Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

romansch

/ɹoʊˈmænʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-man-sch
IPA: /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Rhaeto-Romance.

name

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.

Example Sentences

"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. ]"

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rōmānicē, rōmānicus, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/
British English: /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmanʃ/

Inflected Forms

Romanche (alternative) Romansh (alternative) Rumansch (alternative) Rumantsch (alternative)

Phrases

Rhaeto-Romance

Frequently Paired Words

Friulian Ladin Rhaeto-Romance

Synonyms

Rhaeto-Romance

Questions

How do you pronounce romansch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/.
What does romansch mean?: Synonym of Rhaeto-Romance.
Where does romansch come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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