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Flemish¹
- /ˈflɛmɪʃ/ US, UK
Sounds like flemish, phlegmish · Rhymes with -ɛmɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English flemmysshe, from Old English flēmisc, from Old Frisian flāmisk, derived from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current water”) and *-iskaz. Equivalent to English fleam + -ish. More at Flanders.
adjective more Flemish · most Flemish
- Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
- Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
- Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
proper noun
- Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders. The government project for rendering the Flemish language official at the University of Ghent, which was responsible for the recent Cabinet crisis, caused warm discussion when it was resubmitted to the Chamber this afternoon.
- West Flemish (including French Flemish and Zeelandic Flemish) and East Flemish dialects of Dutch. Its Middle Dutch successor (c.1100 to c.1500) is well documented from the end of the twelfth century, especially in the western (Flemish) and centre (Brabantic) dialects of the economically more prosperous southern area, now Belgium.
- Any of the Low Franconian dialects or languages spoken in northern Belgium, mainly West Flemish, East Flemish, Brabantian dialects of Dutch and Limburgish. That was in the Roman Catholic region of Limburg, a district stretching from northeast Belgium across southern Holland, where the local dialect of Flemish is not easily understood in the rest of the two countries, and where even the artists - the writer's parents are an example - are apt to be born
flemish²
- /ˈflɛmɪʃ/ US, UK
Sounds like Flemish, phlegmish · Rhymes with -ɛmɪʃ
Where it comes from
The noun is an ellipsis of Flemish coil, so called because the technique of coiling rope in this manner began with sailors from Flanders.
The verb is from Flemish (“of or relating to Flanders”, adjective), from Flemish coil.
noun flemishes
- Ellipsis of Flemish coil (“a rope that has been arranged into a neat, flat spiral coil”). He really knew more of the ropes than half the mess did, though he had made no show; he could have managed to stow the mizen-royal in a squall by himself, if such had been now proper in his position; there were even two or three out-of-the-way knots, splices, and flemishes—practised by veteran A.B.'
verb flemishes · flemishing · flemished
- Often followed by down: to arrange (a rope) into a neat, flat spiral coil. In about twenty minutes, after the messenger had been stowed away, the cables coiled in the tiers, and the ropes flemished down on deck, the captain made his appearance, and directed the first-lieutenant to send aft the newly impressed men.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flemish dialect, fleming, flanders, flamenco, flamingo, flamand, flemings, flandrian, dutch, brabantian, low franconian, belgian, belgic, netherlandish, beneluxian, low-country
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adj of or relating to Flanders
| Español | flamenco |
|---|---|
| Português | flamengo |
| Français | flamand |
| Deutsch | flämisch |
| Italiano | fiammingo |
| Română | flamand |
| Русский | флама́ндский flamándskij, фла́ндрский flándrskij |
adj of or relating to the Flemish variety of the Dutch language
| Español | flamenco |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 佛拉芒语 fúlāmángyǔ, 佛兰德语 fúlándéyǔ |
| Português | flamengo |
| Français | flamand |
| Deutsch | flämisch |
| Italiano | fiammingo |
| Română | flamand |
| Русский | флама́ндский flamándskij |
name the Dutch language as it is spoken in Flanders
| Español | flamenco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플랑드르의 peullangdeureuui |
| 日本語 | フラマン語 furamango |
| 中文 | 佛蘭芒語 /佛兰芒语 Fólánmángyǔ, 弗拉茫 Fúlāmáng, 佛蘭芒 /佛兰芒 Fólánmáng |
| Português | flamengo |
| Français | flamand |
| Deutsch | Flämisch |
| Italiano | fiammingo |
| Română | flamandă |
| Русский | флама́ндский flamándskij, фла́ндрский flándrskij |
Talk about this word "flemish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flemish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flemish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flemish "flemish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flemish.Cite this
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title = {flemish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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