Dacian

English

Etymology

Dacia +‎ -an, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Dacia (“Dacia”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dacian (plural Dacians)

1. 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)
• French: Dace (fr)
• German: Daker (de) m, Dakerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Δάκης m (Dákēs)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Dáiciach m
• Italian: daco m
• Latin: Dacus
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: dac (ro) m
• Spanish: dacio 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
• German: Dakisch n
• Irish: Dáicis f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: dácio m
• Romanian: limba dacă m
• Russian: дакский (ru) (dakskij)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dacian terms

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Dacian|]].

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
• German: dakisch
• Irish: Dáiciach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: dácio
• Spanish: dacio

See also

• Thracian

Anagrams

• Candia