Etruscan

English

Etymology

From Latin Etruscus (which see for more) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈtɹʌskən/, enPR: ĭ-trŭs'kən

Adjective

Etruscan (comparative more Etruscan, superlative most Etruscan)

1. Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.

Synonyms

• Etrurian

Derived terms

• Etruscan bear
• Etruscan shrew

Translations

pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria

• Armenian: էտրուսկյան (ētruskyan)
• Catalan: etrusc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊特魯里亞的 / 伊特鲁里亚的 (Yītèlǔlǐyà de)

• Czech: etruský
• Danish: etruskisk
• Dutch: Etruskisch (nl)
• Finnish: etruskilainen, etruski (fi)
• French: étrusque (fr)
• Galician: etrusco (gl) m
• German: etruskisch (de)
• Greek: ετρουσκικός (el) (etrouskikós), τυρρηνικός (el) m (tyrrinikós)

  Ancient: Τυρρηνικός (Turrhēnikós)

• Irish: Éatrúscach
• Italian: etrusco (it)
• Japanese: エトルリアの (etoruria no)
• Macedonian: етрурски (etrurski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etruskisk

  Nynorsk: etruskisk

• Polish: etruski (pl)
• Portuguese: etrusco (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman : Etruščanski, Etrurski

• Spanish: etrusco (es)
• Swedish: etruskisk (sv)
• Turkish: Etrüsk (tr)

Noun

Etruscan (plural Etruscans)

1. An inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
   • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:

     […] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.

Synonyms

• Etrurian

Translations

inhabitant of Etruria

• Armenian: էտրուսկ (ētrusk)
• Catalan: etrusc m, etrusca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊特魯里亞人 / 伊特鲁里亚人 (Yītèlǔlǐyàrén), 伊特拉斯坎人 (Yītèlāsīkǎnrén)

• Czech: Etrusk m
• Danish: etrusker c
• Dutch: Etrusk m
• Esperanto: etrusko
• Finnish: etruski (fi)
• French: Étrusque (fr) m or f by sense
• Galician: etrusco (gl) m
• German: Etrusker (de) m, Etruskerin (de) f
• Greek: Ετρούσκος (el) m (Etroúskos)
• Hungarian: etruszk (hu)
• Irish: Éatrúscach m
• Italian: Etrusco m
• Japanese: エトルリア人 (etoruria jin)
• Macedonian: Етрурец m (Etrurec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etrusker m

  Nynorsk: etruskar m

• Polish: Etrusk (pl) m, Etruska (pl) f
• Portuguese: etrusco (pt) m
• Russian: этру́ск (ru) m (etrúsk)
• Spanish: etrusco (es) m, etrusca (es) f
• Swedish: etrusker (sv) c, etrusk (sv) c
• Turkish: Etrüsk (tr)
• Ukrainian: етру́ск m (etrúsk)

Proper noun

Etruscan

1. The extinct language of Etruria, which has no known relation to any other language.

Translations

extinct language of Etruria

• Armenian: էտրուսկերեն (hy) (ētruskeren)
• Catalan: etrusc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊特魯里亞語 / 伊特鲁里亚语 (Yītèlǔlǐyàyǔ), 伊特拉斯坎語 / 伊特拉斯坎语 (Yītèlāsīkǎnyǔ)

• Czech: etruština f
• Danish: etruskisk
• Dutch: Etruskisch (nl) n
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} etruska lingvo
• Etruscan: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: etruski (fi)
• French: étrusque (fr) m
• Galician: etrusco (gl) m
• German: die etruskische Sprache f, Etruskisch (de) n
• Greek: Ετρουσκική γλώσσα f (Etrouskikí glóssa)
• Hungarian: etruszk (hu)
• Italian: etrusco (it) m
• Japanese: エトルリア語 (ja) (etoruria go)
• Latin: lingua etrusca
• Macedonian: етрурски (etrurski)
• Polish: język etruski
• Portuguese: etrusco (pt) m
• Russian: этру́скский m (etrúskskij)
• Spanish: etrusco (es) m
• Swedish: etruskiska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Etruscan terms

Further reading

• Etruscan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code ett (SIL)

Anagrams

• Centaurs, arsecunt, centaurs, near cuts, recusant, rescuant, traunces, uncrates, untraces