Walloon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).
Cognate to Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
Proper noun
Walloon
- 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
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Noun
Walloon (plural Walloons)
- An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
- An inhabitant of the region of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet), usually of Belgian nationality.
Translations
an inhabitant of Wallonia
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Adjective
Walloon (not comparable)
- Referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium and parts of northern France.
- Referring to the Romance language spoken by this people.
Translations
referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium
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referring to the Romance language
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Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- Flemish
- Fleming
- Wiktionary's coverage of Walloon terms
- Appendix:Walloon Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Walloon
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code wa, ISO 639-3 code wln (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Walloon, wln
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