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fiammingo

Flemish

adjective fyahm-MEEN-goh Rare
Travel & Places Nationality

Origin: From Fiandre (Flanders), of Germanic origin.

Also means

Flemish (language/person)

Usage Note

Fiammingo means relating to Flanders (the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium): la pittura fiamminga (Flemish painting). As a noun, un fiammingo is a Fleming (person), and il fiammingo is the Flemish language. The feminine is fiamminga, plural fiamminghi/fiamminghe. In art history, the term is indispensable for the great Flemish masters.

Examples

"Amo la pittura fiamminga del Seicento."

Natural Translation

I love seventeenth-century Flemish painting.

Literal Translation

I-love the painting Flemish of-the seventeenth-century.

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