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La Lingua Italiana (The Italian Language)

Italian is the language of art, music, and love. Many Italian words are very like English words that have a similar meaning. These words are called "cognates". How many cognates can you recognize in the questions in this quiz?

Quiz ID:	#10547
Fun:	(2.81)
Difficulty:	(0.69)
Category:	Humanities > Linguistics
Created By:	mosca

#1 The Italian word "bella" means beautiful or pretty. A phrase with a cognate of this Italian word could be:

Jingle bells
Bell the cat
Southern belle
Sleigh bells

#2 In Italian, the word "bicchiere" means "drinking glass". A cognate of this word would be:

Baker
Bicker
Beckon
Beaker

#3 If you want to buy "un libro" you would go to a bookstore, as "libro" means "book". A cognate of "libro" would be:

Liberty
Library
Libertarian
Liberace

#4 The Italian word "strada" means road or way. A cognate of "strada" would be:

Strident
Witch
Woods
Street

#5 The Italian word for love is "amore". Which of the following is not a cognate of "amore"?

Amorous
Amiable
Amaretto
Amorist

#6 If you were a tourist in Venice, you might want to take the "vaporetto", or water bus that steams up and down the Grand Canal. A cognate of "vaporetto" is:

Steam
Vapor
Mist
Cloud

#7 One Italian word for motor vehicle is "macchina". Can you guess a cognate for the word "macchina"?

Mariachi
Manacle
Mercantile
Machine

#8 If you went skiing in Italy, you might want to find a "rifuggio", which is a ski lodge or a warming hut. A cognate for "rifuggio" would be:

Referee
Refrigerator
Refuge
Reforms

#9 The Italian word "trovare" means "to find". Find a cognate of "trovare" in the phrases below:

Troposphere
Treasure trove
Trident
Truthful

#10 The Italian word "morto" means "dead" or "expired". Which of the following words is not a cognate of "morto"?

Mortuary
Mortality
Mortician
Mortarboard

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