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Cimbrian

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsɪmbɹiən/

1

name

Meaning 1

A variety of Bavarian (High German) spoken in a number of language islands in northeastern Italy, very conservative in its structure, now highly endangered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the Cimbri (tribe that invaded southern Europe in the 2nd century BCE)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A speaker of the modern Cimbrian language in Italy (see proper noun below)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anthropology, ethnology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Cimbri + -an.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cimbrian: Tautsch — language
  • German: Zimbrisch — language
  • Hungarian: cimber — language
  • Hungarian: kimber — language
  • Italian: cimbro — language
  • Swedish: zimbriska — language
  • Galician: cimbro — member of ancient tribe
  • German: Kimber — member of ancient tribe
  • German: Zimber — member of ancient tribe
  • Hungarian: cimber — member of ancient tribe
  • Hungarian: kimber — member of ancient tribe
  • Italian: cimbro — member of ancient tribe
  • Romanian: cimbru — member of ancient tribe
  • German: Zimber — speaker of modern language