna
sense:
(Philippines) Someone who assumes or imagines that something said or done (positive or negative) was for the person despite having no concrete confirmation but gut feeling


lexentry: eng/feisty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feisty
trans_list: combattivo
sense:
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/feldspar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feldspar
trans_list: feldspato
sense:
(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.


lexentry: eng/felicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: felicity
trans_list: felicità
sense:
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.


lexentry: eng/fellow__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fellow
trans_list: individuo | tipo | tizio | uomo
sense:
(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.


lexentry: eng/fellow_traveller__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fellow traveller
trans_list: compagno di viaggio
sense:
(US) One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer. [mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/felon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felon
trans_list: criminale
sense:
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.


lexentry: eng/felony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felony
trans_list: delitto | reato
sense:
(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.


lexentry: eng/felt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felt
trans_list: feltro
sense:
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.


lexentry: eng/felucca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felucca
trans_list: feluca
sense:
A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.


lexentry: eng/female__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female
trans_list: femminile
sense:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_circumcision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: female circumcision
trans_list: escissione
sense:
(sometimes, proscribed, possibly, _, dated) Any operation involving removal of any of various parts of the vulva including and in addition to the hood, such as the clitoris or labia (a form of female genital mutilation when done without medical justification). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/female_ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female ejaculation
trans_list: eiaculazione femminile
sense:
The forceful expulsion of fluids from the vagina during the female orgasm, possibly originating from the Skene's gland (paraurethral gland) and/or urethra.


lexentry: eng/femicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femicide
trans_list: femminicidio | femmicidio
sense:
The killing of a woman or girl because of her sex, especially when motivated by misogyny. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: nazifemminista
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.


lexentry: eng/feminine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: feminine
trans_list: femminile
sense:
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.


lexentry: eng/feminism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feminism
trans_list: femminismo
sense:
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/feminist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminist
trans_list: femminista
sense:
an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life


lexentry: eng/fen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fen
trans_list: palude
sense:
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.


lexentry: eng/fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fence
trans_list: ricettatore
sense:
(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.


lexentry: eng/fencing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fencing
trans_list: scherma
sense:
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).


lexentry: eng/fend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fend
trans_list: pensare
sense:
(rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).


lexentry: eng/fennec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fennec
trans_list: fennec
sense:
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.


lexentry: eng/fentanyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fentanyl
trans_list: fentanile
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.


lexentry: eng/feral_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feral child
trans_list: bambino selvaggio | ragazzo selvaggio
sense:
A child who is raised without human contact as a result of being abandoned, allegedly often raised by wild animals.


lexentry: eng/fermata__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fermata
trans_list: fermata
sense:
(music, countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.


lexentry: eng/ferment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferment
trans_list: fermentare
sense:
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.


lexentry: eng/fermentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation
trans_list: fermentazione
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide


lexentry: eng/fermentation_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermentation lock
trans_list: gorgogliatore
sense:
A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter


lexentry: eng/fermion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermion
trans_list: fermione
sense:
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.


lexentry: eng/fern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fern
trans_list: felce
sense:
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


lexentry: eng/ferret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret
trans_list: furetto
sense:
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.


lexentry: eng/ferritin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferritin
trans_list: ferritina
sense:
(protein) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.


lexentry: eng/ferroconcrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroconcrete
trans_list: cemento armato
sense:
A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength.


lexentry: eng/ferroelectric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectric
trans_list: ferroelettrico
sense:
(physics) of, or relating to the permanent electrical polarization of a crystalline dielectric in an electric field


lexentry: eng/ferroelectricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferroelectricity
trans_list: ferroelettricità
sense:
(physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism


lexentry: eng/ferromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferromagnetism
trans_list: ferromagnetismo
sense:
(physics) The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/ferrotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrotype
trans_list: ferrotipia
sense:
(uncountable) An early photographic process in which the image was made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.


lexentry: eng/ferruginous_hawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferruginous hawk
trans_list: poiana codarossa africana
sense:
Buteo regalis, a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-tailed buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe


lexentry: eng/ferrule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferrule
trans_list: ghiera
sense:
A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: traghetto
sense:
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: traghetto
sense:
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.


lexentry: eng/ferryboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferryboat
trans_list: nave traghetto
sense:
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule


lexentry: eng/fertility_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fertility rate
trans_list: tasso di fecondità
sense:
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.


lexentry: eng/fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fertilization
trans_list: fecondazione | fertilizzazione
sense:
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.


lexentry: eng/fescue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fescue
trans_list: festuca
sense:
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.


lexentry: eng/festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: festival
trans_list: festival | sagra | mostra | rassegna
sense:
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/fetch__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetch
trans_list: raccattare | racimolare | recuperare | rintracciare | ripescare | riportare
sense:
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: feticcio
sense:
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman. [from the early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetish__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fetish
trans_list: feticismo
sense:
Sexual attraction to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body. [from the early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: feticismo
sense:
The belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.


lexentry: eng/fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fetishism
trans_list: feticismo
sense:
A form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.


lexentry: eng/fetoscopy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetoscopy
trans_list: fetoscopia
sense:
An endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow access to the fetus, the amniotic cavity, the umbilical cord, and the fetal side of the placenta.


lexentry: eng/feudalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feudalism
trans_list: feudalesimo
sense:
A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.


lexentry: eng/fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fever
trans_list: febbre
sense:
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/feverfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feverfew
trans_list: partenio
sense:
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.


lexentry: eng/fianchetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fianchetto
trans_list: fianchetto
sense:
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


lexentry: eng/fiat_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiat money
trans_list: moneta fiat
sense:
(banking, economics) A type of currency that is not backed by a precious metal, such as gold or silver, and is typically designated by the issuing government to be legal tender, and authorized by government regulation.


lexentry: eng/fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibre
trans_list: fibra
sense:
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.


lexentry: eng/fibreglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibreglass
trans_list: fibra di vetro
sense:
Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width.


lexentry: eng/fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
trans_list: fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva
sense:
(genetic disorder) A very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies when damaged.


lexentry: eng/fibromyalgia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibromyalgia
trans_list: fibromialgia
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints.


lexentry: eng/fibula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibula
trans_list: fibula
sense:
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.


lexentry: eng/fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiction
trans_list: finzione
sense:
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: parapetto
sense:
Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually, _, proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: parapetto
sense:
(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.


lexentry: eng/fideicommissum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fideicommissum
trans_list: fidecommesso
sense:
A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.


lexentry: eng/fidget__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fidget
trans_list: smuovere
sense:
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.


lexentry: eng/fiduciary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiduciary
trans_list: fiduciale
sense:
(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fief
trans_list: feudo
sense:
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: field
trans_list: campo
sense:
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: field
trans_list: campo
sense:
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: campo
sense:
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: campo
sense:
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.


lexentry: eng/field_bindweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field bindweed
trans_list: convolvolo
sense:
A common and invasive Eurasian perennial weed, Convolvulus arvensis, which has become established worldwide.


lexentry: eng/field_hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field hospital
trans_list: ospedale da campo
sense:
A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.


lexentry: eng/field_marshal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field marshal
trans_list: feldmaresciallo | maresciallo di campo
sense:
(military ranks) In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now essentially disused.


lexentry: eng/field_of_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field of vision
trans_list: campo visivo | campo di visibilità
sense:
The area that a person, an animal, etc., can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.


lexentry: eng/field_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: field trip
trans_list: uscita didattica | viaggio di istruzione
sense:
A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.


lexentry: eng/fieldwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fieldwork
trans_list: ricerca sul campo
sense:
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.


lexentry: eng/fife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fife
trans_list: piffero | fiffaro
sense:
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music


lexentry: eng/fifth__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fifth
trans_list: quinta
sense:
(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)


lexentry: eng/fifth_column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifth column
trans_list: quinta colonna
sense:
A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.


lexentry: eng/fifty-eighth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-eighth
trans_list: cinquantottesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 58 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fifth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fifth
trans_list: cinquantacinquesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-five, describing a person or thing in position number 55 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-first
trans_list: cinquantunesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-fourth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-fourth
trans_list: cinquantaquattresimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 54 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-ninth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-ninth
trans_list: cinquantanovesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 59 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-second
trans_list: cinquantaduesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 52 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-seventh
trans_list: cinquantasettesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 57 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-sixth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-sixth
trans_list: cinquantaseiesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 56 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fifty-third__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fifty-third
trans_list: cinquantatreesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number fifty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 53 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig
trans_list: fico
sense:
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: foglia di fico
sense:
A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).


lexentry: eng/fig_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fig leaf
trans_list: foglia di fico
sense:
(figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.


lexentry: eng/fight_fire_with_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fight fire with fire
trans_list: combattere ad armi pari | combattere alla pari
sense:
(idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).


lexentry: eng/fighter-bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter-bomber
trans_list: cacciabombardiere
sense:
(military, _, aviation) A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.


lexentry: eng/fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fighter
trans_list: caccia | aereo da caccia
sense:
A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.


lexentry: eng/fighter_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter plane
trans_list: aereo da caccia
sense:
(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


lexentry: eng/fighting_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting fish
trans_list: pesce combattente
sense:
A small aggressive freshwater fish originating from Thailand, popular as aquarium fish, Betta splendens.


lexentry: eng/fighting_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting game
trans_list: baruffa
sense:
(video game genre) A video game of a type based around interpersonal combat, often in a tournament setting, in which characters fight until their HP is depleted or the round timer expires.


lexentry: eng/figurative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figurative
trans_list: figurativo
sense:
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.


lexentry: eng/figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figure
trans_list: figura
sense:
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.


lexentry: eng/figure__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: figure
trans_list: calcolare | risolvere
sense:
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_merit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figure of merit
trans_list: figura di merito
sense:
a numerical value used in comparing the quality or performance of different methods, systems, or devices.


lexentry: eng/figure_of_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figure of speech
trans_list: figura retorica
sense:
(rhetoric, stylistic) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/figured_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figured bass
trans_list: basso cifrato | basso numerato
sense:
(music) A musical notation in which intervals, chords and harmonizations are indicated by numbers written below a given bass note.


lexentry: eng/figurehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figurehead
trans_list: fantoccio | prestanome | uomo di paglia
sense:
(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.


lexentry: eng/filaria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filaria
trans_list: filaria
sense:
Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.


lexentry: eng/filarial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filarial
trans_list: filariale
sense:
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the microscopic parasitic worms known as filaria, or an infestation thereof.


lexentry: eng/filch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filch
trans_list: fregarsi | rubacchiare
sense:
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: file
trans_list: colonna
sense:
(chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file
trans_list: lima | limetta
sense:
A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.


lexentry: eng/file_extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file extension
trans_list: estensione di nome di schedario
sense:
A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.


lexentry: eng/filibuster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filibuster
trans_list: filibustiere
sense:
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.


lexentry: eng/filigree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filigree
trans_list: filigrana
sense:
(chiefly, jewellery) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.


lexentry: eng/filing_cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filing cabinet
trans_list: casellario | schedario | classificatore
sense:
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.


lexentry: eng/fill_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fill in
trans_list: rimpiazzare
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.


lexentry: eng/filler_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filler cap
trans_list: tappo del serbatoio
sense:
The cap that closes the opening of a tank, e.g. the fuel tank of a car, through which the tank can be filled.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: filetto
sense:
A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillip
trans_list: schioccare | schioccare le dita | schiocco | scrocchio
sense:
(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.


lexentry: eng/fillip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillip
trans_list: schioccare
sense:
(transitive) To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.


lexentry: eng/film_projector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: film projector
trans_list: proiettore cinematografico
sense:
An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film).


lexentry: eng/filmmaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmmaking
trans_list: realizzazione
sense:
The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/filmography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filmography
trans_list: filmografia
sense:
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter
trans_list: filtro
sense:
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: filter
trans_list: filtro
sense:
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: filter
trans_list: filtro
sense:
(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).


lexentry: eng/filter_feeder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter feeder
trans_list: filtratore
sense:
(biology) Any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives.


lexentry: eng/filtration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filtration
trans_list: filtraggio
sense:
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.


lexentry: eng/fimbria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fimbria
trans_list: fimbria
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.


lexentry: eng/fimbria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fimbria
trans_list: fimbria
sense:
(bacteriology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria; used by the bacteria to adhere to one another, to animal cells and to some inanimate objects.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fin
trans_list: impennaggio
sense:
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/fin__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fin
trans_list: impennaggio
sense:
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.


lexentry: eng/finagle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finagle
trans_list: sottrarre
sense:
(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)


lexentry: eng/final__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final
trans_list: finale
sense:
(US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.


lexentry: eng/final_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final examination
trans_list: esame di maturità
sense:
A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.


lexentry: eng/final_nail_in_the_coffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final nail in the coffin
trans_list: colpo di grazia
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.


lexentry: eng/final_solution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final solution
trans_list: soluzione finale
sense:
(historical, often, capitalized) The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.


lexentry: eng/finalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finalist
trans_list: finalista
sense:
A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).


lexentry: eng/finals__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finals
trans_list: finale
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).


lexentry: eng/finance__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finance
trans_list: finanziare
sense:
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.


lexentry: eng/financial_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial crisis
trans_list: crisi finanziaria
sense:
An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.


lexentry: eng/financial_independence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: financial independence
trans_list: indipendenza finanziaria
sense:
(finance) Status of having enough income or wealth sufficient to pay one's living expenses for the rest of one's life without having to be employed or dependent on others.


lexentry: eng/find__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: find
trans_list: scoperta | chicca | scovamento
sense:
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.


lexentry: eng/fine_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine arts
trans_list: belle arti
sense:
The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.


lexentry: eng/fine_print__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine print
trans_list: clausole scritte in piccolo
sense:
(idiomatic) The details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.


lexentry: eng/finesse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: finesse
trans_list: impasse
sense:
(countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finesse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finesse
trans_list: abbellire
sense:
(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/finger_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finger bowl
trans_list: sciacquadita
sense:
A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a formal dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses.


lexentry: eng/fingerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingerboard
trans_list: tastiera
sense:
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


lexentry: eng/fingering__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fingering
trans_list: ditalino
sense:
(uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.


lexentry: eng/fingernail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingernail
trans_list: unghia
sense:
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.


lexentry: eng/fingerprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fingerprint
trans_list: impronta digitale
sense:
The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.


lexentry: eng/finial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finial
trans_list: fastigio
sense:
(architectural element) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.


lexentry: eng/finicky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finicky
trans_list: puntiglioso
sense:
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.


lexentry: eng/finishing_move__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finishing move
trans_list: colpo di grazia
sense:
(video games) In media such as one-on-one fighting video games and professional wrestling, a dedicated special attack used to knock out an enemy on the brink of defeat in a flashy and spectacular manner.


lexentry: eng/finite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite
trans_list: finito
sense:
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.


lexentry: eng/finocchio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finocchio
trans_list: finocchio
sense:
A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).


lexentry: eng/fire-eyed_diucon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire-eyed diucon
trans_list: diucon
sense:
A species of tyrant flycatcher, Xolmis pyrope, found in southwest South America, having bright red irides.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire
trans_list: fuoco | sparo | incendio
sense:
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire
trans_list: incendio | rogo | falò
sense:
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: fuoco | ardore
sense:
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: fire
trans_list: sparo
sense:
(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.


lexentry: eng/fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: licenziare | dimettere
sense:
(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).


lexentry: eng/fire_alarm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire alarm
trans_list: allarme antincendio
sense:
An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.


lexentry: eng/fire_at_will__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire at will
trans_list: fuoco a volontà!
sense:
(military) Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: squadra di pompieri
sense:
(firefighting, US) A group of people within a corporation or industrial site, organized for the purpose of putting out fires, usually in addition to their normal job.


lexentry: eng/fire_brigade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire brigade
trans_list: vigili del fuoco
sense:
(firefighting, British) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires.


lexentry: eng/fire_department__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire department
trans_list: vigili del fuoco | corpo dei pompieri | corpo dei vigili del fuoco | pompieri
sense:
(firefighting, US) An organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is preventing and putting out fires. May provide other emergency services as well.


lexentry: eng/fire_drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire drill
trans_list: esercitazione antincendio
sense:
An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.


lexentry: eng/fire_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire engine
trans_list: mezzo antincendio
sense:
(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.


lexentry: eng/fire_escape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire escape
trans_list: uscita di emergenza | uscita di sicurezza
sense:
Any of the series of emergency doors, ladders, or stairs used to evacuate a building if a fire breaks out.


lexentry: eng/fire_extinguisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire extinguisher
trans_list: estintore
sense:
A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.


lexentry: eng/fire_hose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hose
trans_list: manichetta antincendio
sense:
A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.


lexentry: eng/fire_hydrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire hydrant
trans_list: idrante
sense:
(firefighting) A device used by firefighters to obtain water from the main supply, consisting of a barrel, connections for hose and a valve assembly.


lexentry: eng/fire_in_the_belly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire in the belly
trans_list: entusiasmo
sense:
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.


lexentry: eng/fire_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire point
trans_list: punto di combustione
sense:
The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a fuel will continue to burn for at least five seconds after ignition by an open flame of standard dimension.


lexentry: eng/fire_salamander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire salamander
trans_list: salamandra pezzata
sense:
A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.


lexentry: eng/fire_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire ship
trans_list: brulotto
sense:
(historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.


lexentry: eng/fire_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire station
trans_list: caserma dei vigili del fuoco | stazione dei vigili del fuoco
sense:
The building where firefighters and fire trucks/fire engines are housed when not answering an alarm.


lexentry: eng/firebug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firebug
trans_list: cimice rossonera
sense:
Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.


lexentry: eng/firecracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firecracker
trans_list: petardo | mortaretto | castagnola
sense:
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.


lexentry: eng/firedamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firedamp
trans_list: grisou | grisù
sense:
(mining) An inflammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.


lexentry: eng/firefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firefly
trans_list: lucciola
sense:
(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lexentry: eng/firestriker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firestriker
trans_list: acciarino
sense:
A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: muro spartifuoco
sense:
(architecture) A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.


lexentry: eng/firewall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: firewall
trans_list: firewall
sense:
(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.


lexentry: eng/firework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firework
trans_list: fuoco d'artificio | fuoco artificiale
sense:
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.


lexentry: eng/firing_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing pin
trans_list: percussore
sense:
(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.


lexentry: eng/firing_squad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firing squad
trans_list: plotone d'esecuzione | plotone di esecuzione
sense:
A group of soldiers or paramilitaries detailed to execute someone, usually by rifle shot, or to discharge their weapons ceremonially at a funeral.


lexentry: eng/firmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmament
trans_list: firmamento
sense:
(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.


lexentry: eng/firmware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmware
trans_list: firmware
sense:
(computing) Something in between hardware and software. Like software, it is created from source code, but it is closely tied to the hardware it runs on.


lexentry: eng/firn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firn
trans_list: nevato
sense:
A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.


lexentry: eng/first-degree_murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-degree murder
trans_list: assassinio
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form considered by law to be the most serious; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves premeditation, or the choice of victim or other circumstances being regarded as especially blameworthy.


lexentry: eng/first-person_shooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first-person shooter
trans_list: sparatutto in prima persona
sense:
(video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective and the ability to fire a weapon.


lexentry: eng/first_aid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid
trans_list: primo soccorso
sense:
(medicine) Basic medical care given to an injury victim, usually where the injury is slight or where better care is not available.


lexentry: eng/first_aid_kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first aid kit
trans_list: borsa di primo soccorso
sense:
A collection of first aid supplies for treatment of minor injuries or stabilization of major injuries.


lexentry: eng/first_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first floor
trans_list: primo piano
sense:
(North America, Philippines) The floor of a building at the level of the street or surrounding ground; the ground floor


lexentry: eng/first_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first gear
trans_list: prima | prima marcia
sense:
The first gear of an transmission, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage.


lexentry: eng/first_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first lieutenant
trans_list: luogotenente
sense:
(military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.


lexentry: eng/first_love__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: first love
trans_list: primo amore
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.


lexentry: eng/first_mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first mate
trans_list: seconda di bordo | secondo di bordo
sense:
(nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.


lexentry: eng/first_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: first person
trans_list: prima persona
sense:
A form of narrative writing using verbs in the first person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to the narrator.


lexentry: eng/fiscal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiscal
trans_list: fiscale
sense:
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: pesca
sense:
(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.


lexentry: eng/fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fish
trans_list: pesca
sense:
(countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: pescare
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.


lexentry: eng/fish_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fish bowl
trans_list: acquario
sense:
A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. [a. 1970]


lexentry: eng/fish_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish finger
trans_list: bastoncino di pesce
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.


lexentry: eng/fish_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish fork
trans_list: forchetta da pesce
sense:
A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.


lexentry: eng/fish_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish oil
trans_list: olio di pesce
sense:
Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.


lexentry: eng/fish_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish tank
trans_list: acquario
sense:
A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.


lexentry: eng/fish_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish trap
trans_list: nassa
sense:
A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisher
trans_list: pescatore
sense:
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.


lexentry: eng/fisheye_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisheye lens
trans_list: fish-eye | fisheye
sense:
(photography) A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: pesca
sense:
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: pesca
sense:
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.


lexentry: eng/fishing_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing cat
trans_list: gatto viverrino | gatto pescatore
sense:
A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).


lexentry: eng/fishing_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing rod
trans_list: canna da pesca
sense:
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.


lexentry: eng/fishplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishplate
trans_list: ganascia
sense:
(rail transport) A metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.


lexentry: eng/fishpond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishpond
trans_list: peschiera
sense:
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food


lexentry: eng/fistula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fistula
trans_list: fistola
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.


lexentry: eng/fitful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitful
trans_list: a singhiozzo | irregolare | rapsodico | sporadico
sense:
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.


lexentry: eng/fitness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fitness
trans_list: capacità
sense:
(evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.


lexentry: eng/fitted_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fitted sheet
trans_list: lenzuolo con angoli
sense:
A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: fifa
sense:
(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: accomodamento
sense:
(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: mobile
sense:
(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.


lexentry: eng/five_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five hundred
trans_list: cinquecento
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock
trans_list: cinque
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock_shadow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock shadow
trans_list: barba di tre giorni
sense:
(informal) A beard growth visible late in the day on the face of a man that was clean-shaven in the morning.


lexentry: eng/fix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fix
trans_list: dose
sense:
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fix
trans_list: fissare
sense:
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: fix
trans_list: riparare | aggiustare | preparare | sistemare | mettere una pezza
sense:
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.


lexentry: eng/fixed_asset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed asset
trans_list: immobilizzazione
sense:
(business, accounting) Asset or property which cannot easily be converted into cash, such as land, buildings and machinery.


lexentry: eng/fixed_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixed cost
trans_list: costo fisso
sense:
(accounting, chiefly, in the plural) A cost of business which does not vary with output or sales; an overhead.


lexentry: eng/fixed_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixed point
trans_list: punto fisso
sense:
(mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.


lexentry: eng/fixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fixer
trans_list: fissatore
sense:
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.


lexentry: eng/fixture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fixture
trans_list: installazione
sense:
(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.


lexentry: eng/fizgig__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizgig
trans_list: arpione
sense:
(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.


lexentry: eng/fizzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fizzle
trans_list: andar bene
sense:
(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.


lexentry: eng/fizzle_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizzle out
trans_list: allentare
sense:
(slang, intransitive) To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.


lexentry: eng/flabbergast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabbergast
trans_list: sorprendere | stupire | sbalordire | colpire | impressionare
sense:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flabby__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabby
trans_list: flaccido | moscio
sense:
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flag
trans_list: flag | bandiera
sense:
(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flag
trans_list: bandiera
sense:
(internet slang, ACG) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flag of convenience
trans_list: bandiera di comodo
sense:
(figuratively) Registration of a ship in a country chosen for its low taxes, permissive regulations, and so on.


lexentry: eng/flag_of_convenience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flag of convenience
trans_list: bandiera di comodo
sense:
(literally) The flag flown by a ship so registered (which flag then corresponds to the country of registration).


lexentry: eng/flagon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flagon
trans_list: boccia | boccione | damigiana | fiasco
sense:
(archaic) A large bottle for drinks such as beer, cider, or wine; also, a bottle with a cap used by travellers.


lexentry: eng/flagship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flagship
trans_list: ammiraglia | nave ammiraglia | principale
sense:
(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flail
trans_list: correggiato
sense:
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flail
trans_list: mazzafrusto
sense:
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.


lexentry: eng/flake__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flake
trans_list: tirapacchi
sense:
(informal) A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.


lexentry: eng/flamberge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamberge
trans_list: flamberga
sense:
(weaponry) A European sword, typically a greatsword, which had a wavy blade, possibly to increase the cutting surface or for aid in parrying.


lexentry: eng/flambé__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flambé
trans_list: fiammeggiare
sense:
To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.


lexentry: eng/flame_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flame war
trans_list: polemica
sense:
(Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.


lexentry: eng/flamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamen
trans_list: flamine | flamen
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.


lexentry: eng/flamethrower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamethrower
trans_list: lanciafiamme
sense:
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.


lexentry: eng/flank__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flank
trans_list: affiancare | fiancheggiare
sense:
(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).


lexentry: eng/flannel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flannel
trans_list: flanella
sense:
(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.


lexentry: eng/flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flap
trans_list: ipersostentatore
sense:
(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.


lexentry: eng/flapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flapper
trans_list: maschietta
sense:
(colloquial, chiefly, historical) A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum or displaying daring freedom or boldness; now particularly associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/flare-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flare-up
trans_list: germoglio
sense:
A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flare
trans_list: brillare | scintillare | sfolgorare
sense:
(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flare
trans_list: brillare | scintillare | sfolgorare
sense:
(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.


lexentry: eng/flash-bang__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash-bang
trans_list: flashbang | stun grenade
sense:
A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.


lexentry: eng/flash__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: flash
trans_list: esibirsi
sense:
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.


lexentry: eng/flash_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash drive
trans_list: chiave USB | chiavetta USB | penna USB | chiavetta | pen drive | pen-drive
sense:
(computer hardware) A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.


lexentry: eng/flash_mob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flash mob
trans_list: flash mob
sense:
A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse. [from 2003]


lexentry: eng/flashback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashback
trans_list: flashback
sense:
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: scheda di memoria
sense:
A card used to aid rote memorization. One side of the card contains data of one kind, or a question, and the other side contains the associated response which one wants to memorize. For example, one side could contain an English word, and the other side the Spanish translation.


lexentry: eng/flashcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flashcard
trans_list: scheda di memoria
sense:
(electronics) A solid-state digital memory storage format, commonly found on computers, digital cameras and cellphones.


lexentry: eng/flat-headed_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat-headed cat
trans_list: gatto dalla testa piatta
sense:
Prionailurus planiceps, a small wild cat patchily distributed in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.


lexentry: eng/flat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: flat
trans_list: sgasata
sense:
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flat
trans_list: bemolle
sense:
(music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).


lexentry: eng/flat_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat cap
trans_list: berretto
sense:
(countable) A man's cap made from wool, tweed, or other soft material. It has a small peak and fits snugly on the head.


lexentry: eng/flat_peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat peach
trans_list: pesca tabacchiera
sense:
A subspecies or variety of peach Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa, with white flesh and a flattish, round shape.


lexentry: eng/flat_tyre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flat tyre
trans_list: gomma a terra
sense:
A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.


lexentry: eng/flatback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatback
trans_list: tartaruga a dorso piatto
sense:
A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.


lexentry: eng/flatfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatfish
trans_list: rombo
sense:
A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.


lexentry: eng/flatulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulence
trans_list: flatulenza | flato | peto | scoreggia
sense:
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.


lexentry: eng/flatworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatworm
trans_list: platelminto
sense:
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.


lexentry: eng/flavonoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavonoid
trans_list: flavonoide
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor
trans_list: sapore | gusto
sense:
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: flavor
trans_list: sapore | genere | specie | tipo | varietà
sense:
(particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).


lexentry: eng/flavor_enhancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor enhancer
trans_list: esaltatore di sapidità
sense:
Any substance added to a food product to enhance its taste, especially to make it taste more savoury or to add umami


lexentry: eng/flaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flaw
trans_list: difetto | imperfezione
sense:
(legal) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.


lexentry: eng/flax-leaved_daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flax-leaved daphne
trans_list: dittinella | erba corsa | gnidio
sense:
Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.


lexentry: eng/flax__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flax
trans_list: lino
sense:
The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.


lexentry: eng/flea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea
trans_list: pulce
sense:
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.


lexentry: eng/flechette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flechette
trans_list: freccetta
sense:
A small sharp antipersonnel projectile, used as shrapnel, fired from a shotgun, or scattered from an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/fleece__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fleece
trans_list: pile
sense:
(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.


lexentry: eng/fleet_admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleet admiral
trans_list: Grande Ammiraglio
sense:
(military, historical) The highest rank in the United States Navy, NATO grade OF-10, used only during World War II.


lexentry: eng/flesh_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh out
trans_list: abbellire
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.


lexentry: eng/flesh_wound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flesh wound
trans_list: ferita superficiale
sense:
An injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.


lexentry: eng/fletching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fletching
trans_list: impennaggio
sense:
The process of attaching fins, such as halved feathers, to a projectile in order to stabilize its flight.


lexentry: eng/fleur-de-lis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleur-de-lis
trans_list: giglio
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.


lexentry: eng/flex__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flex
trans_list: flessione
sense:
(countable, slang) The act or an instance of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.


lexentry: eng/flexitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flexitarianism
trans_list: semivegetarianismo
sense:
(US) The practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.


lexentry: eng/flick__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flick
trans_list: buffetto
sense:
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.


lexentry: eng/flick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flick off
trans_list: fare una pippa
sense:
(vulgar, slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate by flicking the clitoris with one's finger or fingers.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flight
trans_list: volo
sense:
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flight
trans_list: piano
sense:
(US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.


lexentry: eng/flight_attendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight attendant
trans_list: assistente di volo
sense:
A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.


lexentry: eng/flight_data_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight data recorder
trans_list: registratore di volo
sense:
(aviation) A device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.


lexentry: eng/flight_lieutenant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight lieutenant
trans_list: caposquadriglia
sense:
A rank in the RAF, between that of flying officer and squadron leader, of a person in charge of a flight of aircraft, equivalent to a Royal Navy lieutenant or an Army captain


lexentry: eng/flight_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight number
trans_list: numero di volo
sense:
(aviation, travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.


lexentry: eng/flight_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flight recorder
trans_list: registratore di volo
sense:
A device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.


lexentry: eng/flinch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flinch
trans_list: sussultare
sense:
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.


lexentry: eng/flint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flint
trans_list: selce
sense:
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.


lexentry: eng/flinty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flinty
trans_list: minerale
sense:
(wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.


lexentry: eng/flip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flip
trans_list: capovolgere | spadellare
sense:
(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.


lexentry: eng/flip_the_bird__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flip the bird
trans_list: fare un gestaccio
sense:
(colloquial, idiom) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flipper
trans_list: pinna
sense:
In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide flat, limb adapted for swimming.


lexentry: eng/flirt__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flirt
trans_list: flirtare | fare l'amore | limonare | pomiciare | slinguare
sense:
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flitch
trans_list: freccia
sense:
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: galleggiare
sense:
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: galleggiare
sense:
To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.


lexentry: eng/floater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floater
trans_list: scotoma
sense:
(ophthalmology) A threadlike speck in the visual field which seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour of the eye.


lexentry: eng/floating-point_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating-point number
trans_list: flottante
sense:
(computing) A real number held as a pair of integers, one representing the mantissa and the other representing the exponent. The base is normally 10, 16 or 256 depending on the computing system.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floating island
trans_list: isola galleggiante
sense:
An aggregation of driftwood, roots, etc., capable of bearing soil, floated out from a river delta or similar.


lexentry: eng/floating_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: floating island
trans_list: isola galleggiante | île flottante
sense:
A French cold dessert consisting of an "island" of meringue, made of egg whites and sugar, floating in a "sea" of custard.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flock
trans_list: stormo
sense:
A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flock
trans_list: gregge | branco
sense:
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.


lexentry: eng/flog_a_dead_horse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flog a dead horse
trans_list: sprecare tempo | è fatica sprecata | è una battaglia persa
sense:
(British, idiomatic) To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flood
trans_list: inondazione | alluvione
sense:
An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flood
trans_list: alluvione | marea
sense:
(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flood
trans_list: inondare | subissare
sense:
(figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flood
trans_list: inondare | straripare | allagare
sense:
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: floor
trans_list: pavimento
sense:
(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.


lexentry: eng/floor_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floor lamp
trans_list: lampada a stelo
sense:
A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.


lexentry: eng/flop__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flop
trans_list: fallire | fare fiasco | fare un buco nell'acqua | mancare il traguardo
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).


lexentry: eng/floppy_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy disk
trans_list: dischetto | floppy disk | floppy
sense:
(computer hardware) A removable disk used for storing digital data, measuring between 2 and 8 inches diagonally and storing between 80 KB and 240 MB.


lexentry: eng/floppy_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floppy drive
trans_list: lettore di dischetti
sense:
A computer hardware device used for reading and writing on removable floppy disks, such as 3+1⁄2″, 5+1⁄4″ or 8″ diskettes.


lexentry: eng/flor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flor
trans_list: fioretta
sense:
A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.


lexentry: eng/floribunda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floribunda
trans_list: floribunda
sense:
A rose cultivar, having large sprays of small flowers, made by crossing polyantha and hybrid tea rose varieties.


lexentry: eng/floriography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floriography
trans_list: linguaggio dei fiori
sense:
Communication through the use of flowers, with different types of flowers having particular symbolic meanings.


lexentry: eng/flotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flotation
trans_list: flottazione
sense:
(mining, chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.


lexentry: eng/flounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flounder
trans_list: passera
sense:
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).


lexentry: eng/flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flour
trans_list: farina
sense:
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.


lexentry: eng/flourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flourish
trans_list: fiorire
sense:
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flow
trans_list: flusso | colata | riflusso | scorrimento
sense:
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.


lexentry: eng/flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flower
trans_list: fiore
sense:
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.


lexentry: eng/flower_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flower head
trans_list: capolino | calatide
sense:
(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single [flower]] (as in the daisy family).


lexentry: eng/flowery__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flowery
trans_list: fiorito
sense:
(of a speech or piece of writing) overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance


lexentry: eng/fluconazole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluconazole
trans_list: fluconazolo
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antifungal agent C13H12F2N6O used orally to treat cryptococcal meningitis and local or systemic candida infections.


lexentry: eng/flue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flue
trans_list: canna fumaria | condotta | scarico | tubo di scarico
sense:
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).


lexentry: eng/fluency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fluency
trans_list: scioltezza
sense:
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.


lexentry: eng/flugelhorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flugelhorn
trans_list: flicorno | bombardino
sense:
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.


lexentry: eng/fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluid
trans_list: fluido
sense:
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/flunkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flunkey
trans_list: lacchè
sense:
(derogatory) An underling; a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer – a person working in the service of another (especially in the household).


lexentry: eng/fluoranthene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluoranthene
trans_list: fluorantene
sense:
(organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion


lexentry: eng/fluorescein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescein
trans_list: fluoresceina
sense:
(carboxylic acid) Any of a class of yellow xanthene dyes which are visible when highly diluted; used forensically to detect traces of blood, and in analytical chemistry as an indicator in silver nitrate titrations


lexentry: eng/fluorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescence
trans_list: fluorescenza
sense:
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/fluorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorite
trans_list: fluorite
sense:
(mineral) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.


lexentry: eng/fluosilicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluosilicate
trans_list: fluosilicato
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) The anion SiF62- derived from fluosilicic acid; any salt containing this anion


lexentry: eng/fluoxetine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluoxetine
trans_list: fluoxetina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.


lexentry: eng/flush__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flush
trans_list: sciacquone | arrossimento
sense:
A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.


lexentry: eng/flush__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flush
trans_list: arrossire
sense:
(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.


lexentry: eng/flush_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush toilet
trans_list: gabinetto | WC | cesso | sciacquone | tazza | vaso
sense:
A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flute
trans_list: scanalatura
sense:
(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.


lexentry: eng/flute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flute
trans_list: pifferare | zufolare
sense:
(transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).


lexentry: eng/fluting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluting
trans_list: gola
sense:
(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.


lexentry: eng/flutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flutter
trans_list: sbattere le ali
sense:
(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.


lexentry: eng/flux__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flux
trans_list: flusso
sense:
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.


lexentry: eng/flux_capacitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flux capacitor
trans_list: flusso canalizzatore
sense:
(science fiction) A fictional instrument required to operate a time machine, consisting of a rectangular-shaped compartment with three flashing Geissler-style tubes arranged in a "Y" configuration.


lexentry: eng/fly-half__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly-half
trans_list: mediano d'apertura
sense:
(rugby) A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly
trans_list: mosca
sense:
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fly
trans_list: brachetta | braghetta | bottega
sense:
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.


lexentry: eng/fly__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fly
trans_list: volare
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.


lexentry: eng/fly_agaric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly agaric
trans_list: ovolo malefico | ovolaccio
sense:
A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.


lexentry: eng/fly_ash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly ash
trans_list: cenere volante
sense:
A residue generated in the combustion of powdered coal or other materials, comprising the fine particles that rise with the flue gases; when generated industrially it is usually captured and can be recycled for use in construction materials.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: a vista
sense:
(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: agire
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.


lexentry: eng/fly_fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly fishing
trans_list: pesca con la mosca
sense:
(fishing) A form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast a lure visually resembling a fly.


lexentry: eng/fly_in_the_ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly in the ointment
trans_list: osso
sense:
(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: muscicapide
sense:
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: muscicapide
sense:
Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.


lexentry: eng/flying_buttress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying buttress
trans_list: arco rampante
sense:
(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).


lexentry: eng/flying_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flying fish
trans_list: pesce volante
sense:
A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.


lexentry: eng/flying_gurnard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying gurnard
trans_list: pesce civetta
sense:
Any tropical marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water.


lexentry: eng/flying_kiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying kiss
trans_list: bacio volante
sense:
A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.


lexentry: eng/flying_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying machine
trans_list: aereo
sense:
(archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective)


lexentry: eng/flying_saucer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying saucer
trans_list: disco volante
sense:
(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: cavalcavia | viadotto
sense:
(British, Hong Kong, Philippine, Australia, Nepal, Pakistan, India) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.


lexentry: eng/flypaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flypaper
trans_list: acchiappamosche | carta moschicida
sense:
A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it


lexentry: eng/flyweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyweight
trans_list: peso mosca
sense:
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.


lexentry: eng/flywheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flywheel
trans_list: volano
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: gomma piuma
sense:
(firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.


lexentry: eng/foam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foam
trans_list: gomma piuma
sense:
A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/fob_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fob off
trans_list: disorientare
sense:
(informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy someone; to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.


lexentry: eng/focal_length__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: focal length
trans_list: lunghezza focale
sense:
(optics) A measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the distance along the optical axis from the principal plane of the lens to the lens's focal point (where, for instance, the film would be placed in a camera). For more complex or multi-element optical systems, focal length need not correspond to any obvious measurable physical distance.


lexentry: eng/focus__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: focus
trans_list: fuoco
sense:
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: focus
trans_list: mettere a fuoco | focalizzare
sense:
(transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: focus
trans_list: concentrarsi | su
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.


lexentry: eng/fodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fodder
trans_list: foraggio | biada
sense:
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.


lexentry: eng/fog_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fog lamp
trans_list: antinebbia | fendinebbia
sense:
(automotive) A bright red lamp (normally one of a pair) at the rear of a motor car that can be switched on during foggy weather so as to avoid collisions from cars approaching from behind


lexentry: eng/fogbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogbow
trans_list: arcobaleno bianco
sense:
(meteorology) A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.


lexentry: eng/fogey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogey
trans_list: matusa | mummia | parruccone
sense:
A dull person (especially an older man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.


lexentry: eng/foible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foible
trans_list: mania
sense:
(mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.


lexentry: eng/foil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: foil
trans_list: fioretto | spalla
sense:
(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fold
trans_list: piegare
sense:
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fold
trans_list: amalgamare | sciogliere
sense:
(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folder
trans_list: cartella | fascicolo
sense:
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folder
trans_list: cartella
sense:
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.


lexentry: eng/folding_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding chair
trans_list: sedia pieghevole
sense:
A light portable chair that can be stored in a stack, row or on a specially designed cart. They are produced in a variety of styles, folding mechanisms and materials.


lexentry: eng/folding_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folding knife
trans_list: coltellino
sense:
A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle, owing to a joint#Noun. Such a knife is usually a pocketknife; its action may be locking#Adjective or nonlocking#Adjective.


lexentry: eng/folic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folic acid
trans_list: acido folico
sense:
(vitamin, carboxylic acid) A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction


lexentry: eng/folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk
trans_list: popolo | abitante | autoctono | gente
sense:
(countable, archaic) A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/folk_etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk etymology
trans_list: paretimologia | falsa etimologia | pseudoetimologia
sense:
A misunderstanding of the etymology of a word based on an inexpert analysis; an etymology that incorrectly explains the origin of a word based on the inadequate judgement of a common speaker of the language instead of etymological expertise.


lexentry: eng/folk_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk medicine
trans_list: medicina popolare
sense:
(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: folk
sense:
Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.


lexentry: eng/folk_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folk music
trans_list: folk
sense:
Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.


lexentry: eng/folk_song__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folk song
trans_list: canto popolare
sense:
(music) A song, in any folk style, originating among ordinary people, usually non-professional musicians, and handed down by oral tradition.


lexentry: eng/follicle_stimulating_hormone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follicle stimulating hormone
trans_list: ormone follicolo-stimolante
sense:
(biochemistry) A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals.


lexentry: eng/follow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow
trans_list: seguire
sense:
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.


lexentry: eng/follower__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: follower
trans_list: follower | seguace | seguitore
sense:
(social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.


lexentry: eng/fomite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fomite
trans_list: fomite
sense:
(medicine) An inanimate object capable of carrying infectious agents (such as bacteria, viruses or prions), and thus passively enabling their transmission between hosts; common examples include towels, dishcloths, kitchenware/flatware, and laundry.


lexentry: eng/fondue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fondue
trans_list: fonduta
sense:
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: font
trans_list: carattere
sense:
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: font
trans_list: font
sense:
(computing, typography) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.


lexentry: eng/fontanelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontanelle
trans_list: fontanella
sense:
(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


lexentry: eng/food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food
trans_list: cibo | alimento | vitto
sense:
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


lexentry: eng/food_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food bank
trans_list: banco alimentare
sense:
A charitable non-profit organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies that in turn feed the hungry.


lexentry: eng/food_poisoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food poisoning
trans_list: intossicazione alimentare
sense:
(pathology, bacteria) Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.


lexentry: eng/food_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food stamp
trans_list: buono pasto
sense:
A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.


lexentry: eng/food_web__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food web
trans_list: rete alimentare | rete trofica
sense:
(ecology) A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey.


lexentry: eng/fool's_errand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fool's errand
trans_list: compito da pazzi | follia | impresa folle
sense:
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fool
trans_list: buffone | giullare | buffone di corte | pagliaccio
sense:
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).


lexentry: eng/foot-and-mouth_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot-and-mouth disease
trans_list: afta epizootica
sense:
(pathology) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot
trans_list: zampa | piede
sense:
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foot
trans_list: piede | zampa
sense:
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foot
trans_list: piede | zampa
sense:
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: foot
trans_list: piede | zampa
sense:
(phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: football
trans_list: calcio
sense:
(UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.


lexentry: eng/football_hooligan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: football hooligan
trans_list: ultras
sense:
(UK) A violent and noisy football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams, often the member of a firm.


lexentry: eng/footboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footboard
trans_list: cavalletto | pedana | predellino
sense:
A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.


lexentry: eng/footer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: footer
trans_list: piè
sense:
(computing) A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.)


lexentry: eng/footlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlight
trans_list: luci della ribalta
sense:
A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.


lexentry: eng/footlocker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footlocker
trans_list: mensa
sense:
A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.


lexentry: eng/footnote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footnote
trans_list: nota in calce
sense:
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.


lexentry: eng/footsie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: footsie
trans_list: piedino
sense:
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.


lexentry: eng/for-profit__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for-profit
trans_list: commerciale
sense:
(of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organisation that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.


lexentry: eng/for__Preposition__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: for
trans_list: per essere
sense:
By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.


lexentry: eng/for_once__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for once
trans_list: per una volta | una volta tanto
sense:
(idiomatic) For the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.


lexentry: eng/for_the_time_being__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for the time being
trans_list: per il momento
sense:
(idiomatic) Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.


lexentry: eng/for_what_it's_worth__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for what it's worth
trans_list: valga quel che può valere | valga quel che valga | varrà quel che varrà
sense:
Considering what limited worth this advice, opinion, or suggestion might have for you; used to soften the presentation of unsolicited advice or information that may not be relevant.


lexentry: eng/for_your_information__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: for your information
trans_list: per vostra informazione
sense:
(colloquial) Used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.


lexentry: eng/foraminifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foraminifer
trans_list: foraminifero
sense:
Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.


lexentry: eng/foray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foray
trans_list: incursione | irruzione | scorrazzata | scorreria
sense:
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.


lexentry: eng/forbidden_fruit_is_the_sweetest__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forbidden fruit is the sweetest
trans_list: il frutto proibito è il più saporito
sense:
Forbidden things seem more appealing; people desire things more if (or, in some way, because) they can't have them.


lexentry: eng/force-feed__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force-feed
trans_list: alimentare forzatamente
sense:
To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force
trans_list: forza
sense:
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: force
trans_list: forza
sense:
(countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: force
trans_list: forza
sense:
(humorous, or, science fiction, with the, often, capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. [1977]


lexentry: eng/force_majeure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force majeure
trans_list: forza maggiore | caso fortuito
sense:
(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.


lexentry: eng/forced_labor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced labor
trans_list: lavoro forzato
sense:
(American spelling) Work which one is compelled to perform against one's will, especially in a condition of involuntary servitude as a prisoner or slave.


lexentry: eng/forced_march__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced march
trans_list: marcia forzata
sense:
(military) A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.


lexentry: eng/forced_perspective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forced perspective
trans_list: prospettiva forzata
sense:
An optical illusion in which an object appears of a different size or distance away than it actually is.


lexentry: eng/forcemeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forcemeat
trans_list: ripieno
sense:
(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.


lexentry: eng/forceps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forceps
trans_list: forcipe
sense:
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.


lexentry: eng/ford__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ford
trans_list: guado
sense:
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.


lexentry: eng/foreclose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclose
trans_list: afferrare
sense:
(transitive, legal) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.


lexentry: eng/foreclose__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreclose
trans_list: chiudere
sense:
(transitive, legal) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.


lexentry: eng/foreclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclosure
trans_list: pignoramento
sense:
(legal) The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.


lexentry: eng/foreign__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreign
trans_list: straniero | straniera
sense:
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.


lexentry: eng/foreign_correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign correspondent
trans_list: corrispondente dall'estero
sense:
(journalism) A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place.


lexentry: eng/foreign_currency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign currency
trans_list: moneta straniera
sense:
(banking, finance) Any currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.


lexentry: eng/foreign_debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign debt
trans_list: debito estero
sense:
(countable, finance) A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.


lexentry: eng/foreign_direct_investment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign direct investment
trans_list: investimento diretto estero
sense:
(finance, economics) Direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.


lexentry: eng/foreign_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreign key
trans_list: chiave esterna
sense:
(database) A column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked.


lexentry: eng/foremast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foremast
trans_list: albero di trinchetto
sense:
(nautical) The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/forensic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic
trans_list: medico-legale | forense
sense:
Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/forensic_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic medicine
trans_list: medicina legale
sense:
The application of medical science to criminal investigation, especially in establishing the causes of injury or death.


lexentry: eng/forensic_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forensic science
trans_list: criminalistica
sense:
Any of several fields of study involving the collection of physical evidence and its subsequent analysis.


lexentry: eng/foreplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreplay
trans_list: preliminari
sense:
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.


lexentry: eng/foresail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foresail
trans_list: trinchetto
sense:
(nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast


lexentry: eng/foreshadowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshadowing
trans_list: augurio
sense:
(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.


lexentry: eng/foreshortening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshortening
trans_list: scorcio
sense:
(arts) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.


lexentry: eng/foreskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreskin
trans_list: prepuzio
sense:
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.


lexentry: eng/forest_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forest star
trans_list: molva
sense:
(Zambia, Zimbabwe) Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to brown in colour; native range is Tropical Africa and Western Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/forestall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestall
trans_list: prevenire
sense:
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.


lexentry: eng/foreword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreword
trans_list: prefazione
sense:
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.


lexentry: eng/foreyard__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreyard
trans_list: trinchetto
sense:
(nautical) A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.


lexentry: eng/forger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forger
trans_list: falsario | falsaria
sense:
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.


lexentry: eng/forgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forgery
trans_list: falsificazione
sense:
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.


lexentry: eng/forget__Verb__1
written_rep: forget
trans_list:
dimenticare come si fa | dimenticare di fare | dimenticarsi | disapprendere | disimprimere | scordarsi


lexentry: eng/forgive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forgive
trans_list: perdonare
sense:
(transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: forchetta
sense:
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fork
trans_list: biforcazione | bivio | ramo
sense:
(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fork
trans_list: affluente | biforcazione | diramazione | esecuzione di una fork | immissario | ramificazione
sense:
(metonymically, and analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fork
trans_list: affluente | immissario | tributario
sense:
(content management) The splitting of the coverage of a topic (within a corpus of content) into two or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: fork
trans_list: forchetta
sense:
(chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: fork
trans_list: forcella | forchetta
sense:
(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.


lexentry: eng/fork_hoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork hoe
trans_list: magaglio
sense:
A hoe with two or more tines at right angles to the shaft, typically used to loosen the soil for planting or sowing.


lexentry: eng/forklift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forklift
trans_list: carrello elevatore | muletto
sense:
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: fattore di forma
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current)


lexentry: eng/form_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: form factor
trans_list: fattore di forma
sense:
(crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle


lexentry: eng/form_of_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: form of government
trans_list: forma di governo
sense:
(political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers.


lexentry: eng/formal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: formal
trans_list: formale
sense:
(mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.


lexentry: eng/formaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formaldehyde
trans_list: formaldeide
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.


lexentry: eng/formalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: formalism
trans_list: formalismo
sense:
(linguistics, computing, mathematics) A formal expression of a grammar; a formal grammar; a set of rules of syntax that, without reference to semantics, determine whether a sequence of symbols is a well-formed sentence in a given formal language.


lexentry: eng/formant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formant
trans_list: formante
sense:
(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.


lexentry: eng/format__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: format
trans_list: formattare
sense:
(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.


lexentry: eng/former_Yugoslav_Republic_of_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
trans_list: Repubblica Ex Jugoslava di Macedonia
sense:
A provisional designation (because of a naming dispute with Greece) formerly used by many international organizations to refer to the Republic of North Macedonia, a country on the Balkan Peninsula. (Abbreviated FYROM.)


lexentry: eng/formic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formic acid
trans_list: acido formico
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour systematically known as methanoic acid; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/formidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formidable
trans_list: enorme
sense:
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.


lexentry: eng/formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: formula
trans_list: formula per lattanti | latte artificiale
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.


lexentry: eng/formyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formyl
trans_list: formile
sense:
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes


lexentry: eng/fornication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornication
trans_list: fornicazione
sense:
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.


lexentry: eng/fornicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornicator
trans_list: bagascia
sense:
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: fortificazione
sense:
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: fortificazione
sense:
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.


lexentry: eng/fortified_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortified wine
trans_list: vino fortificato
sense:
A wine to which additional ethanol (an alcohol) has been added, the most common additive being brandy (a spirit distilled from wine).


lexentry: eng/fortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortify
trans_list: arricchire
sense:
To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: fortezza | rocca
sense:
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.


lexentry: eng/fortune-telling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune-telling
trans_list: divinazione
sense:
The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.


lexentry: eng/fortune_cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune cookie
trans_list: biscotto della fortuna
sense:
A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.


lexentry: eng/fortune_hunter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune hunter
trans_list: avventuriero
sense:
A person who eagerly seeks wealth without working to earn it, especially in an adventurous way or in an unsavory or unscrupulous way such as through marriage.


lexentry: eng/forty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-first
trans_list: quarantunesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forty-seventh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-seventh
trans_list: quarantasettesimo
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forum
trans_list: forum
sense:
A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forum
trans_list: forum
sense:
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.


lexentry: eng/forward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward
trans_list: avanti
sense:
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).


lexentry: eng/forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forward
trans_list: avanti | attaccante | calciatore
sense:
(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.


lexentry: eng/forward_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward roll
trans_list: giravolta
sense:
(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.


lexentry: eng/fossa__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossa
trans_list: fosa
sense:
A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.


lexentry: eng/fossil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fossil
trans_list: fossile
sense:
(paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.


lexentry: eng/fossil_fuel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fossil fuel
trans_list: combustibile fossile
sense:
Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/foster__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster
trans_list: accudire | adottare | allevare | curare | favorire | incoraggiare
sense:
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.


lexentry: eng/foster_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster care
trans_list: affido familiare
sense:
A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted.


lexentry: eng/foul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foul
trans_list: fallo
sense:
(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: fondamenta
sense:
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: fondazione | fondamento
sense:
(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: fondotinta
sense:
(cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.


lexentry: eng/foundation_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundation stone
trans_list: prima pietra
sense:
A stone laid during the construction of a (usually important) building, the laying of which is usually marked by a ceremony.


lexentry: eng/founding_member__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: founding member
trans_list: membro fondatore | socio fondatore
sense:
(US) A member of an organization that was involved in, or whose membership commenced with, the organization's foundation.


lexentry: eng/foundling_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundling wheel
trans_list: ruota dei trovatelli
sense:
a revolving crib set in the wall of a church or convent, allowing an abandoned baby to be left anonymously and safely.


lexentry: eng/foundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foundry
trans_list: fonderia
sense:
A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.


lexentry: eng/fountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fountain
trans_list: fontana
sense:
An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.


lexentry: eng/fountain_of_youth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fountain of youth
trans_list: fonte della giovinezza
sense:
(idiomatic) Anything reputed to have the power to restore health and vitality or to restore a youthful appearance.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: quadrimensionale
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Having four dimensions; being measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: quadrimensionale
sense:
(physics) Relating to the four dimensions of space-time (three spatial dimensions with the addition of time as the fourth)


lexentry: eng/four-vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-vector
trans_list: quadrivettore
sense:
(mathematics) A vector in four-dimensional vector space, especially one having three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension.


lexentry: eng/four__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four
trans_list: quattro
sense:
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)


lexentry: eng/four_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four hundred
trans_list: quattrocento
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.


lexentry: eng/four_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four o'clock
trans_list: quattro
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).


lexentry: eng/foursome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foursome
trans_list: quartetto
sense:
A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.


lexentry: eng/fourteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourteen
trans_list: quattordici
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.


lexentry: eng/fourth_official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth official
trans_list: giudice
sense:
(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time


lexentry: eng/fowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fowl
trans_list: pollame | volatile
sense:
Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans, together forming the clade Galloanserae.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox
trans_list: volpe
sense:
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fox
trans_list: volpe
sense:
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).


lexentry: eng/fox_in_the_henhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox in the henhouse
trans_list: volpe nel pollaio
sense:
(idiomatic, metaphor) Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain.


lexentry: eng/foxglove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxglove
trans_list: digitale
sense:
Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.


lexentry: eng/fractal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractal
trans_list: frattale
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at all scales and thus has infinite complexity.


lexentry: eng/fractal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fractal
trans_list: frattale
sense:
(by extension, sometimes figuratively) An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, especially the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales.


lexentry: eng/fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraction
trans_list: frazione
sense:
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).


lexentry: eng/fractional_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fractional calculus
trans_list: calcolo frazionario
sense:
(analysis, uncountable) The branch of mathematics that studies generalisations of calculus to allow noninteger (i.e., real or complex) powers of the differentiation operator D and the integration operator J; (countable) any one of said generalisations of calculus.


lexentry: eng/frag__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frag
trans_list: ammazzare
sense:
(transitive, military, and, video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.


lexentry: eng/frailty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frailty
trans_list: fragilità
sense:
(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: frame
trans_list: ossatura | scheletro
sense:
A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: frame
trans_list: telaio | armatura | impalcatura | incastellatura
sense:
(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: frame
trans_list: fotogramma
sense:
(electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.


lexentry: eng/frame_counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frame counter
trans_list: contafotogrammi
sense:
(photography) An indicator, in roll film cameras, that shows the number of frames that have moved through the camera (number of exposures taken).


lexentry: eng/frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frame of reference
trans_list: quadro di riferimento
sense:
A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.


lexentry: eng/frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frame of reference
trans_list: sistema di riferimento
sense:
(physics) A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.


lexentry: eng/framer__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: framer
trans_list: corniciaio
sense:
(internet) A person who embeds another person's web pages in an HTML frame, so that they misleadingly appear to be part of the framing site.


lexentry: eng/framework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: framework
trans_list: inquadramento | struttura portante
sense:
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.


lexentry: eng/framework__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: framework
trans_list: inquadramento
sense:
(grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.


lexentry: eng/framework_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: framework law
trans_list: legge quadro | legge cornice
sense:
(law) Law that establishes general principles but leaves to governing authorities the task of enacting the further legislation and specific measures to achieve the law's objectives.


lexentry: eng/franc__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: franc
trans_list: franco
sense:
Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.


lexentry: eng/francium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: francium
trans_list: francio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.


lexentry: eng/francolin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: francolin
trans_list: francolino
sense:
Any of various terrestrial partridges of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.


lexentry: eng/frangipani__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frangipani
trans_list: frangipane
sense:
Any of several tropical American shrubs and trees of the genus Plumeria, having fragrant, showy, funnel-shaped flowers of a wide range of colours from creamy to red.


lexentry: eng/franking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: franking
trans_list: affrancatrice
sense:
(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.


lexentry: eng/frankly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frankly
trans_list: francamente
sense:
In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.


lexentry: eng/frass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frass
trans_list: tarlatura
sense:
The sawdust-like byproduct of wood-boring insects like woodworm, termites, old-house borers or powderpost beetles.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: teso
sense:
(specifically) Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: carico | gravido | pieno
sense:
Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing.


lexentry: eng/fray__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fray
trans_list: mischia | agone | baruffa
sense:
(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.


lexentry: eng/freak__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: freak
trans_list: abnorme | fricchettone
sense:
(derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.


lexentry: eng/freak__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: freak
trans_list: bizzarria | deforme | fenomeno
sense:
(bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).


lexentry: eng/freak_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freak out
trans_list: dare di matto | sclerare
sense:
(informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.


lexentry: eng/free-diving__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free-diving
trans_list: apnea
sense:
Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without breathing apparatus for as long as possible.


lexentry: eng/free-range__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free-range
trans_list: ruspante
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors.


lexentry: eng/free_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free group
trans_list: gruppo libero
sense:
(group theory) A group that has a presentation without relators; equivalently, a free product of some number of copies of ℤ.


lexentry: eng/free_imperial_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free imperial city
trans_list: città libera dell'Impero
sense:
(historical) A self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.


lexentry: eng/free_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free kick
trans_list: calcio di punizione
sense:
(American football, association football, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.


lexentry: eng/free_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free market
trans_list: libero mercato
sense:
(economics) Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention.


lexentry: eng/free_radical__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free radical
trans_list: radicale libero
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A molecule, ion or atom that has one or more unpaired electrons, and which is generally highly reactive (and therefore often occurs only as a transient species).


lexentry: eng/free_running__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free running
trans_list: parkour
sense:
The activity of combining parkour with gymnastics to pass obstacles and demonstrate athletic talent, most often in urban environments.


lexentry: eng/free_software__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free software
trans_list: software libero
sense:
(software) Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre.


lexentry: eng/free_verse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free verse
trans_list: verso libero
sense:
(uncountable) A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.


lexentry: eng/free_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: free will
trans_list: libero arbitrio
sense:
(philosophy, Christianity) The ability to choose one's actions and make choices that are not predetermined by predestination, fate, etc.


lexentry: eng/free_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free world
trans_list: mondo libero
sense:
(politics) Collectively, all of the countries that have democratic or capitalistic governments, as opposed to dictatorships or communist states.


lexentry: eng/freedom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freedom
trans_list: libertà
sense:
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.


lexentry: eng/freedom_fighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom fighter
trans_list: combattente per la libertà
sense:
A person involved in armed conflict against an occupation, or oppressive government, etc.; a revolutionary, an insurgent, a rebel or insurrectionist.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_panorama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of panorama
trans_list: libertà di panorama
sense:
(copyright) A provision in copyright law that permits taking photographs or video footage, or creating other images (such as paintings), of buildings and sometimes artworks that are permanently located in a public place, and publishing such images without infringing copyright.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of religion
trans_list: libertà religiosa
sense:
The right of people to hold any religious beliefs, or none, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs or with that absence of belief, so long as these practices do not interfere with other people's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_the_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of the press
trans_list: libertà di stampa
sense:
The right of citizens or the media to print, or otherwise disseminate, speech, ideas and opinions without fear or harm of prosecution.


lexentry: eng/freefall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freefall
trans_list: caduta libera
sense:
(common usage) The state of falling with no interference from outside forces other than the air resistance (no open parachute, etc.)


lexentry: eng/freeloader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeloader
trans_list: scroccone | approfittatore | parassita
sense:
(colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.


lexentry: eng/freestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freestone
trans_list: arenaria
sense:
Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.


lexentry: eng/freestyle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freestyle
trans_list: bracciata libera
sense:
(swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.


lexentry: eng/freethinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freethinker
trans_list: libero pensatore | libero pensatrice
sense:
A person who has formed his or her opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.


lexentry: eng/freewheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freewheel
trans_list: ruota libera
sense:
a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.


lexentry: eng/freeze-dry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeze-dry
trans_list: liofilizzare
sense:
(transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.


lexentry: eng/freeze_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freeze up
trans_list: congelare
sense:
(ambitransitive) (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).


lexentry: eng/freezer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezer
trans_list: congelatore
sense:
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).


lexentry: eng/freezer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freezer
trans_list: congelatore
sense:
The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).


lexentry: eng/freezing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezing
trans_list: solidificazione
sense:
(uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.


lexentry: eng/freezing_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freezing point
trans_list: punto di congelamento
sense:
(physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid freezes, and the solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium; normally the same as the melting point.


lexentry: eng/french_fries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: french fries
trans_list: patatine fritte | patate fritte | patata fritta | patatina | patatina fritta
sense:
(chiefly, North America) Strips of deep-fried potatoes that have been frenched (cut into strips). [from 1903]


lexentry: eng/frenulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frenulum
trans_list: frenulo
sense:
(anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.


lexentry: eng/freon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freon
trans_list: freon
sense:
(organic compound) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: frequenza
sense:
(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: frequenza
sense:
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f = n / t.


lexentry: eng/frequentative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative
trans_list: frequentativo
sense:
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.


lexentry: eng/frequentative_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative aspect
trans_list: frequentativo
sense:
(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb to crackle, as opposed to the nonfrequentative to crack.


lexentry: eng/frequently_asked_questions__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequently asked questions
trans_list: domande frequenti | domande poste di frequente
sense:
An online document containing a list of the questions most often asked about a particular subject, together with answers.


lexentry: eng/fresco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fresco
trans_list: affresco
sense:
(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.


lexentry: eng/frescoed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frescoed
trans_list: affrescato
sense:
Painted with frescos ("an artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster").


lexentry: eng/freshman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freshman
trans_list: matricola
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body


lexentry: eng/fret__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fret
trans_list: tasto
sense:
(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.


lexentry: eng/fret__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fret
trans_list: preoccupare | preoccuparsi
sense:
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.


lexentry: eng/fretsaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fretsaw
trans_list: seghetto da traforo
sense:
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.


lexentry: eng/friar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friar
trans_list: frate
sense:
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).


lexentry: eng/fricative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fricative
trans_list: fricativo
sense:
(phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.


lexentry: eng/friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: friction
trans_list: attrito | frizione
sense:
(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.


lexentry: eng/friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: friction
trans_list: attrito | contrasto | dissenso | divergenza
sense:
(China, historical) (Second Sino-Japanese War) Conflict, as between the Communists and non-Hanjian Kuomintang forces.


lexentry: eng/fridge_magnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fridge magnet
trans_list: calamita
sense:
A decoration attached to a magnet, displayed on the outside of refrigerator doors, sometimes used to attach a written reminder.


lexentry: eng/fried_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fried rice
trans_list: riso alla cantonese
sense:
Any of very many forms of rice that are first cooked by boiling and then stir-fried with other ingredients


lexentry: eng/friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friend
trans_list: amico | amica
sense:
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.


lexentry: eng/friend_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friend zone
trans_list: friendzone | zona amici
sense:
(slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.


lexentry: eng/friendly_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friendly fire
trans_list: fuoco amico
sense:
Weapons fire received from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces or enemy fire.


lexentry: eng/friendship_with_benefits__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friendship with benefits
trans_list: amicizia di letto | scopamicizia | trombamicizia
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) A platonic friendship where the partners engage in sexual activities, but do not consider themselves a couple.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: fregio
sense:
(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: fregio
sense:
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.


lexentry: eng/frigate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frigate
trans_list: fregata
sense:
(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fright
trans_list: spavento
sense:
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.


lexentry: eng/frikadelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frikadelle
trans_list: frikadeller
sense:
(food) An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced pork or beef/veal (or, commonly, a blend of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.


lexentry: eng/fringe__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fringe
trans_list: radicale
sense:
(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.


lexentry: eng/fritillary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fritillary
trans_list: scacchiera
sense:
Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.


lexentry: eng/frittata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frittata
trans_list: frittata
sense:
A crustless quiche: a molded omelette in which vegetables, cheese, etc., are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.


lexentry: eng/fritter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fritter
trans_list: disperdersi
sense:
(intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.


lexentry: eng/frivolous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frivolous
trans_list: frivolo
sense:
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.


lexentry: eng/frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frog
trans_list: nasetto | tallone
sense:
(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.


lexentry: eng/frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: frog
trans_list: bivio
sense:
(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).


lexentry: eng/frog__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frog
trans_list: alamaro
sense:
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.


lexentry: eng/frogmouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frogmouth
trans_list: bocca di rana
sense:
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae, native to Australia and southern Asia


lexentry: eng/frolic__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frolic
trans_list: scherzare
sense:
(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/from_the_bottom_of_one's_heart__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: In earnest; sincerely; with one's full feeling.
written_rep: from the bottom of one's heart
trans_list:
con tutto il cuore | con tutto se stesso | dal profondo del cuore | dal profondo dell'anima | di cuore | di tutto cuore


lexentry: eng/front__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: front
trans_list: fronte
sense:
(meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.


lexentry: eng/front_end__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front end
trans_list: frontale
sense:
(computing) That part of a hardware or software system that is conceptually closest to the user; the user interface.


lexentry: eng/front_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: front vowel
trans_list: vocale anteriore
sense:
(phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”


lexentry: eng/front_yard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: front yard
trans_list: atrio
sense:
(UK) An enclosed and often primarily utilitarian area to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a hard surface or paving.


lexentry: eng/frontal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontal bone
trans_list: osso frontale
sense:
(skeleton) The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/frontal_lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontal lobe
trans_list: lobo frontale
sense:
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.


lexentry: eng/frontflip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontflip
trans_list: capriola
sense:
(gymnastics) A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.


lexentry: eng/frontispiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontispiece
trans_list: frontespizio
sense:
(publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.


lexentry: eng/frosh__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frosh
trans_list: azzurro
sense:
(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.


lexentry: eng/frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frost
trans_list: brina | gelo | gelata
sense:
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.


lexentry: eng/frostbite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frostbite
trans_list: gelone
sense:
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.


lexentry: eng/frottola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frottola
trans_list: frottola
sense:
(music) The 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.


lexentry: eng/froward__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: froward
trans_list: caparbio
sense:
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.


lexentry: eng/frown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frown
trans_list: accigliamento | accigliato | corrucciamento | corruccio
sense:
A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.


lexentry: eng/frugal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frugal
trans_list: frugale
sense:
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frutto | frutta
sense:
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frutto | frutta
sense:
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frutta | frutto
sense:
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frutto | frutta
sense:
(attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frutta | frutto | finocchio | frocio
sense:
(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]


lexentry: eng/fruit_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit fly
trans_list: moscerino della frutta
sense:
Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.


lexentry: eng/fruit_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruit salad
trans_list: macedonia
sense:
A mixture of freshly cut fruit, sometimes with the addition of alcohol or yogurt, often served as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/fruitarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruitarian
trans_list: fruttarista
sense:
A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.


lexentry: eng/frumentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frumentation
trans_list: frumentazione
sense:
(historical) The distribution of corn to the people (especially to appease them during agitation for social or political change)


lexentry: eng/frustrated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frustrated
trans_list: frustrato
sense:
Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.


lexentry: eng/fuchsia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuchsia
trans_list: fucsia
sense:
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/fuck__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fuck
trans_list: scopare | fottere | trombare | chiavare | bombare | cavalcare
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, transitive) To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.


lexentry: eng/fuck_buddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuck buddy
trans_list: scopamico | scopamica | trombamica | trombamico
sense:
(vulgar, slang) A sex partner with whom one has sex, usually repeatedly, but without any romantic attachment (no strings attached).


lexentry: eng/fuck_it_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuck it up
trans_list: mandare a puttana
sense:
(vulgar, derogatory) To screw up greatly; to make a mistake, usually inviting rude/worried comments from others.


lexentry: eng/fuckability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuckability
trans_list: limonabilità | scopabilità | trombabilità
sense:
(vulgar) The abstract quality of being desirable as a lover, especially by virtue of physical beauty.


lexentry: eng/fucking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fucking
trans_list: fottuto | cazzo di
sense:
(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.


