flemish

1. 1.

   an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium

   Broaderethnic group
2. 2.

   one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch

   SynonymsFlemish dialect

   BroaderDutch

1. 1.

   of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture

   “the Flemish population of Belgium”

   “Flemish painters”

Other forms of flemish

plural

flemishes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flemish

What does flemish mean?

flemish means "an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flemish?

flemish has 2 syllables: flem-ish. The stress falls on "flem". In IPA it is /ˈflɛmɪʃ/.

What is another word for flemish?

Close synonyms include Flemish dialect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flemish a common word?

flemish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.