Sicilian

See also: sicilian

English

Etymology

From Latin Sicilia +‎ -an. By surface analysis, Sicily +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈsɪlɪən/, /sɪˈsɪljən/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: caecilian

Adjective

Sicilian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Derived terms

• anti-Sicilian
• Sicilian code

 

Translations

relating to Sicily or its inhabitants

• Arabic: صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)
• Armenian: սիցիլիական (sicʻiliakan)
• Asturian: sicilianu (ast)
• Basque: siziliar
• Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)
• Catalan: sicilià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西西里的 (Xīxīlǐ de)

• Czech: sicilský (cs)
• Danish: siciliansk
• Dutch: Siciliaans (nl)
• Finnish: sisilialainen (fi)
• French: sicilien (fr) m
• Galician: siciliano (gl)
• Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri)
• German: sizilianisch (de)
• Greek: σικελικός (el) (sikelikós)

  Ancient: Σικελικός (Sikelikós)

• Hungarian: szicíliai (hu)
• Italian: siciliano (it)
• Japanese: シチリアの (Shichiria no)
• Korean: 시칠리아의 (sichilliaui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyayî (ku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: siciliansk

  Nynorsk: siciliansk

• Old English: Sicilisċ
• Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
• Polish: sycylijski (pl)
• Portuguese: siciliano (pt)
• Romanian: sicilian (ro)
• Russian: сицили́йский (ru) (sicilíjskij)
• Sardinian: sitzilianu m, sitziliana f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сицилѝја̄нскӣ

  Roman: sicilìjānskī (sh)

• Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m, siciliana (scn) f
• Slovak: sicílsky
• Spanish: siciliano (es)
• Swedish: siciliansk (sv)
• Turkish: Sicilyalı (tr)
• Volapük: Sikileänik (vo)
• West Frisian: Sisyljaansk n, Sisilysk n (rare)

Proper noun

Sicilian

1. The language of Sicily.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Sisiliaans
• Arabic: الصقلية
• Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m
• Basque: siziliera (eu)
• Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)
• Catalan: sicilià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西西里語 (Xīxīlǐ yǔ)

• Czech: sicilština (cs) f
• Danish: siciliansk n
• Dutch: Siciliaans (nl) n
• Finnish: sisilia (fi), sisilian kieli
• French: sicilien (fr) m
• Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri), სიცილიური ენა (siciliuri ena)
• German: Sizilianisch (de) n
• Greek: σικελικά (el) n pl (sikeliká), σικελική γλώσσα f (sikelikí glóssa)
• Hungarian: szicíliai nyelv, szicíliai (hu)
• Ido: Siciliana (io)
• Irish: an tSicilis
• Italian: siciliano (it) m
• Japanese: シチリア語 (ja) (Shichiria-go)
• Korean: 시칠리아 방언 (sichillia bang'eon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyanî

• Norwegian: siciliansk m
• Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
• Polish: sycylijski (pl) m, język sycylijski m
• Portuguese: siciliano (pt) m
• Romanian: siciliană (ro) f, limba siciliană f
• Russian: сицили́йский (ru) m (sicilíjskij), сицили́йский язы́к m (sicilíjskij jazýk)
• Sardinian: sitzilianu m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сицилѝја̄нскӣ јѐзик m

  Roman: sicilìjānskī jèzik m

• Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m
• Spanish: siciliano (es) m
• Swedish: sicilianska (sv) c
• Turkish: Sicilyaca (tr)
• Volapük: Sikilieänapük
• West Frisian: Sisyljaansk n, Sisilysk n (rare)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sicilian terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code scn (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Sicilian, scn ⁠
• “Sicilian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Noun

Sicilian (plural Sicilians)

1. A native of Sicily.
2. Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
   • 2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, →ISBN, chapter 9, page 129:

     Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.

Hypernyms

• (opening): the Sicilian Defence, the Sicilian Defense

Translations

person

• Arabic: صِقِلِّية f (ṣiqilliya), صِقِلِّيّ m (ṣiqilliyy)
• Armenian: սիցիլիացի (sicʻiliacʻi)
• Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m, siciliana (ast) f
• Basque: siziliar
• Bulgarian: сицилиа́нец m (siciliánec), сицилиа́нка f (siciliánka)
• Catalan: sicilià (ca) m, siciliana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西西里人 (Xīxīlǐ rén)

• Czech: Sicilan m
• Dutch: Siciliaan (nl) m, Siciliaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: siciliano (man or woman), sicilianino (woman)
• Estonian: sitsiillane
• Finnish: sisilialainen (fi)
• French: Sicilien (fr) m, Sicilienne (fr) f
• Galician: siciliano (gl) m
• Georgian: სიცილიელი (sicilieli)
• German: Sizilianer (de) m, Sizilianerin (de) f
• Greek: Σικελός (el) m (Sikelós), Σικελή (el) f (Sikelí)

  Ancient: Σικελός m (Sikelós)

• Hungarian: szicíliai (hu)
• Ido: Siciliano (io)
• Italian: siciliano (it) m, siciliana (it) f
• Japanese: シチリア人 (Shichiria-jin)
• Korean: 시칠리아 사람 (sichillia saram)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sicilianer m

  Nynorsk: sicilianar m

• Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
• Polish: Sycylijczyk (pl) m, Sycylijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: siciliano (pt) m, siciliana f
• Romanian: sicilian (ro) m, siciliană (ro) f, siciliancă f
• Russian: сицили́ец (ru) m (sicilíjec), сицили́йка (ru) f (sicilíjka)
• Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m, siciliana (scn) f
• Spanish: siciliano (es) m, siciliana (es) f
• Swedish: sicilianare (sv) c
• Turkish: Sicilyalı (tr)
• Volapük: Sikileänan (vo)

chess opening — see Sicilian Defence

Anagrams

• silician