Palatine

See also: palatine

English

Etymology

From Latin Palātīnus, from Palātium.

Proper noun

Palatine

1. One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
2. A placename.
   1. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
   2. A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland.
   3. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
3. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in the Palatinate.

Related terms

• palace
• palatial
• palatine
• palatium

 

Translations

Palatine Hill — see Palatine Hill

Rhine Franconian dialect

• Chinese

  Mandarin: 普法爾茨方言／普法尔茨方言 (Pǔfǎ'ěrcífāngyán)

• Dutch: Paltsisch (nl)
• German: Pfälzisch (de) n

  Rhine Franconian: Pälzisch n (Palatine)

Adjective

Palatine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Elector Palatine or the German Palatinate or its people. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History, Penguin, page 122:

     Internally, the Palatine government remained dominated by Calvinists who bullied the largely Lutheran population, persecuted Jews and refused dialogue with Catholics.

Translations

Translations

• German: pfälzisch (de)

  Rhine Franconian: pälzisch (Palatine)

Noun

Palatine (plural Palatines)

1. (rare, obsolete) A native or inhabitant of the Palatinate. [17th c.]

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Latin

Adjective

Palātīne

1. vocative masculine singular of Palātīnus