Flemish

See also: flemish

English

Etymology

From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam +‎ -ish. More at Flanders.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛmɪʃ/

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• Homophones: flemish, phlegmish
• Rhymes: -ɛmɪʃ
• Hyphenation: Flem‧ish

Adjective

Flemish (comparative more Flemish, superlative most Flemish)

1. Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
   • 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.

   • 2010, Jan Piet Puype, Harm Stevens, Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum, Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., →ISBN, page 245:

     […] 1302, in which Flemish farmers and civilians armed with goedendags stand in battle formation. The goedendags resemble long clubs, but they have a much wider beating ring around the top and it is possible that a daring combatant  […]

2. Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
3. Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.

Derived terms

• Flemish account
• Flemish beauty
• Flemish bond
• Flemish Brabant
• Flemish brick
• Flemish coil
• Flemish eye
• Flemish gable
• Flemish Giant
• Flemish horse
• Flemishness
• flemish (verb)

 

Translations

of or relating to Flanders

• Armenian: ֆլամանդական (hy) (flamandakan)
• Asturian: flamencu (ast)
• Catalan: flamenc (ca)
• Czech: vlámský
• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl)
• Esperanto: flandra
• Faroese: flamskur
• Finnish: flaamilainen (fi)
• French: flamand (fr)
• Galician: flamengo (gl)
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri), ფლანდრიული (plandriuli)
• German: flämisch (de)
• Hungarian: flamand (hu)
• Icelandic: flæmskur
• Irish: Pléimeannach
• Italian: fiammingo (it)
• Manx: Flandrynagh
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (phlemiś)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flamsk (no)

  Nynorsk: flamsk

• Occitan: flamenc (oc)
• Old Norse: flæmskr
• Persian: فلامان (flâmân)
• Polish: flamandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt)
• Romanian: flamand (ro)
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) (flamándskij), фла́ндрский (flándrskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es)
• Swedish: flamländsk (sv)
• Volapük: Flanänik
• Walloon: flamind (wa)

of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language

• Catalan: flamenc (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛拉芒语 (fúlāmángyǔ), 佛兰德语 (fúlándéyǔ)

• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl)
• Esperanto: flandra, flandralingva
• Faroese: flamskt (fo)
• Finnish: flaamilainen (fi)
• French: flamand (fr)
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri), ფლამანდური ენა (plamanduri ena)
• German: flämisch (de)
• Hungarian: flamand (hu)
• Irish: Pléimeannaise
• Italian: fiammingo (it) m
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (phlemiś)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flamsk (no)

• Polish: flamandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt)
• Romanian: flamand (ro)
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) (flamándskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es)
• Swedish: flamländsk (sv)
• Walloon: flamind (wa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} flamî (ku), ^{(please verify)} flemanî

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} flandricus

Proper noun

Flemish

1. Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.
2. West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.

Translations

the Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders

• Asturian: flamencu (ast) m
• Catalan: flamenc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛蘭芒語／佛兰芒语 (zh) (Fólánmángyǔ), 弗拉茫 (Fúlāmáng), 佛蘭芒／佛兰芒 (Fólánmáng)

• Czech: vlámština f
• Danish: flamsk (da)
• Dutch: Vlaams (nl) n
• Esperanto: la flandra
• Faroese: flamskt (fo) n
• Finnish: flaami (fi)
• French: flamand (fr) m
• Galician: flamengo (gl) m
• Georgian: ფლამანდიური (plamandiuri), ფლამანდური ენა (plamanduri ena)
• German: Flämisch (de) n
• Hungarian: flamand (hu)
• Icelandic: flæmska (is) f
• Interlingua: flamingo
• Irish: Pléimeannais f
• Italian: fiammingo (it) m
• Japanese: フラマン語 (ja) (furamango)
• Korean: 플랑드르의 (peullangdeureuui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: flamî (ku) f

• Malay: bahasa Belanda Belgium, bahasa Flemish
• Manx: Flandrynish f
• Marathi: फ्लेमिश (phlemiś)
• Mongolian: Фламандын (Flamandyn)
• Nepali: फ्लेमिश (phlemiś)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flamsk (no)

• Occitan: flamenc (oc) m
• Old Norse: flæmska f
• Polish: flamandzki (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: flamengo (pt) m
• Romanian: flamandă (ro) f
• Russian: флама́ндский (ru) m (flamándskij), фла́ндрский m (flándrskij)
• Spanish: flamenco (es) m
• Swedish: flamländska (sv)
• Turkish: flamandaca
• Uzbek: flamancha
• Walloon: flamind (wa) m
• West Frisian: Flaamsk

Related terms

• Flanders
• Fleming

See also

• Netherlandish

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code vls (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Flemish, vls ⁠

Anagrams

• Himself, himself, mehfils