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- RITENUTO(of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower, held back at a slower rate of pace.
- ROMANOA hard, sharp cheese served grated as a garnish.
- RUBATOA tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.
- RUCOLARocket, arugula (plant Eruca sativa).
- RUCOLASRocket, arugula (plant Eruca sativa).
- SALTANDOPlayed with a rapid, bouncing stroke of the bow on a stringed instrument.
- SALTIMBANCOA quack doctor, a fraud.
- SAVOYARDLadyfinger cookie.
- SCAGLIAA reddish variety of limestone.
- SCALADEAn escalade.
- SCAMPIA Norway lobster, a langoustine (Nephrops norvegicus). The battered or breaded tails of this species, usually served with chips.
- SCENAA scene in an opera.
- SCENARIOAn outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- SCHERZANDOIn a playful or sportive manner.
- SCHIAVONEA backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century.
- SCIOLTOLight, free and easy; without strictness or legato.
- SDEIGNTo disdain.
- SECCODry.
- SECONDOThe second part of a piano duet for four hands.
- SEMPLICE(To be played) simply, without embellishments.
- SEMPREalways, still; maintaining the same style
- SESTINAA highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines.
- SFORZANDOA mark that indicates that a note is to be played with a strong initial attack.
- SFUMATOA painting technique, prominent during the Italian Renaissance, involving the application of subtle layers of translucent paint, blurring the transition between colors, tones and o
- SIENNAA form of clay containing iron and manganese.
- SIGNORAlternative form of signore, a courtesy title used towards an Italian man.
- SIGNORAMrs; madam; title of address or respect for women in Italy.
- SIGNOREA courtesy title for Italian men.
- SIGNORIAlordship, especially in medieval Italian city states
- SINOPIAA reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
- SIROCCOA hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- SMALTOA piece of coloured glass used in mosaic.
- SMORZANDOFading away.
- SODASodium bicarbonate.
- SORDINEA mute for musical instruments.
- SORDINOSynonym of sordine.
- SORGOsorghum
- SPINETA short, compact harpsichord or piano.
- SPINTOA soprano or tenor voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic, capable of handling large musical climaxes in opera at moderate intervals.
- SPROCKETA toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- SPUMANTEAny of several Italian sparkling wines, some of which are made using the méthode champenoise.
- SPUMONIAn Italian style of ice cream dessert made with layers of different colors and flavors (typically cherry, pistachio, and vanilla or chocolate) and usually containing candied fruits
- SQUADRONA body of troops drawn up in a square.
- SQUAWKA shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
- STADIAA level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
- STRETTOThe presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.
- SUBITOSuddenly, abruptly.
- SULTANAA pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
- SUPREMOThe most important person in an organization.
- TAGLIONIA kind of overcoat.
- TARSIAIntarsia.
- TARTUFOAn Italian dessert consisting of a ball of ice cream coated in chocolate, with a cherry inside.
- TEMPERAA paint in which the pigments are suspended in a water-soluble emulsion, such as of egg yolk or gelatine, which hardens and becomes insoluble on exposure to air.
- TENUTOA tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time
- TESSITURAThe most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding timbre.
- THEORBOA baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
- TIFOSIAlternative form of tifoso (a fan of an Italian team, who is not necessarily Italian themselves)
- TIMPANOA timbale (food).
- TIRAMISUAn Italian semifreddo dessert, originally from Veneto, made from ladyfinger biscuits, cocoa, mascarpone cheese, Marsala wine, eggs (or sometimes cream), sugar and espresso coffee.
- TITIANA bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
- TOCCATAA piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.
- TOCCATINAA short or simple toccata.
- TOMBOLAA lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
- TORTELLINIA kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.
- TORTELLINISA kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.
- TORTONIAny of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
- TRAMPOLINEA gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
- TRAPUNTOA type of quilting producing a raised surface.
- TREMOLOA rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a no
- TRIOA group of three people or things.
- TROMBONEA musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor tromb
- TUFOLIA kind of large cylindrical pasta.
- TYMPANOA kettledrum.
- VALUTAA foreign currency; any monetary standard.
- VAPORETTOA public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice.
- VEDUTAA highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista.
- VELATURAA translucent whitish glaze in painting.
- VELOCE(To be played) with great rapidity.
- VENTURIA venturi tube.
- VERISMOAn artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner
- VERONALA barbiturate, used formerly to induce sleep.
- VETTURINOOne who lets or drives a vettura.
- VIBRATOThe musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or
- VINOWine.
- VIOLINA small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
- VIOLONEAn early stringed instrument similar to a double bass.
- VIRTUOSAa female virtuoso
- VISTOA vista or a prospect.
- VIVALong live ... ! (used to express acclaim or support).
- VOLTIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one
- VOLTAA turning; a time .
- VOLTAICOf, relating to, or producing electricity.
- VOLTIturn the page
- VONGOLESaid of pasta served in a sauce with clams and other ingredients, such as olive oil and tomatoes.
- ZAMPONEIn Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.
- ZELOSOZealous, energetic, enthusiastic; typically an annotation to direct the style of play.
- ZINGAROA Gypsy.
- ZUFOLOA little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.