Rhaetian
/ˈɹiʃ(i)ən/noun, adjective
Rhaetian is a noun meaning “A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-H-A-E-T-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Rhaetian is Rhaetians.
What does Rhaetian mean?
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Rhaetia in central and eastern Switzerland.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the culture or geography of Raetia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Rhaetian?
- UK /ˈɹiːʃ(i)ən/
- US /ˈɹiʃ(i)ən/
- US /ˈɹeɪʃ(i)ən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Rhaetian
- Rhaetians plural
- Raetian
- Rhætian
- more Rhaetian comparative
- most Rhaetian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Rhaetian?
Rhaetian appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Rhaetian come from?
From Rhaetia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).