Franconian
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɹæŋˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɹæŋˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
- Rhymes: -əʊniən
Adjective
editFranconian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Franconia (region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants.
- Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
- 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 ([1]):
- 107. THE LOW FRANCONIAN.—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin.
- 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 ([1]):
Translations
editof or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants
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Noun
editFranconian (plural Franconians)
- A native or inhabitant of Franconia.
Translations
editnative or inhabitant of to Franconia
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Proper noun
editFranconian
- (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.
Related terms
edit- 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
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