Franconian

English

Etymology

Franconia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Adjective

Franconian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria).
2. Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).

Translations

of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants

• Catalan: francònic
• Czech: franský (cs)
• French: franconien (fr)
• German: fränkisch (de)
• Italian: francone (it)
• Polish: frankoński (pl)
• Spanish: francón
• Swedish: frankisk (sv)
• Welsh: Ffranconaidd

Noun

Franconian (plural Franconians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

Translations

native or inhabitant of to Franconia

• French: Franconien (fr)
• German: Franke (de) m, Fränkin (de) f
• Italian: Francone m or f
• Welsh: Ffranconiad m or f

Proper noun

Franconian

1. (linguistics) A marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), central-western Germany, and Franconia.

   Dutch and Kölsch are forms of Franconian.

Related terms

• Old Franconian (usually called Old Frankish or simply Frankish)
• Low Franconian (Middle Low Franconian, Old Low Franconian, Old East Low Franconian)
• Middle Franconian or Central Franconian (including Moselle Franconian)
• Rhine Franconian or Rhenish Franconian
• East Franconian
• Upper Franconian

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: fràncic
• Dutch: Frankisch (nl) n
• French: franconien (fr) m
• German: Fränkisch (de) n
• Italian: francone (it) m
• Welsh: Ffranconeg m or f

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