Definition of Venetian in English:

Venetian

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adjective

Relating to Venice or its people.
‘a Venetian painter of the Renaissance’
- ‘So this little wax portrait of the greatest Venetian painter and his son is a heartbreaking document.’
- ‘But a major development in the 18th century was the internationalization of the patronage of Venetian painters.’
- ‘The Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio pictured Saint Augustine seated at a table in a roomy study, pausing, his pen raised from the paper.’
- ‘The drink is the Bellini, a mixture of white peach juice and sparkling prosecco, named after the fifteenth-century Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini.’
- ‘Reynolds invoked the genius of the Venetian painters like Titian to support his argument, and also Rubens.’
- ‘When you see a 500-year-old Venetian building, it may be a bit shabby and possibly even in danger.’
- ‘The picture has the refreshing sparseness of Francesco Guardi's Venetian scenes, as opposed to the massiveness of Canaletto's.’
- ‘But above in the hidden gardens of the Kastro, the 14th century fortified Venetian castle above the harbour, there is no rushing or impatience.’
- ‘You can find boutique hotels by top designers, B&Bs in frescoed 18 th-century mansions, Venetian estates converted into exquisite villas.’
- ‘Manchester Airport's famous Venetian chandeliers are coming down for good - after dazzling passengers for more than 40 years.’
- ‘We ate a fantastic tuna fish tartar with purée of salt cod, salad of baby scampi and ‘sarde in saor Venetian style’.’
- ‘Yorkshire potter Arnup's latest work concentrates on geometric forms, especially from Venetian floor designs.’
- ‘The Sunflower Masquerade Ball in aid of St Leonard's Hospice is bringing a touch of Venetian festivity to York.’
- ‘Special care has been taken to ensure that the new development respects the needs of Venetian life and culture.’
- ‘The colour and spectacle of Venetian carnival is coming to York to mark the climax of this year's Early Music Festival.’
- ‘Sightseers will be able to hire boats, resembling Venetian gondolas, to take trips on the canal.’
- ‘It's the tastiest, cheapest and most authentically Venetian way of staving off hunger and fatigue.’
- ‘Watch this space for photos and tales of Venetian waterways, Veronese opera and Dolomitian vistas.’
- ‘The Accademia gallery is to Venetian painting what the Uffizi is to Renaissance art in Florence.’
- ‘Masi, one of the most famous producers in this region, has put Venetian wines on the map.’

Pronunciation

Venetian

/vəˈnēSHən/ /vəˈniʃən/

noun

1A native or citizen of Venice.
‘The harbourmaster should then lead the convoy up to Richmond, where the Venetians will moor up by Richmond Bridge Boathouse at 4pm.’
- ‘Grotius' treatise started a war of words, to which the Portuguese, the French, the English, the Spanish and even the Venetians all contributed.’
- ‘Francesco's attempt on Vicenza, a Venetian client state, gave the Venetians a pretext to invade in 1404.’
- ‘We're very snobby about European cities, unless the Romans and Venetians left their mark, but to me Benidorm is like a tiny New York.’
- ‘The Moor, as many Venetians call him, is of strong character.’
- ‘It was there that the Turkish fleet was destroyed by European forces led by the Venetians, and Cervantes lost an eye.’
- ‘Opera was a 17th century innovation (accredited mainly to Monteverdi), and the Venetians at the time took to it with gusto.’
- ‘But if the Venetians offered Rubens lessons in light and colour, the artists of central Italy - Florence and Rome - held other secrets.’
- ‘I'd no idea that the Venetians were bullfighters.’
- ‘Yet the Venetians had looted the Quadriga from Constantinople - and Constantinople had probably acquired them by force from Greece.’
- ‘The Venetians were the first to introduce coffee to Europe in 1615.’
- ‘Modern Greek is essentially Classical Greek as spoken by Venetians.’
- ‘Unlike most Italians, Venetians know how to drink.’
- ‘One must never conspire to kill another Venetian.’
- ‘Routed by the French and Venetians near Milan in 1515, they renounced expansionist policies.’
- ‘When they saw what would happen, though, on February 26th, 1453, six of their ships slipped away with one Venetian.’
- ‘He has a way with words: the Venetians had a ‘dolphin-like enjoyment’ of paint and really splashed it around.’
- ‘With Xanas we have rarely any lessons and with the Venetians only Psychology and some languages.’
- ‘Could this reflect an understanding on the part of the Venetians that these lands represented essential reserve lands for villages?’
- ‘Yet another layer of meaning may have been aimed at Venetians who spoke the local dialect.’
1. 1.1The dialect of Italian spoken in Venice.
  ‘Loosely translated into Venetian, it meant ‘Prodigal Child.’’