Flemish

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adjective

Flem·​ish ˈfle-mish How to pronounce Flemish (audio)
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Flanders or the Flemings or their language

Flemish

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noun

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: the Germanic language of the Flemings that is made up of dialects of Dutch
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plural in construction : flemings

Examples of Flemish in a Sentence

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Adjective
Gerhard Lutz, a medievalist in a group of half a dozen curators visiting from the Cleveland Museum, was impressed by a small stone statue of the prophet Isaiah attributed to the 14th-century Flemish sculptor Claus Sluter, priced at €500,000 on the booth of the London dealer Sam Fogg. Scott Reyburn, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 Meanwhile Matilda is devious, ruthless and bloodier than even her male opponents after being raised in the Flemish royal court. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024 The frost stretched from Rotterdam to Brussels, where its effects were documented by Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder in his painting Hunters in the Snow (Winter). Tim Brinkhof, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024 As one of the key producers set to talk Nordic/Flemish collaborations in Göteborg, Perquy believes in strengthening the existing ties between the regions. Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024 Fashion, culture, and power meshed: Philip named Flemish master Jan van Eyck court painter, and Flanders replaced Paris as the center of polyphonic music, a flowering that rivaled the emerging glories of Renaissance Italy far to the south. Ana María Velasco, National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2024 How to plan the perfect trip to this fairy-tale Flemish city. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023 Marie-Céleste, who came from a prominent Francophone Flemish family, would be continuing her studies by correspondence. Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023 Throughout the centuries the city prospered, joining the Hanseatic League and employing Flemish and Dutch architects to erect its finest structures. Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
Noun
The director, Gust Van den Berghe, has worked with the Royal Ballet of Flanders and as an assistant director at the Royal Flemish Opera. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023 On the horizon for 2024, the museum will feature several new world-class exhibitions, like 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Prints, Skyscrapers and the Human Experience, and 50 Paintings featuring new work from artists like Cecily Brown. Kyle Beechey, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2023 At this year's Flemish Primitives, Bernard Lahousse, a food consultant with a bioengineering degree, used a high-pressure processing (HPP) machine to infuse oysters with tomato and other flavors without sacrificing freshness or textural integrity. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2010 In Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style (2011), Katchadourian entered airplane bathrooms, adorned herself in tissue and toilet paper, and took pictures of herself in the style of Flemish self-portraits. Vulture, 26 May 2023 Born in Brussels around 1564, Bruegel was the eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the most prominent artists of the Flemish Renaissance in Flanders, a Dutch-speaking region of what is now Belgium. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023 Our Kent degrees in Brussels are full English degrees and are accredited in Belgium, by the higher education accrediting body for the Flemish Community in Belgium (NVAO) and recognized by the Flemish Government. Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2022 Canada, too, approved a new offshore project: more than sixty wells to be drilled in the Flemish Pass, off the Newfoundland coast. Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

circa 1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Flemish was in the 14th century

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“Flemish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Flemish. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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Flemish

noun
Flem·​ish
ˈflem-ish
1
: the Germanic language of the Flemings
2
Flemish plural : flemings
Flemish adjective

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