Definition of Rhaeto-Romance in English:
Rhaeto-Romance
(also Rhaeto-Romanic)
adjective ˌriːtə(ʊ)rəʊˈmans
Relating to or denoting the Romance dialects spoken in parts of south-eastern Switzerland, north-eastern Italy, and Tyrol, especially Romansh and Ladin.
（与）雷提亚-罗曼语（有关）的（瑞士东南部，意大利东北部和蒂罗尔的罗曼语方言，尤指罗曼什语和拉定语，也包括弗留利语）
noun ˌriːtə(ʊ)rəʊˈmans
mass nounThe Rhaeto-Romance dialects.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, the occurrence of null subjects in this Swiss dialect of Rhaeto-Romance is restricted to certain persons of the verb and certain syntactic environments.
- There are five (French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish/Castilian), or six if Romansch or Rhaeto-Romanic (a language of Switzerland) is included.
Origin
From Latin Rhaetus 'of Rhaetia' (the name of a Roman province in the Alps) + Romance.