Lorraine

See also: lorraine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹeɪn/, /lɔˈɹeɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Lorraine

2. A former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est.
3. A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
4. A surname.

Synonyms

• Lothringia

Derived terms

• Lorraine cross
• Lorrainian, Lorrainer

Related terms

• Alsace-Lorraine
• quiche lorraine

Translations

former region in Grand Est, France

• Afrikaans: Lotaringe
• Albanian: Lorena
• Arabic: لُورْيِّن m (lūryyin)
• Armenian: Լոթարինգիա (hy) (Lotʻaringia)
• Azerbaijani: Lotaringiya
• Basque: Lorrena
• Belarusian: Латарынгія f (Latarynhija)
• Breton: Loren
• Bulgarian: Лотарингия f (Lotaringija)
• Catalan: Lorena f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛林 (zh) (Luòlín)

• Czech: Lotrinsko (cs) n
• Danish: Lorraine (da) (French region), Lothringen (German region)
• Dutch: Lotharingen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Loreno
• Estonian: Lorraine (et)
• Finnish: Lothringen (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Lorrêna f
• French: Lorraine (fr) f
• Galician: Lorena (gl) f
• Georgian: ლოთარინგია (lotaringia), ლორენი (loreni)
• German: Lothringen (de) n

  Alemannic German: Lothringe n

  Rhine Franconian: Lothringe (Palatine)

• Greek: Λωρραίνη f (Lorraíni)
• Hebrew: לורן f (lorén)
• Hungarian: Lotaringia (hu)
• Indonesian: Lorraine
• Irish: an Lorráin f
• Italian: Lorena (it) f
• Japanese: ロレーヌ (Rorēnu)
• Kashubian: Lotringa
• Korean: 로렌 (Roren)
• Latin: Lotharingia (la) f
• Latvian: Lotringa f
• Lithuanian: Lotaringija f
• Luxembourgish: Loutrengen
• Macedonian: Лорена f (Lorena)
• Malay: Lorraine
• Marathi: लोर्रेन (lorren)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Lorraine n

  Nynorsk: Lorraine n

• Occitan: Lorena f
• Persian: لورن (lorên)
• Polish: Lotaryngia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lorena (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਲੋਰੈਨ (lorain)
• Romanian: Lorena f
• Russian: Лотари́нгия (ru) f (Lotaríngija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лорена f

  Roman: Lorena (sh) f

• Sicilian: Lurena
• Slovak: Lotrinsko n
• Slovene: Lorena (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Lothringska

  Upper Sorbian: Lothringska

• Spanish: Lorena (es) f
• Swedish: Lorraine n
• Thai: ลอแรน (lɔɔ-rɛɛn)
• Turkish: Lorraine
• Ukrainian: Лотарингія f (Lotarynhija)
• Vietnamese: Lorraine
• West Frisian: Loataringen n
• Yiddish: לאָטאַרינגיע (lotaringye)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Loherraine, from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia; compare Lothringia, German Lothringen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ʁɛn/

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Proper noun

Lorraine f

1. Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)
2. Lorraine (a region of France)
3. a female given name from French

Noun

Lorraine f (plural Lorraines)

1. female equivalent of Lorrain

Derived terms

• Alsace-Lorraine

Related terms

• lorrain, Lorrain
• Lotharingie