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Webster 1913 Edition

Romansch

Ro-mansch′

,

Noun.

[Grisons

rumansch

,

rumonsch

,

romonsch

. See

.]

The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.

[Written also

Romansch

, and

Rumonsch

.]

Definition 2024

Romansch

Romansch

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Romansch

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.]

Translations

the Romance language

Armenian: ռետոռոմաներեն ‎(ṙetoṙomaneren), ռումանշ ‎(ṙumanš), ռոմանշ ‎(ṙomanš)
Bulgarian: ретромански m ‎(retromanski)
Catalan: romanx m
Czech: rétorománština f
Danish: rætoromansk
Dutch: Reto-Romaans n
Finnish: retoromaani (fi)
French: romanche (fr) m
Friulian: romanç, rumanç
German: Rätoromanisch (de) n, Bündnerromanisch n
Hungarian: romans (hu)
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)
Spanish: romanche (es) m
Swedish: rätoromanska

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.

See also

Anagrams

monarchs