Etruscan

American  

[ih-truhs-kuhn] / ɪˈtrʌs kən /

Also Etrurian

adjective

1. pertaining to Etruria, its inhabitants, civilization, art, or language.

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noun

1. an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.

2. the extinct language of Etruria, not known to be related to any other language. Etr.

Etruscan British  

/ ɪˈtrʌskən, ɪˈtrʊərɪən /

noun

1. a member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 _bc

2. the non-Indo-European language of the ancient Etruscans, whose few surviving records have not been fully interpreted

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Etruria, the Etruscans, their culture, or their language

Etymology

Origin of Etruscan

1700–10; < Latin Etrusc ( us ) of Etruria + -an

Example Sentences

“This is a tool that does programming and also writes documents, and it can also do image editing, and also can read Etruscan, and a bunch of other stuff too,” says Mollick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Among the returned works was a bronze Etruscan warrior that the museum said was stolen from an archaeological museum in Bologna, Italy, in 1963.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Other items included two Etruscan tile paintings from Cerveteri, a frequently-looted necropolis site northwest of Rome, that date back to 440 B.C.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

The items, the oldest of which date back to the 9th century BC, include works belonging to the periods of the Etruscan civilisation, Magna Graecia and Imperial Rome.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

They once discovered a set of false teeth on the seat of an Etruscan chariot.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg