Venetian
See also: venetian
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Venetia + -an, from Latin Venetia (“Venice”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈniʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɪˈniːʃən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːʃən
AdjectiveEdit
Venetian (not comparable)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
relating to Venice
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NounEdit
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.
- (obsolete, in the plural) Galligaskins.
TranslationsEdit
inhabitant of Venice
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Proper nounEdit
Venetian
- The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy.
- The form of this language spoken in Venice.
Usage notesEdit
It should not be confused with Venetic, an extinct Indo-European Italic language once spoken in the same area.
TranslationsEdit
Romance language spoken in Veneto
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form of Venetian spoken in Venice
See alsoEdit
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Venetian terms
- ISO 639-3 code vec (SIL)
- Linguist List entry for Venetian, code vec