Dacian

English

Etymology

Dacia +‎ -an, from Latin Dacia (“Dacia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪsɪən/, /ˈdeɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

Dacian (plural Dacians)

1. (historical) a member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia.
2. (obsolete) a Dane, Denmark having been known as Dacia in Medieval Latin.
3. (rare, poetic) a Romanian.

Translations

member of an ancient Indo-European ethnic group of Dacia

• Albanian: dak (sq)
• Catalan: daci m
• Dutch: Daciër (nl)
• Finnish: daaki, daakialainen
• French: Dace (fr)
• Galician: dacio (gl) m
• German: Daker (de) m, Dakerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Δάκης m (Dákēs)

• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáiciach m
• Italian: daco m
• Latin: Dacus
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: dac (ro) m
• Spanish: dacio (es) m

Proper noun

Dacian (uncountable)

1. An extinct Indo-European language spoken by the people of Dacia.

Derived terms

• Thraco-Dacian

Translations

language

• Dutch: Dacisch
• Finnish: daakia, daakian kieli
• German: Dakisch n
• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáicis f
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: limba dacă f
• Russian: дакский (ru) (dakskij)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dacian terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code xdc (SIL)

Adjective

Dacian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.
2. (rare, poetic) Of or pertaining to Romania or Romanians.
3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to Denmark or the Danes.

Synonyms

• Daco-

Translations

Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians

• Catalan: daci
• Galician: dacio (gl)
• German: dakisch (de)
• Hungarian: dák (hu)
• Irish: Dáiciach
• Portuguese: dácio
• Spanish: dacio (es)

See also

• Thracian

Anagrams

• Candia