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See also: Vendetta
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /vænˈdɛtə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /vɛnˈdɛtə/, [vɛnˈdɛɾə], [vənˈdɛɾə]
- Rhymes: -ɛtə
Noun
[edit]vendetta (plural vendettas or vendette)
- Revenge.
- A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
- (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
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Corsican
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vendetta f (plural vendetti or vendette)
- Alternative form of vindetta
References
[edit]- “vindetta, vendetta” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian vendetta, from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicte, borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vendetta f (plural vendettas)
- blood feud, vendetta
- 1976, François de Roubaix (lyrics and music), “'Vendetta'”:
- Vendetta est une belle tradition. Un art fin comme un lien entre les générations.
- Vendetta is a beautiful tradition. A fine art like a link between generations.
Further reading
[edit]- “vendetta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“to claim, to vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vendetta f (plural vendette)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicta, borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vendetta f (plural vendettas)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “vendetta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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