italianisant
French, noun/i.ta.lja.ni.zɑ̃/
italianisant is spelled I-T-A-L-I-A-N-I-S-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Italianisant is a French masculine noun meaning “Italianist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of italianiser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui est versée dans la langue et la littérature italiennes”.
What does italianisant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineItalianist
verb
- 1
present participle of italianiser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a tendance à parler italien ou à prendre l'italien comme modèle.
noun: 1. Personne qui est versée dans la langue et la littérature italiennes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of italianisant
- italianisants plural
- italianisante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce italianisant?
- /i.ta.lja.ni.zɑ̃/
- \i.ta.lja.ni.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is italianisant in French?
italianisant appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).