Italophile

[ih-tal-uh-fahyl, it-l-uh-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.

adjective

Also Italophil favoring Italian customs, manners, traditions, etc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Italophile¹

1905–10; Ital(ian) + -o- + -phile

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Edwin Garrubbo — who is in the cosmetics business and an Italophile, with family ties to Italy — has written the “Garrubbo Guide,” a well-researched book with just about every detail of the Italian table.

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My wife, Gigi, a committed Italophile, had always harbored a dream of doing art-restoration work in her favorite country, and landed on the Messors website while looking around for a way to do so.

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Conan O’Brien heads to Italy with an Italophile.

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Even my Italophile friends hadn’t heard of it.

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You probably know him as the grumpy dad of the Italophile bicycle racer in "Breaking Away."

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