Flemish
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See also: flemish
Etymology
From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (General American): (file) - Homophones: flemish, phlegmish
- Rhymes: -ɛmɪʃ
- Hyphenation: Flem‧ish
Adjective
Flemish (comparative more Flemish, superlative most Flemish)
- Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
- 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times:
- But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
- 2010, Jan Piet Puype, Harm Stevens, Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum, Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., →ISBN, page 245:
- […] 1302, in which Flemish farmers and civilians armed with goedendags stand in battle formation. The goedendags resemble long clubs, but they have a much wider beating ring around the top and it is possible that a daring combatant […]
- Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
- Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to Flanders
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of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language
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Proper noun
Flemish
- Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.
- West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Translations
the Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders
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Related terms
See also
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code vls (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Flemish, vls
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