English Explanatory Dictionary

Mexican

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Mexica; an Aztec.
  2. The Nahuatl language.
  3. A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
  4. The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
  5. A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
  6. A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
  7. A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
  8. Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
  3. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/ /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/ /ˈmɛksəkɪn/ En-au-Mexican.ogg

Word forms

Mexican Mexicans more Mexican most Mexican

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.

Synonyms

Mexica Aztec el goblino la goblina Nahuatl

Derived words

Afro-Mexican Blaxican Mexamerican Messican Mexcrement Mexer Mexican American Mexican-American War Mexican elm Mexican feather grass Mexican mud turtle Mexican orange Mexican pink Mexican scammony Mexican snowball Mexican star Mexican sunflower Mexican't Mexican War Mexicoon Mexicunt Mexishit non-union Mexican equivalent regional Mexican First Mexican Empire interior Mexican Mexican-American Mexican breakfast Mexican coriander Mexican cypress Mexican eagle Mexican Empire Mexican feathergrass Mexican garter snake Mexican jumping bean Mexican morning glory Mexican poppy Mexican red rump Mexican Silicon Valley Mexican standoff Mexican tea Mexican turnover Mexican wave Mexican white pine Mexican wrestling Mexican yam Quebexican Second Mexican Empire
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