Walloon

Name

A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.
2. A speaker of Walloon (as above).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of, from or relating to Wallonia.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Walloon language.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wəˈluːn/

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.

Translations

wallon

Waals

Wallonisch

valón

vallone

waloński

Valonca

valão

الوالون

Valon

Valão

Βαλλωνικά

Wallon

Való

való