romanche

See also: Romanche

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Romansh rumantsch, from Latin rōmānicē (“in a Roman manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.mɑ̃ʃ/

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Noun

romanche m (uncountable)

1. the Romansch language

Descendants

• → Armenian: ռոմանշ (ṙomanš)
• → English: Romanche
• → Portuguese: romanche
• → Spanish: romanche

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French romanche (“Romansch”), from Romansh rumantsch, from Latin rōmānicē (“in a Roman manner”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈmɐ̃.ʃi/ [hoˈmɐ̃.ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈmɐ̃.ʃi/ [hoˈmɐ̃.ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈmɐ̃.ʃi/ [χoˈmɐ̃.ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈmɐ̃.ʃe/ [hoˈmɐ̃.ʃe]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈmɐ̃.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧man‧che

Noun

romanche m (uncountable)

1. the Romansch language

   Synonyms: rético, reto-romance

Adjective

romanche m or f (plural romanches, not comparable)

1. of the Romansch language

Further reading

• “romanche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “romanche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈmant͡ʃe/ [roˈmãnʲ.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -antʃe
• Syllabification: ro‧man‧che

Noun

romanche m (uncountable)

1. Romansch

Further reading

• “romanche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025