adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to Wallonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Wallonian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Walloon
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Sound
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rhymes with -uːn
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the Walloon language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Wallonian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A speaker of Walloon (as above).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: French
noun
Meaning 7
a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Belgian
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”). Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.
Across languages
Translations
93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: való — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦龍的 /瓦龙的 (Wǎlóng de) — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Dutch: Waals — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Finnish: vallonilainen — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- French: wallon — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- French: wallonne — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Galician: valón — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Georgian: ვალონიელი (valonieli) — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Georgian: ვალონელი (valoneli) — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- German: wallonisch — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Hungarian: vallon — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Irish: Vallúnach — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Manx: Walloonagh — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Polish: waloński — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Portuguese: valão — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Romanian: valon — of, from or relating to Wallonia
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦龍語的 /瓦龙语的 (Wǎlóngyǔ de) — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Dutch: Waals — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Finnish: valloninkielinen — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Galician: valón — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Georgian: ვალონური (valonuri) — of or relating to the Walloon language
- German: wallonisch — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Irish: Vallúinise — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Polish: waloński — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Portuguese: valão — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Romanian: valon — of or relating to the Walloon language
- Bulgarian: валонаски (valonaski) — Romance language
- Catalan: való — Romance language
- Cherokee: ᏩᎷᎾ (waluna) — Romance language
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦龍語 /瓦龙语 (Wǎlóngyǔ) — Romance language
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦隆语 (wǎlóngyǔ) — Romance language
- Danish: vallonsk — Romance language
- Dutch: Waals — Romance language
- Estonian: vallooni keel — Romance language
- Finnish: valloni — Romance language
- French: wallon — Romance language
- Friulian: valon — Romance language
- Galician: valón — Romance language
- Georgian: ვალონური (valonuri) — Romance language
- Georgian: ვალონური ენა (valonuri ena) — Romance language
- German: Wallonisch — Romance language
- Hungarian: vallon — Romance language
- Irish: Vallúinis — Romance language
- Irish: Vallúnais — Romance language
- Italian: vallone — Romance language
- Japanese: ワロン語 (waron-go) — Romance language
- Latvian: valoņu valoda — Romance language
- Manx: Walloonish — Romance language
- Polish: waloński — Romance language
- Portuguese: valão — Romance language
- Romanian: valonă — Romance language
- Russian: валло́нский (vallónskij) — Romance language
- Spanish: valón — Romance language
- Walloon: walon — Romance language
- Abkhaz: ауалон (awalon) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Bulgarian: валонец (valonec) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Catalan: való — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦龍人 /瓦龙人 (Wǎlóngrén) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Chinese Mandarin: 瓦隆人 (wǎlóngrén) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Danish: vallon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Dutch: Waal — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Dutch: Waalse — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Esperanto: valono — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Esperanto: valonino — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Estonian: valloon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Finnish: valloni — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- French: Wallon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- French: Wallonne — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Galician: valón — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Georgian: ვალონიელი (valonieli) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Georgian: ვალონელი (valoneli) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- German: Wallone — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- German: Wallonin — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Hungarian: vallon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Irish: Vallúnach — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Italian: vallone — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Japanese: ワロン人 (waron-jin) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Kazakh: валлон (vallon) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Lithuanian: valònas — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Lithuanian: valònė — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Manx: Walloonagh — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Occitan: voalon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Occitan: voalona — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Polish: Walończyk — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Polish: Walonka — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Portuguese: valão — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Romanian: valon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Romanian: valonă — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Russian: валло́н (vallón) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Russian: валло́нка (vallónka) — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Swedish: vallon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Walloon: Walon — native or inhabitant of Wallonia
- Walloon: Walone — native or inhabitant of Wallonia