Romansch

English

Alternative forms

Romanche, Romansh, Rumantsch

Etymology

Borrowed from Romansch romansch, romontsch, rumantsch et al., 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". See also romance.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmanʃ/

Noun

Romansch (uncountable)

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. [from 17th c.]

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.

Translations

the Romance language

Armenian: ռետոռոմաներեն (hy) (ṙetoṙomaneren), ռումանշ (ṙumanš), ռոմանշ (hy) (ṙomanš)
Bulgarian: ретромански m (retromanski)
Catalan: romanx m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅曼什語, 羅曼什語 (Luómànshíyǔ)
Czech: rétorománština (cs) f
Danish: rætoromansk
Dutch: Reto-Romaans n
Estonian: retoromaani
Finnish: retoromaani (fi)
French: romanche (fr) m
Friulian: romanç, rumanç
German: Rätoromanisch (de) n, Bündnerromanisch n

Hungarian: romans (hu)
Ido: Romancha (io)
Irish: Raeta-Rómáinsis
Italian: romancio (it)
Navajo: Wóómąsh bizaad
Norwegian: retoromansk (no)
Portuguese: romanche (pt)
Romanian: retoromană (ro) f
Romansch: rumantsch (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader), romontsch (Sursilvan), rumàntsch (Sutsilvan), rumauntsch (Puter)
Russian: рома́ншский m (románšskij), реторома́нский (ru) (retorománskij)
Scots: Romansh
Spanish: romanche (es) m
Swedish: rätoromanska (sv)

See also

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Romansch, roh

Anagrams

chromans, monarchs, nomarchs

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