How do you pronounce walloon?

The recorded pronunciation is /wəˈluːn/.

Where does walloon come from?

It is traced to Proto-Germanic.

walloon

/wəˈluːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: wal-loon
IPA: /wəˈluːn/

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Meaning

name

A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).

noun

A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.

noun

A speaker of Walloon (as above).

adj

Of, from or relating to Wallonia.

adj

Of or relating to the Walloon language.

Example Sentences

"By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon."
"when I was young I did seeke to serue, both in England, Fraunce, and Scotland, to that end I might the better doo my Prince and Countrye seruice, and also to sustaine myselfe, who otherwaies was not able to liue as I did desire to doo: wheras I learned to know the vse of most weapons of warre both for Horsemen and footmen, that are or haue beene vsed in this age, with as good Schoolemaisters as any Italian, Spaniard or Wallon whatsoeuer, hath been or now is."
"The valerouse, and prudent Earle of Isimburque uppon the firste aduice of Captaine Barri, touching the quantitie and presumtion of the enemy, drew on vnto the field, and with great expedition brauelie ordered, and deuided his almain, and vallon Infanterie, into two squadrons, in forme of broad front with amostualerous determintion to incounter and giue battel to the enemy if need did require."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”). Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.

Origin

Source language: Proto-Germanic

Word Breakdown

Root: *walh, *walhaz

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /wəˈluːn/

Inflected Forms

Walloons (plural)

Derived Forms

Wallonia

Phrases

Walloon Brusselers Walloon Dutch Walloon Swedes Walloon Wisconsinites Walloon Assembly Walloon Brabant Walloon Church Walloon collar

Frequently Paired Words

walnut Welsh Flemish Fleming Wiktionary’s coverage of Walloon terms

Synonyms

Wallonian

Rhymes With

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