Giovanni Veneroni
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Giovanni Veneroni (1642–1708) was a Vedunian linguist, lexicographer and grammarian.
Biography
It is believed that he was a native from Verdun (Meuse) and later Italianized his name. He went to Paris, where he pretended to be from Florence, had a great success as teacher of Italian and became secretary and interpreter of the King.
He published an Italian-French dictionary with the title Dictionnaire italien et françois (1681), and a Grammaire italienne (1710), which were long time considered classical reference works and were re-printed on several occasions.
References
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External links
- [http://www.francais-italien.com/ Version numérisée du dictionnaire] (édition de Paris, 1681)
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=jM5FAAAAcAAJ Version révisée de Filippo Neretti] (édition de Venise, 1717)
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Category:Linguists from France
Category:French lexicographers
Category:17th-century French translators
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