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Auvergnese en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Auvergne Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Auvergnese From Auvergne + -ese.

Meanings

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the region of Auvergne in France
   • […] as for the others, they at once fall back upon an Auvergnese patois, at least as different from ordinary French as a Durham miner's vernacular is from a West countryman's. 1895, Thomas Hughes, Vacation Rambles, page 357:

Synonyms

Auvergne · Auvergnian

Translations (3)

es auvernés (Translations) · fr auvergnat (Translations) · oc auvernhat (Translations)

Auvergnese en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Auvergne Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Auvergnese From Auvergne + -ese.

Meanings

1. (in-plural) A person from the Auvergne region
   • The little Auvergnese retired highly delighted, […] 1861, “The Piece of Gold”, in The Blue Silk Work-bag, page 7:

Forms

Synonyms

Auvergnian

Translations (3)

fr Auvergnat (Translations) · es auvernés (Translations) · oc auvernhat (Translations)