Romansh
[ roh-mansh, -mahnsh ]
/ roʊˈmænʃ, -ˈmɑnʃ /
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noun
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.Compare Ladin(def 2).
adjective
of or relating to Romansh.
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Examples from the Web for romansh
Romansh, Italian, and French-speaking valleys were presently added to this valiant little republican group.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George WellsRomansh, a corrupt Latin, holds its own to this day in the higher and remoter valleys of that canton.
The Story of Switzerland|Lina Hug
Word Origin and History for romansh
Romansh
"Rhaeto-Romanic," Latin-derived language spoken in the Grisons region of eastern Switzerland, 1660s, from Grisons Rumansch, from Late Latin Romanice "in Vulgar Latin" (see romance (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper