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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	venetic	veneticul		venetici	veneticii
genitive-dative	venetic	veneticului		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

		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