Castilian

English Etymology en 1 * :af Castile -ian<id:related to> :calque es:castellano<id:Castilian><t:of or related to Castile, Spain or the Spanish language> en castellano castellanus castellan chatelain. Pronunciation kă-stĭl′yən; en /kæˈstɪl.jən/ en /kæˈstɪl.jən/ ; /kaˈstɪl.jən/<a:also <<RP>>> RP,GenAm,CanE,AuE en en-us-Castilian.ogg US en /kɛˈstəl.jən/ NZE en /kaˈstɪl.jən/ /kaˈstɪl.jʌn/ ScE en ɪljən 3 en Cas til ian Proper noun The Castilian dialect of Spanish, often en especially _ historically considered the prestige dialect of Spanish. en Castilian Spanish en inexact en Spanish, the language of Spain and its former colonies. Usage notes Modern English use of en Castilian to mean en Spanish generally calques that of various Spanish dialects, whose acceptance of es castellano in that sense varies widely. It is especially common in Argentinian and Peruvian Spanish and particularly uncommon in Mexican Spanish. It can also be intended to denote proper formal Spanish as opposed to slang, informal or regional Spanish. Translations standard variety of European Spanish Afrikaans: af Kastiliaans Asturian: ast castellanu m Breton: br kastilhaneg m Bulgarian: bg кастѝлски m Catalan: ca castellà Czech: cs kastilský Danish: da castiliansk Dutch: nl Castiliaans n Esperanto: eo kastila lingvo s Finnish: fi kastilianespanja French: fr castillan Galician: gl castelán m Georgian: ka კასტილიური German: de Kastilisch n Greek: el καστιλλιάνικα n-p Hungarian: hu kasztíliai Icelandic: is kastilíska f Irish: ga Caistílis f Italian: it castigliano m K'iche': quc kaxlan tzij c n Ladino: lad kasteyano Nahuatl: nah Caxtillahtōlli Occitan: oc castelhan m Polish: pl kastylijski Portuguese: pt castelhano m Romanian: ro castiliană f Russian: ru кастильский m язы́к Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh кастиљански Latin: sh kastiljanski Slovak: sk kastílčina Spanish: es castellano m Swedish: sv kastilianska Noun A native of Castile. Translations native of Castile Afrikaans: af Kastiliaan Bulgarian: bg касти́лец m, bg касти́лка f Catalan: ca castellà m, ca castellana f Esperanto: eo kastilo s Finnish: fi kastilialainen French: fr Castillan m, fr Castillane f Galician: gl castelán m, gl castelá f Georgian: ka კასტილიელი German: de Kastilianer m, de Kastilianerin f Greek: el Καστιλλιάνος m, el Καστιλλιάνα f Hebrew: he קסטילי Irish: ga Caistíleach m Italian: it castigliano m, it castigliana f Occitan: oc castelhan m, oc castelhana f Portuguese: pt castelhano m, pt castelhana f Russian: ru касти́лец m Spanish: es castellano m, es castellana f Swedish: sv kastilian c Adjective - Of, from or relating to Castile. Derived terms en Castilianness Translations relating to Castile Esperanto: eo kastila s, eo kastilia s Finnish: fi kastilialainen Georgian: ka კასტილიური Greek: el καστιλλιάνικος Irish: ga Caistíleach Kaqchikel: cak kaxlan c K'iche': quc kaxlan c Spanish: es castellano Swedish: sv kastiliansk Further reading en Spanish