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Batavophone en · ADJ

Etymology

From Batavo- + -phone.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Dutch-speaking.
    • In addition, the translations, especially from Dutch, are not always felicitous, so that the Batavophone reader, to obtain comprehension, is often obliged to refer in his mind's eye to his and the authors' native words. 1989, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana., Studia Rosenthaliana, Vol. 23, page 179:
    • My thesis... got a lot of praise from my advisor, who even wanted to see it published in the Batavophone Jesuits' scholarly quarterly. 2009, Bruce Fraser, Ken Turner., Language in life and a life in language, Emerald Group Publishing, page 540:

Synonyms

Dutchophone · Netherlandophone

Batavophone en · NOUN

Etymology

From Batavo- + -phone.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A Dutch speaker; a person who speaks the Dutch language.

Forms

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Synonyms

Netherlandophone · Dutchophone