English Explanatory Dictionary

Venetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northeastern Italy.
  2. Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northern Brittany.
  3. Of or related to Venetic, the language of the Adriatic Veneti.
  4. Of or related to the Veneto, the mainland opposite Venice.
name
  1. An extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the Veneti people who lived between the Po River delta in northeastern Italy and the southern Alps in Slovenia in antiquity.

Pronunciation

/vəˈnɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Venetic.wav

Word forms

Venetic

Etymology

From Latin veneticus, from Venetia (“land of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adjectives”), from Venetī + -ia, of uncertain origin. Equivalent to Veneti + -ic.

Synonyms

Venetian

Related words

Venetian xve

Translations

Armenian: վենետական Bulgarian: венециа́нски Catalan: vènet French: vénète Greek: ενετικός Ancient Greek: Ἐνετικός Ancient Greek: Ἐνέτης Ancient Greek: Βενετικός Latin: veneticus Polish: wenetyjski Russian: вене́тский
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