Walloon

Meaning

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.

Translations

wallon

Waals

Wallonisch

valón

vallone

Valonca

valão

الوالون

Valon

Valão

Βαλλωνικά

Wallon

Való

való

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.