Lorrainian
English
Etymology
Noun
Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)
- A native or inhabitant of Lorraine.
Synonyms
Adjective
Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)
- From Lorraine.
Proper noun
Lorrainian
- The German dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.
- 1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48:
- Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.
- The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.
Synonyms
- (German dialect): Lothringian; Lorraine Franconian