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The 100 most common nouns in Italian 🇮🇹

Italian nouns ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

#	Italian	English	Example
1	nel	ring
2	sul	roller, roll
3	anno	year
4	cosa	thing, matter
5	parte	part
6	due	two
7	ora	hour
8	tempo	time	fugge tempo, sí che mai non riedeTime escapes, such that it never returns
9	modo	manner, way
10	volta	time, instance, occasion
11	lavoro	work
12	caso	chance, fate
13	giorno	day
14	vita	life	Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vitami ritrovai per una selva oscura,ché la diritta via era smarrita.Halfway through the journey of our life, I found myself inside a dark forest, for the straightforward path was lost.
15	persona	person, pl people, persons
16	mondo	world	mondo vegetalevegetable kingdom
17	punto	point , jot, iota
18	casa	house	A casa mia queste cose non si fanno.We don't do these things where I come from.
19	problema	problem
20	sistema	system
21	paese	country
22	uomo	person, man	Io vidi un, fatto a guisa di lëuto, ¶ pur ch'elli avesse avuta l'anguinaia ¶ tronca da l'altro che l'uomo ha forcuto.I saw one made in fashion of a lute, if he had only had the groin cut off just at the point at which a man is forked.
23	servizio	service, serve
24	via	street, path
25	esempio	example
26	programma	programme/program, schedule, agenda	Hai programmi per stasera?Do you have plans for tonight?
27	stato	state
28	legge	law
29	momento	moment
30	verso	verse
31	the	Misspelling of tè.
32	parola	word	Ci vogliono fatti e non parole.Action is needed, not words.
33	gruppo	group, cluster, party, team, covey
34	tre	three
35	storia	history
36	ricerca	search, quest, hunt, manhunt, prospecting, pursuit
37	attività	activity, operation
38	livello	level
39	nome	name
40	senso	sense
41	base	base, alkaline
42	numero	number
43	progetto	plan, project, design, scheme, layout
44	bambino	child, baby, toddler, tot
45	informazione	information
46	forma	form
47	rapporto	report, statement, account
48	forza	force
49	scuola	school
50	libro	book
51	amico	friend, companion, partner
52	commento	comment
53	corso	course
54	società	society, community
55	guerra	war, warfare	E neuno si maravigli, nell'etade di sopra, le dette cose essere avvenute. Conciossiacosachè di po' la primaia guerra di Cartagine, perchè istettero i Romani venticinque anni che le battaglie per la lunga pace non usaro, in tal modo per quello riposo i Romani, che in ogni parte erano stati vincitori, indeboliroAnd no one should be surprised that the aforementioned things happened back then, since after the first Carthaginian war the Romans, having spent twenty-five years without fighting due to the long peace, happened to become weaker because of that resting, even though they had been winning everywhere
56	termine	end, close
57	donna	woman
58	città	town, city
59	sviluppo	development, growth, strengthening, expansion
60	situazione	situation, position, condition, circumstances
61	governo	government, administration, rule
62	studio	study
63	col	A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
64	mercato	market
65	condizione	condition
66	idea	idea
67	centro	centre, center
68	realtà	reality
69	campo	field
70	politica	politics	è facile diventare cinici sulla politicait's easy to get cynical about politics
71	sei	six
72	prodotto	product
73	processo	trial, action, lawsuit, suit, proceedings
74	luogo	place
75	effetto	effect	causa ed effettocause and effect
76	rete	net, mesh
77	figlio	son
78	domanda	question
79	terra	ground
80	esperienza	experience
81	grado	degree
82	risultato	result, outcome, issue
83	pagina	page
84	grazia	grace
85	dio	god, deity
86	opera	work
87	strada	road, way, street
88	consiglio	advice, counsel
89	occhio	eye
90	azione	action, deed
91	famiglia	family
92	bisogno	need	Ne ho bisognoI need it.
93	presidente	chairman, chairperson, chair, chief
94	relazione	connection
95	possibilità	possibility
96	periodo	period, time, span, run
97	voce	voice
98	interesse	interest, concern
99	forte	fort, fortress
100	corpo	body, corpse

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