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Lorrainian

Lorrainian noun: a native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Noun

Lorrainian (plural Lorrainians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Adjective

Lorrainian (comparative more Lorrainian, superlative most Lorrainian)

  1. Of, from or relating to Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Proper noun

Lorrainian

  1. The Rhine Franconian (and hence West Central German, Central German, High German) dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.
    • Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48
  2. The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.

Synonyms of Lorrainian

Forms of Lorrainian

Noun
pluralLorrainians
Adjective
comparativemore Lorrainian
superlativemost Lorrainian

Origin of Lorrainian

From Lorraine + -ian.

Questions about Lorrainian

What does Lorrainian mean?
Lorrainian means a native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
What part of speech is Lorrainian?
Lorrainian can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Lorrainian?
The plural of Lorrainian is Lorrainians.

Words near Lorrainian in the dictionary

  1. Lorraine cross
  2. Lorraine crosses
  3. Lorrainer
  4. Lorrainers
  5. Lorrainese
  6. Lorrainian
  7. Lorrainians
  8. lorrell
  9. lorrells
  10. LORRI
  11. lorrie

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