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  • Milanese
    Milanese
    noun
    a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
  • milanese
    milanese
    adjective
    of or relating to Milan, its people, culture, etc

Milanese

American  
[mil-uh-neez, -nees, mil-uh-ney-zee, mee-lah-ne-ze] / ˌmɪl əˈniz, -ˈnis, ˌmɪl əˈneɪ zi, ˌmi lɑˈnɛ zɛ /

noun

  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.

milanese British  
/ ˌmɪləˈniːz /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Milan, its people, culture, etc

  2. of a fine lightweight knitted fabric of silk, rayon, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the Italian dialect spoken in Milan

  2. a native or inhabitant of Milan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of Milanese

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

Example Sentences

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That meant only part of the 232-strong U.S. delegation heard the Milanese reaction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Chinese buyer John Chen, 45, sported a gold brooch in the shape of a triangle, the Milanese brand's logo, on a green sweater just below his neck.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Gucci debuts its newly renovated boutique at Beverly Center, blending Milanese elegance with L.A. cool.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Their big break came in 1958 when a Milanese department store ordered hundreds of Missoni-labelled striped dresses.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025

He used beautiful, much too expensive Milanese notebooks and wrote with a fountain pen filled with emerald ink.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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