Byzantine

WOTD – 24 November 2006    

English

Alternative forms

• byzantine

Etymology

From Late Latin byzantinus itself from Byzantium

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɪˈzæntaɪn/, /bɪˈzæntiːn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɪzəntiːn/, /ˈbɪzəntaɪn/

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Adjective

Byzantine (comparative more Byzantine, superlative most Byzantine)

1. Overly complex or intricate.

   a Byzantine system of regulations

2. Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
3. of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.

Translations

of or pertaining to Byzantium

• Asturian: bizantín (ast)
• Catalan: bizantí (ca)
• Czech: byzantský (cs)
• Dutch: Byzantijns (nl)
• Finnish: bysanttilainen (fi)
• French: byzantin (fr) m
• Galician: bizantino (gl)
• German: byzantinisch (de)
• Greek: βυζαντινός (el) (byzantinós) 
• Italian: bizantino (it)
• Macedonian: византиски (mk) (vizántiski) m

• Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 (Hrōmāyīg)
• Occitan: bizantin (oc)
• Polish: bizantyjski (pl), bizantyński (pl)
• Portuguese: bizantino (pt)
• Russian: византийский (ru) (vizantíjskij) 
• Serbo-Croatian: bizàntīnskī (sh)
• Slovene: bizantínski (sl)
• Spanish: bizantino (es)
• Swedish: bysantinsk (sv)
• Turkish: Bizans (tr)

overly complex or intricate

• Asturian: bizantín (ast)
• Finnish: bysanttilainen (fi)
• French: byzantin (fr)
• Macedonian: византиски (mk) (vizántiski) m
• Russian: византийский (ru) (vizantíjskij) 

• Serbo-Croatian: bizàntīnskī (sh)
• Swedish: bysantinsk (sv)
• Turkish: karmakarışık (tr)

of a devious usually stealthy manner

• German: byzantinisch (de)

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• Latin: Byzantinus (la)

Noun

Byzantine (plural Byzantines)

1. (rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul)
2. (history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern-Roman empire, between 331 A.D. when the capital was moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and up 1453 when it was conquered by the Turks.
3. Alternative form of byzantine. (coin)

Translations

native of Byzantine Empire

• Catalan: bizantí (ca) m, bizantina (ca) f
• Dutch: Byzantijn (nl) m
• Finnish: bysanttilainen (fi)
• French: Byzantin (fr) m
• Galician: bizantino (gl) m
• Greek: Βυζαντινός (el) (Byzantinós) m , Βυζαντινή (el) f (Vyzantiní)

• Macedonian: Византиец (mk) (Vizántiec) m, Византијка (mk) (Vizántijka) f
• Polish: Bizantyjczyk/Bizantyńczyk m, Bizantyjka f
• Portuguese: bizantino (pt) m
• Russian: византиец (ru) (vizantíjec) m , византийка (ru) (vizantíjka) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: Bizantínac (sh) m, Bizàntīnka (sh) f
• Turkish: Bizanslı (tr)

belonging to the civilisation of the Eastern-Roman empire

• Catalan: bizantí (ca) m, bizantina (ca) f
• Finnish: bysanttilainen (fi)
• Hungarian: bizánci (hu)
• Macedonian: Византиец (mk) (Vizántiec) m, Византијка (mk) (Vizántijka) f

• Russian: византиец (ru) (vizantíjec) m , византийка (ru) (vizantíjka) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: Bizantínac (sh) m, Bizàntīnka (sh) f
• Turkish: Bizans (tr)