venetian

«venetian» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Venetian); noun (a Venetian, Venetians); noun (venetian blind, venetian blinds)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water with canals instead of streets. tree →

2) A person who comes from Venice. tree →

3) A venetian blind is a window blind made of many thin flat strips that tilt to let light in or keep it out. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Venetian merchants traded across the Mediterranean, and Marco Polo was Venetian. In art, Venetian glass and Venetian masks are famous. At home, a venetian blind is a common kind of blind.

examples

• Marco Polo was a famous Venetian traveller. tree →
• We bought a Venetian mask for the carnival. tree →
• Venetian boats are called gondolas. tree →
• Pull the cord to open the venetian blind. tree →
• The Venetians built their city on islands. tree →
• Venetian glass is beautiful and colourful. tree →

note

With a capital V when it means Venice; the blind is often written with a small v. Do not confuse with «Venusian» (from the planet Venus).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «venetian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.