English Words of Italian Origin

Missed pesto >.< 19/20

Could prima donna not count for "high profile female singer"?

I thought you wanted a PERSON...so i put Madonna

actually, in Italian the word "primadonna" as a single expression can be found, even if not so often.

can't spell archipelago

Archipelago is a greek word, not italian.

But the word archipelago came to English from the Italian 'arcipelago' in 1500s. So it fits this quiz.

So what? Its a Greek word not It*lian.

archipelago is a greek word, archi (αρχι) = leading + pelago(s) (πελαγος) = sea

General note: if you put italian names, please use all italian names, not only some. (Fascism->Fascismo; Archipelago->Arcipelago) (Piccolo is used in Italian, but it's a very technical name. You should use also Ottavino, that is the name it's knowed in Italy). Also: -Pistacchio needs the double "c" -Grotto doesn't exist. The term is Grotta

But this quiz about ENGLISH words of Italian origin....so it would not be appropriate to use the Italian version. Some words, like piccolo, just happen to be the same in both English and Italian.

I agree that english spelling should be used, nevertheless I think seveneleven is right about his notation that the correspondence with actual spoken Italian is not so straightforward.

You should accept alternate spellings of archipelago. It's a difficult word to spell.

A pretty nice quiz. A couple of comments - how about Fascist for Fascism? They can be used fairly interchangeably. Also, as others pointed out, archipelago is actually not Italian. I got it, but it doesn't quite belong. And believe it or not, Zucchini isn't Italian either - it is American, and actually fairly recent too, based on cross-breeding different strains of squash to get it. (Yeah, one of those trivia nerd things Jetpunk addicts know!) But again, thanks for posting the quiz!

Zucca is the Italian word for pumpkin/squash and zucchino/zucchina (zucca + ina = little) are diminutive forms, becoming zucchini/zucchine in the plural. Zucchino, the masculine form (zucchini in the plural), is the first form to be documented in writing. In Italy varieties of squash typically called "zucchini" were developed many generations after their introduction from the Americas. In all probability, this occurred in the very late 19th century, and the word came back to the US in the 1920s along with zucchinis themselves. As for archipelago, it is an English word from the early 16th century, which was derived from Italian arcipelago, which was derived from Greek arkhi- ‘chief’ + pelagos ‘sea.’ Its usage in English came from Italian, not Greek roots. This is especially apparent because of the timing of the words adoption - during the Renaissance when Italian was at its widest usage as a lingua franca. Seriously people - a 10 second Google search shows that Quizmaster is correct.

"Fascist" and "Fascism" cannot be used interchangeably. Fascism is an ideology. Fascist is an adjective or a person who supports fascism.

Zucchini is an American word of Italian origin. It isn't used in proper English

What rubbish.

garbage?

An attempt at starting an argument... Was the whole fascism left or right brouhaha not enough for you?!

20/20 with 1:53 to go. I'm a maestro with Italian words.

Should accept pistaCChio and grottA

Can you accept 'tiramasu' please?

Whoa, there. Might want to dismount from that high horse there, Sparky. "Tiramasu" is simply a misspelling. And an understandable one, at that. There are far more egregiously-misspelled words that are accepted on JetPunk. It sounds like a reasonable request to me.

If you handed your local baker a note with a list of goodies you wanted, and one of them was "tiramasu", do you really think he would have no idea what you're talking about?

Awesome

Is there a glitch? I got 18 but it said I got 19!?

I don't think a grotto has to be exclusively artificial.

I thought the same thing and looked it up. According Wikipedia it can be natural or artificial.

Parmesan and gorgonzola both fit the cheese clue. I tried a long time figuring out how the english write parmesan (they pronounce it funny imo, but that's besides the point ;) ) When that didnt work i tried gorgonzola (before trying more parmesan and even feta)

also falsetto, couldnt that fit the clue singing voice clue aswell? a soprano singing in falsetto sings even higher.

Don't forget to add Virtuoso also

What about 'latte'? The definition could be 'A type of coffee made with espresso and steamed milk.'

ARCHIPELAGO is a Greek word. I reported the quiz. Its a Greek word. Archi (START) PELAGOS(SEA)!

"our butts touched the same seat, we are brothers"

can you add archapeligo as an alternate?