fondaco
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian fondaco (“trading factory, warehouse, trading post”), from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”) under influence from Medieval Latin fundicus (“warehouse, trading factory, trading post”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖ
Noun
[edit]fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)
- (historical) A trading factory, trading post, or colony operated by the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, chiefly around the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
- 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 32:
- Genoese and Venetian fondachi (trading depots) littered the coastline from North Africa to the Crimea.
- (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant.
Hypernyms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”) under influence from Medieval Latin fundicus (“warehouse, trading factory, trading post”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖ
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci)
Descendants
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian fondaco.
Noun
[edit]fondaco n (plural fondacouri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) fondaco | fondacoul | (niște) fondacouri | fondacourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) fondaco | fondacoului | (unor) fondacouri | fondacourilor |
vocative | fondacoule | fondacourilor |
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- Rhymes:Italian/ondako
- Rhymes:Italian/ondako/3 syllables
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