Alsatian

See also: alsatian

English

Alternative forms

• alsatian (dog)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăl-sā'shən, IPA^(key): /ælˈseɪʃən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Adjective

Alsatian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Alsace.
   • 1962 August, “Beyond the Channel: France: Paris Est renaissance”, in Modern Railways, page 133/134:

     [...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...].

Translations

of or relating to Alsace

• Alemannic German: elsassisch
• Belarusian: эльза́скі m (elʹzáski)
• Catalan: alsacià (ca)
• Czech: alsaský (cs)
• Dutch: Elzassisch (nl), Elzasser (nl)
• Esperanto: alzaca
• French: alsacien (fr)
• Friulian: alsazian
• Georgian: ელზასური (elzasuri), ელზასის (elzasis)
• German: elsässisch
• Greek: αλσατικός (el) (alsatikós)
• Hungarian: elzászi (hu)
• Irish: Alsáiseach
• Italian: alsaziano (it)
• Polish: alzacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: alsaciano (pt)
• Romanian: alsacian (ro)
• Russian: эльза́сский (ru) (elʹzásskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: alzaški (sh)
• Spanish: alsaciano (es)

Noun

Alsatian (plural Alsatians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Alsace.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, British, dated US) A German shepherd dog.
   • 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56:

     Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bottom of the garden straight through the house and smash themselves against the inside of the door until their owners appeared and locked them away.

3. (UK, obsolete) A rogue or debauchee, like those who haunted Alsatia in London.
   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XVII, in The Fortunes of Nigel, Edinburgh:

     You shall sink a nobleman in the Temple Gardens, and rise an Alsatian at Whitefriars.

Usage notes

• Alsatian was an official name for the German Shepherd Dog in many Commonwealth nations, and although no longer official, remains in common everyday usage in many countries including the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• (person): Elsatian, Elsassian (rare, in German contexts)
• (dog): Alsatian shepherd, German Shepherd

Translations

person from Alsace

• Armenian: էլզասցի (ēlzascʻi)
• Catalan: alsacià (ca)
• Czech: Alsasan m
• Danish: elsasser c
• Dutch: Elzasser (nl) m, Elzasserin (nl) f
• French: Alsacien (fr) m, Alsacienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ელზასელი (elzaseli)
• German: Elsässer (de) m, Elsässerin (de) f
• Greek: Αλσατός (el) m (Alsatós), Αλσατή (el) f (Alsatí)
• Hungarian: elzászi (hu)
• Irish: Alsáiseach m
• Italian: alsaziano (it) m, alsaziana f
• Polish: Alzatczyk (pl) m, Alzatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: alsaciano (pt) m
• Romanian: alsacian (ro) m, alsaciană (ro) f
• Russian: эльза́сец (ru) m (elʹzásec), эльза́ска (ru) f (elʹzáska)
• Serbo-Croatian: Alzašanin (sh) m, Alzašanka f
• Spanish: alsaciano (es)

dog — see German shepherd

Proper noun

Alsatian

1. The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.

Translations

language of Alsace

• Alemannic German: Elsassisch, Elsasserditsch
• Basque: alsaziera
• Catalan: alsacià (ca) m
• Czech: alsaština f
• Dutch: Elzassisch (nl) n
• Finnish: elsassi (fi)
• French: alsacien (fr) m
• Georgian: ელზასური (elzasuri), ელზასური დიალექტი (elzasuri dialekṭi)
• German: Elsässisch (de) n
• Icelandic: alsatíska (is) f
• Irish: Alsáisis f
• Italian: alsaziano (it) m
• Korean: 알자스어 (aljaseueo)
• Polish: alzacki (pl) m
• Portuguese: alsaciano (pt) m
• Romanian: alsacian (ro) m
• Russian: эльзасский (ru) m (elʹzasskij)
• Spanish: alsaciano (es)
• Welsh: Alsaseg f

See also

• Alemannic

References

• The Macquarie Dictionary

Anagrams

• Altaians