Valencian

English

Etymology

From Valencia +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈlɛnsi.ən/

Adjective

Valencian (not comparable)

1. From or relating to Valencia, its people, or its language.
   • 2017 December 16, “These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession”, in Catholic News Agency‎^[1]:

     Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig was a Valencian priest who is also also considered a martyr of the sacramental seal because he was martyred after keeping confessions secret during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.

Derived terms

• Valencian Country

Translations

from or relating to Valencia

• Catalan: valencià (ca)
• Finnish: valencialainen
• French: valencien (fr)
• Galician: valenciano (gl)
• Georgian: ვალენსიური (valensiuri), ვალენსიის (valensiis)
• Italian: valenciano, valenziano (it)
• Portuguese: valenciano (pt)
• Russian: валенсийский (valensijskij)
• Spanish: valenciano (es)

Noun

Valencian (plural Valencians)

1. An inhabitant of Valencia.

Translations

inhabitant of Valencia

• Asturian: valencianu (ast) m, valenciana (ast) f
• Catalan: valencià (ca), valenciana (ca) f
• Esperanto: valenciano (man or woman), valencianino (woman)
• Finnish: valencialainen
• French: Valencien (fr) m, Valencienne (fr) f, Valençais (fr) m (old), Valençois (fr) m (old)
• Galician: valenciano (gl) m
• Georgian: ვალენსიელი (valensieli)
• Italian: valenciano m, valenciana f
• Portuguese: valenciano (pt) m, valenciana (pt) f
• Spanish: valenciano (es) m, valenciana (es) f

Proper noun

Valencian (uncountable)

1. One of the standard varieties of the Catalan language spoken primarily in Valencia.

Derived terms

• Catalan-Valencian-Balear

Translations

variety of Catalan

• Catalan: valencià (ca) m
• French: valencien (fr) m
• Galician: valenciano (gl) m
• Georgian: ვალენსიური (valensiuri)
• Italian: valenciano m
• Latin: lingua Valentina f
• Occitan: valencian (oc) m
• Portuguese: valenciano (pt) m
• Spanish: valenciano (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Valenciaan m
• French: ^{(please verify)} valencien (fr) m

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ca, ISO 639-3 code cat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Valencian, cat ⁠