catalán
Spanish, noun/kataˈlan/
catalán is spelled C-A-T-A-L-Á-N (7 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,767th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catalán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Catalan (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua romance del grupo ibérico, muy similar al occitano o provenzal, hablada en el norte de la costa…”.
What does catalán mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Catalan, Catalonian (of, from or relating to Catalonia)
noun
- 1
masculineCatalan (language)
noun
- 1
masculineCatalan, Catalonian (native or inhabitant of Catalonia) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Cataluña.
noun: 1. Lengua romance del grupo ibérico, muy similar al occitano o provenzal, hablada en el norte de la costa mediterránea española, el Rosellón en Francia, Andorra, el Languedoc, así como en las islas Baleares y la ciudad sarda de Alguer. Es lengua oficial en Andorra y, con el español, en Baleares, Cataluña y la Comunidad Valenciana.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of catalán
- catalana feminine
- catalanes masculine plural
- catalanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catalán?
- /kataˈlan/
- [ka.t̪aˈlãn]
- [kat̪aˈlãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catalán
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catalán in Spanish?
catalán appears 21 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).