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FLEMISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
Synonyms:
Flemish; Flemish dialect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Flemish" is a kind of...):
Dutch (the West Germanic language of the Netherlands)
Derivation:
Flemish (of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Flemish" is a kind of...):
ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)
Derivation:
Flemish (of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
Example:
Flemish painters
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Flanders (a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands)
Derivation:
Flemish (one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch)
Flemish (an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium)
