Friulian

American  

[free-oo-lee-uhn] / friˈu li ən /

noun

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

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Friulian British  

/ frɪˈuːlɪən /

noun

1. the Rhaetian dialect spoken in parts of Friuli See also Ladin Romansch

2. an inhabitant of Friuli or a speaker of Friulian

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adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of Friulian

1875–80; Friuli region of Italy + -an

Example Sentences

A few puffy clouds hung above Italy’s Friulian Mountains, to the south.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

That international feeling was enhanced when she sang in the Friulian dialect to honor an Italian Vancouverite who helped bring her and her Italian pianist, Glauco Venier, to town.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2014

Pasolini's earliest poems were written in Friulian dialect: his ambition was for Friulano-speaking peasant communities to become "historically aware"; he, Pasolini, would be the medium of their awareness.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2013

He promised to ask one of his customers who lives there to make the Friulian translation.

From Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible by Ilona, Martinovitsné Kutas

My share of the expense on these occasions was not much above sixpence, and I gained the hearty good-will of my companions by contributing some slices of excellent Friulian ham to our common table.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo