Lorrainian

English

Etymology

From Lorraine +‎ -ian.

Noun

Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Lorraine.

Synonyms

• Lorrainer
• Lothringian

Translations

Translations

• German: Lothringer m

Adjective

Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)

1. From Lorraine.

Translations

Translations

• German: lothringisch

Proper noun

Lorrainian

1. The Rhine Franconian (and hence West Central German, Central German, High German) dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.

   Holonym: Rhine Franconian

   • 1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48:

     Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.

2. The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.

Synonyms

• (German dialect): Lothringian; Lorraine Franconian

Translations

Rhine Franconian dialect

• German: Lothringisch (de) n