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arpitan.

Arpitan (language)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/aʁ.pi.tɑ̃/

  1. Arpitan (language)

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal arpitan (“mountain-dweller, sheperd”), picked as a replacement for franco-provençal, 1970s, from a local derivative of Latin Alpes (“Alps, mountain highland”).

adj/aʁ.pi.tɑ̃/

  1. Arpitan

  2. Arpitanian

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal arpitan (“mountain-dweller, sheperd”), picked as a replacement for franco-provençal, 1970s, from a local derivative of Latin Alpes (“Alps, mountain highland”).

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