Italianate

UK: /ɪˈtæljənɪt/, /ɪˈtæljəneɪt/

US: (adj. i tal′yə nāt′, -nit; v. i tal′yə nāt′)

Inflections of 'Italianate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

Italianates

v 3rd person singular

Italianating

v pres p

Italianated

v past

Italianated

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

I•tal•ian•ate  (adj. i tal′yə nāt′, -nit;v. i tal′yə nāt′), adj., v., -at•ed, -at•ing. 
adj. 

1. Italianized;
   conforming to the Italian type or style or to Italian customs, manners, etc.
2. Architecture, Fine Art [Art.] in the style of Renaissance or Baroque Italy.
3. Architecture noting or pertaining to a mid-Victorian American style remotely based on Romanesque vernacular residential and castle architecture of the Italian countryside, but sometimes containing Renaissance and Baroque elements.

v.t. 

4. to Italianize.

• Italian italianato. See Italian, -ate¹
• 1560–70

I•tal′ian•ate′ly, adv. 
I•tal′ian•a′tion, n. 

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Italianate / ɪˈtæljənɪt -ˌneɪt/, Italianesque / ɪˌtæljəˈnɛsk/ adjective

1. Italian in style or character