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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ve•ne•tian (və nē′shən),USA pronunciation adj. - Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Venice or its inhabitants.
- 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.
- in or in imitation of the style typical of Venice:Venetian architecture.
n. - Language Varietiesa native or inhabitant of Venice.
- Furniture(l.c.) See venetian blind.
- Furniture venetians, a tape or braid for supporting the slats of a venetian blind.
- TextilesAlso called Vene′tian cloth′.
- 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.
- a cotton fabric constructed in satin or twill weave, used chiefly for linings.
- Middle French
- Medieval Latin Venetiānus, equivalent. to Veneti(a) Venice + Latin -ānus -an; replacing Middle English Venicien
- 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Venetian /vɪˈniːʃən/ adj - of, relating to, or characteristic of Venice or its inhabitants
n - a native or inhabitant of Venice
- See Venetian blind
- (sometimes not capital) one of the tapes that join the slats of a Venetian blind
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