Meanings
- The Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.
Synonyms: Castilian Spanish
- not comparableOf, from, or relating to Castile.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.
proper nounSynonym of Spanish, the language of Spain and its former colonies.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe Spanish language as spoken in Castile
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱstrom
- Proto-Italic*kastrom
- Latincastrum
- Latincastellum
- Latincastella
- LatinCastella
- Old SpanishCastiella
- SpanishCastilla
- Middle FrenchCastilleder.?
- EnglishCastile
- Spanishcastellano
- EnglishCastilian
From Castile + -ian. Calque of Spanish castellano (“of or related to Castile, Spain, or the Spanish language”). Doublet of castellano, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Kastiliaans, Kastiliaan
- Kastiliaansstandard variety of European Spanish
- Kastiliaannative of Castile
Bulgarian кастѝлски, касти́лец
- кастѝлски (kastìlski)standard variety of European Spanish
- касти́лец (kastílec)native of Castile
- касти́лка (kastílka)native of Castile
Catalan castellà, castellà
- castellàstandard variety of European Spanish
- castellànative of Castile
- castellananative of Castile
Czech kastilský
- kastilskýstandard variety of European Spanish
Danish castiliansk
- castilianskstandard variety of European Spanish
Dutch Castiliaans
- Castiliaansstandard variety of European Spanish
Esperanto kastila lingvo, kastilo
- kastila lingvostandard variety of European Spanish
- kastilonative of Castile
- kastilarelating to Castile
- kastiliarelating to Castile
Finnish kastilianespanja, kastilialainen
- kastilianespanjastandard variety of European Spanish
- kastilialainennative of Castile
- kastilialainenrelating to Castile
French castillan, Castillan
- castillanstandard variety of European Spanish
- Castillannative of Castile
- Castillanenative of Castile
German Kastilisch, Kastilianer
- Kastilischstandard variety of European Spanish
- Kastilianernative of Castile
- Kastilianerinnative of Castile
Greek καστιλλιάνικα, Καστιλλιάνος
- καστιλλιάνικα (kastilliánika)standard variety of European Spanish
- Καστιλλιάνος (Kastilliános)native of Castile
- Καστιλλιάνα (Kastilliána)native of Castile
- καστιλλιάνικος (kastilliánikos)relating to Castile
Hebrew קסטילי
- קסטיליnative of Castile
Hungarian kasztíliai
- kasztíliaistandard variety of European Spanish
Icelandic kastilíska
- kastilískastandard variety of European Spanish
Irish Caistílis, Caistíleach
- Caistílisstandard variety of European Spanish
- Caistíleachnative of Castile
- Caistíleachrelating to Castile
Italian castigliano, castigliano
- castiglianostandard variety of European Spanish
- castiglianonative of Castile
- castigliananative of Castile
Polish kastylijski
- kastylijskistandard variety of European Spanish
Portuguese castelhano, castelhano
- castelhanostandard variety of European Spanish
- castelhanonative of Castile
- castelhananative of Castile
Romanian castiliană
- castilianăstandard variety of European Spanish
Russian кастильский, касти́лец
- кастильский (kastilʹskij)standard variety of European Spanish
- касти́лец (kastílec)native of Castile
Slovak kastílčina
- kastílčinastandard variety of European Spanish
Spanish castellano, castellano
- castellanostandard variety of European Spanish
- castellanonative of Castile
- castellananative of Castile
- castellanorelating to Castile
Swedish kastilianska, kastilian
- kastilianskastandard variety of European Spanish
- kastiliannative of Castile
- kastilianskrelating to Castile
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Castilian
Cite this entry
Castilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castilian
“Castilian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castilian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Castilian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castilian.
Source: Castilian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.