Italian-English Dictionary

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies

A male friend.

(informal, North America) Buddy, friend.

(dated) A friend; a pal.

(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.

A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.

(chiefly, in the plural, also, figuratively) A companion; a comrade.

(Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation.

(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.

(colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.

An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.

A person who backs or supports something.

Changing; active; in motion.

Powerful; energetic.

Able to change and adapt.

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

Weapons fire coming from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces. [from 1910s]

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.

Of, or relating to the conversion of heat into other forms of energy.

(physics) Of, or relating to thermodynamics.

A test facility through which air is forced in a controlled manner so as to study the effects of flow around airfoils, aircraft, motor cars etc.