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catalan

Catalan (person or language)

noun ka-ta-LAHN Rare

Origin: from Medieval Latin Catalanus, from Catalonia

Usage Note

Catalan (capital C for the person or people, lower case for the language or adjective) refers to the Romance language spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, as well as in Roussillon in southern France. French Catalonia (Catalogne française) has a small Catalan-speaking community. As an adjective (un accent catalan) it is written lower-case.

Examples

"Il parle couramment le catalan et le castillan."

Natural Translation

He speaks Catalan and Castilian fluently.

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