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Tuscan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtʌs.kən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Tuscan, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, from or relating to Tuscany, Italy.
  2. (not-comparable) Belonging to the simplest of the five classical orders of architecture, being a Roman modification of the Doric style, with unfluted columns, and without triglyphs.

Deriveds

Tuscanism · Tuscan red · Tuscanize · Tuscan porterhouse · Tuscan sun · Tuscan kale · Tuscanness · super-Tuscan

Translations (14)

bg тоскански (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · it toscano (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · da toskansk (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · cs toskánský (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · nl Toscaans (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · cy Tysganaidd (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · ga Tuscánach (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · nn toskansk (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · ca toscà (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · es toscano (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · sv toskansk (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · pl toskański (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · nb toskansk (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants) · pt toscano (of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants)

Tuscan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtʌs.kən/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Tuscan, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany, Italy.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A local variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany, on which Standard Italian is largely based.

Forms

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Tuscans Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (28)

ga Tuscánach (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · nl Toscaan (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · pl Toskanka (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · es toscana (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · fr Toscan (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · cy Tysganeg (dialect of Tuscany) · es toscano (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · ca toscà (dialect of Tuscany) · cmn 托斯卡納語 /托斯卡纳语 (dialect of Tuscany) · it toscano (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · tr Toskanalı (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · eo toskano (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · pl Toskańczyk (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · nb toskaner (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · it toscana (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · de Toskanerin (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · nl Toscaans (dialect of Tuscany) · cy Tysganiad (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · eo toskanino (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · it toscano (dialect of Tuscany) · de Toskaner (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · bg тосканец (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · fr Toscane (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · pt toscano (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · ca toscà (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · cs Toskánec (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · nl Toscaanse (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany) · nn toskanar (person from or inhabitant of Tuscany)