Spanish

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain +‎ -ish. === Pronunciation === enPR: spăn'ĭsh, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈspænɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ænɪʃ Hyphenation: Span‧ish === Adjective === Spanish (not comparable) Of or pertaining to Spain. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Spanish. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain. Hypernym: European Of or pertaining to the Spanish language. Hypernym: Indo-European (US, Canada, informal, nonstandard) Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Spanish (countable and uncountable, plural Spanishes) (uncountable) A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas. Synonym: Castilian For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Spanish. A town in Ontario, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Spanish terms Appendix:Spanish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Spanish === Noun === Spanish (countable and uncountable, plural Spanish or Spanishes) (collective in the plural) The people of Spain, collectively. (uncountable) Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food. (US, informal, nonstandard, collective in the plural) People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish. (UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Money. (Northern England, colloquial, uncountable) Licorice. ==== Synonyms ==== (people of Spain): Spaniards (people of Hispanic origin): Hispanics ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (money): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code es, ISO 639-3 code spa (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Spanish, spa ⁠ === Anagrams === phasins