Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Acadian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ (US)
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (US)

Etymology

First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more Acadian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Acadian Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

Acadian French · Acadian Coast · Acadianness · Acadian owl

Translations (11)

ga Acaidis (of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch) · pt acádio (of or pertaining to Acadia) · es acadio (of or pertaining to Acadia) · fr acadien (of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch) · ca acadià (of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch) · pt acádio (of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch) · ca acadià (of or pertaining to Acadia) · fr acadien (of or pertaining to Acadia) · fi acadialainen (of or pertaining to Acadia) · fi keskikambrilainen (of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch) · it acadiano (of or pertaining to Acadia)

Acadian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ (US)
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (US)

Etymology

First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).

Meanings

  1. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
  2. (Canada) A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Acadians Number=Plur lexicographic

Acadian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ (US)
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/ (US)

Etymology

First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, rare) Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”).
    • In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
  2. (with the) The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
    • The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.

Deriveds

Cajun

Translations (14)

ca acadià (Acadian epoch) · fr acadienne (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · fr Acadien (Acadian French) · it acadiano (Acadian French) · ca acadiana (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · it acadiano (Acadian epoch) · fr acadien (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · pt acádio (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · it acadiana (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · fr acadien (Acadian epoch) · ga Acaidis (Acadian French) · pt acádio (Acadian epoch) · it acadiano (Of or pertaining to Acadia) · ca acadià (Of or pertaining to Acadia)