Alternativa stavningar

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • UttalUS
  • RP:
    • IPA: /bɪˈzæntaɪn/
    • IPA: /bɪˈzæntiːn/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈbɪzəntiːn/
    • IPA: /ˈbɪzəntaɪn/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈbaɪ.zən.taɪn/
Översättning
Adjektiv
1.bysantinsk

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Overly complex or intricate.
  2. Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
  3. of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.

Substantiv

  1. (rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul)
  2. (history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.

Exempel

  • a Byzantine system of regulations
  • Byzantine history.

Böjningsformer

PluralByzantines
Komparativmore Byzantine
Superlativmost Byzantine

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