Friulian

[free-oo-lee-uh n]

noun

a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.

Origin of Friulian

1875–80; Friuli region of Italy + -an

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for friulian

Historical Examples of friulian

I had made myself an adept in this game at our Friulian country-seat.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first
Count Carlo Gozzi
October was nearly over, and the cold in that Friulian climate was very sensible.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first
Count Carlo Gozzi
To Italy belongs, further, the whole eastern section of the zone composed of the Friulian territories.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8
Various

British Dictionary definitions for friulian

Friulian

noun

the Rhaetian dialect spoken in parts of FriuliSee also Ladin, Romansch

an inhabitant of Friuli or a speaker of Friulian

adjective

of or relating to Friuli, its inhabitants, or their language

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012