Romansch

English Alternative forms en Romanche Romansh Rumansch Rumantsch Etymology en rm romansch, rm romontsch, rm rumantsch et al., from en la-med rōmānicē, from en la-vul rōmānicē in the Roman manner; in a Romance language adv, from en la rōmānicus. Perhaps influenced by the en gem - suffix seen in English as en -ish (German de -isch, de -sch). en romance. Pronunciation en /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmanʃ/ UK en /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/ /ɹoʊˈmɑnʃ/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Romansch.wav General American Proper noun en broad sense en Rhaeto-Romance. [ 1892, Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: New Edition: Vol. VIII.: Peasant to Roumelia, p. 779, s.v. Romansch: 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. ] en 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. Usage notes Some writers have restricted the term "Romansch" to western dialects (as opposed to Ladin in the east), while others have used it more broadly to indicate all Rhaeto-Romance languages. Quotations 1776, Joseph Planta, An Account of the Romansh Language. By Joseph Planta. Read at the Royal Society, Nov. 10, 1775, London, p. 1f. and 14 (books.google): This language is called Romansh, and is now spoken in the most mountainous parts of the country of the Grisons, near the sources of the Rhine and the En. May we not hence conclude, that as the Romansh has never been used in any regular composition in writing till the sixteenth century, nor affected by any foreign invasion or intimate connexion, it is not likely to have received any material change before the period of its being written? Holonyms strict sense en Rhaeto-Romance Translations the Romance language Armenian: hy ռետոռոմաներեն, hy ռումանշ, hy ռոմանշ Bulgarian: bg ретрома́нски m Catalan: ca romanx m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅曼什語, cmn 羅曼什語 Luómànshíyǔ Czech: cs rétorománština f Danish: da rætoromansk n Dutch: nl Reto-Romaans n Esperanto: eo romanĉa, eo romanĉa lingvo with the definite article eo la Estonian: et retoromaani Finnish: fi retoromaani French: fr romanche m Friulian: fur romanç, fur rumanç German: de Bündnerromanisch n, de Rätoromanisch n strict sense Hungarian: hu romans Ido: io Romancha Irish: ga Raeta-Rómáinsis f Italian: it romancio m Japanese: ja ロマンシュ語 romanshu go Kazakh: kk романш тілі Latin: la lingua Rhaetica f Marathi: mr रोमांश f Navajo: nv Wóómąsh bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: nb retoromansk m Nynorsk: nn retoromansk m Polish: pl romansz m Portuguese: pt romanche m Romanian: ro retoromană f Romansch: rm rumantsch Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader, rm romontsch Sursilvan, rm rumàntsch Sutsilvan, rm rumauntsch Puter Russian: ru рома́ншский m, ru реторома́нский Scots: sco Romansh Sicilian: scn rumanzu m, scn rumanciu m Spanish: es romanche m Swedish: sv rätoromanska c Turkish: tr Romanşça Welsh: cy Románsh See also en Friulian en Ladin en Rhaeto-Romance Further reading roh Anagrams en achmnors chromans monarchs nomarchs en Languages