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Spanish

Syllabification: (Span·ish)
Pronunciation: /ˈspaniSH/

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Definition of Spanish

adjective

  • of or relating to Spain, its people, or its language.

noun

  • 1 (as plural noun the Spanish) the people of Spain.
  • 2the Romance language of most of Spain and of much of Central and South America and several other countries.

Derivatives

Spanishness

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Spain + -ish1, with later shortening of the first vowel

Spanish in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Spanish in the British & World English dictionary