Italian Language, Literature and Culture

Includes a variety of dictionaries, historical and contemporary.

Italian as well as English ⇄ Italian and French ⇄ Italian.

Web version of Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana di Ottorino Pianigiani.

Dictionary of neologisms based on the Italian newspapers.

Crowdsourced dictionary of slang.

Historical dictionary of the Italian language,

Historical-normative dictionary of the "common tongue" (Crusca) that aims to perpetuate the language used by the three canonical authors of the XIV century, Dante, Petrarca and Boccaccio. When entering the dictionary, scroll down the main page and read the "Guida alla consultazione" for a better use of this source.

Hatcher Graduate -- Reference Room, 2nd floor North -- PC 1640 D28 2001.

Includes numerous quotations from modern Italian writers with the aim of clarifying the meaning and usage of words.

Dictionary published by the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani. It also gives etymologies, foreign entries, illustrations and photos.