Catalan

See also: catalan, catalán, and Catalán

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Catalane, from French catalan, from Catalan català.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “it's `frm` or even `xno`, but definitely not `fr`”) First attested in 1480^[1].

Pronunciation

enPR: kăt′ə-lăn
(Received Pronunciation, General American, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/, /ˈkæ.tə.lən/
(Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈka.təˌlan/, /ˈka.tə.lən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.təˌlɛn/, /ˈkɛ.tə.lən/
Hyphenation: Cat‧a‧lan

Noun

Catalan (plural Catalans)

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia
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 (ja) (Katarūnya-jin), カタロニア人 (Kataronia-jin)
Kazakh: каталон (katalon)
Korean: 카탈루냐인 (Katallunya-in)
Latvian: katalānis m, katalāniete f, katalonis m, katalonietis m, kataloniete f
Lithuanian: katalònas m, katalònė 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

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], archived from the original on 27 July 2020:
  Websites on the .cat domain are required to have content in the Catalan language.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.
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
Frisian:
West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy)
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
Kazakh: каталан тілі (katalan tili)
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

Latin: 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)
Zulu: IsiKhathalani

Adjective

Catalan (not comparable)

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.
Synonym: Catalonian
- 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.