Catalan

See also: catalan and catalán

English

Etymology

Middle English Catalane, from Catalan català, either directly or via French catalan or Spanish catalán, of obscure and disputed origin:

• Possibly from an indigenous name of Celtic origin and probably meaning "chiefs of battle";
• Derived from Catalunya (“Catalonia”), a corruption of Latin Gathia launia ("land of the Goths"), or Goth-Alania ("land of Goths and Alans [an Iranian tribe]").
• Derived from Lacetani, the name of a pre-Roman Iberian tribe who lived in the region, following metathesis into a form *Katelan > Catalan.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Catalan (plural Catalans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia.

   Synonym: Catalonian

   • 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     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

• Armenian: կատալոնացի (katalonacʻi)
• Basque: kataluniar (eu), katalan (eu)
• Breton: Katalan m, Katalanez f
• Catalan: català (ca) m, catalana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚人 (Jiātàiluóníyà rén)

• 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
• German: Katalane (de) m, Katalanin (de) f
• Greek: Καταλανός m (Katalanós), Καταλανή f (Katalaní)
• Interlingua: catalano (ia)
• Irish: Catalónach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: catalano (it)
• Japanese: カタルーニャ人 (Kataruunya-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
• Novial: , ,
• Persian: کاتالان (katalân)
• Polish: Katalończyk (pl) m pers, 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)
• Turkish: Katalan (tr), Katalonyalı

Proper noun

Catalan

1. The language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain. Various dialects are 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

   Hyponym: Valencian

Quotations

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

Translations

language of Catalonia

• Afrikaans: Katalaans (af)
• Albanian: Katalonisht
• Arabic: اَلْقَطَلُونِيَّة f (al-qaṭalūniyya), اَلْكَتَلَانِيَّة f (al-katalāniyya)
• Armenian: կատալաներեն (hy) (katalaneren)
• Asturian: catalán (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Katalan
• Basque: katalan (eu)
• Belarusian: катало́нская мо́ва f (katalónskaja móva), катало́нская f (katalónskaja)
• Breton: katalaneg (br) m
• Bulgarian: каталонски (katalonski)
• Catalan: català (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎧᏔᎳ (katala)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: katalánština (cs)
• Danish: catalansk
• Dutch: Catalaans (nl)
• Esperanto: kataluna (eo)
• Estonian: katalaani
• Faroese: katalanskt (fo) n
• Finnish: katalaani (fi)
• French: catalan (fr) m
• Galician: catalán (gl) m
• Georgian: კატალანური (ḳaṭalanuri)
• German: Katalanisch (de) n
• Greek: καταλανικά (el) n pl (katalaniká)
• Hebrew: קטלונית
• 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: catalana
• Latvian: katalāņu, kataloņu, kataloniešu, katalāņu valoda, kataloņu valoda, kataloniešu valoda
• Limburgish: Katteläönsj (li) n
• Lithuanian: katalonų (lt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: каталонски (katalonski)
• Malay: bahasa Catalan
• Maltese: katalan
• Marathi: (Catalee)
• Navajo: Kʼatalą́ą́ bizaad
• Nepali: क्याटालन (kyāṭālan)
• Norwegian: katalansk (no)

  Bokmål: katalansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: katalansk m

• Novial:
• Occitan: catalan (oc) m
• Persian: کاتالانی (katalâni)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Katalan
• Polish: język kataloński m inan
• 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

• Slovak: katalánčina (sk) f
• Slovene: katalónščina (sl) f
• Spanish: catalán (es)
• Sundanese: Katalanya
• Swahili: Kikatalan
• Swedish: katalanska (sv)
• Tagalog: Katalan (tl)
• Telugu: Catalan Bhaasha
• Thai: ภาษาคาตาลัน (th) (paasăa kaadtaalan)
• Turkish: Katalanca (tr)
• Ukrainian: катала́нська мо́ва f (katalánsʹka móva), катала́нська f (katalánsʹka)
• Uzbek: katalan tili
• Venetian: cateƚan (vec) m
• Volapük: Katalonänapük (vo)
• Walloon: catalan (wa) m
• Welsh: Catalaneg (cy)
• West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy)
• Zulu: IsiKhathalani

Adjective

Catalan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

Quotations

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

Synonyms

• Catalonian

Derived terms

• Catalan forge
• Catalan furnace

Translations

Of or pertaining to Catalonia

• Armenian: կատալոնական (katalonakan)
• Breton: katalanat, (of the language) katalonek
• Catalan: català (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚的 (Jiātàiluóníyà de)

• Czech: katalánský (cs)
• Danish: catalansk, catalonsk
• Dutch: Catalaans (nl)
• Esperanto: kataluna (eo)
• Faroese: katalanskur
• Finnish: katalonialainen (fi)
• French: catalan (fr)
• Galician: catalán (gl) m
• German: katalanisch (de)
• Icelandic: katalónskur
• Ido: Kataluniana (io), Kataluna
• Interlingua: catalan (ia)
• Irish: Catalónach
• Italian: catalano (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• Novial:
• Persian: کاتالانی (katalâni)
• Polish: kataloński (pl)
• Portuguese: catalão (pt)
• Romanian: catalan (ro)
• Slovene: katalónski (sl)
• Spanish: catalán (es)
• Swedish: katalansk (sv)
• Turkish: Katalan (tr)
• Venetian: catełan
• 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

• [2] Open source English-Catalan, Catalan-English Dictionary.
• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Catalan|]].

Anagrams

• cantala

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧lan

Proper noun

Catalan

1. a surname from Spanish
2. the Catalan language

Noun

Catalan

1. a person from or an inhabitant of Catalonia

Adjective

Catalan

1. of or pertaining to Catalonia

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)

1. A Catalan person.

Further reading

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