Rhaeto-Romance

UK/ˌɹiːtəʊɹə(ʊ)ˈmans/

proper noun

A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually.

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Rhaeto-RomanicRhaetian
OriginLatin Rhaetus ← German Rhätoromanisch →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Raeto-Romance · alternative Rheto-Romance

  1. human sciencesA group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually.First known use 19th c.

    Synonyms: Rhaeto-Romanic, Rhaetian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually.

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Rhaeto-RomanicRhaetian

More synonyms by meaning

nounRomance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol

Similar
Rhaeto-Romanic
Broader
RomanceRomance languageLatinian language
Also see
rhaeto-romanicromansch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanRhätoromanisch
  2. LatinRhaetus
  3. EnglishRhaeto-Romance

From Latin Rhaetus + -o- + Romance, after German Rhätoromanisch.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 雷托-羅曼語 /雷托-罗曼语
  • 雷托-羅曼語 /雷托-罗曼语 (Léituō-Luómànyǔ)a group of related Romance languages
Finnish retoromaani
  • retoromaania group of related Romance languages
French rhéto-roman
  • rhéto-romana group of related Romance languages
German Rätoromanisch, Ladinisch
  • Rätoromanischa group of related Romance languages
  • Ladinischa group of related Romance languages
Hungarian rétoromán
  • rétoromána group of related Romance languages
Italian retoromanzo
  • retoromanzoa group of related Romance languages
Polish retoromański, retycki
  • retoromańskia group of related Romance languages
  • retyckia group of related Romance languages
Portuguese reto-românico
  • reto-românicoa group of related Romance languages
Romanian retoroman
  • retoromana group of related Romance languages
Welsh Rheto-Romaneg
  • Rheto-Romanega group of related Romance languages
Cite this entry
APA

Rhaeto-Romance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhaeto-Romance

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“Rhaeto-Romance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhaeto-Romance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rhaeto-Romance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhaeto-Romance.

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