Milanese

[mil-uh-neez, -nees, mil-uh-ney-zee, mee-lah-ne-ze]

noun

plural

Milanese 

1. a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.

2. the Italian dialect spoken in Milan.

3. (lowercase)

   1. a run-resistant, warp-knitted fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon used in the manufacture of women's apparel.

   2. a warp-knit structure in which two sets of threads are knitted in an interlocking series forming a crossed diagonal or diamond pattern.

   3. the machine that produces this knit structure.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Milan, Italy, its inhabitants, or their dialect of Italian.

2. Italian Cooking.

   1. (especially of meats) coated with flour or breadcrumbs and browned in hot oil or butter.

   2. (especially of pasta) having a sauce of tomatoes, mushrooms, grated cheese, shredded meat, and truffles.

      spaghetti Milanese.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Milanese¹

From Italian, dating back to 1475–85; Milan, -ese

Example Sentences

The acute sense of social direction came from Armani's early experience on the shop floor of that Milanese department store.

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Many had been called in from all sides of Italy to be in Rome today - resulting in a rather joyous blend of accents from across the country, from the Sicilian to the Milanese.

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She then went on to explain what osso bucco is — also differentiating between traditional, Milanese and Florentine styles — before she launches into making the Florentine iteration.

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No one, however, has done more to promote this type of structure than the Milanese architect Stefano Boeri, who calls his creations Vertical Forests.

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He’s collecting a court around him, a Milanese Renaissance.

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