Vlach

[ vlahk, vlak ]

noun

1. 1. a member of any people traditionally speaking a Balkan Romance language, including Romanian and Aromanian.
   2. Romanian ( def 1 ).
   3. Aromanian ( def 2 ).
2. 1. the Romance languages spoken in the Balkans, including Romanian and Aromanian.
   2. Romanian ( def 2 ).
   3. Aromanian ( def 1 ).

adjective

1. of or relating to Balkan Romance languages or their speakers.
2. Romanian ( def 3 ).
3. Aromanian ( def 3 ).

Vlach

/ vlɑːk; ˈwɑːlɒk /

noun

1. a member of a people scattered throughout SE Europe in the early Middle Ages, speaking a Romanic dialect

adjective

1. of or relating to Vlachs or their dialect

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vlach¹

First recorded in 1840–45; from a South Slavic language, e.g., Bulgarian vlakh or Serbo-Croatian vlah, from Proto-Slavic volkhŭ (unattested) from Proto-Germanic walhaz (unattested) “stranger, foreigner, Roman, Romance speaker, Romanized Celt,” from Latin Volcae, the name of a Gallic tribal confederation of the 3rd century b.c., and the name of Celtic tribes in southwestern Gaul (modern France) near the Pyrenees, mentioned by Caesar in his Gallic Wars ; Welsh ( def ), Walloon

Example Sentences

On Feb. 3, Lauren Vlach received $8 on Venmo, spread across four $2 payments, from a girl she had never met.

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Each payment included a block of text; read together, they formed what Cas Stephens, who sent the payments, titled her “girlfriend application” to Ms. Vlach.

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Ms. Vlach had a similar story: Having only dated men, she said she joined TikTok because she heard there was “this whole lesbian community” on the app.

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Though she pursued her on Venmo, Ms. Stephens, 20, found Ms. Vlach, 22, on TikTok, where her videos were racking up thousands of views.

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She figured it would be easier to get Ms. Vlach’s attention elsewhere, and seized on the Venmo handle listed in her bio.

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