Wallachian
/wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ən/noun, adjective
Wallachian is a noun meaning “A person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-A-L-L-A-C-H-I-A-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Wallachian is Wallachians.
What does Wallachian mean?
noun
- 1
A person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Wallachia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Wallachian?
- UK /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ən/
Wallachian has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Wallachian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Wallachian
- Wallachians plural
- Walachian
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Wallachian?
Wallachian appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
Wallachian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Valaque , valaque |
| Portuguese | valáquio |
| Spanish | valaco, valaca |
| German | walachisch, wallachisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Wallachian come from?
From Wallachia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).