"Vlach" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [vlɑːk], [vlæk] Forms: Vlachs [plural], Vlach [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *volxъ (“speaker of a Romance language”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“non-Germanic foreigner, Celt; later Roman”). Presumably introduced into Slavic around the 7th century, but first recorded only in the 11th century in Byzantine Greek. In English used as a synonym of "Wallachian" from the 19th century. The word is etymologically distantly related to Wales/Welsh, Walloon, and Gaul. Doublet of Gaul. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sla-pro|*volxъ||speaker of a Romance language}} Proto-Slavic *volxъ (“speaker of a Romance language”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*walhaz||non-Germanic foreigner, Celt; later Roman}} Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“non-Germanic foreigner, Celt; later Roman”), {{der|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{l|en|Wales}} Wales, {{l|en|Welsh}} Welsh, {{l|en|Walloon}} Walloon, {{l|en|Gaul}} Gaul, {{doublet|en|Gaul}} Doublet of Gaul Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Vlach}} Vlach (plural Vlachs or Vlach)
  1. A Wallachian.
    Sense id: en-Vlach-en-noun-zyUEJA1U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 39 37
  2. A Romanian.
    Sense id: en-Vlach-en-noun-JyKIsIQa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 39 37
  3. Any member of an Eastern Romance speaking group, including Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, and Istro-Romanians.
    Sense id: en-Vlach-en-noun-j1klfVRC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 39 37
  4. Any member of a Polish ethnographic group (subgroup of Silesians) living around the towns of Cieszyn and Skoczów
    Sense id: en-Vlach-en-noun-N4P~qlTU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 39 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Wallachia, Wallachian, Wales, Welsh, Walloon, Vlachic, Morlach [possibly]

Inflected forms

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