allemand

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

German (The German language)

Adj

1. German (related to or originating from Germany)
2. of the German language; German

Concepts

allemand

Allemand

allemande

langue allemande

haut allemand

relatif à l’allemand

Allemande

langues apaches

germain

germanique

allemand standard

haut-allemand

chleuh

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/al.mɑ̃/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus (related to Alamans, ancient Germanic people for whom the name meant "all men", "all people", according to Asinius Quadratus). aleman became alemant by the addition of a terminal T of the singular objective case for adjectives of second class in Old French, and then alemand. The Latin word itself derives from the Old High German Alaman, from a Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, likely from the roots *allaz (whence English all) and *manniz < *mann- (whence English man).