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Flemish language

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Flemish language member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages ). Generally regarded as the Belgian variant of Dutch (see Dutch language ) rather than as a separate tongue, Flemish is spoken by approximately 5.5 million people in Belgium, where it is one of the official languages, and by a few thousand persons in France. So closely are Flemish and Dutch related that the difference between them has been compared to the difference between American and British English; however, some scholars hold that they have diverged sufficiently since the 16th cent. to be described as separate languages.

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Flemish

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

Flem·ish / ˈflemish/ • adj. of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language. • n. 1. the Dutch language as spoken in Flanders, one of the two official languages of Belgium. 2. (the Flemish) [as pl. n.] the people of Flanders.

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Flemish

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

Flemish pert. to Flanders or its inhabitants XIV; sb. the form of Dutch spoken in Flanders XVIII. — MDu. Vlāmisch (Du. Vlaamsch).
So Fleming native of Flanders. XV. — MDu. Vlāming, f. Vlam-, whence Vlaanderen Flanders; see -ISH1, -ING2.

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Flemish

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

Flemish One of two official languages of Belgium (the other being French). It is spoken, mainly in the n half of the country, by c.50% of the population. It is virtually the same language as Dutch.

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Flemish

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Flemish •blackish, brackish, quackish •Frankish, prankish •clerkish, darkish, sparkish •peckish • rakish •cliquish, freakish, weakish •sickish, thickish •pinkish •hawkish, mawkish •folkish • bookish • textbookish •puckish •monkish, punkish •quirkish, Turkish •establish, stablish •Spanglish •embellish, hellish, relish •palish, Salish •English • stylish •abolish, demolish, spit-and-polish •Gaulish, smallish, tallish •owlish • Polish •coolish, foolish, ghoulish, mulish •bullish • dullish • publish •accomplish • ticklish • purplish •devilish •churlish, girlish •famish • Amish • schoolmarmish •blemish, Flemish •Hamish • squeamish • dimmish •warmish • gnomish • Carchemish •skirmish

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