Venetian

See also: venetian

English

Etymology

From Latin Venetianus (“Venetic; Venetian”), from Venetia (“lands of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto; Armorica”) + -anus (“-ian”), from Veneti + -ia. In the case of the Veneti of northern Brittany, derived from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”). In the case of the Veneti of northeastern Italy, of uncertain origin but presumably taken from a Venetic endonym, possibly Illyrian or Celtic. Equivalent to Veneto or Venetia +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈniʃən/, /vɪˈniːʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɪˈniːʃən/, /vɪˈniːʃn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːʃən

Adjective

Venetian (not comparable)

1. Of or related to Venice, an Italian city and (historical) its former republic and colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean Seas.
2. (linguistics) Of or related to Venetian, the local language or Italian dialect spoken in the city.
3. (uncommon) Synonym of Venetic, of or related to Veneto, the Italian region around the city.
4. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of Venetic, of or related to the Veneti, either of two unrelated tribes of ancient Europe.

Derived terms

• Venetian blind
• Venetian blue
• Venetian carpet
• Venetian ceruse
• Venetian chalk
• Venetian door
• Venetian glass
• Venetianness
• Venetian red
• Venetian soap
• Venetian sumac
• Venetian sumach
• Venetian swell
• Venetian white
• Venetian window

 

Translations

relating to Venice

• Arabic: بُنْدُقَانِيّ (bunduqāniyy)
• Armenian: վենետիկյան (venetikyan)
• Basque: veneziar
• Belarusian: венецыя́нскі (vjenjecyjánski)
• Bulgarian: венециа́нски (veneciánski)
• Catalan: venecià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 威尼斯的 (Wēinísī de)

• Czech: benátský (cs)
• Danish: venetiansk
• Dutch: Venetiaans (nl)
• Esperanto: veneciana
• Finnish: venetsialainen (fi)
• French: vénitien (fr)
• Galician: veneciano (gl)
• Georgian: ვენეციური (veneciuri), ვენეციელი (venecieli)
• German: venezianisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἐνετικός (Enetikós), Ἐνέτης (Enétēs) (Koine); Βενετικός (Benetikós) (Byzantine)

  Modern: ενετικός (el) (enetikós), βενετικός (el) (venetikós), βενετσιάνικος (el) (venetsiánikos)

• Hungarian: velencei (hu)
• Icelandic: feneyskur
• Ido: Veniziana
• Irish: Veinéiseach
• Italian: veneziano (it)
• Japanese: ヴェネツィアの (Venetsia no), ベネチアの (Benechia no)
• Khmer: វ៉ិនែសស្យ៉ា (venɛɛhsyaa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: venetiansk

  Nynorsk: venetiansk

• Polish: wenecki (pl)
• Portuguese: veneziano (pt)
• Romanian: venețian (ro)
• Russian: венециа́нский (ru) (veneciánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: венецѝја̄нскӣ

  Roman: venecìjānskī (sh)

• Spanish: veneciano (es)
• Swedish: venetiansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: венеціа́нський (veneciánsʹkyj)
• Venetian: venessian, venesian (vec), venessiano, venesiano

Noun

Venetian (plural Venetians)

1. An inhabitant or a resident of Venice, the city.
2. An inhabitant or a resident of Veneto, the surrounding region.
3. (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.

4. (obsolete, in the plural) Galligaskins.

Translations

inhabitant of Venice

• Arabic: بُنْدُقَانِيّ m (bunduqāniyy), بُنْدُقَانِيَّة f (bunduqāniyya)
• Armenian: վենետիկցի (venetikcʻi)
• Basque: veneziar
• Belarusian: венецыя́нец m (vjenjecyjánjec), венецыя́нка f (vjenjecyjánka)
• Bulgarian: венециа́нец m (veneciánec)
• Catalan: venecià (ca) m, veneciana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 威尼斯人 (Wēinísī rén)

• Czech: Benátčan (cs) m, Benátčanka (cs) f
• Danish: venetianer c
• Dutch: Venetiaan (nl) m, Venetiaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: veneciano (man or woman), venecianino (woman)
• Finnish: venetsialainen (fi)
• French: Vénitien (fr) m, Vénitienne (fr) f
• Galician: veneciano (gl) m, veneciana f
• German: Venezianer (de) m, Venezianerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἐνετός (Enetós), Βενετός (Benetós)

  Modern: Βενετός (el) m (Venetós), Βενετσιάνος (el) m (Venetsiános), Βενετσιάνα (el) f (Venetsiána)

• Hungarian: velencei (hu)
• Icelandic: Feneyingur m
• Ido: Veniziano
• Ingush: вендигаз (vendigaz)
• Irish: Veinéiseach m
• Italian: veneziano (it) m, veneziana (it) f
• Japanese: ヴェネツィア人 (ヴェネツィアじん, Venetsia-jin), ベネチア人 (ベネチアじん, Benechia-jin)
• Khmer: វ៉ិនែសស្យ៉ា (venɛɛhsyaa)
• Polish: wenecjanin (pl) m, wenecjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: veneziano (pt) m, veneziana f
• Romanian: venețian (ro) m, venețiană (ro) f
• Russian: венециа́нец (ru) m (veneciánec), венециа́нин (ru) m (veneciánin), венециа́нка (ru) f (veneciánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Венеција́нац m, Венецѝја̄нка f

  Roman: Venecijánac (sh) m, Venecìjānka f

• Spanish: veneciano (es) m, veneciana (es) f
• Swedish: venetian (sv) c, venetianare c (man or woman), venetianska (sv) c (woman)
• Turkish: Venedikli
• Ukrainian: венеціа́нець m (veneciánecʹ), венеціа́нка f (veneciánka)
• Venetian: venessian m, venessiano m, venessiana f, venesian (vec) m, venesiano m, venesiana f

Proper noun

Venetian

1. The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy.
2. The form of this language spoken in Venice.

Usage notes

It should not be confused with Venetic, an extinct Indo-European Italic language once spoken in the same area.

Translations

Romance language spoken in Veneto

• Armenian: Վենետիկի բարբառ (Venetiki barbaṙ)
• Basque: veneziera (eu)
• Catalan: vènet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 威尼斯語／威尼斯语 (Wēinísī yǔ)

• Finnish: venetsia (fi), veneto (fi)
• French: vénitien (fr) m
• Galician: véneto (gl) m
• Greek: βενετικά (el) n pl (venetiká)
• Italian: veneto (it) m
• Japanese: ヴェネト語 (ヴェネトご, Veneto-go), ベネト語 (ベネトご, Beneto-go)
• Polish: wenecki (pl) m
• Portuguese: vêneto (pt) m, véneto (pt) m
• Russian: вене́тский (ru) m (venétskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: венецѝја̄нскӣ m

  Roman: venecìjānskī (sh) m

• Spanish: véneto (es) m
• Swedish: venetianska (sv) c
• Turkish: Venedikçe (tr)
• Venetian: vèneto (vec) m, łéngua vèneta f

form of Venetian spoken in Venice

• Catalan: venecià (ca) m
• Finnish: Venetsian murre
• Galician: veneciano (gl) m
• Italian: veneziano (it) m
• Japanese: ヴェネツィア語 (ja) (ヴェネツィアご, Venetsia-go), ベネチア語 (ベネチアご, Benechia-go)
• Portuguese: veneziano (pt) m
• Romanian: venețiană (ro) f
• Spanish: veneciano (es) m
• Venetian: venesian (vec) m, venessian m

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Venetian terms
• ISO 639-3 code vec (SIL)
• Linguist List entry for Venetian, code vec

References

• “Venetian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Xavier Delamarre (2003), Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise..., p. 312–313.

Anagrams

• Aventine