Ravennate
Ravennate adjective: of, from, or concerning Ravenna, a major city in Italy.
Adjective
Ravennate (comparative more Ravennate, superlative most Ravennate)
- Of, from, or concerning Ravenna, a major city in Italy.
- He held at first that this work had originated from a Ravennate workshop.1958, Pieter Singelenberg, “The Iconography of the Etschmiadzin Diptych and the Healing of the Blind Man at Siloe”, in Art Bulletin
Noun
Ravennate (plural Ravennates)
- One of the Ravennese: a native or inhabitant of Ravenna in Italy.
- ...shortly after he arrived in his adopted city the signore Guido II da Polenta appointed Giovanni as one of the Ravennates who served as foreign notaries at the podesla's court in Florence.1980, Dragmalogia of Giovanni da Ravenna on the Preferable Way of Life, volume 7
Synonyms of Ravennate
Forms of Ravennate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Ravennate |
| superlative | most Ravennate |
| Noun | |
| plural | Ravennates |
Origin of Ravennate
From Ravenna + -ate (adjective-forming suffix); an anglicized form of Italian ravennate and Latin Ravennās through incorrectly associated endings (see Latin -ās).
From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Ravenna + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Questions about Ravennate
- What does Ravennate mean?
- Ravennate means of, from, or concerning Ravenna, a major city in Italy.
- What part of speech is Ravennate?
- Ravennate can be an adjective or a noun.
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