Dictionary

Americanness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈmɛɹəkənəs/ (US)
• /əˈmɛɹɪkənnəs/ (UK)

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 *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos 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 Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Americanness From American + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The quality or characteristic of being American.
   • “There is a political equation of Americanness with speaking English,” said Arias. “People who don’t speak English are just as American as those who do.” 2018 June 15, Harmeet Kaur, “FYI: English isn’t the official language of the United States”, in CNN:

Forms

Relateds

Asianness · Africanness · Europeanness

Synonyms

Americanity

Translations (16)

fr américanité (quality of being American) · ja アメリカらしさ (quality of being American) · da amerikanskhed (quality of being American) · ms keamerikaan (quality of being American) · bn মার্কিনিয়ানা (quality of being American) · am አሜሪካዊነት (quality of being American) · pt americanidade (quality of being American) · lv amerikānisms (quality of being American) · nl Amerikaansheid (quality of being American) · ka ამერიკულობა (quality of being American) · de Amerikanertum (quality of being American) · it americanità (quality of being American) · ka ამერიკელობა (quality of being American) · es americanidad (quality of being American) · pl amerykańskość (quality of being American) · fi amerikkalaisuus (quality of being American)