Alemannic adjective & noun. [alɪ'manɪk] Also Alemanic, Allemanic. L18.
[Late Latin Alemannicus, from Alemanni pl. (Greek Alamanoi) a Germanic tribe, from Germanic (prob. formed as ALL + MAN noun, denoting a wide alliance of peoples): see -IC.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to a confederation of Germanic tribes occupying the territory between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube, or the (modern representatives of the) dialects of these people. L18.
b. noun. The group of Old High German dialects spoken by these people; the modern representatives of these in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany. E19.

■ Alemannian adjective & noun = ALEMANNIC L19.

■ Alemannish adjective & noun (a) German; (b) = ALEMANNIC: ME.

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