Walloon

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sensu stricto Walloon-speaking area including the small politically French "peninsula" of Givet (red) and boundaries of Wallonia; the inhabitants of both are called "Walloons"; people in North-East area (cut) are German-speaking Walloons

Etymology

French wallon, from Old High German ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨ (walha, “foreigner, stranger, speaker of Celtic or Latin”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz.

Cognate to Welsh and first part of walnut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wəˈluːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Walloon

1. The Romance language commonly spoken until the middle of the 20th century in parts of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet).

Translations

Romance language

• Catalan: való (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦龍語 (cmn), 瓦龙语 (cmn) (Wǎlóngyǔ)

• Dutch: Waals (nl) n
• Estonian: vallooni keel (et)
• Finnish: valloni (fi)
• French: wallon (fr) m

• German: Wallonisch (de) n
• Irish: Vallúinis (ga)
• Italian: vallone (it) m
• Japanese: ワロン語 (waron-go)
• Polish: waloński (pl) m
• Russian: валлонский (ru) (vallonskij)
• Walloon: walon (wa)

Noun

Walloon (plural Walloons)

1. An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
2. An inhabitant of the region of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet), usually of Belgian nationality.

Translations

an inhabitant of Wallonia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦龍人 (cmn), 瓦龙人 (cmn) (Wǎlóngrén)

• Dutch: Waal (nl) m, Waalse (nl) f
• Esperanto: valono (eo) (man or woman), valonino (eo) (woman)
• Estonian: valloon (et)
• Finnish: valloni (fi)

• French: Wallon (fr) m, Wallonne (fr) f
• German: Wallone (de) m, Wallonin (de) f
• Italian: vallone (it) m and f
• Japanese: ワロン人 (waron-jin)
• Polish: Walończyk (pl) m, Walonka (pl) f
• Walloon: Walon (wa) m, Walone (wa) f

Adjective

Walloon (not comparable)

1. Referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium and parts of northern France.
2. Referring to the Romance language spoken by this people.

Translations

referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦龍的 (cmn), 瓦龙的 (cmn) (Wǎlóng de)

• Dutch: Waals (nl)

• Finnish: vallonien (fi) (genitive of noun)
• German: wallonisch (de)
• Polish: waloński (pl) m

referring to the Romance language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦龍語的 (cmn), 瓦龙语的 (cmn) (Wǎlóngyǔ de)

• Dutch: Waals (nl)

• Finnish: valloninkielinen (fi)
• German: wallonisch (de)
• Polish: waloński (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: wallon (fr) m, wallonne (fr) f

• Italian: vallone (it) m and f

Derived terms

• Wallonia

Related terms

• walnut
• Welsh

See also

• Flemish
• Fleming
• Wiktionary's coverage of Walloon terms
• Appendix:Walloon Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Walloon

External links

• ISO 639-1 code wa, ISO 639-3 code wln
• Ethnologue entry for Walloon, wa