Utrecht

Utrecht

English

Etymology

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (out, outside) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (Crossing-on-the-Rhine), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (to cross, to send across), from trāns- (trans-: through, across) + iacere (to throw).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːˈtɹɛxt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Utrecht

  1. A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
    The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.
  2. A province of the Netherlands.
    • 2012, Hans den Besten, edited by Ton van der Wouden, Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten (series: Creole Language Library 44), John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam / Philadelphia, p. 81:
      E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990: 36). Utrechtian, which does not delete intervocalic [χ/ɣ], belongs to the group of Hollandic dialects, which is the Dutch dialect group most closely related to Afrikaans.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Utrecht m

  1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
  2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Utregt, Utert, Uitrecht, Uitregt, Uitert (obsolete)
  • Utreg, Utrech (dialect spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (outside) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (to go across, transfer).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈy.trɛxt/
  • (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA(key): /ˈy.trɛx/
  • Audio (Northern):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Utrecht

Proper noun

Utrecht n

  1. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)
    Synonyms: Domstad (nickname), 030 (nickname), Utje (nickname), Leemput (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Alendorp, Blauwkapel, De Meern, Haarzuilens, Lage Haar, Nedereindseweg, Ockhuizen, Oudenrijn, Rijnenburg, Stadsdam, Themaat, Veldhuizen, Vleuten
  2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
    Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Utrecht velvet
  • French: velours d'Utrecht
  • Portuguese: Utreque
  • Chinese: 烏得勒支 / 乌得勒支 (Wūdélèzhī) (transliteration)

See also

References

  1. ^ LKSH. (1997). Germany: Schmidt-Römhild, p. 4

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /y.tʁɛkt/

    Proper noun

    Utrecht f

    1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
    2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)

    Derived terms

    See also

    German

    Alternative forms

    • Ütrecht (dated)

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
      • IPA(key): /ˈuː.tʁɛçt/, /ˈʊt.ʁɛçt/ (spelling pronunciations, rare in educated speech)
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

      Proper noun

      Utrecht n (proper noun, genitive Utrechts or (optionally with an article) Utrecht)

      1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
      2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)

      Derived terms

      See also

      provinces of the Netherlands: Provinzen der Niederlandeedit

      Middle Dutch

      Etymology

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Proper noun

      Utrecht

      1. Utrecht (a city in the modern Netherlands)
      2. Utrecht (a bishopric)

      Inflection

      This noun needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

      Further reading

      • Utrecht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

      Polish

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈu.trɛxt/
        • Rhymes: -utrɛxt
        • Syllabification: U‧trecht

        Proper noun

        Utrecht m inan

        1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
        2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)

        Declension

        Derived terms

        adjective

        See also

        Further reading

        • Utrecht”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)

        Portuguese

        Etymology

        Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

        Proper noun

        Utrecht ?

        1. alternative form of Utreque:
          1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
          2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)

        Spanish

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

        Proper noun

        Utrecht m

        1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
        2. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)