Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- of or relating to Rhaetia.
- Rhaeto-Romanic.
- Raetic.
noun
noun
- Also called: Rhaeto-Romanic (ˈriːtəʊrəʊˈmænɪk) a group of Romance languages or dialects spoken in certain valleys of the Alps, including Romansch, Ladin, and Friulian
adjective
- denoting or relating to this group of languages
- of or relating to Rhaetia
c.1600, from Latin Rhætia, ancient name of a district in the Alps and of a Roman province between the Rhine, Danube, and Po; from Rhaeti, Raiti, name of a native people. Hence Rhaeto-Romanic (1867), Rhaeto-Romance, language of the Tyrol and southern Switzerland.