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).
   • 1886, H. A. Strong, Kuno Meyer, Outlines of a history of the German language, p. 68 ([1]):

     107. THE LOW FRANCONIAN.—This was spoken on the lower Rhine. The oldest monument in it is the so-called Malberg (i.e. mahal-berg 'mount of justice') Gloss, i.e. Franconian vocables entered as glosses into the Salic Code of Law written in Latin.

   • Yves Lejeune, The case of Belgium, in: 2010, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8, Council of Europe Publishing, p. 43ff., here p. 53:

     Franconian languages and dialects form a Germanic language group within western Middle German. Some linguists adopt a much broader approach and consider that Franconian also embraces dialects of Low German (Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgish, Dutch, Utrechtian, etc.) and High German (southern Rheno-Franconian and eastern 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 [...]

Translations

of or relating to Franconia or its inhabitants

• Catalan: francònic
• Czech: franský (cs)
• French: franconien (fr)
• German: fränkisch (de)
• Italian: francone (it)
• Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन (phrĕṅkoniyan)
• 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
• Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन (phrĕṅkoniyan)
• 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.

   • Yves Lejeune, The case of Belgium, in: 2010, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Minority language protection in Europe: into a new decade: Regional or minority languages, No. 8, Council of Europe Publishing, p. 43ff., here p. 53:

     Franconian languages and dialects form a Germanic language group within western Middle German. Some linguists adopt a much broader approach and consider that Franconian also embraces dialects of Low German (Flemish, Brabantish, Limburgish, Dutch, Utrechtian, etc.) and High German (southern Rheno-Franconian and eastern 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
• Marathi: फ्रँकोनियन (phrĕṅkoniyan)
• Welsh: Ffranconeg m or f

Anagrams

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