Romanic — Ro*man ic, a. [L. Romanicus. See {Romance}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Rome or its people. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Phonetic spelling — Phonetic Pho*net ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a sound, tone; akin to Gr. ? to speak: cf. F. phon[ e]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. [1913 Webster] 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; opposed to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Phonetic — Pho*net ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a sound, tone; akin to Gr. ? to speak: cf. F. phon[ e]tique. See {Ban} a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. [1913 Webster] 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; opposed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Walhaz — Brass replica of the Tjurkö Bracteate showing the attestation of the name Walhaz Walhaz (ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᛉ) is a reconstructed Proto Germanic word, meaning foreigner , stranger , Roman , Romance speaker , or Celtic speaker . The adjective derived from this… … Wikipedia
-ous — suffix. 1 forming adjectives meaning abounding in, characterized by, of the nature of (envious; glorious; mountainous; poisonous). 2 Chem. denoting a state of lower valence than the corresponding word in ic (ferrous). Derivatives: ously suffix… … Useful english dictionary
Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic … Wikipedia
œ — (in the earliest times, and now often, written separately oe) was in Early Old English the symbol of the i umlaut of ó, o, as in fœt, foet, soecan, œhtan, oehtan, doubtless originally sounded like Ger. ö, œ, but afterwards written (and sounded)… … Useful english dictionary
Romanians — Infobox Ethnic group group = Romanians Mihai Eminescu • George Enescu • Alexander John Cuza • Victor Babeş population = c. 21.5 [The lower estimate is the sum of the countrywise estimates listed] to 25 million (including Moldovans) [… … Wikipedia
Name of Romania — The name of Romania (România) comes from the Romanian Român, which is a derivative of the Latin adjective Romanus (Roman).[1] Romanians are a people living in Central and South Eastern Europe speaking a Romance language. Contents 1 Etymology of… … Wikipedia
Occitan language — Occitan occitan, lenga d òc Spoken in France Spain Italy Monaco Native speakers 800,000 (1999)[1] … Wikipedia
