Catalan

American  

[kat-l-an, -uhn, kat-l-an] / ˈkæt lˌæn, -ən, ˌkæt lˈæn /

adjective

1. pertaining to Catalonia, its inhabitants, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Catalonia.

2. a Romance language closely related to Provençal, spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, southern France, and western Sardinia.

Catalan British  

/ -lən, ˈkætəˌlæn /

noun

1. a language of Catalonia, quite closely related to Spanish and Provençal, belonging to the Romance group of the Indo-European family

2. a native or inhabitant of Catalonia

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adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or characteristic of Catalonia, its inhabitants, or their language

Etymology

Origin of Catalan

1375–1425; late Middle English < Spanish

Example Sentences

On Saturday, he - like Rashford - will experience the intensity of the Catalan derby for the first time.

From BBC

That book is an idiosyncratic account of the explorer’s life by Salvador de Madariaga, a Spanish historian, who insisted that Columbus was a Catalan crypto-Jew whose family had migrated to Genoa.

From The Wall Street Journal

It frames the way I look at the food here—how Catalan chefs toy with tradition, nudging it just far enough to feel fresh but never so far that it becomes unrecognizable.

From Salon

More than 100 members of the army's emergencies unit, Catalan regional officials and EU experts are working to uncover new cases and contain the disease, harmless for humans but devastating for pigs.

From Barron's

On Sunday, Catalan media suggested that she faced more than three months out if she needed surgery.

From Barron's