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Romanche

Romanche is the alternative form of Romansch.

Meaning of Romansch

Proper noun

Romansch

  1. (broadly) Synonym of Rhaeto-Romance.
    • Romansch (Ger. Churwalsch, from the town of Chur), a name applied to the Romance dialect, or rather agglomeration of cognate dialects, spoken from the Grisons to Friuli on the Adriatic. ][ 1892, Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: New Edition: Vol. VIII.: Peasant to Roumelia, p. 779, s.v. Romansch
    Synonyms:
    Rhaeto-Romance
  2. (strict-sense) A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.

Origin of Romanche

From French romanche, which stems from Latin romanice.

Questions about Romanche

What is Romanche the alternative form of?
Romanche is the alternative form of Romansch.

Words near Romanche in the dictionary

  1. romancelike
  2. romancer
  3. romancers
  4. romances
  5. romancey
  6. Romanche
  7. romancical
  8. romancing
  9. romancing the bone
  10. romancings
  11. romancist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Romanche (page history and authors); Romansch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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