Cimbrian

English

Etymology

From Cimbri +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmbɹiən/
• Hyphenation: Cim‧bri‧an

Noun

Cimbrian (plural Cimbrians)

1. (countable) A member of a Germanic people who live in parts of northeast Italy.
2. (countable, historical) A member of the Cimbri, especially when they are considered to have been a Germanic people and to originate from Jutland (the "Cimbrian peninsula").
   • 1861, Joseph Haydn, A Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations, page 211:

     The Teutones settled in Germany and Gaul; the Cimbrians invaded Italy, where they were defeated by Marius.

   • 1907, Henry Smith Williams, The Historians' History of the World, page 392:

     [W]e find mention of the Cimbrians in the Danish or Cimbrian peninsula[. ...] The Cimbrians and Teutons are described as tall and slightly built men [...]

   • 2002, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Historiography at the Court of Christian IV (1588-1648): Studies in the Latin Histories of Denmark by Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius (→ISBN), The Chronological Narrative of Pontanus's Rerum Danicarum historia, page 171 (translating Pontanus's Latin into English):

     I, however, putting these things aside or leaving them out for a short while, have found it better to begin with the migration of the Cimbrians from their home in their peninsula [Jutland].

Translations

people

• Galician: cimbro (gl)
• German: Zimber (de) m
• Hungarian: cimber, kimber
• Italian: cimbro (it) m
• Romanian: cimbru (ro) m

Proper noun

Cimbrian

1. (uncountable) The Bavarian Germanic language of these people, which is a variety of German.

Translations

language

• Cimbrian: Tautsch
• German: Zimbrisch (de) n
• Hungarian: cimber, kimber
• Italian: cimbro (it) m
• Swedish: zimbriska c

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Cimbrian terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Cimbrian, cim ⁠

Anagrams

• Braminic