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) or its inhabitants.
2. Of or relating to Franconian (dialects descending from Old Frankish, see proper noun below).
   • Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:

     The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate [...]

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.

   • Björn Köhnlein, Marc van Oostendorp, Introduction, chapter 3 The place of Franconian tones in the debate; in: 2018, Wolfgang Kehrein, Björn Köhnlein, Paul Boersma, Marc van Oostendorp (eds.), Segmental Structure and Tone (series: LA: Linguistische Arbeiten), p. 1ff., here p. 5f.:

     The group of Franconian dialects (West Germanic, Indo-European) which is spoken in the east of Belgium, the south-east of the Netherlands and the neighbouring area in the west of Germany, has a particular interest for the debate [...].
     [...]
     In many other respects, however, tonal Franconian does not fit with what is known about tone languages.

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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