Neapolitan

See also: neapolitan

English

Neapolitan ice cream

Etymology

From Latin neāpolītānus, from Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis, literally “new city”), a Greek city in modern Naples. Doublet of naporitan.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌniːəˈpɒlɪtən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌniːəˈpɑlɪtən/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˌniːəˈpɑlətən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪtən
• Hyphenation: Ne‧a‧po‧li‧tan

Adjective

Neapolitan (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to the city of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy.
2. Designating an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry in order. (Until the mid-20th century the flavours were pistachio, vanilla, and strawberry, giving the colours of the Italian flag.)

   Synonym: harlequin

3. (dated) Describing a variety of ice cream made with eggs as well as cream.

Derived terms

• Neapolitan chord
• Neapolitan disease
• Neapolitan ice cream
• Neapolitan mastiff
• Neapolitan pizza
• Neapolitan sauce
• Neapolitan wafer

Translations

pertaining to Naples

• Catalan: napolità (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那不勒斯的 (Nàbùlèsī de)

• Czech: neapolský
• Dutch: Napolitaans (nl)
• Esperanto: napola
• Finnish: napolilainen (fi)
• French: napolitain (fr)
• Galician: napolitano (gl)
• Georgian: ნეაპოლური (neaṗoluri), ნეაპოლიტანური (neaṗoliṭanuri)
• German: Neapolitaner (de), neapolitanisch (de)
• Greek: ναπολιτάνικος (el) (napolitánikos)
• Irish: Napóileach
• Italian: napoletano (it), partenopeo (it)
• Japanese: ナポリの (Napori no)
• Korean: 나폴리의 (napolli-ui)
• Latin: neāpolītānus
• Neapolitan: napulitano
• Occitan: napolitan
• Polish: neapolitański (pl)
• Portuguese: napolitano (pt)
• Russian: неаполита́нский (ru) (neapolitánskij)
• Spanish: napolitano (es)
• Swedish: neapolitansk
• Tagalog: Napolitano

ice cream

• Catalan: gelat napolità m
• Danish: regnbueis c (literally “rainbow ice cream”)
• Finnish: trio- (fi)
• French: tranche napolitaine (fr) f
• German: Fürst-Pückler-Eis n (literally “prince Pückler's ice cream”)
• Indonesian: es krim neapolitan
• Japanese: ナポリタンアイスクリーム (naporitan aisu kurīmu)
• Korean: 나폴리 아이스크림 (Napolli aiseukeurim)
• Portuguese: sorvete napolitano m
• Russian: неаполита́нское моро́женое n (neapolitánskoje moróženoje)
• Spanish: helado napolitano m

Noun

Neapolitan (plural Neapolitans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy.
2. An individually wrapped piece of chocolate, sold in assortments of various flavours such as coffee and orange.

Translations

inhabitant or resident of Naples

• Catalan: napolità (ca) m, napolitana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那不勒斯人 (Nàbùlèsī rén)

• Czech: Neapolitán m, Neapolitánec m
• Danish: napolitaner c
• Dutch: Napolitaan (nl) m, Napolitaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: napolano (man or woman), napolanino (woman)
• Finnish: napolilainen (fi)
• French: Napolitain (fr) m, Napolitaine (fr) f
• Galician: napolitano (gl)
• Georgian: ნეაპოლელი (neaṗoleli)
• German: Neapolitaner (de) m, Neapolitanerin (de) f, Neapeler (de) m, Neapelerin (de) f
• Greek: Ναπολιτάνος (el) m (Napolitános), Ναπολιτάνη f (Napolitáni)
• Irish: Napóileach m
• Italian: napoletano (it) m, napoletana (it) f, partenopeo (it) m, partenopea f
• Japanese: ナポリ人 (Napori-jin)
• Korean: 나폴리인 (Napolliin)
• Neapolitan: napulitano m, napulitana f
• Occitan: napolitan m, napolitana f
• Ottoman Turkish: ناپولتان (Napoltan)
• Polish: neapolitańczyk (pl) m, neapolitanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: napolitano (pt) m, napolitana f
• Romanian: napolitan (ro) m, napolitană (ro) f
• Russian: неаполита́нец (ru) m (neapolitánec), неаполита́нка (ru) f (neapolitánka)
• Spanish: napolitano (es) m, napolitana (es) f
• Swedish: neapolitan (sv) c (man or woman), neapolitanska (sv) c (woman)
• Tagalog: Napolitano
• Turkish: napoliten

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} neapolitano m, ^{(please verify)} neapolitana f
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} neapolietis m, ^{(please verify)} neapolietė f

Proper noun

Neapolitan (uncountable)

1. A language spoken in South Italy, approximately in the area of the former Kingdom of Naples.
   • 2010, Emily St. John Mandel, The Singer’s Gun, Picador (2015), page 237:

     It was a while before someone told him they were speaking Neapolitan, which in his understanding wasn’t quite Italian but wasn’t quite not Italian either.

Translations

language of Naples, Italy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那不勒斯語 / 那不勒斯语 (zh) (Nàbùlèsī yǔ)

• Dutch: Napolitaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: la napola lingvo
• Finnish: napoli (fi)
• French: napolitain (fr) m
• Galician: napolitano (gl)
• German: Neapolitanisch (de) n
• Greek: ναπολιτάνικα (el) n pl (napolitánika)
• Irish: Iodáilis Napóileach f
• Italian: napoletano (it) m
• Japanese: ナポリ語 (ja) (Napori-go)
• Korean: 나폴리어 (Napollieo)
• Neapolitan: napulitano n
• Polish: neapolitański (pl) m
• Portuguese: napolitano (pt) m
• Romanian: napolitană (ro) f
• Russian: неаполита́нский (ru) m (neapolitánskij)
• Spanish: napolitano (es) m
• Swedish: neapolitanska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Napolitano

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Neapolitan terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Neapolitan, nap ⁠