Flemish Definition

flĕmĭsh
adjective
Of Flanders or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
noun
The West Germanic language spoken in Flanders, very closely related to Dutch.
Webster's New World
The Flemings.
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Synonyms:
  • Flemish dialect
pronoun

The Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders.

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verb

(nautical) To coil a rope into a neat pattern on the deck of a ship.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flemish

  • the Flemish

Origin of Flemish

  • Middle English flemmysshe, from Old Frisian flemsche, from Middle Dutch vlāmisch, vlemesch (modern Vlaams), from Old Frisian flamsk ‘Fleming’ (compare West Frisian Flaamsk), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz ‘flowing, current (water)’ and *-iskaz. More at Flanders.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English probably from Middle Dutch Vlaemisch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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