Definitions for Venetian

Venetian Ve·ne·tian

Spelling: [vuh-nee-shuh n]
IPA: /vəˈni ʃən/

Venetian is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in Venetian (aeeinntv).

Definitions for Venetian

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 Venetian cloth. Textiles. 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.

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:

Origin of Venetian

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

Examples for Venetian

As the story goes, many Venetian nuns were noble women forced into the convent to save their families from bankruptcy.

He then took from the file one of the Venetian glasses of clouded white.

Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.

The Venetian shutters often had to be lowered in the summer to attenuate the great heat.

The green Venetian blind had fallen, hiding the window, hiding the stranger's face.

Once upon a time, no self-respecting Venetian altar went without a carpet like these ones.

He wrote to the Venetian Senate to announce the cardinal's death on July 20.

Some of the fat stacks of $100s were held in place by Venetian casino wrappers.

The Venetian police force is headquartered in the former convent, Santa Zaccaria, another site that has seen more exciting days.

Genoese and Venetian traders came with their stores of Eastern goods.

Word Value for Venetian
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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