Standard Lemma guide

Friulian

adj · name · noun · 5 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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Pronunciation

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  • frē′ə-lē-ən
  • frē-o͞o′lē-ən
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.ə.liː.ən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fɹiːˈuː.liː.ən/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈfɹi.ə.li.ən/
  • Canada, General-American: /fɹiˈu.li.ən/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfɹiː.ə.liː.ən/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /fɹiːˈʉː.liː.ən/
  • Scotland: /ˈfɹi.ə.li.ən/
  • Scotland: /fɹiˈʉ.li.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːəliən
  • rhymes with -uːliən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Friuli or its people or culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the Friulian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A language spoken in Friuli.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Friuli

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Friuli Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Friulian From Friuli + -an.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: friülà — relating to Friuli
  • Catalan: friülès — relating to Friuli
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗留利的 (Fúliúlì de) — relating to Friuli
  • Finnish: friulilainen — relating to Friuli
  • French: friulian — relating to Friuli
  • Polish: friulski — relating to Friuli
  • Welsh: Ffriŵlaidd — relating to Friuli
  • Finnish: friulinkielinen — relating to the Friulian language
  • Armenian: ֆրիուլերեն (friuleren) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Breton: frioulaneg — language spoken in Friuli
  • Bulgarian: фриулиа́нски (friuliánski) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Catalan: friülà — language spoken in Friuli
  • Catalan: friülès — language spoken in Friuli
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗留利語 /弗留利语 (Fúliúlìyǔ) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Dutch: Friulisch — language spoken in Friuli
  • Dutch: Friulaans — language spoken in Friuli
  • Finnish: friuli — language spoken in Friuli
  • French: frioulan — language spoken in Friuli
  • Friulian: furlan — language spoken in Friuli
  • Friulian: marilenghe — language spoken in Friuli
  • German: Friaulisch — language spoken in Friuli
  • German: Friulanisch — language spoken in Friuli
  • German: Furlanisch — language spoken in Friuli
  • Hungarian: friuli — language spoken in Friuli
  • Irish: Friúilis — language spoken in Friuli
  • Italian: friulano — language spoken in Friuli
  • Japanese: フリウリ語 (Furiurigo) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Korean: 프리울리어 (peuriullieo) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Latin: lingua Foroiuliensis — language spoken in Friuli
  • Latin: lingua Foroiuliana — language spoken in Friuli
  • Occitan: friolan — language spoken in Friuli
  • Polish: friulski — language spoken in Friuli
  • Portuguese: friulano — language spoken in Friuli
  • Portuguese: friuliano — language spoken in Friuli
  • Romanian: friulană — language spoken in Friuli
  • Russian: фриу́льский (friúlʹskij) — language spoken in Friuli
  • Scots: Friulian — language spoken in Friuli
  • Swedish: friuliska — language spoken in Friuli
  • Walloon: fôrlan — language spoken in Friuli
  • Welsh: Ffriŵleg — language spoken in Friuli
  • Catalan: friülà — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Catalan: friülès — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗留利人 (Fúliúlìrén) — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Finnish: friulilainen — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Hungarian: friuli — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Italian: friulano — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Portuguese: friulano — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli
  • Welsh: Ffriŵliad — native, inhabitant, or a resident of Friuli