provincial

provincial
1. adjective
Provinz-; (of the provinces) Provinz-; (typical of the provinces) provinziell
2. noun
Provinzler, der/Provinzlerin, die (abwertend)
* * *
[-'vinʃəl]
adjective provinziell
* * *
pro·vin·cial
[prə(ʊ)ˈvɪn(t)ʃəl, AM prəˈ-]
I. adj
1. (of a province) Provinz-
\provincial city/government Provinzstadt f/-verwaltung f
2. (pej: unsophisticated) provinziell pej
\provincial attitude provinzielle Einstellung
II. n
1. (province inhabitant) Provinzbewohner(in) m(f)
2. (pej: unsophisticated person) Provinzler(in) m(f) pej
* * *
[prə'vInSəl]
1. adj
Provinz-; custom, accent ländlich; (pej) provinzlerisch

provincial capital — Provinzhauptstadt f

provincial narrowness — Engstirnigkeit f

the World War did not affect daily life in provincial France — der Weltkrieg hatte keinen Einfluss auf den Alltag in den ländlichen Teilen Frankreichs

2. n
Provinzbewohner(in) m(f); (pej) Provinzler(in) m(f)
* * *
provincial [prəˈvınʃl]
A adj (adv provincially)
1. Provinz…, provinziell:
provincial bank Provinz-, Provinzialbank f;
provincial town Provinzstadt f
2. Provinz… (Ggs städtisch), provinziell, kleinstädtisch, ländlich:
provincial press Provinzpresse f
3. fig pej provinziell, engstirnig, beschränkt, spießbürgerlich
4. fig pej provinzlerisch, ungehobelt (Manieren etc)
B s
1. Provinzbewohner(in), jemand aus der Provinz
2. fig pej Provinzler(in)
3. REL (Ordens)Provinzial m
prov. abk
1. province
2. provincial
3. provisional vorl.
4. provost
* * *
1. adjective
Provinz-; (of the provinces) Provinz-; (typical of the provinces) provinziell
2. noun
Provinzler, der/Provinzlerin, die (abwertend)
* * *
adj.
kleinstädtisch adj.
provinziell adj.

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