Romansch en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmanʃ/ (UK)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɹoʊˈmɑnʃ/ (US)
- /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Romansh romansch, romontsch, rumantsch et al., from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman manner; in a Romance language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus. Perhaps influenced by the Germanic suffix seen in English as -ish (German -isch, -sch). Doublet of romance.
Meanings
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(broadly) Synonym of Rhaeto-Romance.
Romansch (Ger. Churwalsch, from the town of Chur), a name applied to the Romance dialect, or rather agglomeration of cognate dialects, spoken from the Grisons to Friuli on the Adriatic. ]
[ 1892, Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: New Edition: Vol. VIII.: Peasant to Roumelia, p. 779, s.v. Romansch
- (strict-sense) A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanche | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Rumantsch | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Rumansch | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Romansh | alternative | lexicographic |
Holonyms
Relateds
Rhaeto-Romance · Ladin · Friulian
Synonyms
Translations (46)
pt romanche (the Romance language) · hy ռոմանշ (the Romance language) · es romanche (the Romance language) · de Bündnerromanisch (the Romance language) · cy Románsh (the Romance language) · rm rumàntsch (the Romance language) · scn rumanzu (the Romance language) · nb retoromansk (the Romance language) · ru реторома́нский (the Romance language) · la lingua Rhaetica (the Romance language) · ja ロマンシュ語 (the Romance language) · ga Raeta-Rómáinsis (the Romance language) · kk романш тілі (the Romance language) · ca romanx (the Romance language) · cmn 羅曼什語 /罗曼什语 (the Romance language) · ro retoromană (the Romance language) · nn retoromansk (the Romance language) · io Romancha (the Romance language) · fur rumanç (the Romance language) · sco Romansh (the Romance language) · fur romanç (the Romance language) · it romancio (the Romance language) · ru рома́ншский (the Romance language) · scn rumanciu (the Romance language) · cmn 羅曼什語 /罗曼什语 (the Romance language) · eo romanĉa lingvo (the Romance language) · nv Wóómąsh bizaad (the Romance language) · et retoromaani (the Romance language) · rm romontsch (the Romance language) · hy ռումանշ (the Romance language) · fi retoromaani (the Romance language) · bg ретрома́нски (the Romance language) · de Rätoromanisch (the Romance language) · hu romans (the Romance language) · rm rumauntsch (the Romance language) · da rætoromansk (the Romance language) · sv rätoromanska (the Romance language) · tr Romanşça (the Romance language) · hy ռետոռոմաներեն (the Romance language) · cs rétorománština (the Romance language) · pl romansz (the Romance language) · rm rumantsch (the Romance language) · mr रोमांश (the Romance language) · nl Reto-Romaans (the Romance language) · fr romanche (the Romance language) · eo romanĉa (the Romance language)