Standard Lemma guide

Brabantian

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Brabantine

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the Brabantian dialect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • That is a Brabantian accent, not a Limburgish one!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The Dutch dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (the Netherlands), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces (Belgium).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and Belgian Standard Dutch in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers in the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Brabantish, Brabantic

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person from the respective provinces or historic region of Brabant (especially if Brabantian-speaking).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, i.e. the Dutch.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Brabant + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: brabantí — pertaining to Brabant
  • Catalan: brabançó — pertaining to Brabant
  • Dutch: Brabants — pertaining to Brabant
  • Esperanto: brabanta — pertaining to Brabant
  • Finnish: brabantilainen — pertaining to Brabant
  • French: brabançon — pertaining to Brabant
  • Polish: brabancki — pertaining to Brabant
  • Portuguese: brabantino — pertaining to Brabant
  • Portuguese: brabanção — pertaining to Brabant
  • Portuguese: brabante — pertaining to Brabant
  • Swedish: brabantisk — pertaining to Brabant
  • Catalan: brabançó — Brabantian person
  • Catalan: brabançona — Brabantian person
  • Dutch: Brabander — Brabantian person
  • Esperanto: brabantano — Brabantian person
  • French: Brabançon — Brabantian person
  • French: Brabançonne — Brabantian person
  • Portuguese: brabantino — Brabantian person