Catalan

See also: catalan, catalán, and Catalán

English

Etymology

From Middle English Catalane, from French Catalan, from Catalan català.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăt'ə-lăn, IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/, /ˈkæ.tə.lən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Catalan (plural Catalans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

   Synonym: Catalonian

   • 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 March 2018:

     Even if he draws back from a declaration, many Catalans – including Mossos and civil servants – may decide to not to obey orders from Madrid, and tens of thousands of people could take to the streets to protect key regional government institutions.

Translations

person from Catalonia

• Arabic: كَاتَالَانِيّ m (kātālāniyy), كَاتَالَانِيَّة f (kātālāniyya)
• Armenian: կատալոնացի (katalonacʻi)
• Azerbaijani: katalan
• Basque: kataluniar (eu), katalan (eu)
• Belarusian: катало́нец m (katalónjec), катало́нка f (katalónka)
• Breton: Katalan (br) m, Katalanez (br) f
• Catalan: català (ca) m, catalana (ca) f
• Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞人 / 加泰罗尼亚人 (Jiātàiluóníyà rén)

• Corsican: catalanu (co) m, catalana f
• Czech: Katalánec m
• Danish: catalonier (da) c
• Dutch: Catalaan (nl) m, Catalaanse (nl) f
• Finnish: katalaani (fi), katalonialainen (fi)
• French: Catalan (fr) m, Catalane (fr) f
• Galician: catalán (gl) m, catalá f
• Georgian: კატალანელი (ḳaṭalaneli), კატალონიელი (ḳaṭalonieli)
• German: Katalane (de) m, Katalanin (de) f
• Greek: Καταλανός (el) m (Katalanós), Καταλανή (el) f (Katalaní)
• Interlingua: catalano (ia)
• Irish: Catalónach m
• Italian: catalano (it) m, catalana (it) f
• Japanese: カタルーニャ人 (Katarūnya-jin), カタロニア人 (Kataronia-jin)
• Korean: 카탈루냐인 (Katallunya-in)
• Latvian: katalānis m, katalāniete f, katalonis m, katalonietis m, kataloniete f
• Malay: orang Catalan
• Occitan: catalan (oc)
• Persian: کاتالان (kâtâlân)
• Polish: Katalończyk (pl) m, Katalonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: catalão (pt) m
• Romanian: catalan (ro) m, catalană (ro) f
• Russian: катало́нец (ru) m (katalónec), катало́нка (ru) f (katalónka)
• Sicilian: catalanu (scn) m, catalana f
• Spanish: catalán (es) m, catalana (es) f
• Swedish: katalan (sv) c
• Tagalog: Katalan (tl)
• Tamil: காடலோனியர் c pl (kāṭalōṉiyar)
• Turkish: Katalan (tr), Katalonyalı
• Turkmen: katalan
• Ukrainian: катало́нець m (katalónecʹ), катало́нка f (katalónka)
• Uzbek: katalan (uz)

Proper noun

Catalan

2. The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.

   Synonym: Catalonian

   • 2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 April 2022:

     By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon.

   • 2017 October 6, Adrianne Jeffries, “The Daily Stormer just lost its new .cat domain”, in The Outline‎^[3]:

     Websites on the .cat domain are required to have content in the Catalan language.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.
3. A surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• Catalan number

Translations

language of Catalonia

• Afrikaans: Katalaans (af)
• Albanian: Katalonisht
• Arabic: اللُّغَة الْكَاتَالَانِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-kātālāniyya), الْكَاتَالَانِيَّة f (al-kātālāniyya)
• Armenian: կատալաներեն (hy) (katalaneren)
• Asturian: catalán (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: katalan dili
• Basque: katalan (eu)
• Belarusian: катало́нская мо́ва f (katalónskaja móva), катало́нская f (katalónskaja)
• Breton: katalaneg (br) m
• Bulgarian: каталонски (katalonski)
• Catalan: català (ca) m
• Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Cherokee: ᎧᏔᎳ (katala)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞語 / 加泰罗尼亚语 (zh) (Jiātàiluóníyǎ yǔ), 加泰羅尼亞語 / 加泰罗尼亚语 (zh) (Jiātàiluóníyàyǔ)

• Corsican: catalanu (co) m
• Czech: katalánština (cs)
• Danish: catalansk
• Dutch: Catalaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: kataluna (eo)
• Estonian: katalaani
• Faroese: katalanskt (fo) n
• Finnish: katalaani (fi)
• French: catalan (fr) m
• Galician: catalán (gl) m
• Georgian: კატალანური (ḳaṭalanuri), კატალანური ენა (ḳaṭalanuri ena)
• German: Katalanisch (de) n
• Greek: καταλανικά (el) n pl (katalaniká)
• Hebrew: קָטָלָנִית f (katalánit)
• Hungarian: katalán (hu)
• Icelandic: katalónska (is)
• Indonesian: katalan
• Interlingua: catalano (ia)
• Irish: Catalóinis f
• Italian: catalano (it)
• Japanese: カタルーニャ語 (ja) (Katarūnya-go), カタロニア語 (ja) (Kataronia-go)
• Javanese: Boso Katal
• Korean: 카탈로니아어 (Katallonia-eo)
• Latin: lingua Catalana f
• Latvian: katalāņu, kataloņu, kataloniešu, katalāņu valoda, kataloņu valoda, kataloniešu valoda
• Limburgish: Katteläönsj n
• Lithuanian: katalonų (lt)
• Macedonian: каталонски (katalonski)
• Malay: bahasa Catalan
• Maltese: katalan
• Marathi: कॅटलान (kĕṭalān)
• Navajo: Kʼatalą́ą́ bizaad
• Nepali: क्याटालन (kyāṭālan)
• Norwegian: katalansk (no)

  Bokmål: katalansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: katalansk m

• Occitan: catalan (oc) m
• Persian: زبان کاتالانی (zabân-e kâtâlâni), کاتالانی (kâtâlâni)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Katalan
• Polish: kataloński (pl) m
• Portuguese: catalão (pt) m
• Romanian: limba catalană f, catalană (ro) f
• Russian: катала́нский (ru) m (katalánskij), катала́нский язы́к m (katalánskij jazýk), катало́нский (ru) m (katalónskij), катало́нский язы́к m (katalónskij jazýk)
• Scottish Gaelic: Catalanais
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: каталонски m

  Roman: katalonski (sh) m

• Sicilian: catalanu (scn) m
• Slovak: katalánčina (sk) f
• Slovene: katalónščina (sl) f
• Spanish: catalán (es)
• Sundanese: Katalanya
• Swahili: Kikatalan
• Swedish: katalanska (sv)
• Tagalog: Katalan (tl)
• Tamil: காட்டலான் (kāṭṭalāṉ)
• Telugu: కాటలాన్ భాషా (kāṭalān bhāṣā)
• Thai: ภาษาคาตาลัน (paasăa kaadtaalan)
• Turkish: Katalanca (tr)
• Ukrainian: катала́нська мо́ва f (katalánsʹka móva), катала́нська (uk) f (katalánsʹka)
• Uzbek: katalan tili
• Venetan: catełan (vec) m
• Volapük: Katalonänapük (vo)
• Walloon: catalan (wa) m
• Welsh: Catalaneg (cy)
• West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy)
• Zulu: IsiKhathalani

Adjective

Catalan (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.
   • 2023 November 5, Sam Jones, “PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain”, in The Guardian‎^[4], →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 November 2023:

     The PSOE leader, who once promised to bring Puigdemont back to Spain to face justice, risked considerable political capital two years ago by pardoning nine of the Catalan leaders behind the drive for secession.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.

Synonyms

• Catalonian

Derived terms

• Catalan forge
• Catalan furnace
• Catalan Giants
• Catalanization
• Catalano-
• Catalan process
• Catalan Sheepdog
• Catalan Shepherd
• Catalan Sign Language
• Catalan-Valencian-Balear

Translations

of or pertaining to Catalonia

• Arabic: كَاتَالَانِيّ (kātālāniyy)
• Armenian: կատալոնական (katalonakan)
• Asturian: catalán (ast)
• Belarusian: катало́нскі (katalónski)
• Breton: katalanat, (of the language) katalonek
• Catalan: català (ca)
• Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚的 (zh) (Jiātàiluóníyà de)

• Czech: katalánský (cs)
• Danish: catalansk, catalonsk
• Dutch: Catalaans (nl)
• Esperanto: kataluna (eo)
• Estonian: katalaani
• Faroese: katalanskur
• Finnish: katalonialainen (fi)
• French: catalan (fr)
• Galician: catalán (gl) m
• German: katalanisch (de)
• Greek: καταλανικός (el) (katalanikós)
• Icelandic: katalónskur (is)
• Ido: Kataluniana (io), Kataluna
• Interlingua: catalan (ia)
• Irish: Catalónach
• Italian: catalano (it)
• Japanese: カタルーニャの (Katarūnya no), カタロニアの (Kataronia no)
• Latin: catalanus, catalanicus
• Latvian: katalāņu, kataloņu, katalānisks, katalonisks
• Malay: Catalonia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: katalansk (no)

  Nynorsk: katalansk

• Occitan: catalan (oc)
• Persian: کاتالانی (kâtâlâni)
• Polish: kataloński (pl)
• Portuguese: catalão (pt)
• Romanian: catalan (ro)
• Russian: катало́нский (ru) (katalónskij), катала́нский (ru) (katalánskij)
• Slovene: katalónski (sl)
• Spanish: catalán (es)
• Swedish: katalansk (sv)
• Tamil: காட்டலான் (kāṭṭalāṉ)
• Turkish: Katalan (tr)
• Ukrainian: катало́нський (uk) (katalónsʹkyj)
• Venetan: catełan (vec)
• West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Catalan terms
• Appendix:Catalan Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Catalan

Further reading

• [5] Open source English-Catalan, Catalan-English Dictionary.
• ISO 639-1 code ca, ISO 639-3 code cat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Catalan, cat ⁠

Anagrams

• cantala

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ta‧lan

Proper noun

Catalan

1. a surname from Spanish
2. the Catalan language

Noun

Catalan

1. Catalan, Catalonian (native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain)

Adjective

Catalan

1. Catalan, Catalonian (of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish catalán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)

1. Catalan, Catalonian (native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain) (usually male)

Further reading

• “Catalan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.