English
Etymology
Borrowed from Romansch romansch , romontsch , rumantsch et al., from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē ( “ in the Roman manner; in a Romance language ” , adverb ) , from Latin rōmānicus . Perhaps influenced by the Germanic suffix seen in English as "-ish". See also romance .
Pronunciation
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Noun
Romansch (uncountable )
A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden /Grisons canton of Switzerland ; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland. [from 17th c.]
Usage notes
Some writers have restricted the term "Romansch" to western dialects (as opposed to Ladin in the east), while others have used it more broadly to indicate all Rhaeto-Romance languages.
Translations
the Romance language
Armenian: ռետոռոմաներեն (hy) ( ṙetoṙomaneren ) , ռումանշ ( ṙumanš ) , ռոմանշ (hy) ( ṙomanš )
Bulgarian: ретрома́нски m ( retrománski )
Catalan: romanx m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅曼什語 / 罗曼什语 ( luómànshíyǔ ) , 羅曼什語 / 罗曼什语 ( Luómànshíyǔ )
Czech: rétorománština (cs) f
Danish: rætoromansk
Dutch: Reto-Romaans (nl) n
Estonian: retoromaani
Finnish: retoromaani (fi)
French: romanche (fr) m
Friulian: romanç , rumanç
German: Rätoromanisch (de) n , Bündnerromanisch n
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Hungarian: romans (hu)
Ido: Romancha (io)
Irish: Raeta-Rómáinsis
Italian: romancio (it)
Navajo: Wóómąsh bizaad
Norwegian: retoromansk (no)
Portuguese: romanche (pt)
Romanian: retoromană (ro) f
Romansch: rumantsch ( Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader ) , romontsch ( Sursilvan ) , rumàntsch ( Sutsilvan ) , rumauntsch ( Puter )
Russian: рома́ншский m ( románšskij ) , реторома́нский (ru) ( retorománskij )
Scots: Romansh
Spanish: romanche (es) m
Swedish: rätoromanska (sv)
See also
Further reading
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