venetic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek or Greek βενετικός (venetikós, “Venetian”). Compare also Aromanian venetic, Turkish venedik, Albanian venetik, Slavic venedikŭ. In Romanian, the word can occasionally carry the connotation of being foreign in a religious sense. The meaning may go back ultimately to Crusader times when the Venetians established several domains in Greece/the Byzantine Empire (see Frankokratia), and the religious differences between the Catholic western "Latins" or "Franks" and the Orthodox Byzantines and Balkanites.

Noun

venetic m (plural venetici, feminine equivalent venetică)

1. (often pejorative) foreigner, stranger, newcomer, intruder

   Synonym: străin

Declension

Declension of venetic

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) venetic	veneticul	(niște) venetici	veneticii
genitive/dative	(unui) venetic	veneticului	(unor) venetici	veneticilor
vocative	veneticule		veneticilor

Adjective

venetic m or n (feminine singular venetică, masculine plural venetici, feminine and neuter plural venetice)

1. (often pejorative) foreign, alien
2. (obsolete) Venetian, from Venice
3. (obsolete) an old Venetian currency, the ducat

Declension

Declension of venetic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	venetic		venetică	venetici	venetice
	definite	veneticul		venetica	veneticii	veneticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	venetic		venetice	venetici	venetice
	definite	veneticului		veneticei	veneticilor	veneticelor

Synonyms

• (foreign): străin
• (Venetian): venețian
• (ducat): ducat

Related terms

• Veneția