Romansch

English

Alternative forms

• Romanche, Romansh, Rumansch, Rumantsch

Etymology

Borrowed from Romansch romansch, romontsch, rumantsch et al., from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman manner; in a Romance language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus. Perhaps influenced by the Germanic suffix seen in English as "-ish". Doublet of romance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹə(ʊ)ˈmanʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈmænʃ/, /ɹoʊˈmɑnʃ/

Proper noun

Romansch

1. 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.]

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.

Holonyms

• Rhaeto-Romance

Translations

the Romance language

• Armenian: ռետոռոմաներեն (hy) (ṙetoṙomaneren), ռումանշ (ṙumanš), ռոմանշ (hy) (ṙomanš)
• Bulgarian: ретрома́нски m (retrománski)
• Catalan: romanx (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅曼什語／罗曼什语 (luómànshíyǔ), 羅曼什語／罗曼什语 (Luómànshíyǔ)

• Czech: rétorománština (cs) f
• Danish: rætoromansk
• Dutch: Reto-Romaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: romanĉa, romanĉa lingvo (with the definite article la (eo))
• Estonian: retoromaani
• Finnish: retoromaani (fi)
• French: romanche (fr) m
• Friulian: romanç, rumanç
• German: Bündnerromanisch n, Rätoromanisch (de) n (strict sense)
• Hungarian: romans (hu)
• Ido: Romancha (io)
• Irish: Raeta-Rómáinsis
• Italian: romancio (it)
• Japanese: ロマンシュ語 (ja) (romanshu go)
• Latin: lingua Rhaetica f, rhaetica f, raetica f
• Navajo: Wóómąsh bizaad
• Norwegian: retoromansk (no)
• Polish: romansz (pl) m
• 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)
• Scots: Romansh
• Spanish: romanche (es) m
• Swedish: rätoromanska (sv)
• Welsh: Románsh

See also

• Friulian
• Ladin
• Rhaeto-Romance

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Romansch, roh ⁠

Anagrams

• chromans, monarchs, nomarchs