Venetian

[ vuh-nee-shuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Venice or its inhabitants.
2. pertaining to or designating a style of painting developed in Venice principally during the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized chiefly by rich, often warm colors and the illusion of deep space.
3. in or in imitation of the style typical of Venice:

   Venetian architecture.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Venice.
2. (lowercase) venetian blind.
3. venetians, a tape or braid for supporting the slats of a venetian blind.
4. Also called Venetian cloth. Textiles.
   1. a wool or worsted fabric made in satin or twill weave and sometimes napped, used in the manufacture of lightweight coats, suits, skirts, and dresses.
   2. a cotton fabric constructed in satin or twill weave, used chiefly for linings.

Venetian

/ vɪˈniːʃən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Venice or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Venice
2. See Venetian blind
3. sometimes not capital one of the tapes that join the slats of a Venetian blind
4. a cotton or woollen cloth used for linings

Other Words From

• non-Ve·netian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Venetian¹

1400–50; < Medieval Latin Venetiānus, equivalent to Veneti ( a ) Venice + Latin -ānus -an; replacing Middle English Venicien < Middle French

Example Sentences

In 1508, he formed a coalition of European powers, the League of Cambrai, setting them upon the Venetians and then taking the field himself.

From Salon

In Nevada, The Venetian Resort’s child care center, run by KinderCare, sits in a back-of-house hallway steps away from the famous Las Vegas Boulevard.

From Seattle Times

In Nevada, The Venetian Resort’s child care center, run by KinderCare, sits in a back-of-house hallway steps away from the Las Vegas Boulevard.

From Seattle Times

Like the original tourists on the Grand Tour, Rinder and Clark met up with prospective love interests too, taking themselves out of their comfort zone to date Venetian men.

From BBC

Once part of the Byzantine Empire, it was later hotly contested between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetians, who called the town Lepanto.

From Seattle Times