vendetta

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Pronunciation

Noun

vendetta (plural vendettas or vendette)

  1. Revenge.
  2. A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
  3. (often preceded by personal) A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

Derived terms

Translations

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vẽnˈdɛtta/
  • Hyphenation: ven‧det‧ta

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendetti or vendette)

  1. alternative form of vindetta

References

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta, from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicte, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑ̃.dɛ.ta/ ~ /vɑ̃.de.ta/

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

  1. blood feud, vendetta
    • 1976, François de Roubaix, “'Vendetta'”:
      Vendetta est une belle tradition. Un art fin comme un lien entre les générations.
      Vendetta is a beautiful tradition. A fine art like a link between generations.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“to claim, to vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /venˈdet.ta/
  • Rhymes: -etta
  • Hyphenation: ven‧dét‧ta
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendette)

  1. revenge, vengeance

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vindicta, borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /benˈdedta/ , /benˈdeta/
  • Rhymes: -edta, -eta
  • Syllabification: ven‧det‧ta

Noun

vendetta f (plural vendettas)

  1. revenge, vengeance

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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