Venetian
See also: venetian
English
Etymology
From Venetia + -an, from Latin Venetia (“Venice”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈniʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɪˈniːʃən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːʃən
Adjective
Venetian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or relating to Venice, Italian city.
- Of, from, or relating to Veneto, Italian region.
Derived terms
- Venetian blind
- Venetian carpet
- Venetian ceruse
- Venetian chalk
- Venetian door
- Venetian glass
- Venetianness
- Venetian red
- Venetian soap
- Venetian sumac
- Venetian swell
- Venetian window
Translations
relating to Venice
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Noun
Venetian (plural Venetians)
- An inhabitant or a resident of Venice, the city.
- An inhabitant or a resident of Veneto, the surrounding region.
- (colloquial) A Venetian blind.
- 1859, Mowbray Thomson, The Story of Cawnpore:
- We never saw her ladyship, but the attendants told us, that the Venetians of her apartments were not impenetrably opaque from within, and that the old lady had seen us, and was concerned for our welfare.
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- (obsolete, in the plural) Galligaskins.
Translations
inhabitant of Venice
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Proper noun
Venetian
- The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy.
- The form of this language spoken in Venice.
Usage notes
It should not be confused with Venetic, an extinct Indo-European Italic language once spoken in the same area.
Translations
Romance language spoken in Veneto
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form of Venetian spoken in Venice
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Venetian terms
- ISO 639-3 code vec (SIL)
- Linguist List entry for Venetian, code vec
Anagrams
- Aventine