# translation

lexentry: eng/hypovolemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: hypovolemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ipovolemico
sense_list:
Of, pertaining to hypovolemia, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.


lexentry: eng/hypoxemia__Noun__1
written_rep: hypoxemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ipossiemia
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.


lexentry: eng/hypsometer__Noun__1
written_rep: hypsometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ipsometro
sense_list:
An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).


lexentry: eng/hyrax__Noun__1
written_rep: hyrax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irace | procavia
sense_list:
Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/hyssop__Noun__1
written_rep: hyssop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: issopo
sense_list:
Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.


lexentry: eng/hysteresis__Noun__1
written_rep: hysteresis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isteresi
sense_list:
A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.


lexentry: eng/hysteria__Noun__1
written_rep: hysteria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isteria
sense_list:
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.


lexentry: eng/háček__Noun__1
written_rep: háček
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pipa | antiflesso | caron | chevron | gancetto | hatchek
sense_list:
(orthography, and, typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead.


lexentry: eng/hübnerite__Noun__1
written_rep: hübnerite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hübnerite
sense_list:
(mineral) A manganese tungstate mineral that forms reddish-brown to black monoclinic prismatic submetallic crystals.


lexentry: eng/iPhone__Noun__1
written_rep: iPhone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iPhone | melafonino
sense_list:
(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.


lexentry: eng/iamb__Noun__1
written_rep: iamb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giambo
sense_list:
(prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/iambic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iambic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giambico
sense_list:
(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iambic_pentameter__Noun__1
written_rep: iambic pentameter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pentametro giambico
sense_list:
A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.


lexentry: eng/iatrogenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iatrogenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iatrogenico | iatrogeno
sense_list:
(medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.


lexentry: eng/ibis__Noun__1
written_rep: ibis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ibis
sense_list:
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.


lexentry: eng/ibuprofen__Noun__1
written_rep: ibuprofen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ibuprofene
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.


lexentry: eng/ice__Verb__1
written_rep: ice
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: glassare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.


lexentry: eng/ice_age__Noun__1
written_rep: ice age
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: era glaciale
sense_list:
(colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).


lexentry: eng/ice_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappa di ghiaccio
sense_list:
A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/ice_core__Noun__1
written_rep: ice core
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carota di ghiaccio
sense_list:
A core sample removed from an ice sheet, most commonly from the polar ice caps of Antarctica, Greenland or from high mountain glaciers elsewhere, the properties of which can be used to reconstruct a climatic record of a given area.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cream
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelato
sense_list:
(uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. | (countable) A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cream bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelato stecco
sense_list:
A frozen dessert on a stick or a candy bar that has ice cream in it. The coating is usually a thin layer of chocolate.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_cone__Noun__1
written_rep: ice cream cone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cono gelato | cialda
sense_list:
A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.


lexentry: eng/ice_rink__Noun__1
written_rep: ice rink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pista di ghiaccio | pista di pattinaggio
sense_list:
A specially frozen surface of water on which people skate or play ice hockey; the building that houses such a surface.


lexentry: eng/iceberg__Noun__1
written_rep: iceberg
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iceberg
sense_list:
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iceberg_lettuce__Noun__1
written_rep: iceberg lettuce
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattuga iceberg
sense_list:
A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.


lexentry: eng/icebox__Noun__1
written_rep: icebox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: congelatore | freezer
sense_list:
(UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.


lexentry: eng/icebreaker__Noun__1
written_rep: icebreaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rompighiaccio
sense_list:
A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.


lexentry: eng/icehouse__Noun__1
written_rep: icehouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neviera
sense_list:
A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.


lexentry: eng/ichor__Noun__1
written_rep: ichor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: icore
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ichthyosaur__Noun__1
written_rep: ichthyosaur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ittiosauro
sense_list:
Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. [from c. 1830]


lexentry: eng/icing__Noun__1
written_rep: icing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glassa | glassatura | brillantatura | ghiaccia
sense_list:
(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.


lexentry: eng/icing_on_the_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: icing on the cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: la ciliegina sulla torta
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
written_rep: icon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: icona
sense_list:
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. | (religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels. | (graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something. | (internet, informal) An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture.


lexentry: eng/iconoclasm__Noun__1
written_rep: iconoclasm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconoclastia
sense_list:
The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. [1797]


lexentry: eng/iconoclast__Noun__1
written_rep: iconoclast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconoclasta
sense_list:
(historical, Christianity) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation. | One who opposes orthodoxy and religion; one who adheres to the doctrine of iconoclasm. | (by extension) One who attacks cherished beliefs; a maverick.


lexentry: eng/iconoclastic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iconoclastic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconoclasta
sense_list:
Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.


lexentry: eng/iconographic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iconographic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconografico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to iconography. | Of or pertaining to a secular person or topic that has attained cult status.


lexentry: eng/iconography__Noun__1
written_rep: iconography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconografia
sense_list:
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.


lexentry: eng/iconostasis__Noun__1
written_rep: iconostasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iconostasi
sense_list:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.


lexentry: eng/icy__Adjective__1
written_rep: icy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelido
sense_list:
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty. | Covered with ice, wholly or partially.


lexentry: eng/id__Noun__1
written_rep: id
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: es
sense_list:
(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: concetto | principio
sense_list:
(philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: archetipo | ideale
sense_list:
(obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal. [16th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: aspetto | forma
sense_list:
(obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic. [16th–18th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: idea | parere | pensiero
sense_list:
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
written_rep: idea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: idea | intento | intuizione | pensiero | piano | progetto
sense_list:
A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ideal__Adjective__1
written_rep: ideal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ideale
sense_list:
Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary. | Optimal; being the best possibility. | Perfect, flawless, having no defects.


lexentry: eng/ideal_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: ideal gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gas ideale
sense_list:
(physics) a hypothetical gas, whose molecules exhibit no interaction, and undergo elastic collision with each other and with the walls of the container


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
written_rep: idealism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idealismo
sense_list:
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life. | (philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.


lexentry: eng/idealist__Noun__1
written_rep: idealist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idealista
sense_list:
(philosophy) One who adheres to idealism. | Someone whose conduct stems from idealism rather than from practicality. | An unrealistic or impractical visionary.


lexentry: eng/idempotence__Noun__1
written_rep: idempotence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idempotenza
sense_list:
(mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.


lexentry: eng/identical__Adjective__1
written_rep: identical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: identico
sense_list:
(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.


lexentry: eng/identification__Noun__1
written_rep: identification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: identificazione
sense_list:
(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.


lexentry: eng/identification_friend_or_foe__Noun__1
written_rep: identification friend or foe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: identificazione amico o nemico
sense_list:
An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator.


lexentry: eng/identifier__Noun__1
written_rep: identifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: identificatore
sense_list:
(programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.


lexentry: eng/identikit__Noun__1
written_rep: identikit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: identikit
sense_list:
A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.


lexentry: eng/identity__Noun__1
written_rep: identity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: identità
sense_list:
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.


lexentry: eng/identity_element__Noun__1
written_rep: identity element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elemento neutro
sense_list:
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element.


lexentry: eng/identity_politics__Noun__1
written_rep: identity politics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: politica identitaria
sense_list:
(politics) Politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings, such as ethnicity, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.


lexentry: eng/identity_theft__Noun__1
written_rep: identity theft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furto di identità
sense_list:
(law, criminology) The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.


lexentry: eng/ideogram__Noun__1
written_rep: ideogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideogramma
sense_list:
A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.


lexentry: eng/ideological__Adjective__1
written_rep: ideological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideologico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to an ideology. | Based on an ideology or misleading studies or statistics, especially based on the media or propaganda. Not based on scientific evidence or reality.


lexentry: eng/ideology__Noun__1
written_rep: ideology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideologia
sense_list:
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group. | (uncountable) The study of the origin and nature of ideas.


lexentry: eng/ideophone__Noun__1
written_rep: ideophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ideofono
sense_list:
(part of speech) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.


lexentry: eng/ides__Noun__1
written_rep: ides
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idi
sense_list:
(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.


lexentry: eng/idiocy__Noun__1
written_rep: idiocy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stupidità
sense_list:
(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
written_rep: idiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idioma | locuzione | idiotismo | espressione idiomatica | idiomatismo | parlata
sense_list:
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
written_rep: idiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dialetto | vernacolo
sense_list:
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
written_rep: idiom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: locuzione | idiotismo | espressione idiomatica | idiomatismo
sense_list:
An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.


lexentry: eng/idiophone__Noun__1
written_rep: idiophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idiofono
sense_list:
Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).


lexentry: eng/idiot_light__Noun__1
written_rep: idiot light
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spia
sense_list:
(automotive, slang) Any warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver to problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.


lexentry: eng/idioticon__Noun__1
written_rep: idioticon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dizionario dialettale
sense_list:
A dictionary of a specific dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.


lexentry: eng/idol__Noun__1
written_rep: idol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idolo
sense_list:
A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.


lexentry: eng/idolatrous__Adjective__1
written_rep: idolatrous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idolatrico
sense_list:
Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods. | Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.


lexentry: eng/idyll__Noun__1
written_rep: idyll
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idillio
sense_list:
Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls. | An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.


lexentry: eng/idée_fixe__Noun__1
written_rep: idée fixe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: idea fissa
sense_list:
(psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely) , an obsession.


lexentry: eng/if_I_were_you__Phrase__1
written_rep: if I were you
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fossi in Lei | fossi in Voi | fossi in te | se fossi in Lei | se fossi in Voi | se fossi in te
sense_list:
A phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.


lexentry: eng/if__Conjunction__1
written_rep: if
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: se
sense_list:
Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that. | (sometimes, _, proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.


lexentry: eng/if_and_only_if__Conjunction__1
written_rep: if and only if
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: se e solo se
sense_list:
(logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.


lexentry: eng/if_anything__Adverb__1
written_rep: if anything
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piuttosto
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).


lexentry: eng/if_anything__Adverb__1
written_rep: if anything
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: generalmente
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer.


lexentry: eng/if_it_ain't_broke,_don't_fix_it__Proverb__1
written_rep: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: squadra che vince non si cambia
sense_list:
It is wise to leave something alone and to avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire).


written_rep: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
part_of_speech: proverb
lexentry:
eng/if_it_looks_like_a_duck,_swims_like_a_duck,_and_quacks_like_a_duck,_then_it_probably_is_a_duck__Proverb__1

trans_list:
se sembra un’anatra, nuota come un’anatra e starnazza come un’anatra, allora probabilmente è un’anatra


lexentry: eng/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad__Proverb__1
written_rep: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: se la montagna non va da Maometto, Maometto va alla montagna
sense_list:
If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded to be done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.


lexentry: eng/if_the_shoe_fits,_wear_it__Proverb__1
written_rep: if the shoe fits, wear it
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chi ha orecchie per intendere intenda
sense_list:
(idiom) If it works, there is not a problem using it. Often a response to being judged when using an incorrect tool.


lexentry: eng/ifs,_ands,_or_buts__Noun__1
written_rep: ifs, ands, or buts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ma
sense_list:
Modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good.


lexentry: eng/igneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: igneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: igneo
sense_list:
Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire. | (geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.


lexentry: eng/igneous_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: igneous rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: roccia magmatica
sense_list:
(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).


lexentry: eng/ignosticism__Noun__1
written_rep: ignosticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ignosticismo
sense_list:
The lack of belief that "creator and designer of the universe" is a coherently defined phrase, thus modern religionists do not believe in any god but only have the illusion that they do, and that modern atheists do not disbelieve in any god, or even lack belief in any god, but only have the illusion that they do.


lexentry: eng/iguana__Noun__1
written_rep: iguana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iguana
sense_list:
A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet. | (zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana. | Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae. | Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).


lexentry: eng/ileum__Noun__1
written_rep: ileum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ileo
sense_list:
(anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.


lexentry: eng/ileus__Noun__1
written_rep: ileus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ileo
sense_list:
(medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.


lexentry: eng/ilk__Noun__1
written_rep: ilk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: famiglia
sense_list:
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.


lexentry: eng/ill-advised__Adjective__1
written_rep: ill-advised
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incauto
sense_list:
Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.


lexentry: eng/illegal_combatant__Noun__1
written_rep: illegal combatant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combattente illegale
sense_list:
A person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention.


lexentry: eng/illiquidity__Noun__1
written_rep: illiquidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: illiquidità
sense_list:
(economics) The condition of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset


lexentry: eng/illite__Noun__1
written_rep: illite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: illite
sense_list:
(mineral) A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.


lexentry: eng/illiterate__Adjective__1
written_rep: illiterate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: illetterato | analfabeta
sense_list:
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.


lexentry: eng/illness__Noun__1
written_rep: illness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malattia
sense_list:
(countable) An instance of a disease or poor health. | (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.


lexentry: eng/illogically__Adverb__1
written_rep: illogically
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: illogicamente
sense_list:
In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.


lexentry: eng/illusion__Noun__1
written_rep: illusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: illusione
sense_list:
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not. | (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. | (countable) A magician’s trick.


lexentry: eng/illustrate__Verb__1
written_rep: illustrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: illustrare | descrivere | esemplificare | spiegare
sense_list:
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.


lexentry: eng/illustration__Noun__1
written_rep: illustration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: illustrazione
sense_list:
The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; | A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work.


lexentry: eng/illustration__Noun__1
written_rep: illustration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: dimostrazione | esempio | esemplificazione | immagine
sense_list:
Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.


lexentry: eng/ilmenite__Noun__1
written_rep: ilmenite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ilmenite
sense_list:
(mineral) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO3


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
written_rep: image
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immagine
sense_list:
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture. | (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.) | A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.


lexentry: eng/imagery__Noun__1
written_rep: imagery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fantasia
sense_list:
The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects. | The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.


lexentry: eng/imaginary_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: imaginary unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unità immaginaria
sense_list:
(number theory, complex analysis, quaternion theory) An imaginary number (in the case of complex numbers, usually denoted i) that is defined as a solution to the equation x^2 = -1.


lexentry: eng/imagination__Noun__1
written_rep: imagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immaginazione | fantasia
sense_list:
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.


lexentry: eng/imagination__Noun__1
written_rep: imagination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: immaginazione
sense_list:
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. | A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.


lexentry: eng/imam__Noun__1
written_rep: imam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: imam
sense_list:
(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.


lexentry: eng/imbecile__Noun__1
written_rep: imbecile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tarato | imbecille
sense_list:
(obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.


lexentry: eng/imbue__Verb__1
written_rep: imbue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impregnare | permeare
sense_list:
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.


lexentry: eng/imide__Noun__1
written_rep: imide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immide
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2


lexentry: eng/immersion__Noun__1
written_rep: immersion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immersione
sense_list:
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed. | (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.


lexentry: eng/immersion_blender__Noun__1
written_rep: immersion blender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frullatore ad immersione
sense_list:
A long, electric, hand-held tool with sharp blades at the end, designed for immersion into food to mash or liquefy it.


lexentry: eng/immersion_heater__Noun__1
written_rep: immersion heater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riscaldatore ad immersione
sense_list:
A device for supplying domestic hot water in which a thermostatically-controlled heating element is immersed within a tank of water


lexentry: eng/immigration__Noun__1
written_rep: immigration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immigrazione
sense_list:
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.


lexentry: eng/immiserization__Noun__1
written_rep: immiserization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impoverimento | pauperizzazione
sense_list:
The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.


lexentry: eng/immobility__Noun__1
written_rep: immobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immobilità
sense_list:
The quality of not moving. | The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.


lexentry: eng/immoral__Adjective__1
written_rep: immoral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immorale | scorretto
sense_list:
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)


lexentry: eng/immune_system__Noun__1
written_rep: immune system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema immunitario
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.


lexentry: eng/immunity__Noun__1
written_rep: immunity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably: | (law) An exemption from prosecution. | (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.


lexentry: eng/immunize__Verb__1
written_rep: immunize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make someone or something immune to something. | (transitive) To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease.


lexentry: eng/immunoglobulin__Noun__1
written_rep: immunoglobulin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunoglobulina
sense_list:
(protein, immunology) Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.


lexentry: eng/immunoprecipitation__Noun__1
written_rep: immunoprecipitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunoprecipitazione
sense_list:
(immunology) A technique in which an antigen is precipitated from solution by using an antibody, or a particular use of this technique.


lexentry: eng/immunosuppressive__Adjective__1
written_rep: immunosuppressive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunosoppressore
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical effect, immunology) Having the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.


lexentry: eng/immunotherapy__Noun__1
written_rep: immunotherapy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immunoterapia
sense_list:
(immunology) The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response. | (immunology, oncology) The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.


lexentry: eng/immurement__Noun__1
written_rep: immurement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: immurazione
sense_list:
Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.


lexentry: eng/imp__Noun__1
written_rep: imp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: folletto | demonietto | diavoletto
sense_list:
(chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/impact__Verb__1
written_rep: impact
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: collidere | colpire
sense_list:
(transitive) To collide or strike, the act of impinging. | (transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.


lexentry: eng/impact_crater__Noun__1
written_rep: impact crater
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cratere da impatto | cratere meteoritico
sense_list:
(geology, astronomy) A crater formed from a hypervelocity impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.


lexentry: eng/impaction__Noun__1
written_rep: impaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: inclusione
sense_list:
(dentistry) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.


lexentry: eng/impala__Noun__1
written_rep: impala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impala | melampo
sense_list:
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.


lexentry: eng/impalpable__Adjective__1
written_rep: impalpable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impalpabile
sense_list:
Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial; not easily grasped or understood.


lexentry: eng/impatience__Noun__1
written_rep: impatience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impazienza
sense_list:
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.


lexentry: eng/impatient__Adjective__1
written_rep: impatient
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impaziente
sense_list:
Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. | Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something.


lexentry: eng/impeachment__Noun__1
written_rep: impeachment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impeachment | destituzione | messa in accusa
sense_list:
(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.


lexentry: eng/impedance__Noun__1
written_rep: impedance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impedenza
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.


lexentry: eng/impel__Verb__1
written_rep: impel
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dare una spinta
sense_list:
(transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. | (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.


lexentry: eng/imperative_mood__Noun__1
written_rep: imperative mood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperativo
sense_list:
(grammar) The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.


lexentry: eng/imperfect__Adjective__1
written_rep: imperfect
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: imperfetto
sense_list:
(grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous


lexentry: eng/imperfection__Noun__1
written_rep: imperfection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperfezione
sense_list:
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.


lexentry: eng/imperfective_aspect__Noun__1
written_rep: imperfective aspect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperfetto
sense_list:
(grammar) A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.


lexentry: eng/imperial__Adjective__1
written_rep: imperial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperiale
sense_list:
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress. | Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.


lexentry: eng/imperialism__Noun__1
written_rep: imperialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperialismo
sense_list:
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.


lexentry: eng/impersonal__Adjective__1
written_rep: impersonal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: impersonale
sense_list:
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.


lexentry: eng/impersonate__Verb__1
written_rep: impersonate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imitare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.


lexentry: eng/impetigo__Noun__1
written_rep: impetigo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impetigine
sense_list:
(pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.


lexentry: eng/implacable__Adjective__1
written_rep: implacable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implacabile
sense_list:
Not able to be placated or appeased. | Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.


lexentry: eng/implantation__Noun__1
written_rep: implantation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: impiantazione
sense_list:
(embryology) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall. | (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.


lexentry: eng/implementation__Noun__1
written_rep: implementation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implementazione | attuazione
sense_list:
The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.


lexentry: eng/implicate__Verb__1
written_rep: implicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implicare
sense_list:
(transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way. | (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/implication__Noun__1
written_rep: implication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: implicazione
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.


lexentry: eng/implicit__Adjective__1
written_rep: implicit
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implicito
sense_list:
Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed | Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown


lexentry: eng/implicit_function__Noun__1
written_rep: implicit function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione implicita
sense_list:
(analysis, algebraic geometry) A function defined by a (multivariable) implicit equation when one of the variables is regarded as the value of the function, especially where said equation is such that the value is not directly calculable from the other variables.


lexentry: eng/implore__Verb__1
written_rep: implore
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implorare
sense_list:
To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech. | To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.


lexentry: eng/impluvium__Noun__1
written_rep: impluvium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impluvio
sense_list:
(architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.


lexentry: eng/imply__Verb__1
written_rep: imply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: implicare
sense_list:
(transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence


lexentry: eng/import__Noun__1
written_rep: import
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: importazione
sense_list:
(countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. | (uncountable) The practice of importing. | (countable, Philippines) A foreigner playing in a sports league.


lexentry: eng/impose__Verb__1
written_rep: impose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imporre
sense_list:
To place or put (something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, an encumbrance, a penalty, etc.) on another thing or on someone; to inflict, to repose; also, to place or put (on someone a chiefly immaterial thing, especially something regarded as burdensome).


lexentry: eng/impose__Verb__1
written_rep: impose
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abusare
sense_list:
To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.


lexentry: eng/imposition__Noun__1
written_rep: imposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: imposizione
sense_list:
That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined. | (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.


lexentry: eng/impostor_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: impostor syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindrome dell'impostore
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success.


lexentry: eng/imposture__Noun__1
written_rep: imposture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impostura
sense_list:
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition


lexentry: eng/impotence__Noun__1
written_rep: impotence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impotenza
sense_list:
Powerlessness; incapacity. | Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.


lexentry: eng/impotent__Adjective__1
written_rep: impotent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: impotente
sense_list:
Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless | Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi


lexentry: eng/imprecation__Noun__1
written_rep: imprecation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imprecazione
sense_list:
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone. | A curse.


lexentry: eng/impregnable__Adjective__1
written_rep: impregnable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inespugnabile | impenetrabile | inattaccabile
sense_list:
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
written_rep: impressionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impressionismo
sense_list:
(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.


lexentry: eng/impressionistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: impressionistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impressionista
sense_list:
Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism. | Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.


lexentry: eng/imprimatur__Noun__1
written_rep: imprimatur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sanzione
sense_list:
(printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. | (by extension) Any mark of official approval.


lexentry: eng/improve__Verb__1
written_rep: improve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: migliorare | riprendersi | stare meglio
sense_list:
(obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure. | (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.


lexentry: eng/improvement__Noun__1
written_rep: improvement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: miglioramento | salto di qualità
sense_list:
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.


lexentry: eng/improvisation__Noun__1
written_rep: improvisation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: improvvisazione
sense_list:
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously | That which is improvised; an impromptu. | Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.


lexentry: eng/improvise__Verb__1
written_rep: improvise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: improvvisare | parlare a braccio
sense_list:
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.


lexentry: eng/improvised_explosive_device__Noun__1
written_rep: improvised explosive device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordigno esplosivo improvvisato
sense_list:
An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerillas, commandos or terrorists.


lexentry: eng/imprudence__Noun__1
written_rep: imprudence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imprudenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection. | (countable) An imprudent act.


lexentry: eng/imprudent__Adjective__1
written_rep: imprudent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imprudente
sense_list:
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.


lexentry: eng/impugn__Verb__1
written_rep: impugn
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: preoccupare
sense_list:
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.


lexentry: eng/impulsive__Adjective__1
written_rep: impulsive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impulsivo
sense_list:
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. | Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration. | (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.


lexentry: eng/impunity__Noun__1
written_rep: impunity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impunità
sense_list:
(countable, legal) Exemption from punishment. | (uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.


lexentry: eng/impure_s__Noun__1
written_rep: impure s
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: S complicata | s impura
sense_list:
In Italian, an /s/ followed by another consonant. When used immediately before a masculine noun beginning with an impure s, the definite article changes from il to lo in the singular and from i to gli in the plural, the indefinite article changes from un to uno, the partitive article changes from dei to degli, and some adjectives and pronouns also change form.This also happens before words beginning with gn, pn, ps, x, y, and z and before certain words starting with ch that are derived from French.


lexentry: eng/imputation__Noun__1
written_rep: imputation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: imputazione
sense_list:
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.


lexentry: eng/in-law__Noun__1
written_rep: in-law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consuocero
sense_list:
Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare.


lexentry: eng/in__Adverb__1
written_rep: in
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dentro
sense_list:
Towards the speaker or other reference point. | So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something. | After the beginning of something. | (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.


lexentry: eng/in__Preposition__1
written_rep: in
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in
sense_list:
Surrounded by; among; amidst. | During (a period of time). | Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of. | Into. | Pertaining to; with regard to. | Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.


lexentry: eng/in_a_word__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in a word
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in una parola
sense_list:
(abbreviative action or effect): In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up


lexentry: eng/in_black_and_white__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in black and white
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nero su bianco
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.


lexentry: eng/in_circulation__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in circulation
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in circolazione
sense_list:
Percolating between people or places. | Freely available; not restricted in access; in general use. | Seen in public. (of a person)


lexentry: eng/in_cold_blood__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in cold blood
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a sangue freddo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.


lexentry: eng/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound__Proverb__1
written_rep: in for a penny, in for a pound
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perso per perso
sense_list:
Having started something, one must see it through to its end, rather than stopping short; one must “go the whole hog”.


lexentry: eng/in_living_memory__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in living memory
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a memoria d'uomo
sense_list:
(idiomatic) In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.


lexentry: eng/in_my_humble_opinion__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in my humble opinion
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a mio modesto parere
sense_list:
Used to introduce or qualify a statement, as expressing one's own view, not one backed by external authority or to be accepted without question


lexentry: eng/in_no_uncertain_terms__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in no uncertain terms
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiaro e tondo
sense_list:
(idiomatic, of a statement, especially a threat or admonishment) Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically, unequivocally.


lexentry: eng/in_one's_bones__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in one's bones
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nelle ossa
sense_list:
(idiom, figurative) (of a feeling, belief, etc.) Derived from instinct, intuition, or an ingrained inclination.


lexentry: eng/in_other_words__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in other words
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in altre parole | in altri termini
sense_list:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.


lexentry: eng/in_someone's_pocket__Adjective__1
written_rep: in someone's pocket
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prendere una mazzetta
sense_list:
(idiomatic, pejorative) Receiving money from, and under the influence of, a person or group of people, with the expectation that a favour or advantage will be proffered in return.


lexentry: eng/in_the_doghouse__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in the doghouse
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in disgrazia
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic) In a situation of being the object of someone's anger or disapproval, especially one's spouse.


lexentry: eng/in_the_land_of_the_blind,_the_one-eyed_man_is_king__Proverb__1
written_rep: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nella terra dei ciechi beato chi ha un occhio
sense_list:
Even someone with limited abilities or opportunities is dominant over, and considered special by, those who have even fewer abilities and opportunities; the value of any ability depends on its prevalence.


lexentry: eng/in_the_middle_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in the middle of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nonostante
sense_list:
(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/in_the_name_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in the name of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a nome di
sense_list:
With appeal to; by; often used to introduce oaths | By the authority of. | Under the name or possession of.


lexentry: eng/in_the_shadow_of__Preposition__1
written_rep: in the shadow of
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: all'ombra di
sense_list:
Close to; in proximity to. | In a state of relative unimportance when contrasted to the stature, notability, etc. of another.


lexentry: eng/in_turn__Prepositional_phrase__1
written_rep: in turn
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: a propria volta
sense_list:
Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.


lexentry: eng/in_vain__Adverb__1
written_rep: in vain
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: invano | alla leggera | disdicevolmente
sense_list:
(idiomatic) In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.


lexentry: eng/in_vitro_fertilization__Noun__1
written_rep: in vitro fertilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fecondazione in vitro
sense_list:
(medicine) The fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.


lexentry: eng/in_wine,_there_is_truth__Proverb__1
written_rep: in wine, there is truth
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in vino veritas | nel vino c'è la verità
sense_list:
Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.


lexentry: eng/in_your_dreams__Phrase__1
written_rep: in your dreams
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manco per sogno
sense_list:
(idiomatic, colloquial, somewhat, derogatory, often, sarcastic) Used to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/inanimate__Adjective__1
written_rep: inanimate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inanimato
sense_list:
Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals. | (grammar) Not animate.


lexentry: eng/inanition__Noun__1
written_rep: inanition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inanizione
sense_list:
(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.


lexentry: eng/inanity__Noun__1
written_rep: inanity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inanità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.


lexentry: eng/inaugural__Adjective__1
written_rep: inaugural
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inaugurale
sense_list:
Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. | Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.


lexentry: eng/inaugurate__Verb__1
written_rep: inaugurate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: inaugurare
sense_list:
To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.


lexentry: eng/inauguration__Noun__1
written_rep: inauguration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inaugurazione
sense_list:
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/inbox__Noun__1
written_rep: inbox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: posta in arrivo
sense_list:
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.


lexentry: eng/inbreeding__Noun__1
written_rep: inbreeding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: consanguineità
sense_list:
(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.


lexentry: eng/incalculable__Adjective__1
written_rep: incalculable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incalcolabile
sense_list:
(not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate. | (not comparable) Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.


lexentry: eng/incantation__Noun__1
written_rep: incantation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incantesimo
sense_list:
The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results. | A formula of words used as above. | (computing, slang) Any esoteric command or procedure.


lexentry: eng/incarnation__Noun__1
written_rep: incarnation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incarnazione
sense_list:
An incarnate being or form. | A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.


lexentry: eng/incel__Noun__1
written_rep: incel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incel
sense_list:
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.


lexentry: eng/incense__Noun__1
written_rep: incense
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incenso | olibano
sense_list:
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/incest__Noun__1
written_rep: incest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incesto
sense_list:
Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.


lexentry: eng/inch__Noun__1
written_rep: inch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pollice
sense_list:
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb. | Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.


lexentry: eng/incident__Noun__1
written_rep: incident
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: incidente | accaduto | anomalia | imprevisto | inconveniente
sense_list:
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.


lexentry: eng/incision__Noun__1
written_rep: incision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incisione
sense_list:
A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut. | (football) A cut-back


lexentry: eng/incisor__Noun__1
written_rep: incisor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incisivo
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.


lexentry: eng/incline__Verb__1
written_rep: incline
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inclinare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. | (mostly, intransitive, mostly, in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/inclined_plane__Noun__1
written_rep: inclined plane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piano inclinato
sense_list:
(mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.


lexentry: eng/inclusion__Noun__1
written_rep: inclusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inclusione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total. | (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.


lexentry: eng/inclusion__Noun__1
written_rep: inclusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: impurità
sense_list:
(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/incoherence__Noun__1
written_rep: incoherence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incoerenza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being incoherent. | The quality of not making logical sense or of not being logically connected.


lexentry: eng/income_statement__Noun__1
written_rep: income statement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conto economico
sense_list:
(accounting) A calculation which shows the profit or loss of an accounting unit (company, municipality, foundation etc.) during a specific period of time, providing a summary of how the profit or loss is calculated from gross revenue and expenses.


lexentry: eng/incompatible__Adjective__1
written_rep: incompatible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incompatibile
sense_list:
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.


lexentry: eng/inconsolable__Adjective__1
written_rep: inconsolable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inconsolabile
sense_list:
Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.


lexentry: eng/inconspicuously__Adverb__1
written_rep: inconspicuously
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inavvertitamente
sense_list:
In an inconspicuous manner; so as not to attract attention or appear unusual or out of the ordinary.


lexentry: eng/incontinence__Noun__1
written_rep: incontinence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incontinenza
sense_list:
(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).


lexentry: eng/incontinence_pad__Noun__1
written_rep: incontinence pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pannolone
sense_list:
A multi-layered, absorbent sheet designed to soak up urine released by wearers who suffer from incontinence.


lexentry: eng/incorporate__Verb__1
written_rep: incorporate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incorporare | integrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To include (something) as a part. | (US, legal) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).


lexentry: eng/incorporation__Noun__1
written_rep: incorporation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incorporazione
sense_list:
The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated. | The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.


lexentry: eng/incredible__Adjective__1
written_rep: incredible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incredibile
sense_list:
(literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief. [from 15th c.] | (figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.


lexentry: eng/incredibly__Adverb__1
written_rep: incredibly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incredibilmente
sense_list:
(manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed. | Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.


lexentry: eng/incredulity__Noun__1
written_rep: incredulity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incredulità
sense_list:
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief. | (rare) Religious disbelief; lack of faith.


lexentry: eng/incubus__Noun__1
written_rep: incubus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incubo
sense_list:
(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. | A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
written_rep: incumbent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: in carica | titolare
sense_list:
(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support. | Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete) , of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
written_rep: incumbent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: obbligatorio
sense_list:
Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Noun__1
written_rep: incumbent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: beneficiario | in carica | titolare
sense_list:
The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incur__Verb__1
written_rep: incur
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incorrere | esporsi | implicare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.


lexentry: eng/indecent__Adjective__1
written_rep: indecent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indecente
sense_list:
Offensive to good taste. | Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.


lexentry: eng/indefinite__Adjective__1
written_rep: indefinite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indefinito
sense_list:
Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. | Vague or unclear. | (linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things


lexentry: eng/indefinite_article__Noun__1
written_rep: indefinite article
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: articolo indeterminativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.


lexentry: eng/indent__Verb__1
written_rep: indent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: acconsentire
sense_list:
(intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.


lexentry: eng/indent__Verb__1
written_rep: indent
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: fare rientrare
sense_list:
(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.


lexentry: eng/indentation__Noun__1
written_rep: indentation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: indentazione
sense_list:
(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
written_rep: indenture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contratto
sense_list:
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice). | (legal) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.


lexentry: eng/independence__Noun__1
written_rep: independence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indipendenza
sense_list:
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others. | The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.


lexentry: eng/independence_day__Noun__1
written_rep: independence day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giorno dell'indipendenza
sense_list:
An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood.


lexentry: eng/independent__Adjective__1
written_rep: independent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indipendente
sense_list:
Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free. | (politics) Not affiliated with any political party.


lexentry: eng/index__Noun__1
written_rep: index
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indice
sense_list:
An alphabetical listing of items and their location. | (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.


lexentry: eng/index__Verb__1
written_rep: index
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: indicizzare
sense_list:
(chiefly, economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.


lexentry: eng/index_case__Noun__1
written_rep: index case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso indice | paziente zero
sense_list:
(epidemiology) The first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).


lexentry: eng/indicate__Verb__1
written_rep: indicate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indicare
sense_list:
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. | To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.


lexentry: eng/indicative__Adjective__1
written_rep: indicative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indicativo
sense_list:
serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something | (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
written_rep: indicator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: freccia
sense_list:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.


lexentry: eng/indict__Verb__1
written_rep: indict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: incriminare
sense_list:
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.


lexentry: eng/indictable_offence__Noun__1
written_rep: indictable offence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crimine
sense_list:
(legal, British, Canadian, Australian, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.


lexentry: eng/indiction__Noun__1
written_rep: indiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indizione
sense_list:
(historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.


lexentry: eng/indictment__Noun__1
written_rep: indictment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: atto d’accusa
sense_list:
(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/indigenous__Adjective__1
written_rep: indigenous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indigeno
sense_list:
Born or originating in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.] | In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.


lexentry: eng/indigestion__Noun__1
written_rep: indigestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indigestione
sense_list:
A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.


lexentry: eng/indigo__Noun__1
written_rep: indigo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indaco
sense_list:
A purplish-blue colour. | An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.


lexentry: eng/indirect_object__Noun__1
written_rep: indirect object
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: complemento di termine
sense_list:
(grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.


lexentry: eng/indispensable__Adjective__1
written_rep: indispensable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indispensabile
sense_list:
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th–17th c.] | Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/indistinct__Adjective__1
written_rep: indistinct
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vago
sense_list:
(of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim | (of speech) difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred


lexentry: eng/indistinguishable__Adjective__1
written_rep: indistinguishable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indistinguibile
sense_list:
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct


lexentry: eng/individual__Noun__1
written_rep: individual
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: individuo
sense_list:
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation. | (statistics) An element belonging to a population.


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
written_rep: individualism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: individualismo
sense_list:
The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought. | The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.


lexentry: eng/individuality__Noun__1
written_rep: individuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: individualità
sense_list:
(uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.


lexentry: eng/indole__Noun__1
written_rep: indole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indolo
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications. | (organic compound) Any of the derivatives of indole.


lexentry: eng/indolent__Adjective__1
written_rep: indolent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indolente
sense_list:
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor | Inducing laziness | (medicine) Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)


lexentry: eng/induce__Verb__1
written_rep: induce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: indurre
sense_list:
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
written_rep: inductance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: induttanza
sense_list:
(physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field. | The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)


lexentry: eng/induction__Noun__1
written_rep: induction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: induzione
sense_list:
(embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells | (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.


lexentry: eng/inductive_reasoning__Noun__1
written_rep: inductive reasoning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ragionamento induttivo
sense_list:
The process of making inferences based upon observed patterns, or simple repetition. Often used in reference to predictions about what will happen or does happen, based upon what has happened.


lexentry: eng/indulgence__Noun__1
written_rep: indulgence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: indulgenza
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.


lexentry: eng/indulgent__Adjective__1
written_rep: indulgent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: indulgente
sense_list:
Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;


lexentry: eng/industrial__Adjective__1
written_rep: industrial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: industriale
sense_list:
Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing. | (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.


lexentry: eng/industrial_strength__Adjective__1
written_rep: industrial strength
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: industria
sense_list:
Made for use by businesses or manufacturers, as opposed to home consumers, and therefore typically larger, stronger, more difficult to operate, and less attractive in appearance.


lexentry: eng/industrialism__Noun__1
written_rep: industrialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: industrialismo
sense_list:
The socioeconomic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.


lexentry: eng/industrialization__Noun__1
written_rep: industrialization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: industrializzazione
sense_list:
A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.


lexentry: eng/industry__Noun__1
written_rep: industry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: industria
sense_list:
(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade. | (uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.


lexentry: eng/inebriate__Verb__1
written_rep: inebriate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inebriare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate. | (transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink. | (intransitive) To become drunk.


lexentry: eng/inefficient__Adjective__1
written_rep: inefficient
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: a scartamento ridotto
sense_list:
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing


lexentry: eng/inequality__Noun__1
written_rep: inequality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: disuguaglianza | disequazione
sense_list:
(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.


lexentry: eng/inert__Adjective__1
written_rep: inert
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inerte
sense_list:
Unable to move or act; inanimate. | Sluggish or lethargic. | (chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.


lexentry: eng/inertial_frame_of_reference__Noun__1
written_rep: inertial frame of reference
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema di riferimento inerziale
sense_list:
(physics) A frame of reference that is stationary relative to a body moving at constant velocity and on which no force is being exerted.


lexentry: eng/inertness__Noun__1
written_rep: inertness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: apatia | indolenza | inerzia
sense_list:
Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia. | (chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.


lexentry: eng/inexpedient__Adjective__1
written_rep: inexpedient
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inefficiente | infruttuoso
sense_list:
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place


lexentry: eng/infamous__Adjective__1
written_rep: infamous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: famigerato | infame
sense_list:
(UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/infant__Noun__1
written_rep: infant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bambino | bambina | infante
sense_list:
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.


lexentry: eng/infant_formula__Noun__1
written_rep: infant formula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latte artificiale
sense_list:
A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.


lexentry: eng/infante__Noun__1
written_rep: infante
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infante
sense_list:
(historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.


lexentry: eng/infanticide__Noun__1
written_rep: infanticide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infanticidio
sense_list:
The murder of an infant. | (law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.


lexentry: eng/infantilize__Verb__1
written_rep: infantilize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infantilizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant. | (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child.


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
written_rep: infantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fanteria
sense_list:
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). | (uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.


lexentry: eng/infantry_fighting_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: infantry fighting vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: veicolo da combattimento della fanteria
sense_list:
(military) An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
written_rep: infect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infettare | contagiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.


lexentry: eng/infection__Noun__1
written_rep: infection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infezione
sense_list:
(pathology) The act or process of infecting. | An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.


lexentry: eng/infectious__Adjective__1
written_rep: infectious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infettivo
sense_list:
(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).


lexentry: eng/infectious_disease__Noun__1
written_rep: infectious disease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malattia infettiva
sense_list:
(medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host. | (medicine) A medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis, control and treatment of infections.


lexentry: eng/infer__Verb__1
written_rep: infer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dedurre | inferire | concludere | infliggere
sense_list:
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/inferable__Adjective__1
written_rep: inferable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inferibile
sense_list:
That may be inferred or drawn as a conclusion; deducible; that may be put together from previous knowledge and current evidence.


lexentry: eng/inferential_statistics__Noun__1
written_rep: inferential statistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: statistica inferenziale
sense_list:
(statistics) A branch of statistics studying statistical inference—drawing conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.


lexentry: eng/inferior_oblique_muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: inferior oblique muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscolo obliquo inferiore
sense_list:
(muscle) A short extraocular muscle that arises from the orbital surface of the maxilla, is inserted slightly in front of and below the superior oblique muscle, and moves the eye upward and laterally.


lexentry: eng/inferior_rectus__Noun__1
written_rep: inferior rectus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscolo retto inferiore | retto inferiore
sense_list:
(muscle) One of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the inferior aspect of the sclera.


lexentry: eng/inferior_vena_cava__Noun__1
written_rep: inferior vena cava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vena cava inferiore
sense_list:
(anatomy) The large vein which returns blood from the lower extremities, and the pelvic and abdominal organs, to the right atrium of the heart.


lexentry: eng/infestation__Noun__1
written_rep: infestation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infestazione
sense_list:
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.


lexentry: eng/infidel__Noun__1
written_rep: infidel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infedele
sense_list:
(now, usually, derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion. | (now, usually, derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain principle.


lexentry: eng/infidelity__Noun__1
written_rep: infidelity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infedeltà
sense_list:
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.


lexentry: eng/infield__Noun__1
written_rep: infield
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: diamante | perimetro delle quattro basi
sense_list:
(baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.


lexentry: eng/infiltrate__Verb__1
written_rep: infiltrate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infiltrare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to. | (transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.


lexentry: eng/infinite__Adjective__1
written_rep: infinite
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infinito
sense_list:
Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. [from 14th c.] | Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.] | (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless. [from 17th c.] | (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.


lexentry: eng/infinitesimal__Noun__1
written_rep: infinitesimal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infinitesimale
sense_list:
(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).


lexentry: eng/infinitive__Noun__1
written_rep: infinitive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infinito
sense_list:
(grammar) The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood). | (grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.


lexentry: eng/infix__Noun__1
written_rep: infix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: infisso
sense_list:
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).


lexentry: eng/inflammation__Noun__1
written_rep: inflammation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: infiammazione
sense_list:
(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
written_rep: inflation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inflazione
sense_list:
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. | (economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.


lexentry: eng/inflaton__Noun__1
written_rep: inflaton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inflatone
sense_list:
(physics) A proposed particle that would have been responsible for inflation in the very early universe.


lexentry: eng/inflection__Noun__1
written_rep: inflection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: flessione | desinenza
sense_list:
(grammar, uncountable) A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.


lexentry: eng/inflexibility__Noun__1
written_rep: inflexibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inflessibilità
sense_list:
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness


lexentry: eng/inflexible__Adjective__1
written_rep: inflexible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inflessibile
sense_list:
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent. | Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits. | Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.


lexentry: eng/inflexibly__Adverb__1
written_rep: inflexibly
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inflessibilmente
sense_list:
With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.


lexentry: eng/inflorescence__Noun__1
written_rep: inflorescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infiorescenza | inflorescenza
sense_list:
(botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
written_rep: influence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: influenza | ascendente
sense_list:
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
written_rep: influence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: influenza
sense_list:
An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. | A person or thing exerting such power or action.


lexentry: eng/influence__Verb__1
written_rep: influence
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: influenzare | influire
sense_list:
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.


lexentry: eng/influence_peddling__Noun__1
written_rep: influence peddling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: traffico d'influenze
sense_list:
A type of corruption in which people use their connections with governments to gain favors or preferential treatment for a third party, usually in return for money.


lexentry: eng/influenza__Noun__1
written_rep: influenza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: influenza | febbre
sense_list:
(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.


lexentry: eng/infodemic__Noun__1
written_rep: infodemic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infodemia
sense_list:
(informal) An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult


lexentry: eng/infomercial__Noun__1
written_rep: infomercial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pubbliredazionale
sense_list:
A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.


lexentry: eng/inform__Verb__1
written_rep: inform
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: informare
sense_list:
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).


lexentry: eng/informatics__Noun__1
written_rep: informatics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: informatica
sense_list:
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.


lexentry: eng/information__Noun__1
written_rep: information
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: informazione
sense_list:
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/information_science__Noun__1
written_rep: information science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: informatica
sense_list:
(applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.


lexentry: eng/information_society__Noun__1
written_rep: information society
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: società dell'informazione
sense_list:
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.


lexentry: eng/information_warfare__Noun__1
written_rep: information warfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerra dell'informazione
sense_list:
The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.


lexentry: eng/infotainment__Noun__1
written_rep: infotainment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infotainment
sense_list:
A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment, consisting of mostly celebrity news and human drama. [from 1982]


lexentry: eng/infrared__Noun__1
written_rep: infrared
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infrarosso
sense_list:
(uncountable) The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.


lexentry: eng/infrared_radiation__Noun__1
written_rep: infrared radiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: radiazione infrarossa
sense_list:
(physics) Electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength approximately between 1 micrometre and 1 millimetre; perceived as heat.


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
written_rep: infrastructure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infrastruttura
sense_list:
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887] | The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.


lexentry: eng/infula__Noun__1
written_rep: infula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infula
sense_list:
A fillet of white wool, worn on the head by ancient Roman priests. | A head covering worn by early Christian priests. | A ribbon on a bishop's mitre.


lexentry: eng/infuse__Verb__1
written_rep: infuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: immergere
sense_list:
(transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal). | (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.


lexentry: eng/infusion__Noun__1
written_rep: infusion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infusione | infuso
sense_list:
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.


lexentry: eng/ingenious__Adjective__1
written_rep: ingenious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingegnoso
sense_list:
(of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive. | (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.


lexentry: eng/ingest__Verb__1
written_rep: ingest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingerire
sense_list:
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/ingestion__Noun__1
written_rep: ingestion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingestione
sense_list:
The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.


lexentry: eng/ingot__Noun__1
written_rep: ingot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingotto
sense_list:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.


lexentry: eng/ingratiate__Verb__1
written_rep: ingratiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lisciare
sense_list:
(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.


lexentry: eng/ingress__Noun__1
written_rep: ingress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: adito
sense_list:
A door or other means of entering. | (astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.


lexentry: eng/inhale__Verb__1
written_rep: inhale
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inalare
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/inhaler__Noun__1
written_rep: inhaler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inalatore
sense_list:
(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/inhere__Verb__1
written_rep: inhere
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: appartenere
sense_list:
(uncommon) To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.


lexentry: eng/inherit__Verb__1
written_rep: inherit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ereditare
sense_list:
(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death. | (intransitive) To come into an inheritance. | (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations). | (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
written_rep: inheritance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eredità
sense_list:
The passing of title to an estate upon death. | (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
written_rep: inheritance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ereditarietà
sense_list:
(biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring. | (programming, object-oriented) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.


lexentry: eng/inheritance_tax__Noun__1
written_rep: inheritance tax
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imposta di successione
sense_list:
A tax based on the value of the property of a deceased person, and charged on the beneficiaries of the estate.


lexentry: eng/inhibin__Noun__1
written_rep: inhibin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inibina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the gonads, which inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and is thus under consideration as a male contraceptive


lexentry: eng/inhuman__Adjective__1
written_rep: inhuman
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inumano | disumano
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.


lexentry: eng/inion__Noun__1
written_rep: inion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inion
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance.


lexentry: eng/iniquity__Noun__1
written_rep: iniquity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniquità
sense_list:
(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness. | (countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.


lexentry: eng/initial__Adjective__1
written_rep: initial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iniziale
sense_list:
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.


lexentry: eng/initial__Noun__1
written_rep: initial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniziale
sense_list:
The first letter of a word or a name. | In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit. | (typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.


lexentry: eng/initial_public_offering__Noun__1
written_rep: initial public offering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ipo | offerta pubblica iniziale
sense_list:
(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/initialism__Noun__1
written_rep: initialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbreviatura | acronimo | sigla
sense_list:
(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.


lexentry: eng/initialize__Verb__1
written_rep: initialize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inizializzare
sense_list:
To assign initial values to something. | (computing) To assign an initial value to a variable. | (somewhat, dated) To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.


lexentry: eng/initiate__Verb__1
written_rep: initiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: iniziare | inserire
sense_list:
(transitive) To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/initiation__Noun__1
written_rep: initiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iniziazione
sense_list:
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.


lexentry: eng/initiative__Noun__1
written_rep: initiative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniziativa
sense_list:
A beginning; a first move. | (politics) An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.


lexentry: eng/inject__Verb__1
written_rep: inject
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniettare
sense_list:
(transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. | (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently. | (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
written_rep: injection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniezione
sense_list:
The act of injecting, or something that is injected. | (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct. | (set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.


lexentry: eng/injective__Adjective__1
written_rep: injective
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iniettivo
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic


lexentry: eng/injunction__Noun__1
written_rep: injunction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: Decreto
sense_list:
That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept. | (legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.


lexentry: eng/injury_time__Noun__1
written_rep: injury time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tempi di recupero
sense_list:
(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.


lexentry: eng/ink-pad__Noun__1
written_rep: ink-pad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tampone per timbri
sense_list:
A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad.


lexentry: eng/ink__Noun__1
written_rep: ink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inchiostro
sense_list:
A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. | The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.


lexentry: eng/inkjet_printer__Noun__1
written_rep: inkjet printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stampante a getto di inchiostro
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.


lexentry: eng/inkwell__Noun__1
written_rep: inkwell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calamaio
sense_list:
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.


lexentry: eng/inland_sea__Noun__1
written_rep: inland sea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mare interno
sense_list:
(geography) A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.


lexentry: eng/inlay__Noun__1
written_rep: inlay
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: luogo
sense_list:
(dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.


lexentry: eng/inlay__Verb__1
written_rep: inlay
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: incrostare
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.


lexentry: eng/inmate__Noun__1
written_rep: inmate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interno | residente
sense_list:
A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
written_rep: inner
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interno
sense_list:
Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.


lexentry: eng/inner_child__Noun__1
written_rep: inner child
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bambino interiore
sense_list:
(psychology) The childlike aspect of a person's psyche, typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood, especially in the context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adult aspect of the person.


lexentry: eng/inner_city__Noun__1
written_rep: inner city
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: centro della città
sense_list:
(urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.


lexentry: eng/inner_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: inner ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orecchio interno
sense_list:
(anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.


lexentry: eng/inner_planet__Noun__1
written_rep: inner planet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pianeta interno
sense_list:
(astronomy, planets) Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located between the asteroid belt and the sun, i.e., any of Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.


lexentry: eng/inning__Noun__1
written_rep: inning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ripresa
sense_list:
(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.


lexentry: eng/innocence__Noun__1
written_rep: innocence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innocenza
sense_list:
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc. | Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime. | Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.


lexentry: eng/innocent__Adjective__1
written_rep: innocent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innocente
sense_list:
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. | Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act. | Naive; artless.


lexentry: eng/innovation__Noun__1
written_rep: innovation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: innovazione
sense_list:
The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. | Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.


lexentry: eng/inoculate__Verb__1
written_rep: inoculate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inoculare
sense_list:
(transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]


lexentry: eng/inoculation__Noun__1
written_rep: inoculation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inoculazione
sense_list:
(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.


lexentry: eng/inopportune__Adjective__1
written_rep: inopportune
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inopportuno
sense_list:
Unsuitable for some particular purpose. | Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.


lexentry: eng/inorganic_chemistry__Noun__1
written_rep: inorganic chemistry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chimica inorganica
sense_list:
(chemistry) The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
written_rep: inquiry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inchiesta | domanda | indagine
sense_list:
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.


lexentry: eng/inroad__Noun__1
written_rep: inroad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avanzata
sense_list:
(figuratively, usually, in the plural) Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem.


lexentry: eng/inscribe__Verb__1
written_rep: inscribe
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inscrivere
sense_list:
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave. | (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
written_rep: insect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insetto
sense_list:
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/insemination__Noun__1
written_rep: insemination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inseminazione
sense_list:
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).


lexentry: eng/insensitive__Adjective__1
written_rep: insensitive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: insensibile
sense_list:
Not expressing normal physical feeling; | Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic


lexentry: eng/insertion__Noun__1
written_rep: insertion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inserzione
sense_list:
The act of inserting, or something inserted. | (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.


lexentry: eng/inshallah__Interjection__1
written_rep: inshallah
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: a Dio piacendo | se Dio vuole
sense_list:
(chiefly, Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.


lexentry: eng/inside__Adverb__1
written_rep: inside
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dentro
sense_list:
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.


lexentry: eng/insider__Noun__1
written_rep: insider
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: addetto ai lavori | basista | iniziato
sense_list:
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.


lexentry: eng/insidiousness__Noun__1
written_rep: insidiousness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: perfidia
sense_list:
A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
written_rep: insight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: approfondimento | introspezione
sense_list:
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
written_rep: insight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: conoscenza | idea
sense_list:
(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers


lexentry: eng/insignia__Noun__1
written_rep: insignia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insegna
sense_list:
A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization. | A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/insinuate__Verb__1
written_rep: insinuate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insinuare
sense_list:
To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. | (rare) To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.


lexentry: eng/insist__Verb__1
written_rep: insist
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insistere
sense_list:
(with on or upon or (that + indicative)) To hold up a claim emphatically. | (sometimes, with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.


lexentry: eng/insolation__Noun__1
written_rep: insolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insolazione
sense_list:
The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/insolvency__Noun__1
written_rep: insolvency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insolvenza
sense_list:
(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.


lexentry: eng/inspect__Verb__1
written_rep: inspect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ispezionare | analizzare | investigare
sense_list:
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: inspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inspirazione | inalazione
sense_list:
(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: inspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ispirazione | folgorazione | illuminazione
sense_list:
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
written_rep: inspiration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ispirazione | illuminazione | suggestione
sense_list:
The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. | A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
written_rep: inspire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ispirare | inspirare
sense_list:
(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
written_rep: inspire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inspirare
sense_list:
(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
written_rep: inspire
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ispirare
sense_list:
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. | (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.


lexentry: eng/installation__Noun__1
written_rep: installation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: installazione | impianto | insediamento | presa di possesso
sense_list:
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
written_rep: installment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: episodio
sense_list:
One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.


lexentry: eng/instant_coffee__Noun__1
written_rep: instant coffee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffè solubile
sense_list:
A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


lexentry: eng/instant_messaging__Noun__1
written_rep: instant messaging
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messaggistica istantanea
sense_list:
(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.


lexentry: eng/instant_messenger__Noun__1
written_rep: instant messenger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messaggistica istantanea
sense_list:
(communication, computing) A computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network or the Internet in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/instantaneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: instantaneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istantaneo
sense_list:
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/instanton__Noun__1
written_rep: instanton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istantone
sense_list:
(mathematics, physics) A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills theory; carries information about quantum tunnelling.


lexentry: eng/instar__Noun__1
written_rep: instar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stadio
sense_list:
Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.


lexentry: eng/instigation__Noun__1
written_rep: instigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istigazione
sense_list:
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.


lexentry: eng/instigator__Noun__1
written_rep: instigator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istigatore | istigatrice
sense_list:
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.


lexentry: eng/institute__Noun__1
written_rep: institute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istituto
sense_list:
An organization founded to promote a cause | An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects | The building housing such an institution.


lexentry: eng/institution__Noun__1
written_rep: institution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: istituzione
sense_list:
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.


lexentry: eng/instruct__Verb__1
written_rep: instruct
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: assegnare
sense_list:
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do. | (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.


lexentry: eng/instruction__Noun__1
written_rep: instruction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: avvertenze | bugiardino | direttive | istruzioni d'uso | manuale | manuale d'uso
sense_list:
(in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.


lexentry: eng/instruction_set__Noun__1
written_rep: instruction set
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insieme di istruzioni
sense_list:
(computing) The set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.


lexentry: eng/instructive_case__Noun__1
written_rep: instructive case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istruttivo
sense_list:
(grammar) : noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.


lexentry: eng/instrument__Noun__1
written_rep: instrument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strumento
sense_list:
A device used to produce music. | A measuring or displaying device. | A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement. | (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
written_rep: instrumental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: strumentale
sense_list:
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice). | (grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.


lexentry: eng/instrumental_case__Noun__1
written_rep: instrumental case
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caso strumentale
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.


lexentry: eng/instrumentalize__Verb__1
written_rep: instrumentalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strumentalizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal. | (music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
written_rep: insubordination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insubordinazione
sense_list:
The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.


lexentry: eng/insulate__Verb__1
written_rep: insulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isolare
sense_list:
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
written_rep: insulation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isolamento | coibentazione
sense_list:
The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation. | (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
written_rep: insulator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isolante
sense_list:
A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).


lexentry: eng/insult__Noun__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insulto | ingiuria | affronto | offesa | oltraggio
sense_list:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
written_rep: insult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: offendere | insultare | ingiuriare
sense_list:
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/insurance__Noun__1
written_rep: insurance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assicurazione
sense_list:
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. | The business of providing insurance.


lexentry: eng/insurance_fraud__Noun__1
written_rep: insurance fraud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frode assicurativa
sense_list:
(legal) Receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.


lexentry: eng/insurance_policy__Noun__1
written_rep: insurance policy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polizza
sense_list:
(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.


lexentry: eng/insure__Verb__1
written_rep: insure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assicurare
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.


lexentry: eng/insurgent__Noun__1
written_rep: insurgent
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insorto | insorta
sense_list:
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.


lexentry: eng/insurrection__Noun__1
written_rep: insurrection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: insurrezione
sense_list:
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.


lexentry: eng/intangible_cultural_heritage__Noun__1
written_rep: intangible cultural heritage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patrimonio culturale immateriale
sense_list:
practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.


lexentry: eng/integer__Noun__1
written_rep: integer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: numero intero | intero
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/integral__Noun__1
written_rep: integral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrale
sense_list:
(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.


lexentry: eng/integral_domain__Noun__1
written_rep: integral domain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dominio d'integrità
sense_list:
(algebra, ring theory) Any nonzero commutative ring in which the product of nonzero elements is nonzero. [from 1911]


lexentry: eng/integral_element__Noun__1
written_rep: integral element
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elemento intero
sense_list:
(algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory) Given a commutative unital ring R with extension ring S (i.e., that is a subring of S), any element s ∈ S that is a root of some monic polynomial with coefficients in R.


lexentry: eng/integraph__Noun__1
written_rep: integraph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrafo
sense_list:
(mathematics) A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral)


lexentry: eng/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
written_rep: integrated circuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circuito integrato
sense_list:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


lexentry: eng/integration__Noun__1
written_rep: integration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrazione
sense_list:
The act or process of making whole or entire. | (society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities. | (biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.


lexentry: eng/integration_by_parts__Noun__1
written_rep: integration by parts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrazione per parti
sense_list:
(analysis) A method of integration directly related to the rule for differentiation of products; can be written as \int u\ dv = uv - \int v\ du.


lexentry: eng/integrin__Noun__1
written_rep: integrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of many heterodimeric transmembrane proteins that function as receptors in communication between cells.


lexentry: eng/integrity__Noun__1
written_rep: integrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: integrità
sense_list:
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. | The state of being wholesome; unimpaired | The quality or condition of being complete; pure


lexentry: eng/integument__Noun__1
written_rep: integument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tegumento
sense_list:
(biology) An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell. | (botany) The outer layer of an ovule, which develops into the seed coat.


lexentry: eng/intellect__Noun__1
written_rep: intellect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intelletto
sense_list:
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.


lexentry: eng/intellectual__Adjective__1
written_rep: intellectual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intellettuale
sense_list:
Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. | Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness


lexentry: eng/intellectual_property__Noun__1
written_rep: intellectual property
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proprietà intellettuale
sense_list:
(uncountable) Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value: a piece of literature, a painting, an invention, a trademark, a trade secret, etc. Works protected under intellectual property law, and accorded intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intelligenza
sense_list:
(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness. | (countable) An entity that has such capacities. | (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intelligenza
sense_list:
A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_quotient__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligence quotient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: quoziente d'intelligenza | quoziente intellettivo
sense_list:
A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.


lexentry: eng/intelligent__Adjective__1
written_rep: intelligent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intelligente
sense_list:
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. | Well thought-out, well considered. | Characterized by thoughtful interaction. | Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.


lexentry: eng/intelligent_design__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligent design
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disegno intelligente
sense_list:
The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.


lexentry: eng/intelligent_disobedience__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligent disobedience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disobbedienza intelligente
sense_list:
The skill of a service animal to deliberately disobey a command when the animal perceives that obeying would put the human in danger.


lexentry: eng/intelligibility__Noun__1
written_rep: intelligibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intelligibilità
sense_list:
That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible. | The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
written_rep: intend
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intendere | avere in animo
sense_list:
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon


lexentry: eng/intendment__Noun__1
written_rep: intendment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legge
sense_list:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/intense__Adjective__1
written_rep: intense
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intenso
sense_list:
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering. | (also, figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.


lexentry: eng/intensive__Adjective__1
written_rep: intensive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intensivo
sense_list:
Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough. | (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.


lexentry: eng/intensive__Adjective__1
written_rep: intensive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: impegnativo
sense_list:
Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care__Noun__1
written_rep: intensive care
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rianimazione
sense_list:
(medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: intensive care unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unità di terapia intensiva
sense_list:
A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).


lexentry: eng/intentionalism__Noun__1
written_rep: intentionalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intenzionalismo
sense_list:
The theory that the meaning of any text is determined by the intentions of its author, whether stated or not.


lexentry: eng/intentionality__Noun__1
written_rep: intentionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intenzionalità
sense_list:
(philosophy) The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
written_rep: inter-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: inter-
sense_list:
Intermittently: the root verb is done between or among temporal entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Internally: the root verb is done in between or among relevant entities; also formining nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Intersocially: the root verb is done between or among social entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Interspatially: the root verb is done between or among spatial entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form. | Communal: a kind of the root which is shared among people.


lexentry: eng/interaction__Noun__1
written_rep: interaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interazione
sense_list:
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence. | A conversation or exchange between people.


lexentry: eng/interactive__Adjective__1
written_rep: interactive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interattivo
sense_list:
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.


lexentry: eng/interactome__Noun__1
written_rep: interactome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interattoma
sense_list:
(biology) All the interactions between biological entities in cells and organisms considered as a whole.


lexentry: eng/intercalary__Adjective__1
written_rep: intercalary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intercalare
sense_list:
(botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.


lexentry: eng/intercept__Verb__1
written_rep: intercept
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intercettare
sense_list:
(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). | (transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball. | (transitive, sports) To gain possession of (the ball) in a ball game.


lexentry: eng/intercession__Noun__1
written_rep: intercession
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intercessione
sense_list:
The act of intervening or mediating between two parties. | A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
written_rep: interchange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: intersezione a livelli sfalsati
sense_list:
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway. | (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.


lexentry: eng/interconfessional__Adjective__1
written_rep: interconfessional
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interconfessionale
sense_list:
(religion) Taking place between religious organisations that have different systems of formulated theology (confessions of faith)


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
written_rep: interdict
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proibito
sense_list:
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Verb__1
written_rep: interdict
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: proibire
sense_list:
(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/interdisciplinary__Adjective__1
written_rep: interdisciplinary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interdisciplinare
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study. | Of or pertaining to a linkage between multiple distinct academic disciplines or fields of study.


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interesse
sense_list:
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.] | (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.] | (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/interest__Verb__1
written_rep: interest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interessare | attrarre
sense_list:
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.


lexentry: eng/interest_rate__Noun__1
written_rep: interest rate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tasso di interesse
sense_list:
(finance) The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
written_rep: interface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interfaccia | interfacciamento
sense_list:
The point of interconnection or contact between entities. | (object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
written_rep: interface
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interfaccia
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance. | (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. | (computing) The connection between a user and a machine. | (object-oriented) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module, | (object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.


lexentry: eng/interferometer__Noun__1
written_rep: interferometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interferometro
sense_list:
(physics) Any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
written_rep: interferon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interferone
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.


lexentry: eng/interfix__Noun__1
written_rep: interfix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interfisso
sense_list:
(linguistic morphology) A morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as the empty morphs English -i- and -o-.


lexentry: eng/interjection__Noun__1
written_rep: interjection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interiezione
sense_list:
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.


lexentry: eng/interlace__Noun__1
written_rep: interlace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: enjambement
sense_list:
(electronics) A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth.


lexentry: eng/interlocking__Noun__1
written_rep: interlocking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cabina di manovra
sense_list:
(rail) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.


lexentry: eng/interloper__Noun__1
written_rep: interloper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intruso
sense_list:
One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.


lexentry: eng/interlude__Noun__1
written_rep: interlude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interludio
sense_list:
An entertainment between the acts of a play. | (music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.


lexentry: eng/intermarry__Verb__1
written_rep: intermarry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apparentarsi | imparentarsi
sense_list:
To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion. | To marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.


lexentry: eng/intermezzo__Noun__1
written_rep: intermezzo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intermezzo
sense_list:
(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.


lexentry: eng/intermission__Noun__1
written_rep: intermission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intermedio | intermezzo | intervallo | pausa
sense_list:
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.


lexentry: eng/internal__Adjective__1
written_rep: internal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interno
sense_list:
(medicine) Within the body. | Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community. | Of the inner nature of a thing.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: internal combustion engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: motore a combustione interna | motore a scoppio
sense_list:
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.


lexentry: eng/international__Adjective__1
written_rep: international
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: internazionale
sense_list:
common to, or affecting, two or more nations. | Of or concerning the association called the International.


lexentry: eng/international_law__Noun__1
written_rep: international law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diritto internazionale
sense_list:
Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.


lexentry: eng/international_organization__Noun__1
written_rep: international organization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: organizzazione internazionale
sense_list:
(international law) An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.


lexentry: eng/international_unit__Noun__1
written_rep: international unit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: unità internazionale
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A particular, minute unit of mass, defined differently for different substances, but so that varying substances of the same general type have the property that one international unit of the one has the same effect on the human body as one international unit of the other.


lexentry: eng/internationalization__Noun__1
written_rep: internationalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: internazionalizzazione
sense_list:
The conversion of something in order to make it international. | (software engineering) The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions.


lexentry: eng/internment_camp__Noun__1
written_rep: internment camp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo d'internamento
sense_list:
(euphemism) a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp.


lexentry: eng/interoperability__Noun__1
written_rep: interoperability
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interoperabilità
sense_list:
The capability of a product or system, to interact and function with others reciprocally. | (military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.


lexentry: eng/interpellation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpellation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interrogazione
sense_list:
(politics) The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.


lexentry: eng/interphase__Noun__1
written_rep: interphase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interfase
sense_list:
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.


lexentry: eng/interpolation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interpolazione
sense_list:
(mathematics, science) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.


lexentry: eng/interposition__Noun__1
written_rep: interposition
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interposizione
sense_list:
The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
written_rep: interpret
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interpretare
sense_list:
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation. | To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc. | To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation


lexentry: eng/interpretation__Noun__1
written_rep: interpretation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interpretazione
sense_list:
(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. | (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning. | (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
written_rep: interpreter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interprete
sense_list:
A person who converts spoken or signed language into a different language for the benefit of one or more others who do not understand the first language being used (especially if in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating). (Contrasted with translator.) | (computing) A program that executes another program written in a high-level language by reading the instructions in real time rather than by compiling it in advance.


lexentry: eng/interrobang__Noun__1
written_rep: interrobang
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punto esclarrogativo
sense_list:
The nonstandard punctuation mark ⟨‽⟩ (a combination of ⟨?⟩ and ⟨!⟩), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question. [from 1962.] | (rare) A combination of a question mark and an exclamation mark; ⟨!?⟩ or ⟨?!⟩.


lexentry: eng/interrogative_pronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: interrogative pronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pronome interrogativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Verb__1
written_rep: interrupt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interrompere | tagliare | celare | interrompersi | ricoprire
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.


lexentry: eng/interruption__Noun__1
written_rep: interruption
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interruzione
sense_list:
The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. | A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.


lexentry: eng/intersection__Noun__1
written_rep: intersection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: intersezione
sense_list:
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect). | (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.


lexentry: eng/intersectionality__Noun__1
written_rep: intersectionality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intersezionalità
sense_list:
The study of (or a sociological methodology of studying) overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination.


lexentry: eng/intersexual__Adjective__1
written_rep: intersexual
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intersessuale
sense_list:
(of a competition, etc.) Between the sexes. | (biology) Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.


lexentry: eng/intersexuality__Noun__1
written_rep: intersexuality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intersessualità
sense_list:
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.


lexentry: eng/interstate__Adverb__1
written_rep: interstate
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interstatale
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, and, Australia) Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).


lexentry: eng/interstice__Noun__1
written_rep: interstice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: interstizio
sense_list:
A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.


lexentry: eng/interstice__Noun__1
written_rep: interstice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: pausa
sense_list:
An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.


lexentry: eng/intertidal_zone__Noun__1
written_rep: intertidal zone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battigia | bagnasciuga
sense_list:
(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.


lexentry: eng/interval__Noun__1
written_rep: interval
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intervallo
sense_list:
A distance in space. | A period of time. | (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad). | (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.


lexentry: eng/intervention__Noun__1
written_rep: intervention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intervento
sense_list:
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events. | (medicine) An action taken or procedure performed; an operation.


lexentry: eng/interview__Noun__1
written_rep: interview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: intervista
sense_list:
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/interwar__Adjective__1
written_rep: interwar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: periodo interbellico
sense_list:
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
written_rep: intestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intestino
sense_list:
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs. | One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.


lexentry: eng/intifada__Noun__1
written_rep: intifada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intifada
sense_list:
An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government. | (often, capitalized) The Palestinian uprisings against Israel. | An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.


lexentry: eng/intimacy__Noun__1
written_rep: intimacy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intimità
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.


lexentry: eng/intimate__Noun__1
written_rep: intimate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: biancheria intima
sense_list:
(in the plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.


lexentry: eng/intimidate__Verb__1
written_rep: intimidate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intimidire
sense_list:
(transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.


lexentry: eng/intimism__Noun__1
written_rep: intimism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intimismo
sense_list:
(arts) A genre of art (or literature) involving the depiction of quiet, domestic scenes, usually of domestic interiors


lexentry: eng/intimist__Adjective__1
written_rep: intimist
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intimista
sense_list:
(arts) Pertaining to or characteristic of the intimism genre; focussed on everyday domestic matters.


lexentry: eng/intinction__Noun__1
written_rep: intinction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intinzione
sense_list:
The act of steeping or soaking the bread (or 'body' of Christ) in the wine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of the Eucharist simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/into__Preposition__1
written_rep: into
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: in | di
sense_list:
(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".


lexentry: eng/intolerance__Noun__1
written_rep: intolerance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intolleranza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state of being intolerant. | (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.


lexentry: eng/intolerant__Adjective__1
written_rep: intolerant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: intollerante
sense_list:
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.


lexentry: eng/intonation__Noun__1
written_rep: intonation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intonazione
sense_list:
(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. | Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise. | Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.


lexentry: eng/intoxication__Noun__1
written_rep: intoxication
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ebbrezza
sense_list:
The state of being intoxicated or drunk. | (figuratively) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.


lexentry: eng/intractable__Adjective__1
written_rep: intractable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: difficile
sense_list:
(maths) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve. | Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem) | (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).


lexentry: eng/intrathecal__Adjective__1
written_rep: intrathecal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intratecale
sense_list:
(medicine) Delivered into the spinal canal (intrathecal space surrounding the spinal cord), e.g. a spinal anesthesia.


lexentry: eng/intrauterine_device__Noun__1
written_rep: intrauterine device
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: IUD | diaframma | dispositivo intrauterino | spirale
sense_list:
A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
written_rep: intrigue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrigo
sense_list:
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Verb__1
written_rep: intrigue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrigare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. | (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic__Adjective__1
written_rep: intrinsic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrinseco
sense_list:
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential. | (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic_value__Noun__1
written_rep: intrinsic value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valore intrinseco
sense_list:
(finance, economics) The real value of something within itself, which may not take into account its market value or face value.


lexentry: eng/intro__Noun__1
written_rep: intro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intro
sense_list:
(informal) An introduction. | (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.


lexentry: eng/introduce__Verb__1
written_rep: introduce
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presentare
sense_list:
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). | (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.


lexentry: eng/introduction__Noun__1
written_rep: introduction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: introduzione
sense_list:
The act or process of introducing. | An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.


lexentry: eng/introit__Noun__1
written_rep: introit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: introito
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, music) A prayer, typically part of a psalm or other portion of the Bible, read or sung at the start of Mass while or immediately after the priest ascends to the altar.


lexentry: eng/intron__Noun__1
written_rep: intron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: introne
sense_list:
(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.


lexentry: eng/introspection__Noun__1
written_rep: introspection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: introspezione
sense_list:
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
written_rep: introvert
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: introverso
sense_list:
(zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction. | (psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.


lexentry: eng/intrude__Verb__1
written_rep: intrude
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrompere
sense_list:
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.


lexentry: eng/intrusive__Adjective__1
written_rep: intrusive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrusivo
sense_list:
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome. | (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.


lexentry: eng/intubation__Noun__1
written_rep: intubation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intubazione
sense_list:
(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.


lexentry: eng/intuitionism__Noun__1
written_rep: intuitionism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intuizionismo | intuitivismo
sense_list:
(mathematics) An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.


lexentry: eng/inure__Verb__1
written_rep: inure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abituare | acclimare | acclimatare | assuefare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invasion__Noun__1
written_rep: invasion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invasione | calata
sense_list:
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.


lexentry: eng/invasive__Adjective__1
written_rep: invasive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: di invasione
sense_list:
(military, also, figuratively) That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.


lexentry: eng/invasive__Adjective__1
written_rep: invasive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: invasivo | invadente
sense_list:
(biology) Of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna. | Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.


lexentry: eng/invasive_species__Noun__1
written_rep: invasive species
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: specie aliena
sense_list:
(biology) Any species that has been introduced to an environment where it is not native, and that has since become a nuisance through rapid spread and increase in numbers, often to the detriment of native species.


lexentry: eng/invasivity__Noun__1
written_rep: invasivity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invasività
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being invasive | (countable) The degree to which something is invasive


lexentry: eng/inveigh__Verb__1
written_rep: inveigh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inveire
sense_list:
(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invention__Noun__1
written_rep: invention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: invenzione | inventione
sense_list:
(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.


lexentry: eng/inventive__Adjective__1
written_rep: inventive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inventivo
sense_list:
Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes. | Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.


lexentry: eng/inventory__Noun__1
written_rep: inventory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inventario
sense_list:
(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand. | (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.


lexentry: eng/inverse__Adjective__1
written_rep: inverse
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inverso
sense_list:
Opposite in effect, nature or order. | Reverse, opposite in order. | (geometry) That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.


lexentry: eng/inverse_function__Noun__1
written_rep: inverse function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione inversa
sense_list:
(mathematics) For a given function f, another function, denoted f−1, that reverses the mapping action of f; (formally) given a function f: X\rightarrow Y, a function g: Y\rightarrow X such that, \forall x\in X,\ f(x) = y \implies g(y)=x.


lexentry: eng/inverse_trigonometric_function__Noun__1
written_rep: inverse trigonometric function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione trigonometrica inversa
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function that is the inverse of an appropriate restriction of a trigonometric function.


lexentry: eng/inversion__Noun__1
written_rep: inversion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inversione
sense_list:
The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence. | (music) The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave. | (music) The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note. | (music) The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour. | (grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.


lexentry: eng/invert__Verb__1
written_rep: invert
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invertire
sense_list:
(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.


lexentry: eng/inverted__Adjective__1
written_rep: inverted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invertito
sense_list:
Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.


lexentry: eng/invertible_matrix__Noun__1
written_rep: invertible matrix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matrice invertibile
sense_list:
(linear algebra) Any n×n square matrix for which there exists a corresponding inverse matrix (i.e., a second (or possibly the same) matrix such that when the two are multiplied by each other, in either order, the result is the n×n identity matrix).


lexentry: eng/invest__Verb__1
written_rep: invest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investire
sense_list:
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. | To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. | To ceremonially install someone in some office. | (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.


lexentry: eng/investigate__Verb__1
written_rep: investigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investigare | indagare
sense_list:
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. | (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.


lexentry: eng/investigation__Noun__1
written_rep: investigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investigazione
sense_list:
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination


lexentry: eng/investigative_journalism__Noun__1
written_rep: investigative journalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giornalismo investigativo
sense_list:
A form of journalism in which the reporter deeply investigates a single topic of interest, often involving crime or corruption.


lexentry: eng/investiture__Noun__1
written_rep: investiture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investitura
sense_list:
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.


lexentry: eng/investment__Noun__1
written_rep: investment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: investimento
sense_list:
The act of investing, or state of being invested. | (finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.


lexentry: eng/investment_bank__Noun__1
written_rep: investment bank
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banca d'affari | banca di investimento
sense_list:
(banking, finance) A financial institution that deals with raising capital, trading in securities and managing corporate mergers and acquisitions.


lexentry: eng/investment_fund__Noun__1
written_rep: investment fund
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fondo d'investimento
sense_list:
(finance) A fund consisting of investments made by a group of people and managed by a professional investment manager.


lexentry: eng/invisible_hand__Noun__1
written_rep: invisible hand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mano invisibile
sense_list:
(economics) A metaphor for the principle that in a free market, an individual pursuing his own self-interest also tends to promote the good of his community as a whole.


lexentry: eng/invisible_ink__Noun__1
written_rep: invisible ink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inchiostro simpatico
sense_list:
An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered visible by some process, such as exposing it to heat.


lexentry: eng/invitation__Noun__1
written_rep: invitation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invito
sense_list:
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company. | (bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


lexentry: eng/invite__Verb__1
written_rep: invite
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invitare
sense_list:
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. | (transitive) To request formally.


lexentry: eng/invocation__Noun__1
written_rep: invocation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: invocazione
sense_list:
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.


lexentry: eng/invoice__Noun__1
written_rep: invoice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fattura
sense_list:
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.


lexentry: eng/involution__Noun__1
written_rep: involution
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: involuzione
sense_list:
(mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
written_rep: involve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coinvolgere
sense_list:
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
written_rep: involve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: avvolgere
sense_list:
To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.


lexentry: eng/involve__Verb__1
written_rep: involve
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: elevare
sense_list:
(mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.


lexentry: eng/involved__Adjective__1
written_rep: involved
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coinvolto | associato
sense_list:
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)


lexentry: eng/iodic__Adjective__1
written_rep: iodic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iodico
sense_list:
(chemistry) of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five


lexentry: eng/iodoform__Noun__1
written_rep: iodoform
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iodoformio
sense_list:
(chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, CHI3; a yellow crystalline compound, formerly used as a mild antiseptic.


lexentry: eng/ion__Noun__1
written_rep: ion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ione
sense_list:
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.


lexentry: eng/ion_channel__Noun__1
written_rep: ion channel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canale ionico
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A protein complex or single protein that spans between both sides of a cell membrane and allows specific ions to pass through.


lexentry: eng/ionic_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: ionic bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legame ionico
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms or molecules are connected to each other by electrostatic attraction.


lexentry: eng/ionization__Noun__1
written_rep: ionization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ionizzazione
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.


lexentry: eng/ionize__Verb__1
written_rep: ionize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ionizzare
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.


lexentry: eng/ionosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: ionosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ionosfera
sense_list:
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more. | The similar region of the atmosphere of another planet.


lexentry: eng/irenic__Adjective__1
written_rep: irenic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irenico
sense_list:
(chiefly, theology) Promoting or fitted to promote peace or peacemaking, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful.


lexentry: eng/iridescence__Noun__1
written_rep: iridescence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iridescenza
sense_list:
The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.


lexentry: eng/iridescent__Adjective__1
written_rep: iridescent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iridescente
sense_list:
(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic. | Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.


lexentry: eng/iridium__Noun__1
written_rep: iridium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iridio
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
written_rep: iris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iris | giaggiolo | iride
sense_list:
(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
written_rep: iris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: iride | iris
sense_list:
(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/irksome__Adjective__1
written_rep: irksome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sgradevole
sense_list:
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition


lexentry: eng/iron(II)_sulfate__Noun__1
written_rep: iron(II) sulfate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: copparosa
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) The green, crystalline salt of divalent iron and sulfuric acid, FeSO4, used as a pigment, and in water treatment.


lexentry: eng/iron__Noun__1
written_rep: iron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferro
sense_list:
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. | (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.


lexentry: eng/iron__Noun__1
written_rep: iron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: di ferro
sense_list:
(uncountable, figurative) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.


lexentry: eng/iron__Verb__1
written_rep: iron
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stirare
sense_list:
(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.


lexentry: eng/iron_filings__Noun__1
written_rep: iron filings
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: limature di ferro | polveri di ferro
sense_list:
small fragments of iron, filed from a bar; used to visualize the presence of a magnetic field, and as a food additive


lexentry: eng/iron_maiden__Noun__1
written_rep: iron maiden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vergine di Norimberga | vergine di ferro
sense_list:
(historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.


lexentry: eng/iron_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: iron oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ossido di ferro
sense_list:
(chemistry) Either of two compounds obtained by the reaction of oxygen on iron. Generally known as rust when hydrated.


lexentry: eng/ironing_board__Noun__1
written_rep: ironing board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asse da stiro
sense_list:
A long board, often covered with fabric and having on legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.


lexentry: eng/ironism__Noun__1
written_rep: ironism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ironismo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A state of doubt regarding one's own "vocabulary" (set of communicative beliefs) that cannot be removed by making arguments in that vocabulary.


lexentry: eng/ironwood__Noun__1
written_rep: ironwood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legno ferro
sense_list:
Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
written_rep: irony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ironia | paradosso
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
written_rep: irony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ironia
sense_list:
(informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]


lexentry: eng/irradiation__Noun__1
written_rep: irradiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irradiazione
sense_list:
An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated. | (obsolete) illumination; irradiance; brilliance.


lexentry: eng/irradiation__Noun__1
written_rep: irradiation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sterilizzazione
sense_list:
(uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.


lexentry: eng/irrational__Adjective__1
written_rep: irrational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrazionale
sense_list:
Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed. | (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/irreducible__Adjective__1
written_rep: irreducible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irreduttibile
sense_list:
Not able to be reduced or lessened. | Not able to be brought to a simpler or reduced form. | (number theory, of an integer) Unable to be factored into smaller integers; prime.


lexentry: eng/irregular__Adjective__1
written_rep: irregular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irregolare
sense_list:
nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations | (grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language


lexentry: eng/irregularity__Noun__1
written_rep: irregularity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: irregolarità | anomalia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.


lexentry: eng/irrelevancy__Noun__1
written_rep: irrelevancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrilevanza
sense_list:
(uncountable) The quality of being irrelevant or inapplicable; lack of pertinence or connection. | (countable) A thing that is irrelevant—having no bearing on the subject of discussion.


lexentry: eng/irrelevant__Adjective__1
written_rep: irrelevant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrilevante
sense_list:
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.


lexentry: eng/irresistible_grace__Noun__1
written_rep: irresistible grace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grazia efficace | grazia irresistibile
sense_list:
(theology) A Christian doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that the salvific benefit of Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is extended to those predestined unto salvation, without any possibility of Satan or sin successfully defeating God's election.


lexentry: eng/irresponsibility__Noun__1
written_rep: irresponsibility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irresponsabilità
sense_list:
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.


lexentry: eng/irresponsible__Adjective__1
written_rep: irresponsible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irresponsabile
sense_list:
(now, rare) Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable. | Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.


lexentry: eng/irreverence__Noun__1
written_rep: irreverence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irriverenza
sense_list:
The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.


lexentry: eng/irreverent__Adjective__1
written_rep: irreverent
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrispettoso
sense_list:
Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.


lexentry: eng/irrevocably__Adverb__1
written_rep: irrevocably
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrevocabilmente
sense_list:
In an irrevocable manner; in a manner which prevents the ability to be reverted, repealed, or undone.


lexentry: eng/irrigate__Verb__1
written_rep: irrigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrigare
sense_list:
(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc. | (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.


lexentry: eng/irrigation__Noun__1
written_rep: irrigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: irrigazione
sense_list:
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.


lexentry: eng/irritable_bowel_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: irritable bowel syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sindrome dell'intestino irritabile
sense_list:
(pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.


lexentry: eng/irritation__Noun__1
written_rep: irritation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: irritazione
sense_list:
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.


lexentry: eng/ischemia__Noun__1
written_rep: ischemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ischemia
sense_list:
(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).


lexentry: eng/ischemic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ischemic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ischemico
sense_list:
(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.


lexentry: eng/isinglass__Noun__1
written_rep: isinglass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colla di pesce
sense_list:
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.


lexentry: eng/island__Noun__1
written_rep: island
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isola
sense_list:
(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island. | An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.


lexentry: eng/isobar__Noun__1
written_rep: isobar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isobara
sense_list:
(meteorology) A line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant pressure. | (thermodynamics) A set of points or conditions at constant pressure.


lexentry: eng/isobaric__Adjective__1
written_rep: isobaric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isobarico | isobaro
sense_list:
having the same pressures, masses, or densities | (thermodynamics) (of a process) having a constant pressure throughout


lexentry: eng/isoelectronic__Adjective__1
written_rep: isoelectronic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoelettronico
sense_list:
(chemistry, of two compounds) Having the same electronic configuration, although consisting of different elements.


lexentry: eng/isoentropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: isoentropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoentropico
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) Describing a series of reactions in which each step has the same entropy of activation


lexentry: eng/isoflavone__Noun__1
written_rep: isoflavone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoflavone
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of polyphenolic phytoestrogens found in soybeans and similar plants that may have beneficial health properties.


lexentry: eng/isogoria__Noun__1
written_rep: isogoria
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isegoria
sense_list:
Equality of freedom of speech and expression; the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public and address that city.


lexentry: eng/isolate__Verb__1
written_rep: isolate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isolare
sense_list:
(transitive) To set apart or cut off from others. | (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation. | (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture. | (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence. | (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture. | (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
written_rep: isolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isolamento
sense_list:
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. | (diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).


lexentry: eng/isolator__Noun__1
written_rep: isolator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isolatore
sense_list:
A device that isolates something from the surrounding environment to keep it sterile. | A transparent box for holding small live animals.


lexentry: eng/isoleucine__Noun__1
written_rep: isoleucine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoleucina
sense_list:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins.


lexentry: eng/isomer__Noun__1
written_rep: isomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isomero
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure. | (nuclear physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.


lexentry: eng/isomerism__Noun__1
written_rep: isomerism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isomeria
sense_list:
(physical chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae


lexentry: eng/isometric__Adjective__1
written_rep: isometric
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isometrico
sense_list:
Of, or exhibiting equality in dimensions. | Of, or being a geometric system of three equal axes lying at right angles to each other (especially in crystallography). | (physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also: Wikipedia:isometric exercise | (physics, of a thermodynamic process) Taking place at constant volume because of being confined by rigid boundaries.


lexentry: eng/isometry__Noun__1
written_rep: isometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isometria
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.


lexentry: eng/isomorphism__Noun__1
written_rep: isomorphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: isomorfismo
sense_list:
(category theory) A morphism which has a two-sided inverse; the composition of the morphism and such an inverse yields either one of two identity morphisms (depending on the order of composition). | (group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f −1 are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.


lexentry: eng/isoprene__Noun__1
written_rep: isoprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoprene
sense_list:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.


lexentry: eng/isostasy__Noun__1
written_rep: isostasy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isostasia
sense_list:
(geology) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.


lexentry: eng/isotherm__Noun__1
written_rep: isotherm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoterma
sense_list:
A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/isothermal__Adjective__1
written_rep: isothermal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isoterma
sense_list:
(thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a process that takes place at constant temperature | Of or pertaining to an isotherm


lexentry: eng/isotone__Noun__1
written_rep: isotone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isotono
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.


lexentry: eng/isotope__Noun__1
written_rep: isotope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isotopo
sense_list:
(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.


lexentry: eng/isotopy__Noun__1
written_rep: isotopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isotopia
sense_list:
(mathematics) A form of homotopy that is always an embedding. | (linguistics) The repetition of a basic meaning trait (seme) within a story.


lexentry: eng/isotropy__Noun__1
written_rep: isotropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: isotropia
sense_list:
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: emissione
sense_list:
Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly: | The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: problematica
sense_list:
(US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
written_rep: issue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: questione
sense_list:
(law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.


lexentry: eng/isthmus__Noun__1
written_rep: isthmus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istmo | braccio di terra
sense_list:
(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.


lexentry: eng/it's_a_small_world__Phrase__1
written_rep: it's a small world
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: com'è piccolo il mondo | come è piccolo il mondo | il mondo è piccolo
sense_list:
Used to express surprise at meeting an acquaintance or discovering a personal connection in a distant place or an unexpected context.


lexentry: eng/it's_about_time__Interjection__1
written_rep: it's about time
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: era ora!
sense_list:
(idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esso | essa | la | lo
sense_list:
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
written_rep: it
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: lo
sense_list:
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.


lexentry: eng/it_doesn't_matter__Phrase__1
written_rep: it doesn't matter
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fa lo stesso | non importa
sense_list:
It's not important; don't worry (used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said). | I withdraw my previous statement (often used if it wasn't heard or understood).


lexentry: eng/it_figures__Phrase__1
written_rep: it figures
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: non mi dire | si capisce
sense_list:
(idiomatic, North America) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.


lexentry: eng/it_takes_all_kinds_to_make_a_world__Proverb__1
written_rep: it takes all kinds to make a world
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il mondo è bello perché è vario
sense_list:
(idiom) Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.


lexentry: eng/it_takes_one_to_know_one__Proverb__1
written_rep: it takes one to know one
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: il bue che dice cornuto all'asino
sense_list:
(idiomatic) expressing the same underlying character-judgment themes as pot calling the kettle black or set a thief to catch a thief.


lexentry: eng/italic__Adjective__1
written_rep: italic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corsivo | corsiva
sense_list:
(typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.


lexentry: eng/itch__Noun__1
written_rep: itch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prurito
sense_list:
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.


lexentry: eng/itch__Verb__1
written_rep: itch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avere una voglia matta di | morire dalla voglia di
sense_list:
(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.


lexentry: eng/itchy_trigger_finger__Noun__1
written_rep: itchy trigger finger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grilletto facile
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The metaphorical trigger finger of a person with a tendency or readiness to act in haste or without consideration; a tendency to so act.


lexentry: eng/iteration__Noun__1
written_rep: iteration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: iterazione
sense_list:
(computing) The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop. | (computing) A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.


lexentry: eng/iterative__Adjective__1
written_rep: iterative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iterativo
sense_list:
Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop. | (grammar) Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency.


lexentry: eng/iterative_aspect__Noun__1
written_rep: iterative aspect
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frequentativo
sense_list:
(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb sniffle, as opposed to the noniterative sniff.


lexentry: eng/ithyphallic__Adjective__1
written_rep: ithyphallic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: itifallico
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis. | (by extension) Lascivious, obscene.


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: itself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sé
sense_list:
(reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject | (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: itself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: se stesso | sé | sé stesso
sense_list:
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/ivory__Noun__1
written_rep: ivory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avorio
sense_list:
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. | A creamy white color, the color of ivory. | Something made from or resembling ivory. | (collective, singular or in plural) The teeth. | (collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano. | (slang, ethnic slur) A white person. | (informal) A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).


lexentry: eng/ivory_tower__Noun__1
written_rep: ivory tower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: torre d'avorio | torre eburnea
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations.


lexentry: eng/jabiru__Noun__1
written_rep: jabiru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jabiru
sense_list:
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.


lexentry: eng/jack-o'-lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: jack-o'-lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Jack della lanterna | Jack-o'-lantern | lanterna di zucca | zucca di Halloween
sense_list:
A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cric | martinetto | presa elettrica
sense_list:
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: presa elettrica
sense_list:
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.] | (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks. [from 19th c.] | A non-tool object or thing. | A pike, especially when young. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: salterello | cotta
sense_list:
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: asino
sense_list:
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
written_rep: jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: boccino
sense_list:
(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack_mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: jack mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sugarello
sense_list:
Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium and Euthynnus.


lexentry: eng/jackal__Noun__1
written_rep: jackal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciacallo | sciacalla
sense_list:
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.


lexentry: eng/jacket__Noun__1
written_rep: jacket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giacca | giubbotto
sense_list:
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.


lexentry: eng/jackhammer__Noun__1
written_rep: jackhammer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: martello pneumatico
sense_list:
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.


lexentry: eng/jackpot__Noun__1
written_rep: jackpot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: montepremi
sense_list:
A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won. | A large cash prize or money.


lexentry: eng/jade__Noun__1
written_rep: jade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giada
sense_list:
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines. | A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones. | A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.


lexentry: eng/jadeite__Noun__1
written_rep: jadeite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giadeite
sense_list:
(mineral) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6, found in metamorphic rocks.


lexentry: eng/jail__Noun__1
written_rep: jail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prigione | carcere | galera | gattabuia
sense_list:
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.


lexentry: eng/jailbait__Noun__1
written_rep: jailbait
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lolita | ninfetta
sense_list:
(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.


lexentry: eng/jake_brake__Noun__1
written_rep: jake brake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freno motore
sense_list:
(slang) Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.


lexentry: eng/jalousie__Noun__1
written_rep: jalousie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gelosia
sense_list:
Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.


lexentry: eng/jam__Noun__1
written_rep: jam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marmellata | confettura
sense_list:
(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.


lexentry: eng/jam_session__Noun__1
written_rep: jam session
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bove
sense_list:
(music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.


lexentry: eng/jamb__Noun__1
written_rep: jamb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassa
sense_list:
(architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.


lexentry: eng/jambalaya__Noun__1
written_rep: jambalaya
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jambalaya
sense_list:
Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.


lexentry: eng/janissary__Noun__1
written_rep: janissary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giannizzero
sense_list:
(by extension) Any Turkish soldier, particularly one escorting a traveller. | (historical) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).


lexentry: eng/janitor__Noun__1
written_rep: janitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bidello
sense_list:
(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles.


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
written_rep: jar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giara | vaso
sense_list:
(originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
written_rep: jar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: barattolo | vasetto
sense_list:
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/jargon__Noun__1
written_rep: jargon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gergo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject. | (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group. | (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.


lexentry: eng/jasmine__Noun__1
written_rep: jasmine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelsomino
sense_list:
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers. | The perfume obtained from these plants.


lexentry: eng/jasper__Noun__1
written_rep: jasper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diaspro
sense_list:
(obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian. | An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. | Jasperware pottery.


lexentry: eng/jaundice__Noun__1
written_rep: jaundice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ittero | itterizia
sense_list:
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/javelin_throw__Noun__1
written_rep: javelin throw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lancio del giavellotto
sense_list:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.


lexentry: eng/jawbone__Noun__1
written_rep: jawbone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mascella
sense_list:
(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible. | (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/jaywalk__Verb__1
written_rep: jaywalk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: attraversare fuori dalle strisce
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, legal, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.


lexentry: eng/jazz__Noun__1
written_rep: jazz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jazz
sense_list:
(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geloso | gelosa
sense_list:
Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: geloso
sense_list:
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
written_rep: jealous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: invidioso | geloso
sense_list:
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jeer__Verb__1
written_rep: jeer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: schernire | deridere | motteggiare | sbeffeggiare
sense_list:
(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.


lexentry: eng/jejunum__Noun__1
written_rep: jejunum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: digiuno
sense_list:
(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gelatina
sense_list:
(New Zealand, Australia, British) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America. | A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
written_rep: jelly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gelatina | marmellata
sense_list:
(North America, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely.


lexentry: eng/jelly_bean__Noun__1
written_rep: jelly bean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jelly belly
sense_list:
A small, bean-shaped, chewy candy/sweet with a firm coating and a jelly-like center, made of sugar, flavoring, coloring and sometimes starch or other thickener, and usually sold assorted in a wide variety of flavors and bright colors.


lexentry: eng/jellyfish__Noun__1
written_rep: jellyfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medusa
sense_list:
An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.


lexentry: eng/jerboa__Noun__1
written_rep: jerboa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gerboa
sense_list:
Any of a number of species comprising most of the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.


lexentry: eng/jeremiad__Noun__1
written_rep: jeremiad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: geremiade
sense_list:
A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.


lexentry: eng/jerk__Noun__1
written_rep: jerk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: idiota | stronzo | babbeo | buco del culo | chiavica | scemo
sense_list:
(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.


lexentry: eng/jerkin__Noun__1
written_rep: jerkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: felpa
sense_list:
(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.


lexentry: eng/jet_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: jet bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dita
sense_list:
(aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
written_rep: jet engine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motore a reazione
sense_list:
An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle. | Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.


lexentry: eng/jet_lag__Noun__1
written_rep: jet lag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jetlag
sense_list:
(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.


lexentry: eng/jet_pack__Noun__1
written_rep: jet pack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jet pack | zaino a razzo
sense_list:
(aviation) A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.


lexentry: eng/jet_propulsion__Noun__1
written_rep: jet propulsion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propulsione a getto
sense_list:
Propulsion that is caused by the expulsion of a jet of fluid, especially by a jet engine or jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/jet_ski__Noun__1
written_rep: jet ski
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acquascooter | moto d'acqua | scooter acquatico
sense_list:
A small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.


lexentry: eng/jetsam__Noun__1
written_rep: jetsam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: relitto
sense_list:
Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. | (by extension) Discarded or leftover odds and ends.


lexentry: eng/jetty__Noun__1
written_rep: jetty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frangiflutti | molo | pontile
sense_list:
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.


lexentry: eng/jetty__Noun__1
written_rep: jetty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cornicione | pensilina
sense_list:
(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.


lexentry: eng/jeu_de_paume__Noun__1
written_rep: jeu de paume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pallacorda
sense_list:
A precursor of lawn tennis, originally played by hitting the ball with the palm of the hand instead of with a racquet.


lexentry: eng/jewel__Noun__1
written_rep: jewel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gioiello
sense_list:
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.


lexentry: eng/jewellery__Noun__1
written_rep: jewellery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bigiotteria | gioielleria
sense_list:
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.


lexentry: eng/jib__Noun__1
written_rep: jib
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fiocco
sense_list:
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.


lexentry: eng/jicama__Noun__1
written_rep: jicama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: patata messicana
sense_list:
The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.


lexentry: eng/jigger__Noun__1
written_rep: jigger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dito
sense_list:
(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).


lexentry: eng/jigsaw_puzzle__Noun__1
written_rep: jigsaw puzzle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: puzzle | gioco ad incastro | mosaico
sense_list:
A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.


lexentry: eng/jihadism__Noun__1
written_rep: jihadism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jihadismo
sense_list:
The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.


lexentry: eng/jimsonweed__Noun__1
written_rep: jimsonweed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stramonio
sense_list:
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/jingle__Noun__1
written_rep: jingle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sonaglio
sense_list:
(music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.


lexentry: eng/jingle__Noun__1
written_rep: jingle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: motivetto
sense_list:
(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.


lexentry: eng/jingle_bell__Noun__1
written_rep: jingle bell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bubbolo
sense_list:
A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (percussion instrument) used as a musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/jingoism__Noun__1
written_rep: jingoism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gingoismo
sense_list:
(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jingoist__Noun__1
written_rep: jingoist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciovinista
sense_list:
One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.


lexentry: eng/jingoistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: jingoistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sciovinista
sense_list:
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jinn__Noun__1
written_rep: jinn
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jinn
sense_list:
(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.


lexentry: eng/jive__Verb__1
written_rep: jive
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giava
sense_list:
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.


lexentry: eng/job__Noun__1
written_rep: job
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: compito | lavoro
sense_list:
A task. | (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).


lexentry: eng/job_interview__Noun__1
written_rep: job interview
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colloquio di lavoro
sense_list:
A formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for.


lexentry: eng/jockstrap__Noun__1
written_rep: jockstrap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sospensorio | conchiglia protettiva | sospensorio conchiglia | sospensorio elastico
sense_list:
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/jog__Verb__1
written_rep: jog
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: smuovere
sense_list:
(transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
written_rep: joint-stock company
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: società per azioni | S.p.A.
sense_list:
(business, finance, legal, UK) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability. | (business, finance, legal, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
written_rep: joint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: articolazione
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.


lexentry: eng/joint_lock__Noun__1
written_rep: joint lock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave
sense_list:
(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.


lexentry: eng/joint_venture__Noun__1
written_rep: joint venture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: joint venture | rischio congiunto | società mista
sense_list:
A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.


lexentry: eng/joist__Noun__1
written_rep: joist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asse
sense_list:
A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.


lexentry: eng/joker__Noun__1
written_rep: joker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: jolly | matta
sense_list:
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.


lexentry: eng/joss_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: joss paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banconota funeraria
sense_list:
A sheet of paper or other papercraft item used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead.


lexentry: eng/joss_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: joss stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bastoncini di incenso
sense_list:
A stick of incense, especially (China, _, Taoism, Buddhism, etc.) those burned as an offering before a Chinese shrine.


lexentry: eng/jotun__Noun__1
written_rep: jotun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gigante
sense_list:
(Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.


lexentry: eng/joule__Noun__1
written_rep: joule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: joule
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J


lexentry: eng/joust__Noun__1
written_rep: joust
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giostra
sense_list:
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/joy__Noun__1
written_rep: joy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioia | allegria | piacere | felicità
sense_list:
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.


lexentry: eng/joystick__Noun__1
written_rep: joystick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barra di comando
sense_list:
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.


lexentry: eng/jubilee__Noun__1
written_rep: jubilee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giubileo
sense_list:
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.] | (Roman Catholicism) A special year (originally held every hundred years, then at more frequent intervals, and now declarable by the Pope at any time and also for periods less than a year) in which plenary indulgences and remission from sin can be granted upon making a pilgrimage to Rome or other designated churches. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/judge__Noun__1
written_rep: judge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giudice
sense_list:
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.


lexentry: eng/judge__Verb__1
written_rep: judge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giudicare
sense_list:
(transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter). | (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge. | (transitive) To form an opinion on; to appraise.


lexentry: eng/judgement_day__Noun__1
written_rep: judgement day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giorno del giudizio universale
sense_list:
(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits; the Final Judgment, the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
written_rep: judgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: giudizio | giudicato | pronuncia | sentenza | verdetto
sense_list:
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
written_rep: judgment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: giudizio
sense_list:
(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.


lexentry: eng/judgment_call__Noun__1
written_rep: judgment call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: condanna
sense_list:
Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.


lexentry: eng/jug__Noun__1
written_rep: jug
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bricco | brocca | bidone | bottiglione | orcio
sense_list:
A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.


lexentry: eng/juggle__Verb__1
written_rep: juggle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocolare
sense_list:
To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.


lexentry: eng/juggling__Noun__1
written_rep: juggling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giocoleria
sense_list:
The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.


lexentry: eng/jugular_vein__Noun__1
written_rep: jugular vein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vena giugulare
sense_list:
(anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.


lexentry: eng/jukebox__Noun__1
written_rep: jukebox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: juke-box
sense_list:
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]


lexentry: eng/jumble_sale__Noun__1
written_rep: jumble sale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mercatino | mercato delle pulci
sense_list:
(UK, Irish) A sale of used goods by individuals operating tables or stalls, usually held indoors and open to the public.


lexentry: eng/jump__Noun__1
written_rep: jump
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: salto
sense_list:
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location. | (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
written_rep: jump
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saltare
sense_list:
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. | (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. | (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. | (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece. | (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.


lexentry: eng/jump_in__Verb__1
written_rep: jump in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assalire
sense_list:
To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport. | To join in on an activity quickly. | To interrupt someone while they are speaking. | (US, _, slang) To initiate into an organization, usually a gang, with violence. | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jump,‎ in. | (slang, dated) To ambush (someone).


lexentry: eng/jump_rope__Noun__1
written_rep: jump rope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corda per saltare
sense_list:
(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. | (colloquial) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.


lexentry: eng/jump_the_queue__Verb__1
written_rep: jump the queue
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spingere
sense_list:
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.


lexentry: eng/jumper__Noun__1
written_rep: jumper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: jumper
sense_list:
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire. | (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.


lexentry: eng/jumping_jack__Noun__1
written_rep: jumping jack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: burattino
sense_list:
A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. | (dated) A toy figure of a person, with jointed limbs, that can be made to jump or dance by means of pulling attached strings.


lexentry: eng/jumping_mouse__Noun__1
written_rep: jumping mouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: topo saltatore
sense_list:
Any species of the taxonomic subfamily Zapodinae or family Zapodidae of rodents, variously endemic to North America or China.


lexentry: eng/junction_box__Noun__1
written_rep: junction box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cassetta di derivazione
sense_list:
(electrical engineering) A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits or to extend circuits.


lexentry: eng/jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giungla
sense_list:
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest. | (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.


lexentry: eng/jungle_gym__Noun__1
written_rep: jungle gym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telaio per arrampicata
sense_list:
(US, Israel) A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920.


lexentry: eng/junior_college__Noun__1
written_rep: junior college
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: istituto
sense_list:
(education) An institution of higher education that awards an associate's degree but not a bachelor's degree or higher.


lexentry: eng/junior_high_school__Noun__1
written_rep: junior high school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scuola media
sense_list:
(education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.


lexentry: eng/juniper__Noun__1
written_rep: juniper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ginepro
sense_list:
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.


lexentry: eng/junk_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: junk bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: titolo spazzatura
sense_list:
(finance) A bond (an instrument of debt) which is considered below "investment grade" due to a significant risk of default by the issuer. The interest rate is higher in order to compensate holders for that risk.


lexentry: eng/junk_food__Noun__1
written_rep: junk food
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cibi preconfezionati | cibo poco sano | cibo spazzatura | porcherie
sense_list:
(informal) Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.


lexentry: eng/junket__Noun__1
written_rep: junket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: gita | passeggiata
sense_list:
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/juridical__Adjective__1
written_rep: juridical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giuridico
sense_list:
Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).


lexentry: eng/juridical_act__Noun__1
written_rep: juridical act
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atto giuridico
sense_list:
(civil, _, law, Louisiana, Philippines) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/jurisdiction__Noun__1
written_rep: jurisdiction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giurisdizione
sense_list:
The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. | The power or right to exercise authority. | The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate. | The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.


lexentry: eng/juristic_act__Noun__1
written_rep: juristic act
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atto giuridico
sense_list:
(civil, _, law, South Africa) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/jury__Noun__1
written_rep: jury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giuria
sense_list:
(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law. | A group of judges in a competition.


lexentry: eng/jussive__Noun__1
written_rep: jussive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iussivo
sense_list:
(grammar, uncountable, and, countable) The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.


lexentry: eng/just-so_story__Noun__1
written_rep: just-so story
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: descrizione
sense_list:
(social sciences, especially, anthropology, philosophy, chiefly, derogatory) An untestable explanation for something, such as a form of behaviour, a biological trait, or a cultural practice.


lexentry: eng/justice__Noun__1
written_rep: justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giustizia
sense_list:
The state or characteristic of being just or fair. | The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. | Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. | The civil power dealing with law. | Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.


lexentry: eng/justiciable__Adjective__1
written_rep: justiciable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giudicabile
sense_list:
(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
written_rep: justification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giustificazione | ragione | scusa | spiegazione
sense_list:
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
written_rep: justification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: giustificazione
sense_list:
(typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).


lexentry: eng/justify__Verb__1
written_rep: justify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: giustificare
sense_list:
(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for. | (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant. | (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.


lexentry: eng/jute__Noun__1
written_rep: jute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iuta | juta
sense_list:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.


lexentry: eng/juvenile__Noun__1
written_rep: juvenile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: minorenne
sense_list:
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.


lexentry: eng/kabuki__Noun__1
written_rep: kabuki
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kabuki
sense_list:
(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.


lexentry: eng/kachelofen__Noun__1
written_rep: kachelofen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stufa di maiolica
sense_list:
A German type of ceramic tile stove or cocklestove which captures heat from periodic burning of fuel such as wood and radiates it over a long period to heat a living space.


lexentry: eng/kaffir__Noun__1
written_rep: kaffir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cafro
sense_list:
(countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kaffir_lime__Noun__1
written_rep: kaffir lime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: combava
sense_list:
Citrus hystrix, a species of fragrant, small lime native to Southeast Asia, the leaves of which are used in cooking for their citrus flavor.


lexentry: eng/kakapo__Noun__1
written_rep: kakapo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kakapo
sense_list:
A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptila, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/kakistocracy__Noun__1
written_rep: kakistocracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cachistocrazia
sense_list:
(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]


lexentry: eng/kakuro__Noun__1
written_rep: kakuro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kakuro
sense_list:
(games) A type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group.


lexentry: eng/kale__Noun__1
written_rep: kale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavolo nero | cavolo riccio
sense_list:
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)


lexentry: eng/kaleidoscope__Noun__1
written_rep: kaleidoscope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caleidoscopio
sense_list:
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. [from 1817] | (figuratively) A constantly changing series of colours or other things.


lexentry: eng/kalemia__Noun__1
written_rep: kalemia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kaliemia
sense_list:
(physiology, especially, in combination) The presence of potassium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).


lexentry: eng/kallidin__Noun__1
written_rep: kallidin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: callidina
sense_list:
(protein) A decapeptide kinin, produced in the kidneys, that causes dilation of renal blood vessels and increased water excretion.


lexentry: eng/kallikrein__Noun__1
written_rep: kallikrein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: callicreina
sense_list:
(enzyme) A hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation.


lexentry: eng/kalokagathia__Noun__1
written_rep: kalokagathia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kalokagathia
sense_list:
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.


lexentry: eng/kamikaze__Noun__1
written_rep: kamikaze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: kamikaze
sense_list:
One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft. | A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/kana__Noun__1
written_rep: kana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oca
sense_list:
The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.


lexentry: eng/kangaroo__Noun__1
written_rep: kangaroo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canguro
sense_list:
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/kangaroo_court__Noun__1
written_rep: kangaroo court
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tribunale illegale
sense_list:
(originally, US, idiomatic) A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group of people which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, and often acts abusively or decides unjustly. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/kantele__Noun__1
written_rep: kantele
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kantele
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.


lexentry: eng/kaolinite__Noun__1
written_rep: kaolinite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caolinite
sense_list:
(mineral) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.


lexentry: eng/kaon__Noun__1
written_rep: kaon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kaone
sense_list:
(particle) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark


lexentry: eng/kaph__Noun__1
written_rep: kaph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kaf
sense_list:
The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/kapo__Noun__1
written_rep: kapo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kapo
sense_list:
(historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.


lexentry: eng/kapok__Noun__1
written_rep: kapok
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capoc | kapoc
sense_list:
A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc.


lexentry: eng/karaoke__Noun__1
written_rep: karaoke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: karaoke
sense_list:
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.


lexentry: eng/karate__Noun__1
written_rep: karate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: karate
sense_list:
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.


lexentry: eng/karma__Noun__1
written_rep: karma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: karma | karman
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.


lexentry: eng/karst__Noun__1
written_rep: karst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carso
sense_list:
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.


lexentry: eng/karyotype__Noun__1
written_rep: karyotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cariotipo
sense_list:
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.


lexentry: eng/katakana__Noun__1
written_rep: katakana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: katakana
sense_list:
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.


lexentry: eng/kava__Noun__1
written_rep: kava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kava
sense_list:
A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum. | An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
written_rep: kayak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kayak
sense_list:
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck


lexentry: eng/kaymak__Noun__1
written_rep: kaymak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crema
sense_list:
A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.


lexentry: eng/kazoo__Noun__1
written_rep: kazoo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kazoo
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.


lexentry: eng/kebab__Noun__1
written_rep: kebab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kebab
sense_list:
(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.


lexentry: eng/keel__Noun__1
written_rep: keel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: deriva | carena
sense_list:
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.


lexentry: eng/keel_over__Verb__1
written_rep: keel over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capovolgere
sense_list:
(intransitive, nautical, also, _, figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.


lexentry: eng/keelhaul__Verb__1
written_rep: keelhaul
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carenare
sense_list:
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship with the intent of causing painful injuries.


lexentry: eng/keelson__Noun__1
written_rep: keelson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsachiglia
sense_list:
(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. [from c. 1611]


lexentry: eng/keen__Adjective__1
written_rep: keen
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desideroso | disposto | entusiasta | incline | intenzionato | preparato
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.


lexentry: eng/keep_someone_company__Verb__1
written_rep: keep someone company
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fare compagnia | tenere compagnia
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.


lexentry: eng/keep_the_change__Phrase__1
written_rep: keep the change
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tenga il resto
sense_list:
An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip.


lexentry: eng/keep_up_appearances__Verb__1
written_rep: keep up appearances
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mantenere le apparenze
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
written_rep: keeper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: portiere
sense_list:
(sports) The player charged with guarding a goal or wicket. Short form of goalkeeper, wicketkeeper. In quidditch (both Muggle quidditch and the game in the original Harry Potter series), this is someone responsible for guarding the three goalposts.


lexentry: eng/keepsake__Noun__1
written_rep: keepsake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memoria | ricordo | memento
sense_list:
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.


lexentry: eng/kelpie__Noun__1
written_rep: kelpie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kelpie
sense_list:
(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
written_rep: kelvin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kelvin
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".


lexentry: eng/kenosis__Noun__1
written_rep: kenosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kenosis
sense_list:
(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.


lexentry: eng/keratoconus__Noun__1
written_rep: keratoconus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cheratocono
sense_list:
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.


lexentry: eng/kerb__Noun__1
written_rep: kerb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: orlo del marciapiede
sense_list:
(British, AU, NZ) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.


lexentry: eng/kerfuffle__Noun__1
written_rep: kerfuffle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caos
sense_list:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gheriglio
sense_list:
(botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: kernel
sense_list:
(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
written_rep: kernel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: nucleo
sense_list:
(mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.


lexentry: eng/kerosene__Noun__1
written_rep: kerosene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cherosene
sense_list:
A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.


lexentry: eng/kerygma__Noun__1
written_rep: kerygma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kerigmo
sense_list:
The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths; the core teachings of Christianity taught by the early Church.


lexentry: eng/ketamine__Noun__1
written_rep: ketamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ketamina
sense_list:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/ketch__Noun__1
written_rep: ketch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: checchia
sense_list:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
written_rep: ketchup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ketchup
sense_list:
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.


lexentry: eng/ketone__Noun__1
written_rep: ketone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chetone
sense_list:
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.


lexentry: eng/kettlebell__Noun__1
written_rep: kettlebell
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiria | kettlebell
sense_list:
A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.


lexentry: eng/kettledrum__Noun__1
written_rep: kettledrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: timpano
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/kettling__Noun__1
written_rep: kettling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nassa
sense_list:
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiave
sense_list:
An object designed to open and close a lock. | In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind. | (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages. | (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique). | (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container. | (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: tasto
sense_list:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: chiave | tasto
sense_list:
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced. | (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
written_rep: key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 12
trans_list: tasto telegrafico | chiave
sense_list:
(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.


lexentry: eng/key_fob__Noun__1
written_rep: key fob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: chiave della macchina
sense_list:
An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock.


lexentry: eng/key_logger__Noun__1
written_rep: key logger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: keylogger
sense_list:
(computing) Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, often for the purpose of stealing passwords or other sensitive data.


lexentry: eng/key_signature__Noun__1
written_rep: key signature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armatura
sense_list:
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tastiera
sense_list:
(computing, etc.) A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc. | (music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck. | (music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_shortcut__Noun__1
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scorciatoia da tastiera
sense_list:
(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.


lexentry: eng/keycard__Noun__1
written_rep: keycard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passaggio
sense_list:
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.


lexentry: eng/keyhole__Noun__1
written_rep: keyhole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: buco della serratura | toppa
sense_list:
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.


lexentry: eng/keynote__Noun__1
written_rep: keynote
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: argomento | presentazione
sense_list:
A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.


lexentry: eng/keystroke__Noun__1
written_rep: keystroke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: battuta
sense_list:
The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device.


lexentry: eng/khagan__Noun__1
written_rep: khagan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: can
sense_list:
(historical) A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.


lexentry: eng/khaki__Noun__1
written_rep: khaki
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cachi
sense_list:
A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. | A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.


lexentry: eng/khamsin__Noun__1
written_rep: khamsin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: khamsin
sense_list:
A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.


lexentry: eng/khat__Noun__1
written_rep: khat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: qat
sense_list:
A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.


lexentry: eng/khedive__Noun__1
written_rep: khedive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kedivè | chedivè
sense_list:
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/khorovod__Noun__1
written_rep: khorovod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ridda
sense_list:
a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)


lexentry: eng/kibbutz__Noun__1
written_rep: kibbutz
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kibbutz
sense_list:
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.


lexentry: eng/kibitz__Verb__1
written_rep: kibitz
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: consiglio
sense_list:
(intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.


lexentry: eng/kick-off__Noun__1
written_rep: kick-off
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: inizio | partenza
sense_list:
(by extension) The opening sequence of any event. | (music) The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.


lexentry: eng/kick__Verb__1
written_rep: kick
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. | (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.


lexentry: eng/kick_in__Verb__1
written_rep: kick in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: regalare
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money; to hand over.


lexentry: eng/kick_into_touch__Verb__1
written_rep: kick into touch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandar la palla in tribuna
sense_list:
(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory. | (UK, Ireland, idiomatic) To evade an issue; to stop from happening.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
written_rep: kick off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: allontanare
sense_list:
(transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.


lexentry: eng/kick_rocks__Verb__1
written_rep: kick rocks
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tagliare la corda
sense_list:
(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave or run away; to skedaddle; (often used imperatively and dismissively).


lexentry: eng/kick_someone's_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: kick someone's ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distruggere
sense_list:
(idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.


lexentry: eng/kick_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: kick wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abile vasaio
sense_list:
(ceramics) A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
written_rep: kickback
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: abbuono | bustarella | contraccolpo | mazzetta | pizzo | sconto
sense_list:
(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.


lexentry: eng/kickboxing__Noun__1
written_rep: kickboxing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kick boxing
sense_list:
(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.


lexentry: eng/kicksled__Noun__1
written_rep: kicksled
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: slitta
sense_list:
A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.


lexentry: eng/kickstand__Noun__1
written_rep: kickstand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: predellino
sense_list:
A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.


lexentry: eng/kiddo__Noun__1
written_rep: kiddo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fanciullo
sense_list:
(US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A close friend; especially used as a form of address. | (US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A child.


lexentry: eng/kidnap__Verb__1
written_rep: kidnap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rapire | sequestrare
sense_list:
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kidney-shaped__Adjective__1
written_rep: kidney-shaped
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reniforme
sense_list:
Having a shape like a kidney, that is, an approximately circular or elongated ovoid shape with an inward curve or indentation on one side.


lexentry: eng/kidney_dish__Noun__1
written_rep: kidney dish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rene
sense_list:
(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


lexentry: eng/kill__Verb__1
written_rep: kill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: annullare | distruggere | sopprimere
sense_list:
(transitive) To render inoperative. | (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate. | (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.


lexentry: eng/kill_time__Verb__1
written_rep: kill time
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ingannare il tempo
sense_list:
(informal, intransitive) To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities.


lexentry: eng/killdeer__Noun__1
written_rep: killdeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corriere americano
sense_list:
A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare the young in the nest.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
written_rep: kiln
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fornace
sense_list:
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.


lexentry: eng/kilo-__Prefix__1
written_rep: kilo-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chilo- | kilo-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k | (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 (1024)


lexentry: eng/kilo__Noun__1
written_rep: kilo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: chilo
sense_list:
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


lexentry: eng/kilocalorie__Noun__1
written_rep: kilocalorie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chilocaloria | kilocaloria
sense_list:
A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.


lexentry: eng/kilogram-metre__Noun__1
written_rep: kilogram-metre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chilogrammetro
sense_list:
(physics) a unit of work, equal to that done by a force of one kilogram-force acting through a distance of one metre


lexentry: eng/kilogram__Noun__1
written_rep: kilogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chilogrammo | chilo
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg


lexentry: eng/kilt__Noun__1
written_rep: kilt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gonnellino
sense_list:
A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern. [from 18th c.] | A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.


lexentry: eng/kilter__Noun__1
written_rep: kilter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: armonia
sense_list:
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kimchi__Noun__1
written_rep: kimchi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kimchi
sense_list:
A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.


lexentry: eng/kimono__Noun__1
written_rep: kimono
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chimono | kimono
sense_list:
A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/kinase__Noun__1
written_rep: kinase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chinasi | cinasi
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.


lexentry: eng/kindergarten__Noun__1
written_rep: kindergarten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: asilo
sense_list:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]


lexentry: eng/kindle__Verb__1
written_rep: kindle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eccitare | infuocare | suscitare
sense_list:
(transitive, figurative) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc). | (intransitive, figurative) To begin to grow or take hold.


lexentry: eng/kinematics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinematica
sense_list:
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.


lexentry: eng/kinesthesia__Noun__1
written_rep: kinesthesia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cinestesia
sense_list:
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetic energy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: energia cinetica
sense_list:
(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.


lexentry: eng/kinetics__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinematica | cinetica
sense_list:
(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.


lexentry: eng/kinetoplastid__Noun__1
written_rep: kinetoplastid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinetoplastide
sense_list:
Any of a group of parasitic flagellate protozoa, of the class Kinetoplastea, responsible for several diseases in humans and animals


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: re
sense_list:
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation. | (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top. | (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/king__Verb__1
written_rep: king
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: fare dama
sense_list:
To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.


lexentry: eng/king_cake__Noun__1
written_rep: king cake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galette des rois
sense_list:
(Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.


lexentry: eng/king_cobra__Noun__1
written_rep: king cobra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cobra reale
sense_list:
A large venomous snake found in East Asia (Ophiophagus hannah), the longest venomous snake in the world.


lexentry: eng/kingdom__Noun__1
written_rep: kingdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: regno
sense_list:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
written_rep: kingfisher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: martin pescatore
sense_list:
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.


lexentry: eng/kinglet__Noun__1
written_rep: kinglet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: regolo
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, pejorative) A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory. | Any of several birds of the family Regulidae.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
written_rep: kingpin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assale
sense_list:
(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt. | (transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck. | (ten-pin, _, bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex. | The most important person in an undertaking or organization. | The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.


lexentry: eng/kinkajou__Noun__1
written_rep: kinkajou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cercoletto
sense_list:
Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.


lexentry: eng/kinky__Adjective__1
written_rep: kinky
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pervertito
sense_list:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kinship__Noun__1
written_rep: kinship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parentela
sense_list:
Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption. | Relation or connection by nature or character.


lexentry: eng/kiosk__Noun__1
written_rep: kiosk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiosco
sense_list:
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baciare | sbaciucchiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: baciarsi | baciare
sense_list:
(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


lexentry: eng/kiss_ass__Verb__1
written_rep: kiss ass
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leccare i piedi
sense_list:
(US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.


lexentry: eng/kiss_me__Phrase__1
written_rep: kiss me
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baciami
sense_list:
I informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.


lexentry: eng/kiss_of_peace__Noun__1
written_rep: kiss of peace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacio della pace | santo bacio
sense_list:
(Christianity) An early Christian greeting consisting of a kiss, originally on the mouth but later on the cheek, still used in some traditional churches.


lexentry: eng/kit__Noun__1
written_rep: kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: armamentario
sense_list:
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rotolo da cucina
sense_list:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchen sink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavello
sense_list:
A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
written_rep: kitchenware
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stoviglie
sense_list:
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
written_rep: kite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: aquilone
sense_list:
(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end. | (sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.


lexentry: eng/kith__Noun__1
written_rep: kith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amicizia
sense_list:
(archaic, or, obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances. | (Northern England, Scotland, rural, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.


lexentry: eng/kitsch__Noun__1
written_rep: kitsch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kitsch
sense_list:
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/kitsune__Noun__1
written_rep: kitsune
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kitsune
sense_list:
(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.


lexentry: eng/kittiwake__Noun__1
written_rep: kittiwake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gabbiano tridattilo
sense_list:
Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
written_rep: kiwi fruit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kiwi
sense_list:
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.


lexentry: eng/klaxon__Noun__1
written_rep: klaxon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: clacson
sense_list:
A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/klepht__Noun__1
written_rep: klepht
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ladra
sense_list:
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/kleptomania__Noun__1
written_rep: kleptomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cleptomania
sense_list:
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.


lexentry: eng/klipspringer__Noun__1
written_rep: klipspringer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oreotrago | saltarupe
sense_list:
A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).


lexentry: eng/knead__Verb__1
written_rep: knead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: impastare | amalgamare | comprimere | manipolare | massaggiare
sense_list:
(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.


lexentry: eng/kneaded_eraser__Noun__1
written_rep: kneaded eraser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gomma pane
sense_list:
A tool made from pliable material resembling putty or chewing gum that is used to absorb graphite or charcoal.


lexentry: eng/knee-high__Noun__1
written_rep: knee-high
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gambaletto
sense_list:
(US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and supported by garter belts.


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
written_rep: knee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ginocchio
sense_list:
(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. | The part of a garment that covers the knee. | (figurative) The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.


lexentry: eng/kneecap__Verb__1
written_rep: kneecap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: azzoppare | gambizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coltello
sense_list:
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing. | A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.


lexentry: eng/knife__Verb__1
written_rep: knife
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: accoltellare
sense_list:
(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.


lexentry: eng/knife_pleat__Noun__1
written_rep: knife pleat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piega sovrapposta
sense_list:
(sewing) A type of sharply pressed pleating, especially in a skirt or kilt, in which all of the folds are turned in one direction, with each pleat being three layers of fabric thick.


lexentry: eng/knife_rest__Noun__1
written_rep: knife rest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riposo coltelli
sense_list:
A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table.


lexentry: eng/knight-errant__Noun__1
written_rep: knight-errant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavaliere errante
sense_list:
A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry. | A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cavaliere
sense_list:
(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. | (modern) A person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
written_rep: knight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: cavallo
sense_list:
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
written_rep: knit
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavorare a maglia | sferruzzare
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine. | (ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.


lexentry: eng/knobhead__Noun__1
written_rep: knobhead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cretino
sense_list:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang, synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/knock__Noun__1
written_rep: knock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: autocombustione
sense_list:
(automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.


lexentry: eng/knock__Verb__1
written_rep: knock
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: picchiare | sbattere
sense_list:
(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.


lexentry: eng/knock_down__Verb__1
written_rep: knock down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abbattere
sense_list:
(transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.


lexentry: eng/knock_into_a_cocked_hat__Verb__1
written_rep: knock into a cocked hat
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: gettare alle ortiche
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, Britain, colloquial, figuratively) To completely demolish, nullify, overthrow, or otherwise defeat (a person; an argument, idea, or proposition; or a thing).


lexentry: eng/knock_it_off__Verb__1
written_rep: knock it off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: finire
sense_list:
(colloquial, mostly, imperative, idiom) To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Interjection__1
written_rep: knock on wood
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tocca ferro | tocchiamo ferro
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Verb__1
written_rep: knock on wood
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: toccare ferro
sense_list:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.


lexentry: eng/knock_up__Verb__1
written_rep: knock up
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: palleggiare
sense_list:
(racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
written_rep: knockoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imitazione
sense_list:
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.


lexentry: eng/knockout__Noun__1
written_rep: knockout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kappaò
sense_list:
The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nodo
sense_list:
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops. | (of hair, etc) A tangled clump. | (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above). | A difficult situation. | The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk. | (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__2
written_rep: knot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piovanello maggiore
sense_list:
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
written_rep: knout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frusta
sense_list:
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.


lexentry: eng/know-it-all__Noun__1
written_rep: know-it-all
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sapientone | nientologo | tuttologo | sa tutto | saputello
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sapere | conoscere
sense_list:
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that. | (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
written_rep: know
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: capire | conoscere
sense_list:
(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
written_rep: knowledge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conoscenza | sapere
sense_list:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.] | Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge_is_power__Proverb__1
written_rep: knowledge is power
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sapere è potere
sense_list:
Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.


lexentry: eng/knucklebones__Noun__2
written_rep: knucklebones
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gioco degli astragali
sense_list:
A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
written_rep: koala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: koala
sense_list:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/koan__Noun__1
written_rep: koan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aporia
sense_list:
A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.


lexentry: eng/kob__Noun__1
written_rep: kob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cobo | kob
sense_list:
Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.


lexentry: eng/kobold__Noun__1
written_rep: kobold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: coboldo
sense_list:
(German folklore) A mischievous elf or goblin, or one connected (and helpful) to a family or household.


lexentry: eng/kofta__Noun__1
written_rep: kofta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polpetta
sense_list:
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/kohl__Noun__1
written_rep: kohl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kajal
sense_list:
A dark powder, usually powdered antimony, used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.


lexentry: eng/kola_nut__Noun__1
written_rep: kola nut
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noce di cola
sense_list:
The edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.


lexentry: eng/kolovrat__Noun__1
written_rep: kolovrat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: argano
sense_list:
(neopaganism, politics, fascism, nationalism) An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.


lexentry: eng/komboskini__Noun__1
written_rep: komboskini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: corda di preghiera
sense_list:
(Christianity) A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.


lexentry: eng/kompromat__Noun__1
written_rep: kompromat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gancio
sense_list:
Compromising material, blackmail material, (real or fabricated) evidence that a person does not want revealed, dirt.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
written_rep: kore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kora
sense_list:
(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/koruna__Noun__1
written_rep: koruna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: corolla
sense_list:
The currency of the Czech Republic, divided into 100 hellers. | The former currency of Slovakia, divided into 100 haliers.


lexentry: eng/kosher__Adjective__1
written_rep: kosher
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kasher
sense_list:
(Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food). | (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.


lexentry: eng/koulouri__Noun__1
written_rep: koulouri
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciambella
sense_list:
A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame or sunflower seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.


lexentry: eng/kowtow__Verb__1
written_rep: kowtow
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: curvare
sense_list:
(intransitive, historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground. | (intransitive) To bow very deeply.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
written_rep: krone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: testa
sense_list:
The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.


lexentry: eng/krypton__Noun__1
written_rep: krypton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cripto | kripto | krypto
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/kudu__Noun__1
written_rep: kudu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cudù | kudu
sense_list:
A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu).


lexentry: eng/kuduro__Noun__1
written_rep: kuduro
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kuduro
sense_list:
An energetic, danceable style of music originating in Angola, combining local styles like semba with influences from Caribbean music, especially zouk and soca.


lexentry: eng/kugel__Noun__1
written_rep: kugel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kugel
sense_list:
A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.


lexentry: eng/kulak__Noun__1
written_rep: kulak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: culaco
sense_list:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


lexentry: eng/kumari__Noun__1
written_rep: kumari
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dea
sense_list:
(Hinduism, chiefly, _, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.


lexentry: eng/kumquat__Noun__1
written_rep: kumquat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kumquat | mandarino cinese | chinotto
sense_list:
A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).


lexentry: eng/kurta__Noun__1
written_rep: kurta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kurta
sense_list:
A traditional article of clothing worn in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, consisting of a loose, collarless, long-sleeved, knee-length shirt worn by both men and women.


lexentry: eng/kurtosis__Noun__1
written_rep: kurtosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curtosi
sense_list:
(statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.


lexentry: eng/kuru__Noun__1
written_rep: kuru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kuru
sense_list:
A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.


lexentry: eng/kype__Noun__1
written_rep: kype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arpione
sense_list:
The hook that develops in the lower jaw of an adult male of most salmonid species when it is ready to spawn.


lexentry: eng/kyrie__Noun__1
written_rep: kyrie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kyrie | kyrie eleison | kyrieleison
sense_list:
(Christianity) A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.


lexentry: eng/label__Noun__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: etichetta
sense_list:
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.


lexentry: eng/label__Verb__1
written_rep: label
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bollare | classificare | definire
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.


lexentry: eng/labia_majora__Noun__1
written_rep: labia majora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grandi labbra
sense_list:
(anatomy, primatology) The two outer rounded folds of adipose tissue that lie on either side of the opening of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/labial__Adjective__1
written_rep: labial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labiale
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. | (linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.


lexentry: eng/labialization__Noun__1
written_rep: labialization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labializzazione
sense_list:
(phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.


lexentry: eng/labionasal__Adjective__1
written_rep: labionasal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labionasale
sense_list:
(medicine) Labial and nasal; pertaining to both the upper lip and the nose, or to both lips and the nose.


lexentry: eng/labium__Noun__1
written_rep: labium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labbro
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side. | (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
written_rep: labor market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mercato del lavoro
sense_list:
(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.


lexentry: eng/laboratory__Noun__1
written_rep: laboratory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laboratorio
sense_list:
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. | A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lavoro | lavoranti | lavoratori
sense_list:
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
written_rep: labour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: parto | doglie | travaglio
sense_list:
(medicine, obstetrics) The act of a mother giving birth. | The time period during which a mother gives birth.


lexentry: eng/labour_force__Noun__1
written_rep: labour force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manodopera
sense_list:
The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
written_rep: labyrinth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labirinto
sense_list:
(gardening) A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges. | (anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).


lexentry: eng/labyrinthine__Adjective__1
written_rep: labyrinthine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labirintico
sense_list:
Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze. | (anatomy) Relating to the labyrinth of the inner ear. | (figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.


lexentry: eng/lac__Noun__1
written_rep: lac
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacca
sense_list:
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.


lexentry: eng/lace__Noun__1
written_rep: lace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merletto | pizzo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp


lexentry: eng/lace__Verb__1
written_rep: lace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: abbinare | alterare | appestare | avvelenare | combinare | contaminare
sense_list:
(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).


lexentry: eng/laches__Noun__1
written_rep: laches
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: negligenza
sense_list:
(legal) An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.


lexentry: eng/lachrymatory__Noun__1
written_rep: lachrymatory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacrimatoio
sense_list:
(archaeology) A vase supposedly intended to hold tears; formerly used by archaeologists to designate certain urns found in Roman burials.


lexentry: eng/lacquer__Noun__1
written_rep: lacquer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacca
sense_list:
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_caruncle__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal caruncle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caruncola lacrimale
sense_list:
(anatomy) A small globular nodule at the inner corner of the eye that covers sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrimal gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ghiandola lacrimale
sense_list:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


lexentry: eng/lacrosse__Noun__1
written_rep: lacrosse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacrosse
sense_list:
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.


lexentry: eng/lactam__Noun__1
written_rep: lactam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattame
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.


lexentry: eng/lactase__Noun__1
written_rep: lactase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattasi
sense_list:
(enzyme, organic compound) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.


lexentry: eng/lactation__Noun__1
written_rep: lactation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattazione
sense_list:
The secretion of milk#Noun from the mammary gland of a female mammal. | The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding. | The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.


lexentry: eng/lactic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lactic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: acido lattico
sense_list:
(carboxylic acid) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/lactoferrin__Noun__1
written_rep: lactoferrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattoferrina
sense_list:
A globular multifunctional protein with antimicrobial activity, found in milk and many mucosal secretions such as tears and saliva


lexentry: eng/lactose__Noun__1
written_rep: lactose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lattosio
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.


lexentry: eng/lactulose__Noun__1
written_rep: lactulose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lactulosio
sense_list:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic disaccharide C12H22O11 consisting of galactose and fructose units, used as a laxative for chronic constipation and as an acidifier to reduce blood ammonia levels causing neurological symptoms in advanced liver disease. It is used in solution for oral or rectal administration.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
written_rep: lacuna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lacuna
sense_list:
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scala | scala a pioli
sense_list:
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps). | In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
written_rep: ladder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: smagliatura
sense_list:
(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.


lexentry: eng/ladette__Noun__1
written_rep: ladette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maschiaccio
sense_list:
(informal) A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.


lexentry: eng/ladies_and_gentlemen__Noun__1
written_rep: ladies and gentlemen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: signore e signori
sense_list:
Used to address an audience. | (rare, _, and, _, euphemism) Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room.


lexentry: eng/lady's_thumb__Noun__1
written_rep: lady's thumb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: poligono persicaria
sense_list:
A perennial plant of the knotweed family, native to Eurasia but introduced to many other regions, Persicaria maculosa.


lexentry: eng/lady-in-waiting__Noun__1
written_rep: lady-in-waiting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dama di compagnia
sense_list:
A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
written_rep: lady
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: signora | dama
sense_list:
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.


lexentry: eng/ladybird__Noun__1
written_rep: ladybird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coccinella
sense_list:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/lagniappe__Noun__1
written_rep: lagniappe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: omaggio
sense_list:
(chiefly, Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.


lexentry: eng/laicize__Verb__1
written_rep: laicize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laicizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To convert from church-controlled to independent of the church; to secularize. | (transitive) To reduce from clergy to layman.


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
written_rep: lair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tana
sense_list:
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground. | A shed or shelter for domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
written_rep: lair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: covo
sense_list:
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.


lexentry: eng/lake__Noun__4
written_rep: lake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lacca
sense_list:
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.


lexentry: eng/lamassu__Noun__1
written_rep: lamassu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lamassu
sense_list:
An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.


lexentry: eng/lambada__Noun__1
written_rep: lambada
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lambada
sense_list:
(preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching.


lexentry: eng/lambda__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lambda
sense_list:
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/lambda_calculus__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda calculus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: calcolo lambda
sense_list:
(computing theory) Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions.


lexentry: eng/lambda_function__Noun__1
written_rep: lambda function
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: funzione anonima
sense_list:
(programming) An anonymous function; a function that is defined in an inline, ad-hoc manner, and often doesn't have a name (not bound to an identifier).


lexentry: eng/lambdacism__Noun__1
written_rep: lambdacism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lambdacismo
sense_list:
(phonology) A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary.


lexentry: eng/lambdoid_suture__Noun__1
written_rep: lambdoid suture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sutura lambdoidea
sense_list:
(anatomy) A dense, fibrous connective tissue joint on the posterior aspect of the skull that connects the parietal and temporal bones with the occipital bone.


lexentry: eng/lambskin__Noun__1
written_rep: lambskin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agnello
sense_list:
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.


lexentry: eng/lamellophone__Noun__1
written_rep: lamellophone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sansa
sense_list:
(musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments (percussion idiophones) in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellae attached to a sounding board.


lexentry: eng/lametta__Noun__1
written_rep: lametta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pioggia
sense_list:
Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.


lexentry: eng/lamia__Noun__1
written_rep: lamia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lamia
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


lexentry: eng/lamina__Noun__1
written_rep: lamina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ferro di cavallo
sense_list:
(botany) The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet. | (skeleton) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.


lexentry: eng/lampblack__Noun__1
written_rep: lampblack
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuliggine
sense_list:
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.


lexentry: eng/lampoon__Noun__1
written_rep: lampoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: libello | pasquillo
sense_list:
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.


lexentry: eng/lamprey__Noun__1
written_rep: lamprey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampreda
sense_list:
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
written_rep: lampshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paralume
sense_list:
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
written_rep: lance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lancia
sense_list:
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.


lexentry: eng/lance_corporal__Noun__1
written_rep: lance corporal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lancia spezzata
sense_list:
(US) An enlisted rank of grade E-3 in the United States Marine Corps, ranking above private first class and below corporal. Abbreviated as LCpl.


lexentry: eng/lanceolate__Adjective__1
written_rep: lanceolate
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanceolato
sense_list:
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
written_rep: land
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terra
sense_list:
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. | Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
written_rep: land
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: appezzamento | distesa | terreno
sense_list:
(agriculture) Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing. | In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.


lexentry: eng/land_bridge__Noun__1
written_rep: land bridge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ponte continentale
sense_list:
(biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.


lexentry: eng/landau__Noun__1
written_rep: landau
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: landò
sense_list:
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.


lexentry: eng/landgrave__Noun__1
written_rep: landgrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: langravio
sense_list:
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).


lexentry: eng/landing_gear__Noun__1
written_rep: landing gear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrello d'atterraggio
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
written_rep: landing net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: retino
sense_list:
(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


lexentry: eng/landing_ship__Noun__1
written_rep: landing ship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave da guerra anfibia
sense_list:
(military, nautical) a sea-going military light ferry designed to assault shores that are held against them, and disembark forces directly onto the shore


lexentry: eng/landline__Noun__1
written_rep: landline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telefonia fissa
sense_list:
A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.


lexentry: eng/landlord__Noun__1
written_rep: landlord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: proprietario | locatore
sense_list:
A person that leases real property; a lessor. | (chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house. | (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: paesaggio | panorama
sense_list:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: paesaggio
sense_list:
A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc. | The pictorial aspect of a country.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: orizzontale
sense_list:
(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides


lexentry: eng/landscape_genetics__Noun__1
written_rep: landscape genetics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: genetica del paesaggio
sense_list:
A discipline that analyses the influence of landscape and environmental features on the genetic structure of a population.


lexentry: eng/landslide__Noun__1
written_rep: landslide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frana | smottamento | slavina
sense_list:
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.


lexentry: eng/lane__Noun__1
written_rep: lane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: corsia
sense_list:
A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles. | (athletics) A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart. | A course designated for ships or aircraft.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lingua | linguaggio
sense_list:
(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication. | (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
written_rep: language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: linguaggio | lingua
sense_list:
(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. | (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. | (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language. | (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.


lexentry: eng/language_barrier__Noun__1
written_rep: language barrier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barriera linguistica
sense_list:
A conceptual barrier to effective communication, occurring when people who speak different languages attempt to communicate with each other.


lexentry: eng/language_exchange__Noun__1
written_rep: language exchange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: scambio di lingua | tandem linguistico
sense_list:
A method of language learning based on mutual practice by learning partners who speak different languages.


lexentry: eng/languid__Adjective__1
written_rep: languid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: languido | atono
sense_list:
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
written_rep: languish
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intristire | languire
sense_list:
(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languor__Noun__1
written_rep: languor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: languore
sense_list:
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/lanolin__Noun__1
written_rep: lanolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanolina
sense_list:
A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
written_rep: lansquenet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanzichenecco
sense_list:
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
written_rep: lansquenet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lanzichenecco | zecchinetta | zecchinetto
sense_list:
(uncountable) A gambling card game in which the dealer is given an initial card and the players another; cards are then turned up until the value (rank) of one of those cards is met.


lexentry: eng/lantern__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanterna
sense_list:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. | (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light. | (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.


lexentry: eng/lantern_wheel__Noun__1
written_rep: lantern wheel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanterna
sense_list:
A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.


lexentry: eng/lanternfish__Noun__1
written_rep: lanternfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pesce lanterna
sense_list:
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.


lexentry: eng/lanthanide__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lantanide
sense_list:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lantanio
sense_list:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/lanthionine__Noun__1
written_rep: lanthionine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lantionina
sense_list:
(amino acid) An analogue of cystine consisting of two alanine residues connected by a single sulfur atom


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
written_rep: lanyard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lacetto
sense_list:
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.


lexentry: eng/lap__Verb__2
written_rep: lap
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: doppiare
sense_list:
(transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.


lexentry: eng/lap_dance__Noun__1
written_rep: lap dance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lap dance
sense_list:
An erotic form of entertainment, typically at a men's club, where a naked or nearly-nude performer straddles a customer and moves in a rhythmic, sexual manner over his or her lap.


lexentry: eng/laparoscopy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparoscopy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laparoscopia
sense_list:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/laparotomy__Noun__1
written_rep: laparotomy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laparotomia
sense_list:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
written_rep: lapel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: risvolto | revers
sense_list:
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.


lexentry: eng/lapping__Noun__1
written_rep: lapping
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: contorno
sense_list:
(lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.


lexentry: eng/lapwing__Noun__1
written_rep: lapwing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vanello | pavoncella
sense_list:
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.


lexentry: eng/larceny__Noun__1
written_rep: larceny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: furto
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]


lexentry: eng/larch__Noun__1
written_rep: larch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: larice
sense_list:
(countable) A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles. | (uncountable) The wood of the larch.


lexentry: eng/lard__Verb__1
written_rep: lard
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: abbellire | infarcire | infiorare
sense_list:
To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.


lexentry: eng/largehearted__Adjective__1
written_rep: largehearted
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: generoso
sense_list:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/largesse__Noun__1
written_rep: largesse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: elargizione
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.


lexentry: eng/larkspur__Noun__1
written_rep: larkspur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: speronella | delfinio
sense_list:
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida


lexentry: eng/larva__Noun__1
written_rep: larva
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: larva
sense_list:
An animal in the aforementioned stage. | (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.


lexentry: eng/laryngeal__Noun__1
written_rep: laryngeal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: laringale
sense_list:
(Indo-European, _, linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
written_rep: larynx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laringe
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.


lexentry: eng/lasagna__Noun__1
written_rep: lasagna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasagna
sense_list:
A flat sheet of pasta. | An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).


lexentry: eng/laser_printer__Noun__1
written_rep: laser printer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stampante laser
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.


lexentry: eng/lassie__Noun__1
written_rep: lassie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fanciulla
sense_list:
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.


lexentry: eng/last__Adjective__1
written_rep: last
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ultimo
sense_list:
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. | Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. | Being the only one remaining of its class.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
written_rep: last but not least
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ultimo ma non meno importante
sense_list:
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.


lexentry: eng/last_call__Noun__1
written_rep: last call
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ultimo giro
sense_list:
In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.


lexentry: eng/last_mile__Noun__1
written_rep: last mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ultimo miglio
sense_list:
(telecommunications) The portion of the infrastructure that carries communication signals from the main system to the end user's business or home, often involving greater expense to install and maintain, and lower transmission speeds.


lexentry: eng/last_night__Adverb__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: iernotte | ieri notte | iersera
sense_list:
during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
written_rep: last night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ieri notte | ieri sera | notte scorsa
sense_list:
(often, used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_straw__Noun__1
written_rep: last straw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso | l'ultima goccia
sense_list:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
written_rep: last word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: non plus ultra
sense_list:
(idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
written_rep: latch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiavistello | fermo
sense_list:
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
written_rep: late
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: defunto | fu
sense_list:
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)


lexentry: eng/late_capitalism__Noun__1
written_rep: late capitalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tardo capitalismo
sense_list:
The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.


lexentry: eng/lateen__Noun__1
written_rep: lateen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vela latina
sense_list:
(ship parts) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.


lexentry: eng/latency__Noun__1
written_rep: latency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: latenza
sense_list:
(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. | (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.


lexentry: eng/lateral__Adjective__1
written_rep: lateral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laterale
sense_list:
(disease) Affecting the side or sides of the body, or confined to one side of the body. | To the side; of or pertaining to the side. | (phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.


lexentry: eng/lateral_line__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linea laterale
sense_list:
A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.


lexentry: eng/lateral_rectus__Noun__1
written_rep: lateral rectus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscolo retto laterale
sense_list:
(muscle) The longest of the four extraocular muscles of the eyeball in the orbit, which arises by two heads from the border of the optic foramen and inserts into the lateral aspect of the sclera.


lexentry: eng/laterite__Noun__1
written_rep: laterite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laterite
sense_list:
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.


lexentry: eng/lath__Noun__1
written_rep: lath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: doga
sense_list:
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.


lexentry: eng/lathe__Noun__2
written_rep: lathe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tornio
sense_list:
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.


lexentry: eng/laticlave__Noun__1
written_rep: laticlave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laticlavio
sense_list:
(historical) A badge of two wide purple stripes, worn by senators and certain other high-ranking people in ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/latissimus_dorsi__Noun__1
written_rep: latissimus dorsi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gran dorsale
sense_list:
(muscle) A large, flat, dorsolateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: latitudine
sense_list:
(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. | (geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
written_rep: latitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: latitudine di posa
sense_list:
(photography) The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.


lexentry: eng/latrine__Noun__1
written_rep: latrine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: latrina | cesso alla turca
sense_list:
(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/latte__Noun__1
written_rep: latte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caffellatte
sense_list:
A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. | A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


lexentry: eng/lattermath__Noun__1
written_rep: lattermath
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: conseguenza
sense_list:
(literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cannicciata | grata | graticcio
sense_list:
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: griglia | graticcio | reticolo | traliccio
sense_list:
(crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: reticolo
sense_list:
(mathematics, order theory) A partially ordered set in which every pair of elements has a unique supremum and a unique infimum.


lexentry: eng/lattice_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: lattice theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria dei reticoli
sense_list:
(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics concerned with lattices (partially ordered sets).


lexentry: eng/laudanum__Noun__1
written_rep: laudanum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: laudano
sense_list:
(pharmacology) A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ridere | risata
sense_list:
(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
written_rep: laugh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ridere
sense_list:
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. | (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. | (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. | (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.


lexentry: eng/laughing_dove__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing dove
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tortora senegalese
sense_list:
A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.


lexentry: eng/laughing_kookaburra__Noun__1
written_rep: laughing kookaburra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: kookaburra sghignazzante
sense_list:
A kookaburra of species Dacelo novaeguineae, native to eastern Australia and famed for its loud laugh-like call.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
written_rep: laughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: riso | risata
sense_list:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.


lexentry: eng/launch__Verb__1
written_rep: launch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: varare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.


lexentry: eng/launch__Verb__1
written_rep: launch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: aprirsi | avviare | avviarsi | lanciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
written_rep: launcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lanciabombe
sense_list:
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
written_rep: launcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lanciatore
sense_list:
(computing) An application that launches another or others, often holding icons or menus for frequently used programs.


lexentry: eng/laundry__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bucato | lavanderia
sense_list:
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.


lexentry: eng/laundry_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: laundry basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesta della biancheria
sense_list:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/laura__Noun__1
written_rep: laura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: laura | lavra
sense_list:
(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.


lexentry: eng/laurel__Noun__1
written_rep: laurel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alloro | lauro
sense_list:
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.


lexentry: eng/laurestine__Noun__1
written_rep: laurestine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lentaggine
sense_list:
The Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.


lexentry: eng/lava__Noun__1
written_rep: lava
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lava
sense_list:
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.


lexentry: eng/lava_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: lava lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lampada lava
sense_list:
A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.


lexentry: eng/lavender__Noun__1
written_rep: lavender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavanda
sense_list:
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. | A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: legge | diritto
sense_list:
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
written_rep: law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: legge
sense_list:
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.) | A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.) | (mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule. | (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.


lexentry: eng/law_clerk__Noun__1
written_rep: law clerk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: referendario
sense_list:
A clerk who assists a judge with legal proceedings. Depending on the court, such positions may be professional careers or may be temporary positions for graduating law students.


lexentry: eng/law_enforcement__Noun__1
written_rep: law enforcement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: forze dell'ordine
sense_list:
The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.


lexentry: eng/law_of_cosines__Noun__1
written_rep: law of cosines
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teorema del coseno
sense_list:
(trigonometry) A generalization of the Pythagorean theorem that relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles.


lexentry: eng/law_of_the_jungle__Noun__1
written_rep: law of the jungle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: legge della giungla
sense_list:
(figurative) A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.


lexentry: eng/lawfare__Noun__1
written_rep: lawfare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lawfare
sense_list:
(informal) The bringing of legal proceedings against an opponent, often only to attack, harass, or intimidate. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
written_rep: lawnmower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tosaerba | falciatrice | rasaerba | tagliaerba
sense_list:
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.


lexentry: eng/lawsuit__Noun__1
written_rep: lawsuit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: causa | causa di tribunale
sense_list:
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.


lexentry: eng/lawyer__Noun__1
written_rep: lawyer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avvocato | legale | avvocatessa
sense_list:
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.


lexentry: eng/lay-by__Noun__1
written_rep: lay-by
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: posto di sosta
sense_list:
(UK, Philippines) A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones. | (UK) A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc. | (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A method of retail purchase in which the selected goods are set aside and the customer pays for them in instalments, receiving them when fully paid; layaway.


lexentry: eng/lay_an_egg__Verb__1
written_rep: lay an egg
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fare un buco nell'acqua
sense_list:
(idiomatic, of a person, organization, etc.) To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
written_rep: lay down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: accertarsi
sense_list:
(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).


lexentry: eng/lay_off__Verb__1
written_rep: lay off
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: licenziare
sense_list:
(transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.


lexentry: eng/lay_open__Verb__1
written_rep: lay open
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rivelare
sense_list:
(patents, Japan and South Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.


lexentry: eng/lay_out__Verb__1
written_rep: lay out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: organizzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).


lexentry: eng/lay_out__Verb__1
written_rep: lay out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: esplicare
sense_list:
(transitive, colloquial) To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor.


lexentry: eng/layer__Noun__1
written_rep: layer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: strato
sense_list:
A single thickness of some material covering a surface. | An item of clothing worn under or over another. | A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.


lexentry: eng/laying_on_of_hands__Noun__1
written_rep: laying on of hands
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imposizione delle mani
sense_list:
(religion, chiefly, Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.


lexentry: eng/layoff__Noun__1
written_rep: layoff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esubero
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
written_rep: layout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lay-out
sense_list:
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
written_rep: layout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: piano
sense_list:
(engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.


lexentry: eng/laytime__Noun__1
written_rep: laytime
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: stallia
sense_list:
In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
written_rep: lazaretto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lazzaretto | lazzeretto
sense_list:
(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.] | A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
written_rep: lazaretto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: interponte
sense_list:
(by extension, nautical) A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piombo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: scandaglio
sense_list:
(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: lamiera
sense_list:
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs. | (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: andare avanti | essere in testa
sense_list:
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: andare avanti
sense_list:
(baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown. | A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: condurre | guidare | essere di mano
sense_list:
(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 13
trans_list: condurre | guidare | andare avanti
sense_list:
In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 15
trans_list: condurre
sense_list:
(horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. | (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: condurre | andare avanti | comportarsi | convincere | influenzare
sense_list:
Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 21
trans_list: condurre | guidare | comportarsi
sense_list:
(US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condurre
sense_list:
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit. | (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condurre | comportarsi
sense_list:
To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: condurre | guidare | comportarsi | essere di mano | guida
sense_list:
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: andare avanti
sense_list:
(intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race. | (intransitive) To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.


lexentry: eng/lead__Verb__2
written_rep: lead
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: convincere | influenzare
sense_list:
(transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure


lexentry: eng/lead_time__Noun__1
written_rep: lead time
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: termine di consegna
sense_list:
(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.


lexentry: eng/leading_edge__Noun__1
written_rep: leading edge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bordo di attacco
sense_list:
(aeronautics) The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: foglia
sense_list:
Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin. | (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: foglia | foglio
sense_list:
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).


lexentry: eng/leaf_litter__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf litter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lettiera
sense_list:
Dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil.


lexentry: eng/leaf_node__Noun__1
written_rep: leaf node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: foglia
sense_list:
(botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth. | (comptheory) A node, in a tree, that has no children.


lexentry: eng/league__Noun__1
written_rep: league
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lega
sense_list:
A group or association of cooperating members. | (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.


lexentry: eng/league_table__Noun__1
written_rep: league table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classifica
sense_list:
(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.


lexentry: eng/lean-to__Noun__1
written_rep: lean-to
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: riparo
sense_list:
A shelter with a sloped roof; also a building with a similar construction attached to the side of a building as an extension.


lexentry: eng/leap_day__Noun__1
written_rep: leap day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bisesto
sense_list:
An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th.


lexentry: eng/leap_of_faith__Noun__1
written_rep: leap of faith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atto di fede
sense_list:
(figuratively) The act of believing in something despite lack of proof of its truth or existence, or the attempt of something without being sure of its possible outcome.


lexentry: eng/leap_second__Noun__1
written_rep: leap second
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: secondo intercalare
sense_list:
A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
written_rep: leap year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anno bisestile
sense_list:
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.


lexentry: eng/leapfrog__Noun__1
written_rep: leapfrog
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavallina
sense_list:
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.


lexentry: eng/learned_borrowing__Noun__1
written_rep: learned borrowing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: recupero dotto | voce colta | voce dotta
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.


lexentry: eng/learning_curve__Noun__1
written_rep: learning curve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: curva di apprendimento
sense_list:
A visualization of the progress of learning as function of experience. | (by extension) A measure of how much there is to learn in a restricted amount of time.


lexentry: eng/lease__Noun__1
written_rep: lease
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: affitto
sense_list:
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.


lexentry: eng/least_common_multiple__Noun__1
written_rep: least common multiple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minimo comune multiplo
sense_list:
(number theory) The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.


lexentry: eng/least_flycatcher__Noun__1
written_rep: least flycatcher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pigliamosche minimo
sense_list:
A small insect-eating passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the smallest member of the genus Empidonax, native to North America.


lexentry: eng/least_weasel__Noun__1
written_rep: least weasel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: donnola
sense_list:
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/leather__Noun__1
written_rep: leather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuoio
sense_list:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leatherette__Noun__1
written_rep: leatherette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dermoide | ecopelle | finta pelle | similpelle | skai
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
written_rep: leave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasciare | dimenticare
sense_list:
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
written_rep: leave
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lasciare
sense_list:
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with. | (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.


lexentry: eng/leave_behind__Verb__1
written_rep: leave behind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasciare
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To abandon. | (transitive, idiomatic) To not live longer than; to be survived by. | (transitive, idiomatic) To leave (a trace of something).


lexentry: eng/leave_me_alone__Phrase__1
written_rep: leave me alone
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasciami in pace | lasciami perdere | lasciami stare
sense_list:
stop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my life (used especially when one is angry, frustrated, or annoyed).


lexentry: eng/leave_no_stone_unturned__Verb__1
written_rep: leave no stone unturned
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muovere cielo e terra
sense_list:
(idiom) To search or investigate thoroughly. | (figuratively) To perform a task carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.


lexentry: eng/leave_someone_in_the_lurch__Verb__1
written_rep: leave someone in the lurch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasciare in asso | piantare in asso
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation.


lexentry: eng/leave_someone_on_read__Verb__1
written_rep: leave someone on read
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lasciare il visualizzato
sense_list:
(Internet slang) To read someone's instant message(s) without giving a response, particularly on a platform that lets one see whether a message has been viewed.


lexentry: eng/lebensraum__Noun__1
written_rep: lebensraum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: spazio vitale
sense_list:
(chiefly, with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
written_rep: lecithin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lecitina
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).


lexentry: eng/lectern__Noun__1
written_rep: lectern
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: leggio
sense_list:
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service. | A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.


lexentry: eng/lectionary__Noun__1
written_rep: lectionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lezionario
sense_list:
(Christianity, Judaism) A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
written_rep: lede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cappello
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/ledger__Noun__1
written_rep: ledger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: traversa
sense_list:
(construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.


lexentry: eng/ledger_line__Noun__1
written_rep: ledger line
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: taglio addizionale
sense_list:
(music) A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff.


lexentry: eng/lee__Noun__1
written_rep: lee
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: riparo
sense_list:
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.


lexentry: eng/leech__Noun__1
written_rep: leech
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sanguisuga | mignatta
sense_list:
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. | (figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
written_rep: leek
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: porro
sense_list:
A vegetable of variety variety, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.


lexentry: eng/leer__Verb__1
written_rep: leer
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guardare di traverso
sense_list:
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.


lexentry: eng/lees__Noun__1
written_rep: lees
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feccia
sense_list:
The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
written_rep: left
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sinistro
sense_list:
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←


lexentry: eng/left__Noun__1
written_rep: left
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sinistra
sense_list:
The left side or direction. | (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.


