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Franconian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.nɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.njən/ (General-American)
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Franconia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Franconian From Franconia + -an.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
  2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
    • 107. THE LOW FRANCONIAN.—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin. 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 (https://books.google.com/books?id=OhJKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68)

Translations (11)

ka ფრანკონიული (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · ca francònic (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · cs franský (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · pl frankoński (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · sv frankisk (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · cy Ffranconaidd (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · es francón (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · it francone (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · de fränkisch (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · mr फ्रँकोनियन (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants) · fr franconien (of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants)

Franconian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.nɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.njən/ (General-American)
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Franconia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Franconian From Franconia + -an.

Meanings

  1. A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

Forms

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Translations (7)

it Francone (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · ka ფრანკონიელი (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · de Franke (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · de Fränkin (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · mr फ्रँकोनियन (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · cy Ffranconiad (native or inhabitant of to Franconia) · fr Franconien (native or inhabitant of to Franconia)

Franconian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.nɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.njən/ (General-American)
  • /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Franconia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Franconian From Franconia + -an.

Meanings

  1. A marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), central-western Germany, and Franconia.
  2. An age from 496.8 to 492.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.

Relateds

Upper Franconian · Rhenish Franconian · Middle Franconian · Central Franconian · Rhine Franconian · East Franconian · Old Franconian · Low Franconian

Translations (7)

it francone (Translations) · cy Ffranconeg (Translations) · de Fränkisch (Translations) · ca fràncic (Translations) · mr फ्रँकोनियन (Translations) · nl Frankisch (Translations) · fr franconien (Translations)