English Explanatory Dictionary

American

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A citizen or national of the United States of America.
  2. Any inhabitant of the Americas.
  3. A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
  4. An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.
  5. An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.
  6. The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
  7. American cheese.
  8. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
  9. A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.
  3. Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.
  4. Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.
  5. Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.
name
  1. A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.

Pronunciation

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ /əˈmɝ.ə.kən/ En-uk-American.ogg /əˈmɛɹ.ə.kən/ /əˈmɛɹ.kən/

Word forms

American Americans Am. Amer. Americanian Murican more American most American

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American From America + -n. compare Latin amerī̆canus.

Synonyms

Western Hemispherian New Worlder Yank Ameritard Seppo USian Usonian United Statian US-American United Statesian American Americunt septic Usanian US-ian Usonan US American U.S. American Yankee USAian

Related words

:Category:en:Demonyms for Americans United States of America

Derived words

AACD AAPI ABA Aboriginal American AFL Afra-American African American African-American English Afrimerican Afro-American Afromerican all-American all-Americanness AMA Amerasian Amerenglish Americana American Airlines American alligator American aloe American Alsatian American arrowroot American as apple pie American ash American aspen American avocet American badger American basswood American Beauty American beaver American beech American bird grasshopper American bison American bittern American bittersweet American black bear American black duck American Black English American black vulture American bluehearts American Bobtail American breakfast American brook charr American buffalo American Bulldog American bullfrog American bully American calumba American Canyon American centaury American Century American chaffseed American chameleon American cheese American cheetah American chestnut American chop suey American civil religion American Civil War American cliff swallow

Translations

Albanian: amerikan Albanian: amerikane Arabic: أَمْرِيكِيّ Arabic: أَمْرِيكِيَّة Armenian: ամերիկացի Asturian: americanu Asturian: americana Bulgarian: американец Bulgarian: американка Bulgarian: американче Catalan: americà Catalan: americana Chinese Mandarin: 美洲人 Danish: amerikaner Dutch: Amerikaan Esperanto: amerikano Finnish: amerikkalainen French: Américain Galician: americano Galician: americana German: Amerikaner German: Amerikanerin Hawaiian: ʻAmelika Ido: Amerikano Italian: americano Kankanaey: Milikano Northern Kurdish: amerîkî Latin: amerī̆canus Norwegian Bokmål: amerikaner Norwegian Bokmål: amerikanerinne Norwegian Nynorsk: amerikanar Norwegian Nynorsk: amerikanarinne Occitan: american Occitan: americana Pashto: امريکايی Pashto: امريکايۍ Portuguese: americano Portuguese: americana Romanian: american Romanian: americancă Scottish Gaelic: Ameireaganach Sicilian: miricanu Sicilian: miricana Spanish: americano Spanish: americana Swahili: Waamerika Swedish: amerikan Swedish: amerikanare Tagalog: Amerikahin Tagalog: Amerikano Tamil: அமெரிக்கர் Thai: คนอเมริกัน Turkish: Amerikalı Vietnamese: người Mỹ Volapük: Meropan Welsh: Americaniad
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