FLEMISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flemish mean? 

• FLEMISH (noun)
  The noun FLEMISH has 2 senses:

1. an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium

2. one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch

  Familiarity information: FLEMISH used as a noun is rare.

• FLEMISH (adjective)
  The adjective FLEMISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: FLEMISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLEMISH (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Flemish; Flemish dialect

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)

• FLEMISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Flemish painters

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)

 Context examples 

The floor was of polished tiles, with a square of red and black diapered Flemish carpet in the centre; and many settees, cushions, folding chairs, and carved bancals littered all over it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A Flandrish hat of beevor, bearing in the band the token of Our Lady of Embrun, was drawn low upon the left side to hide that ear which had been partly shorn from his head by a Flemish man-at-arms in a camp broil before Tournay.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)