Standard Lemma guide

Venetic

adj · name · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /vəˈnɛtɪk/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northeastern Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or related to the Veneti, an ancient people of northern Brittany.

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Usage: historical, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 3

Of or related to Venetic, the language of the Adriatic Veneti.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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adj

Meaning 4

Of or related to the Veneto, the mainland opposite Venice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վենետական (venetakan) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Bulgarian: венециа́нски (veneciánski) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Catalan: vènet — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • French: vénète — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Greek: ενετικός (enetikós) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Ancient Greek: Ἐνετικός (Enetikós) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Ancient Greek: Ἐνέτης (Enétēs) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Ancient Greek: Βενετικός (Benetikós) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Latin: veneticus — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Polish: wenetyjski — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Russian: вене́тский (venétskij) — of or pertaining to the Veneti or Venetic
  • Aragonese: benetico — Venetic language
  • Aragonese: idioma benetico — Venetic language
  • Armenian: վենետերեն (veneteren) — Venetic language
  • Bulgarian: венециа́нски (veneciánski) — Venetic language
  • Catalan: vènet — Venetic language
  • French: vénète — Venetic language
  • German: Venetisch — Venetic language
  • Greek: βενετικά (venetiká) — Venetic language
  • Greek: βενετική γλώσσα (venetikí glóssa) — Venetic language
  • Italian: venetico — Venetic language
  • Italian: lingua venetica — Venetic language
  • Polish: język wenetyjski — Venetic language
  • Russian: вене́тский (venétskij) — Venetic language
  • Slovene: venétščina — Venetic language
  • Slovene: venétski jêzik — Venetic language
  • Spanish: venético — Venetic language