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Alsatian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- ăl-sā'shən
- /ælˈseɪʃən/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin Alsatia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Alsatian
From Medieval Latin Alsatia + English -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
[...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...].
1962 August, “Beyond the Channel: France: Paris Est renaissance”, in Modern Railways, page 133/134:
Forms
Deriveds
Alsatianness
Translations (26)
fa-ira آلْزاسی (of or relating to Alsace) · nl Elzasser (of or relating to Alsace) · pl alzacki (of or relating to Alsace) · ka ელზასური (of or relating to Alsace) · ca alsacià (of or relating to Alsace) · nl Elzassisch (of or relating to Alsace) · it alsaziano (of or relating to Alsace) · el αλσατικός (of or relating to Alsace) · eo alzaca (of or relating to Alsace) · hu elzászi (of or relating to Alsace) · es alsaciano (of or relating to Alsace) · gl alsaciano (of or relating to Alsace) · ru эльза́сский (of or relating to Alsace) · ro alsacian (of or relating to Alsace) · pt alsaciano (of or relating to Alsace) · cs alsaský (of or relating to Alsace) · ka ელზასის (of or relating to Alsace) · be эльза́скі (of or relating to Alsace) · fr alsacien (of or relating to Alsace) · ga Alsáiseach (of or relating to Alsace) · la Alsatiēnsis (of or relating to Alsace) · de elsässisch (of or relating to Alsace) · sh alzaški (of or relating to Alsace) · la Alsaticus (of or relating to Alsace) · fur alsazian (of or relating to Alsace) · gsw elsassisch (of or relating to Alsace)
Alsatian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- ăl-sā'shən
- /ælˈseɪʃən/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin Alsatia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Alsatian
From Medieval Latin Alsatia + English -an.
Meanings
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A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US, dated) A German shepherd dog.
Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bottom of the garden straight through the house and smash themselves against the inside of the door until their owners appeared and locked them away.
2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56:
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(UK, obsolete) A rogue or debauchee, like those who haunted Alsatia in London.
You shall sink a nobleman in the Temple Gardens, and rise an Alsatian at Whitefriars.
1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel, Edinburgh:
Forms
Synonyms
German Shepherd (dog) · Alsatian shepherd (dog) · Elsassian · Elsatian
Translations (30)
el Αλσατή (person from Alsace) · it alsaziano (person from Alsace) · sh Alzašanka (person from Alsace) · da elsasser (person from Alsace) · ga Alsáiseach (person from Alsace) · pt alsaciano (person from Alsace) · ka ელზასელი (person from Alsace) · ru эльза́ска (person from Alsace) · ro alsaciană (person from Alsace) · hu elzászi (person from Alsace) · es alsaciano (person from Alsace) · de Elsässer (person from Alsace) · ru эльза́сец (person from Alsace) · fr Alsacien (person from Alsace) · pl Alzatka (person from Alsace) · gl alsaciano (person from Alsace) · hy էլզասցի (person from Alsace) · la Alsatiēnsis (person from Alsace) · fa-ira آلْزاسی (person from Alsace) · it alsaziana (person from Alsace) · ro alsacian (person from Alsace) · el Αλσατός (person from Alsace) · nl Elzasserin (person from Alsace) · fr Alsacienne (person from Alsace) · cs Alsasan (person from Alsace) · nl Elzasser (person from Alsace) · de Elsässerin (person from Alsace) · sh Alzašanin (person from Alsace) · pl Alzatczyk (person from Alsace) · ca alsacià (person from Alsace)
Alsatian en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- ăl-sā'shən
- /ælˈseɪʃən/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin Alsatia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Alsatian
From Medieval Latin Alsatia + English -an.
Meanings
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The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.
Forms
Relateds
Alemannic · Wiktionary’s coverage of Alsatian Alemannic German terms
Translations (24)
cs alsaština (language of Alsace) · is alsatíska (language of Alsace) · it alsaziano (language of Alsace) · ko 알자스어 (language of Alsace) · fa-ira آلْزاسی (language of Alsace) · ga Alsáisis (language of Alsace) · pt alsaciano (language of Alsace) · ro alsacian (language of Alsace) · ka ელზასური დიალექტი (language of Alsace) · gsw Elsassisch (language of Alsace) · gl alsaciano (language of Alsace) · ru эльзасский (language of Alsace) · tr Alsasça (language of Alsace) · gsw Elsasserditsch (language of Alsace) · es alsaciano (language of Alsace) · ca alsacià (language of Alsace) · fi elsassi (language of Alsace) · fr alsacien (language of Alsace) · nl Elzassisch (language of Alsace) · de Elsässisch (language of Alsace) · eu alsaziera (language of Alsace) · pl alzacki (language of Alsace) · cy Alsaseg (language of Alsace) · ka ელზასური (language of Alsace)