Catalan

Catalan

See also: catalan and catalán

English

Etymology

Middle English Catalane, from French Catalan, from Spanish catalán, from Catalan Catalunya.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăt'ə-lăn, IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.tə.ˌlæn/, /ˈkæ.tə.lən/

  • Audio (UK)

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Noun

Catalan (plural Catalans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia.

   Synonym: Catalonian

   • 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian‎:

     Even if he draws back from a declaration, many Catalans – including Mossos and civil servants – may decide to not to obey orders from Madrid, and tens of thousands of people could take to the streets to protect key regional government institutions.

Translations

person from Catalonia

Armenian: կատալոնացի (katalonacʿi) Basque: kataluniar (eu), katalan (eu) Belarusian: катало́нец m (katalónjec), катало́нка f (katalónka) Breton: Katalan (br) m, Katalanez (br) f Catalan: català (ca) m, catalana (ca) f Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚人 (Jiātàiluóníyà rén) Corsican: catalanu (co) m, catalana f Czech: Katalánec m Danish: catalonier (da) c Dutch: Catalaan (nl) m, Catalaanse (nl) f Finnish: katalaani (fi), katalonialainen (fi) French: Catalan (fr) m, Catalane (fr) f Galician: catalán (gl) m, catalá f German: Katalane (de) m, Katalanin (de) f Greek: Καταλανός m (Katalanós), Καταλανή f (Katalaní) Interlingua: catalano (ia) Irish: Catalónach m Italian: catalano (it) m, catalana (it) f Japanese: カタルーニャ人 (Katarūnya-jin), カタロニア人 (Kataronia-jin) Korean: 카탈루냐인 (Katallunya-in) Latvian: katalānis m, katalāniete f, katalonis m, katalonietis m, kataloniete f Malay: orang Catalan Occitan: catalan (oc) Persian: کاتالان‎ (kâtâlân) Polish: Katalończyk (pl) m, Katalonka (pl) f Portuguese: catalão (pt) m Romanian: catalan (ro) m, catalană (ro) f Russian: катало́нец (ru) m (katalónec), катало́нка (ru) f (katalónka) Sicilian: catalanu (scn) m, catalana f Spanish: catalán (es) m, catalana (es) f Swedish: katalan (sv) c Tagalog: Katalan (tl) Turkish: Katalan (tr), Katalonyalı Ukrainian: катало́нець m (katalónecʹ), катало́нка f (katalónka)

Proper noun

Catalan

1. 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.

   Synonym: Catalonian

   Hyponym: Valencian

1. A surname from Spanish.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.

Translations

language of Catalonia

Afrikaans: Katalaans (af) Albanian: Katalonisht Arabic: اَلْقَطَلُونِيَّة‎ f (al-qaṭalūniyya), اَلْكَتَلَانِيَّة‎ f (al-katalāniyya) Armenian: կատալաներեն (hy) (katalaneren) Asturian: catalán (ast) m Azerbaijani: Katalan Basque: katalan (eu) Belarusian: катало́нская мо́ва f (katalónskaja móva), катало́нская f (katalónskaja) Breton: katalaneg (br) m Bulgarian: каталонски (katalonski) Catalan: català (ca) m Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can Cherokee: ᎧᏔᎳ (katala) Chinese: Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞語／加泰罗尼亚语 (zh) (Jiātàiluóníyǎ yǔ) Corsican: catalanu (co) m Czech: katalánština (cs) Danish: catalansk Dutch: Catalaans (nl) n Esperanto: kataluna (eo) Estonian: katalaani Faroese: katalanskt (fo) n Finnish: katalaani (fi) French: catalan (fr) m Galician: catalán (gl) m Georgian: კატალანური (ḳaṭalanuri) German: Katalanisch (de) n Greek: καταλανικά (el) n pl (katalaniká) Hebrew: קטלונית‎ Hungarian: katalán (hu) Icelandic: katalónska (is) Indonesian: katalan Interlingua: catalano (ia) Irish: Catalóinis f Italian: catalano (it) Japanese: カタルーニャ語 (ja) (Katarūnya-go), カタロニア語 (ja) (Kataronia-go) Javanese: Boso Katal Korean: 카탈로니아어 (Katallonia-eo) Latin: catalana, lingua Catalana f Latvian: katalāņu, kataloņu, kataloniešu, katalāņu valoda, kataloņu valoda, kataloniešu valoda Limburgish: Katteläönsj n Lithuanian: katalonų (lt) Macedonian: каталонски (katalonski) Malay: bahasa Catalan Maltese: katalan Marathi: कॅटलान (kĕṭalān) Navajo: Kʼatalą́ą́ bizaad Nepali: क्याटालन (kyāṭālan) Norwegian: katalansk (no) Bokmål: katalansk (no) m Nynorsk: katalansk m Occitan: catalan (oc) m Persian: کاتالانی‎ (kâtâlâni) Pitcairn-Norfolk: Katalan Polish: kataloński (pl) m Portuguese: catalão (pt) m Romanian: limba catalană f, catalană (ro) f Russian: катала́нский (ru) m (katalánskij), катала́нский язы́к m (katalánskij jazýk), катало́нский (ru) m (katalónskij), катало́нский язы́к m (katalónskij jazýk) Scottish Gaelic: Catalanais Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: каталонски m Roman: katalonski (sh) m Sicilian: catalanu (scn) m Slovak: katalánčina (sk) f Slovene: katalónščina (sl) f Spanish: catalán (es) Sundanese: Katalanya Swahili: Kikatalan Swedish: katalanska (sv) Tagalog: Katalan (tl) Telugu: కాటలాన్ భాషా (kāṭalān bhāṣā) Thai: ภาษาคาตาลัน (paasăa kaadtaalan) Turkish: Katalanca (tr) Ukrainian: катала́нська мо́ва f (katalánsʹka móva), катала́нська (uk) f (katalánsʹka) Uzbek: katalan tili Venetian: cateƚan (vec) m Volapük: Katalonänapük (vo) Walloon: catalan (wa) m Welsh: Catalaneg (cy) West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy) Zulu: IsiKhathalani

Adjective

Catalan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.

Synonyms

• Catalonian

Derived terms

• Catalan forge
• Catalan furnace

Translations

Of or pertaining to Catalonia

Armenian: կատալոնական (katalonakan) Asturian: catalán (ast) Belarusian: катало́нскі (katalónski) Breton: katalanat, (of the language) katalonek Catalan: català (ca) Catalan Sign Language: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 加泰罗尼亚的 (zh) (Jiātàiluóníyà de) Czech: katalánský (cs) Danish: catalansk, catalonsk Dutch: Catalaans (nl) Esperanto: kataluna (eo) Estonian: katalaani Faroese: katalanskur Finnish: katalonialainen (fi) French: catalan (fr) Galician: catalán (gl) m German: katalanisch (de) Icelandic: katalónskur Ido: Kataluniana (io), Kataluna Interlingua: catalan (ia) Irish: Catalónach Italian: catalano (it) Japanese: カタルーニャの (Katarūnya no), カタロニアの (Kataronia no) Latin: catalanus, catalanicus Latvian: katalāņu, kataloņu, katalānisks, katalonisks Malay: Catalonia Norwegian: Bokmål: katalansk (no) Nynorsk: katalansk Occitan: catalan (oc) Persian: کاتالانی‎ (kâtâlâni) Polish: kataloński (pl) Portuguese: catalão (pt) Romanian: catalan (ro) Russian: катало́нский (ru) (katalónskij), катала́нский (ru) (katalánskij) Slovene: katalónski (sl) Spanish: catalán (es) Swedish: katalansk (sv) Turkish: Katalan (tr) Ukrainian: катало́нський (uk) (katalónsʹkyj) Venetian: catełan (vec) West Frisian: Katalaansk (fy)

See also

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

Further reading

• Open source English-Catalan, Catalan-English Dictionary.
• ISO 639-1 code ca, ISO 639-3 code cat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Catalan, cat ⁠

Anagrams

• cantala

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧lan

Proper noun

Catalan

1. a surname from Spanish
2. the Catalan language

Noun

Catalan

1. a person from or an inhabitant of Catalonia

Adjective

Catalan

1. of or pertaining to Catalonia

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French

Etymology

From Spanish catalán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lɑ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)

1. a Catalan person

Further reading

• “Catalan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.