bizantino

Asturian

Adjective

bizantino

1. neuter of bizantín

Galician

Adjective

bizantino (feminine bizantina, masculine plural bizantinos, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine (of or relating to Byzantium or the Byzantine empire)
2. (derogatory) pretentious and futile

Noun

bizantino m (plural bizantinos, feminine bizantina, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine (native of the Byzantine Empire)

Related terms

• Bizancio

Further reading

• “bizantino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bid.d͡zanˈti.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: bi‧zan‧tì‧no

Adjective

bizantino (feminine bizantina, masculine plural bizantini, feminine plural bizantine)

1. Byzantine
2. pedantic

Related terms

• Bisanzio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.zɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.zɐ̃ˈti.nu/

• Hyphenation: bi‧zan‧ti‧no

Adjective

bizantino (feminine bizantina, masculine plural bizantinos, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine (of or relating to Byzantium or the Byzantine empire)
2. (derogatory) pretentious and futile

Noun

bizantino m (plural bizantinos, feminine bizantina, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine (native of the Byzantine Empire)

Related terms

• Bizâncio

Further reading

• “bizantino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bizantino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der.

Thracian *būzasder.

Ancient Greek Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)

Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon)bor.

Latin Bȳzantium

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Late Latin byzantīnusbor.

Spanish bizantino

Borrowed from Late Latin byzantīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biθanˈtino/ [bi.θãn̪ˈt̪i.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /bisanˈtino/ [bi.sãn̪ˈt̪i.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: bi‧zan‧ti‧no

Adjective

bizantino (feminine bizantina, masculine plural bizantinos, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine

Derived terms

• Imperio bizantino

Noun

bizantino m (plural bizantinos, feminine bizantina, feminine plural bizantinas)

1. Byzantine

Related terms

• Bizancio

Further reading

• “bizantino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025