Tuscan

See also: tuscan

English

Illustration which present the Tuscan order (sense 2)

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌs.kən/

Adjective

Tuscan (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants.
2. (architecture) 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.

Derived terms

• super-Tuscan
• Tuscan kale
• Tuscan porterhouse
• Tuscan red
• Tuscan sun

Translations

of or relating to Tuscany or its inhabitants

• Bulgarian: тоскански (toskanski)
• Catalan: toscà (ca)
• Czech: toskánský
• Danish: toskansk
• Dutch: Toscaans (nl)
• Irish: Tuscánach
• Italian: toscano (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toskansk

  Nynorsk: toskansk

• Portuguese: toscano (pt)
• Spanish: toscano (es)
• Swedish: toskansk (sv)
• Welsh: Tysganaidd

Noun

Tuscan (countable and uncountable, plural Tuscans)

1. A person from or inhabitant of Tuscany.
2. A local variety of Italian spoken in Tuscany, on which Standard Italian is largely based.

Translations

person from or inhabitant of Tuscany

• Bulgarian: тосканец m (toskanec)
• Catalan: toscà (ca) m
• Czech: Toskánec m
• Dutch: Toscaan (nl) m, Toscaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: toskano (man or woman), toskanino (woman)
• French: Toscan (fr) m, Toscane (fr) f
• German: Toskaner (de) m, Toskanerin (de) f
• Irish: Tuscánach m
• Italian: toscano (it) m, toscana (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toskaner m

  Nynorsk: toskanar m

• Portuguese: toscano (pt) m
• Spanish: toscano (es) m, toscana (es) f
• Turkish: Toskanalı
• Welsh: Tysganiad

dialect of Tuscany

• Catalan: toscà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托斯卡納語／托斯卡纳语 (Tuōsīkǎnàyǔ)

• Dutch: Toscaans (nl) n
• Italian: toscano (it) m
• Welsh: Tysganeg

Anagrams

• cutans, tucans, uncast