Walloon

Walloon

English

sensu stricto Walloon-speaking area including the small politically French "peninsula" of Givet (red) and boundaries of Wallonia; the inhabitants of both are called "Walloons"; people in North-East area (cut) are German-speaking Walloons

Etymology

Borrowed from French wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”).

Cognate to Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wəˈluːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Walloon

1. The Romance language commonly spoken until the middle of the 20th century in parts of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet).

Translations

Romance language

Bulgarian: валонаски (valonaski) Catalan: való (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 瓦龍語／瓦龙语 (Wǎlóngyǔ)，瓦隆语 (wǎlóngyǔ) Danish: vallonsk Dutch: Waals (nl) n Estonian: vallooni keel Finnish: valloni (fi) French: wallon (fr) m Friulian: valon m Galician: valón (gl) m Georgian: ვალონური (valonuri), ვალონური ენა (valonuri ena) German: Wallonisch (de) n Hungarian: vallon (hu) Irish: Vallúinis f, Vallúnais f Italian: vallone (it) m Japanese: ワロン語 (ja) (waron-go) Latvian: valoņu valoda f Manx: Walloonish f Polish: waloński (pl) m Portuguese: valão (pt) m Romanian: valonă (ro) f Russian: валло́нский (ru) (vallónskij) Spanish: valón (es) m Walloon: walon (wa)

Noun

Walloon (plural Walloons)

1. An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
2. An inhabitant of the region of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet), usually of Belgian nationality.

Translations

an inhabitant of Wallonia

Abkhaz: ауалон (awalon) Bulgarian: валонец m (valonec) Catalan: való (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 瓦龍人／瓦龙人 (zh) (Wǎlóngrén),瓦隆人 (wǎlóngrén) Danish: vallon c Dutch: Waal (nl) m, Waalse (nl) f Esperanto: valono (man or woman), valonino (woman) Estonian: valloon Finnish: valloni (fi) French: Wallon (fr) m, Wallonne (fr) f Galician: valón (gl) m Georgian: ვალონიელი (valonieli), ვალონელი (valoneli) German: Wallone m, Wallonin f Hungarian: vallon (hu) Irish: Vallúnach m Italian: vallone (it) m or f Japanese: ワロン人 (waron-jin) Manx: Walloonagh m Polish: Walończyk m, Walonka (pl) f Portuguese: valão (pt) m Romanian: valon (ro) m, valonă (ro) f Swedish: vallon (sv) Walloon: Walon (wa) m, Walone (wa) f

Adjective

Walloon (not comparable)

1. Referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium and parts of northern France.
2. Referring to the Romance language spoken by this people.

Translations

referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium

Catalan: való (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 瓦龍的／瓦龙的 (Wǎlóng de) Dutch: Waals (nl) Finnish: vallonien (genitive of noun), vallonilainen French: wallon (fr) m, wallonne (fr) f Galician: valón (gl) Georgian: ვალონიელი (valonieli), ვალონელი (valoneli) German: wallonisch (de) Hungarian: vallon (hu) Irish: Vallúnach Manx: Walloonagh Polish: waloński (pl) m Portuguese: valão (pt) Romanian: valon (ro)

referring to the Romance language

Chinese: Mandarin: 瓦龍語的／瓦龙语的 (Wǎlóngyǔ de) Dutch: Waals (nl) Finnish: valloninkielinen Galician: valón (gl) Georgian: ვალონური (valonuri) German: wallonisch (de) Irish: Vallúinise Polish: waloński (pl) m Portuguese: valão (pt) Romanian: valon (ro)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: (please verify) vallone (it) m or f

Derived terms

• Wallonia

Related terms

• walnut
• Welsh

See also

• Flemish
• Fleming
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Walloon terms
• Appendix:Walloon Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Walloon

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code wa, ISO 639-3 code wln (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Walloon, wln ⁠