villino

small villa

noun veel-LEE-noh Rare

Also means

cottage

Usage Note

Villino is a diminutive of villa, referring to a modest detached house or cottage, typically with a small garden — smaller and less grand than a villa. The plural is villini. In Italian real estate, villino is a precise term for a two-storey detached or semi-detached house, and the word often appears in property listings.

Examples

"Hanno affittato un villino in campagna per l'estate."

Natural Translation

They rented a small villa in the countryside for the summer.

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