fondaco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondaco (“trading factory, warehouse”), from Arabic فُنْدُق‎ (funduq). Doublet of fonduk.

Noun

fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)

  1. (historical, Italian contexts) A type of inn, especially as the residence of a merchant or trader; a trading post, a trading factory.
    • 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.

See also

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُنْدُق‎ (funduq), from Ancient Greek πάνδοκος (pándokos), πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon, “inn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfon.da.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ondako
  • Hyphenation: fón‧da‧co

Noun

fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci)

  1. trading factory, warehouse

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondaco.

Noun

fondaco n (plural fondacouri)

  1. fondaco

Declension
Declension of fondaco
singular plural
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

References
  • fondaco in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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