Castilian

English

Etymology

From Castile +‎ -ian as a calque of Spanish castellano (“Of or related to Castile, Spain, or the Spanish language”). Doublet of castellano, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈstɪljən/

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Proper noun

Castilian

1. The Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.

   Synonym: Castilian Spanish

2. (inexact, sometimes offensive) Synonym of Spanish, the language of Spain and its former colonies.

Usage notes

Modern English use of Castilian to mean Spanish generally calques that of various Spanish dialects, whose acceptance of castellano in that sense varies widely. It is especially common in Argentinian and Peruvian Spanish and particularly uncommon in Mexican Spanish. It can also be intended to denote proper formal Spanish as opposed to slang, informal, or regional Spanish.

Translations

standard variety of European Spanish

• Afrikaans: Kastiliaans
• Asturian: castellanu (ast) m
• Breton: kastilhaneg (br) m
• Bulgarian: кастилски (kastilski)
• Catalan: castellà (ca)
• Czech: kastilský
• Danish: castiliansk
• Dutch: Castiliaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: kastila lingvo sg
• French: castillan (fr)
• Galician: castelán (gl) m
• German: Kastilisch (de) n
• Greek: καστιλλιάνικα (el) n pl (kastilliánika)
• Hungarian: kasztíliai (hu)
• Icelandic: kastilíska f
• Irish: Caistílis f
• Italian: castigliano (it) m
• K'iche': kaxlan tzij c or n
• Ladino: kasteyano
• Nahuatl: Caxtillahtōlli
• Occitan: castelhan (oc) m
• Polish: kastylijski (pl)
• Portuguese: castelhano (pt) m
• Romanian: castiliană f
• Russian: кастильский (ru) m (kastilʹskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кастиљански

  Roman: kastiljanski

• Slovak: kastílčina
• Spanish: castellano (es) m
• Swedish: kastilianska (sv)

Noun

Castilian (plural Castilians)

1. A native of Castile.

Translations

native of Castile

• Afrikaans: Kastiliaan
• Catalan: castellà (ca) m, castellana (ca) f
• Esperanto: kastilo sg
• Finnish: kastilialainen
• French: Castillan (fr) m, Castillane (fr) f
• Galician: castelán (gl) m, castelá f
• German: Kastilianer m, Kastilianerin f
• Greek: Καστιλλιάνος (el) m (Kastilliános), Καστιλλιάνα (el) f (Kastilliána)
• Hebrew: קסטילי
• Irish: Caistíleach m
• Italian: castigliano (it) m, castigliana f
• Occitan: castelhan (oc) m, castelhana f
• Portuguese: castelhano (pt) m, castelhana (pt) f
• Russian: касти́лец m (kastílec)
• Spanish: castellano (es) m, castellana (es) f

Adjective

Castilian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or relating to Castile.

Translations

relating to Castile

• Esperanto: kastila sg, kastilia sg
• Finnish: kastilialainen
• Greek: καστιλλιάνικος (el) (kastilliánikos)
• Irish: Caistíleach
• K'iche': kaxlan c
• Kaqchikel: kaxlan c
• Spanish: castellano (es)