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Catalan

adj · name · noun · 8 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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  • kăt'ə-lăn
  • /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/
  • /ˈkæ.tə.lən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Catalonian

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname from Spanish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Catalonian

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Catalan poetry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Catalan independence movement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Romance, Romance language, Latinian language

8

noun

Meaning 8

a native or inhabitant of Catalonia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Spaniard

History

Etymology

From Middle English Catalane, from French Catalan, from Catalan català.

Across languages

Translations

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَاتَالَانِيّ (kātālāniyy) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Armenian: կատալոնական (katalonakan) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Asturian: catalán — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Belarusian: катало́нскі (katalónski) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Breton: katalanat — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Breton: katalonek — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Catalan: català — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚的 (Jiātàiluóníyà de) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Czech: katalánský — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Danish: catalansk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Danish: catalonsk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Dutch: Catalaans — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Esperanto: kataluna — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Estonian: katalaani — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Faroese: katalanskur — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Finnish: katalonialainen — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • French: catalan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • West-Frisian: Katalaansk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Galician: catalán — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • German: katalanisch — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Greek: καταλανικός (katalanikós) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Icelandic: katalónskur — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Ido: Kataluniana — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Ido: Kataluna — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Interlingua: catalan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Irish: Catalónach — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Italian: catalano — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタルーニャの (Katarūnya no) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタロニアの (Kataronia no) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latin: catalanus — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latin: catalanicus — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalāņu — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloņu — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalānisks — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalonisks — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Malay: Catalonia — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: katalansk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katalansk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Occitan: catalan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Persian: کاتالانی (kâtâlâni) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Polish: kataloński — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Portuguese: catalão — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Romanian: catalan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Russian: катало́нский (katalónskij) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Russian: катала́нский (katalánskij) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Slovene: katalónski — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Spanish: catalán — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Swedish: katalansk — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Tamil: காட்டலான் (kāṭṭalāṉ) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Turkish: Katalan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Ukrainian: катало́нський (katalónsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Venetan: catełan — of or pertaining to Catalonia
  • Afrikaans: Katalaans — language of Catalonia
  • Albanian: Katalonisht — language of Catalonia
  • Arabic: اللُّغَة الْكَاتَالَانِيَّة (al-luḡa l-kātālāniyya) — language of Catalonia
  • Arabic: الْكَاتَالَانِيَّة (al-kātālāniyya) — language of Catalonia
  • Armenian: կատալաներեն (katalaneren) — language of Catalonia
  • Asturian: catalán — language of Catalonia
  • Azerbaijani: katalan dili — language of Catalonia
  • Basque: katalan — language of Catalonia
  • Belarusian: катало́нская мо́ва (katalónskaja móva) — language of Catalonia
  • Belarusian: катало́нская (katalónskaja) — language of Catalonia
  • Breton: katalaneg — language of Catalonia
  • Bulgarian: каталонски (katalonski) — language of Catalonia
  • Catalan: català — language of Catalonia
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏔᎳ (katala) — language of Catalonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞語 /加泰罗尼亚语 (Jiātàiluóníyǎ yǔ) — language of Catalonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞語 /加泰罗尼亚语 (Jiātàiluóníyàyǔ) — language of Catalonia
  • Corsican: catalanu — language of Catalonia
  • Czech: katalánština — language of Catalonia
  • Danish: catalansk — language of Catalonia
  • Dutch: Catalaans — language of Catalonia
  • Esperanto: kataluna — language of Catalonia
  • Estonian: katalaani — language of Catalonia
  • Faroese: katalanskt — language of Catalonia
  • Finnish: katalaani — language of Catalonia
  • French: catalan — language of Catalonia
  • West-Frisian: Katalaansk — language of Catalonia
  • Galician: catalán — language of Catalonia
  • Georgian: კატალანური (ḳaṭalanuri) — language of Catalonia
  • Georgian: კატალანური ენა (ḳaṭalanuri ena) — language of Catalonia
  • German: Katalanisch — language of Catalonia
  • Greek: καταλανικά (katalaniká) — language of Catalonia
  • Hebrew: קָטָלָנִית (katalánit) — language of Catalonia
  • Hungarian: katalán — language of Catalonia
  • Icelandic: katalónska — language of Catalonia
  • Indonesian: katalan — language of Catalonia
  • Interlingua: catalano — language of Catalonia
  • Irish: Catalóinis — language of Catalonia
  • Italian: catalano — language of Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタルーニャ語 (Katarūnya-go) — language of Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタロニア語 (Kataronia-go) — language of Catalonia
  • Javanese: Boso Katal — language of Catalonia
  • Korean: 카탈로니아어 (Katallonia-eo) — language of Catalonia
  • Latin: lingua Catalana — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalāņu — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloņu — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloniešu — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalāņu valoda — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloņu valoda — language of Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloniešu valoda — language of Catalonia
  • Limburgish: Katteläönsj — language of Catalonia
  • Lithuanian: katalonų — language of Catalonia
  • Macedonian: каталонски (katalonski) — language of Catalonia
  • Malay: bahasa Catalan — language of Catalonia
  • Maltese: katalan — language of Catalonia
  • Marathi: कॅटलान (kĕṭalān) — language of Catalonia
  • Navajo: Kʼatalą́ą́ bizaad — language of Catalonia
  • Nepali: क्याटालन (kyāṭālan) — language of Catalonia
  • Norwegian: katalansk — language of Catalonia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: katalansk — language of Catalonia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katalansk — language of Catalonia
  • Occitan: catalan — language of Catalonia
  • Persian: زبان کاتالانی (zabân-e kâtâlâni) — language of Catalonia
  • Persian: کاتالانی (kâtâlâni) — language of Catalonia
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Katalan — language of Catalonia
  • Polish: kataloński — language of Catalonia
  • Portuguese: catalão — language of Catalonia
  • Romanian: limba catalană — language of Catalonia
  • Romanian: catalană — language of Catalonia
  • Russian: катала́нский (katalánskij) — language of Catalonia
  • Russian: катала́нский язы́к (katalánskij jazýk) — language of Catalonia
  • Russian: катало́нский (katalónskij) — language of Catalonia
  • Russian: катало́нский язы́к (katalónskij jazýk) — language of Catalonia
  • Scottish Gaelic: Catalanais — language of Catalonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: каталонски — language of Catalonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: katalonski — language of Catalonia
  • Sicilian: catalanu — language of Catalonia
  • Slovak: katalánčina — language of Catalonia
  • Slovene: katalónščina — language of Catalonia
  • Spanish: catalán — language of Catalonia
  • Sundanese: Katalanya — language of Catalonia
  • Swahili: Kikatalan — language of Catalonia
  • Swedish: katalanska — language of Catalonia
  • Tagalog: Katalan — language of Catalonia
  • Tamil: காட்டலான் (kāṭṭalāṉ) — language of Catalonia
  • Telugu: కాటలాన్ భాషా (kāṭalān bhāṣā) — language of Catalonia
  • Thai: ภาษาคาตาลัน (paasăa kaadtaalan) — language of Catalonia
  • Turkish: Katalanca — language of Catalonia
  • Ukrainian: катала́нська мо́ва (katalánsʹka móva) — language of Catalonia
  • Ukrainian: катала́нська (katalánsʹka) — language of Catalonia
  • Uzbek: katalan tili — language of Catalonia
  • Venetan: catełan — language of Catalonia
  • Volapük: Katalonänapük — language of Catalonia
  • Walloon: catalan — language of Catalonia
  • Welsh: Catalaneg — language of Catalonia
  • Zulu: IsiKhathalani — language of Catalonia
  • Arabic: كَاتَالَانِيّ (kātālāniyy) — person from Catalonia
  • Arabic: كَاتَالَانِيَّة (kātālāniyya) — person from Catalonia
  • Armenian: կատալոնացի (katalonacʻi) — person from Catalonia
  • Azerbaijani: katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Basque: kataluniar — person from Catalonia
  • Basque: katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Belarusian: катало́нец (katalónjec) — person from Catalonia
  • Belarusian: катало́нка (katalónka) — person from Catalonia
  • Breton: Katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Breton: Katalanez — person from Catalonia
  • Catalan: català — person from Catalonia
  • Catalan: catalana — person from Catalonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞人 /加泰罗尼亚人 (Jiātàiluóníyà rén) — person from Catalonia
  • Corsican: catalanu — person from Catalonia
  • Corsican: catalana — person from Catalonia
  • Czech: Katalánec — person from Catalonia
  • Danish: catalonier — person from Catalonia
  • Dutch: Catalaan — person from Catalonia
  • Dutch: Catalaanse — person from Catalonia
  • Finnish: katalaani — person from Catalonia
  • Finnish: katalonialainen — person from Catalonia
  • French: Catalan — person from Catalonia
  • French: Catalane — person from Catalonia
  • Galician: catalán — person from Catalonia
  • Galician: catalá — person from Catalonia
  • Georgian: კატალანელი (ḳaṭalaneli) — person from Catalonia
  • Georgian: კატალონიელი (ḳaṭalonieli) — person from Catalonia
  • German: Katalane — person from Catalonia
  • German: Katalanin — person from Catalonia
  • Greek: Καταλανός (Katalanós) — person from Catalonia
  • Greek: Καταλανή (Katalaní) — person from Catalonia
  • Interlingua: catalano — person from Catalonia
  • Irish: Catalónach — person from Catalonia
  • Italian: catalano — person from Catalonia
  • Italian: catalana — person from Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタルーニャ人 (Katarūnya-jin) — person from Catalonia
  • Japanese: カタロニア人 (Kataronia-jin) — person from Catalonia
  • Korean: 카탈루냐인 (Katallunya-in) — person from Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalānis — person from Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalāniete — person from Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalonis — person from Catalonia
  • Latvian: katalonietis — person from Catalonia
  • Latvian: kataloniete — person from Catalonia
  • Lithuanian: katalònas — person from Catalonia
  • Lithuanian: katalònė — person from Catalonia
  • Malay: orang Catalan — person from Catalonia
  • Occitan: catalan — person from Catalonia
  • Persian: کاتالان (kâtâlân) — person from Catalonia
  • Polish: Katalończyk — person from Catalonia
  • Polish: Katalonka — person from Catalonia
  • Portuguese: catalão — person from Catalonia
  • Romanian: catalan — person from Catalonia
  • Romanian: catalană — person from Catalonia
  • Russian: катало́нец (katalónec) — person from Catalonia
  • Russian: катало́нка (katalónka) — person from Catalonia
  • Sicilian: catalanu — person from Catalonia
  • Sicilian: catalana — person from Catalonia
  • Spanish: catalán — person from Catalonia
  • Spanish: catalana — person from Catalonia
  • Swedish: katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Tagalog: Katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Tamil: காடலோனியர் (kāṭalōṉiyar) — person from Catalonia
  • Turkish: Katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Turkish: Katalonyalı — person from Catalonia
  • Turkmen: katalan — person from Catalonia
  • Ukrainian: катало́нець (katalónecʹ) — person from Catalonia
  • Ukrainian: катало́нка (katalónka) — person from Catalonia
  • Uzbek: katalan — person from Catalonia
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