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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

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Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɪŋɡˈliːʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
  • /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *Angli Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English Englisċ Middle English Englisch English English From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to England.
    • During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired. 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:
  2. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
    • Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
    • Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions. 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 187:
  3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).
    • The Uſuwrper [...] within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William. 1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the …, volume 1, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, page 150:
    • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter. 2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2021:
  4. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
    • an English ton
  5. Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
  6. Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most English Degree=Sup lexicographic
Inglish alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
english alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
english US, alternative lexicographic
more English Degree=Cmp lexicographic
Englishe alternative, archaic lexicographic

Coordinates

Chinese

Deriveds

English bean (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English runner bean (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English Foxhound (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · Old English Game (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · un-English (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English Bazar (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English sweat (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · full English breakfast (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English chant (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · white English bulldog (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English round hand (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English violet (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English bluebell (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · full English (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English bulldog (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English toy spaniel (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English Bicknor (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English River (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English Springer Spaniel (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English ivy (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English acre (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English foxhound (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · English Gypsy (Terms derived from English (adjective)) · Old English sheepdog (Terms derived from English (adjective))

Hyponyms

Anglish

Synonyms

southron (related to England)

Translations (383)

as ইংৰাজ (of or pertaining to England) · tr İngilizce (of or pertaining to the English language) · lv anglisks (of or pertaining to the English language) · es inglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · ur انگلستانی (of or pertaining to England) · haw Pelekāne (of or pertaining to England) · hi अंग्रेजी (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · ace Inggréh (of or pertaining to the English language) · mk англиски (of or pertaining to England) · nn engelsk (of or pertaining to the English language) · as ইংৰাজী (of or pertaining to England) · haw ʻEnelani (of or pertaining to England) · mk англиски (of or pertaining to the English language) · ky иңглиш (of or pertaining to England) · ms Inggeris (of or pertaining to the English language) · zh 英 (of or pertaining to England) · hi आँग्लभाषा (of or pertaining to the English language) · zh 英文的 (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّيْن (of or pertaining to the English language) · ko 영 (of or pertaining to England) · lt anglų (of or pertaining to the English language) · pdc Englisch (of or pertaining to the English language) · kac Ing-galik (of or pertaining to England) · gd Beurla (of or pertaining to the English language) · ee Eŋlisi (of or pertaining to the English language) · hy անգլերեն (of or pertaining to the English language) · hi बिलायती (of or pertaining to England) · uz ingliz (of or pertaining to the English language) · fa اِنْگْلِیسِی (of or pertaining to England) · si ඉංග්රීසි (of or pertaining to England) · kac Inggalik (of or pertaining to England) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّان (of or pertaining to the English language) · lld nglëisc (of or pertaining to the English language) · zea Iengels (of or pertaining to the English language) · ur اَن٘گْریزی (of or pertaining to England) · ca anglés (of or pertaining to England) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّتَيْن (of or pertaining to the English language) · cy Saesneg (of or pertaining to the English language) · gd Sasannach (of or pertaining to England) · kmr inglîzî (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · fy Ingelsk (of or pertaining to England) · eo anglina (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · haw haole (of or pertaining to the English language) · ro englez (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · vo Linglänanik (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · pro engles (of or pertaining to England) · mt Ingliż (of or pertaining to England) · fr anglais (of or pertaining to the English language) · lv angļu (of or pertaining to the English language) · bn ইংরেজি (of or pertaining to England) · hi इंगलिश (of or pertaining to the English language) · sh engleski (of or pertaining to the English language) · apw indaa’ biyáti’ (of or pertaining to the English language) · da engelsk (of or pertaining to England) · hu angol (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ast inglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · ja 英語の (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيُّون (of or pertaining to the English language) · nah Inglatlahtōlli (of or pertaining to the English language) · egl inglaiṡ (of or pertaining to the English language) · kbd Инджылыбзэ (of or pertaining to the English language) · ja イングランドの (of or pertaining to England) · el αγγλικός (of or pertaining to the English language) · ps انګرېزي (of or pertaining to the English language) · sd اَنگريزِي (of or pertaining to England) · hu angliai (of or pertaining to England) · nn engelsk (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · nn engelsk (of or pertaining to England) · sv engelsk (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · lt angliškas (of or pertaining to the English language) · tg англисӣ (of or pertaining to England) · hi अंग्रेज (of or pertaining to England) · ang Englisċ (of or pertaining to the English language) · is enskur (of or pertaining to England) · la anglicus (of or pertaining to the English language) · mi Ingarihi (of or pertaining to England) · nap ngrese (of or pertaining to England) · es inglés (of or pertaining to England) · bg англи́йски (of or pertaining to the English language) · eo angla (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ia anglese (of or pertaining to the English language) · pt ânglico (of or pertaining to the English language) · pl angielski (of or pertaining to the English language) · pt inglês (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · rom anglojka (of or pertaining to England) · te ఆంగ్లభాస (of or pertaining to the English language) · gug inglyesñe'ẽ (of or pertaining to the English language) · ug ئىنگلىز (of or pertaining to England) · eo virangla (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · tl english (of or pertaining to the English language) · an anglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · uz ingliz (of or pertaining to England) · io Angliana (of or pertaining to England) · sd اَنگريزِي (of or pertaining to the English language) · hi अंग्रेजी (of or pertaining to the English language) · km ភាសាអង់គ្លេស (of or pertaining to the English language) · vi Anh (of or pertaining to England) · is enskur (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · sgs Onglu (of or pertaining to the English language) · sq gjuha angleze (of or pertaining to the English language) · sc inglesu (of or pertaining to England) · vec inglexe (of or pertaining to the English language) · kk ағылшын (of or pertaining to England) · ru англи́йский (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · sc ingresu (of or pertaining to England) · ak Enyiresi (of or pertaining to the English language) · csb anielsczi (of or pertaining to England) · te ఆంగ్లేయ (of or pertaining to England) · nb engelsk (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ky иңглишче (of or pertaining to the English language) · he שייך למערכת המידות האנגלית (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · mi Ingarihi (of or pertaining to the English language) · pl angielski (of or pertaining to England) · ko 영국(英國) 사람의 (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · sw -ingereza (of or pertaining to England) · ba инглиз (of or pertaining to England) · ta ஆங்கில (of or pertaining to England) · lo ພາສາອັງກິດ (of or pertaining to the English language) · or ଇଂରାଜୀ (of or pertaining to the English language) · is enskur (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · ka ინგლისური (of or pertaining to the English language) · de änglisch (of or pertaining to the English language) · ga Sasanach (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · sh енглеск (of or pertaining to England) · dsb engelšćina (of or pertaining to the English language) · lld nglëisc (of or pertaining to England) · sco Inglis (of or pertaining to England) · eo brita (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · sv engelsk (of or pertaining to the English language) · la anglēnsis (of or pertaining to England) · sco Inglis (of or pertaining to the English language) · ms Inggeris (of or pertaining to England) · ru англи́йский (of or pertaining to the English language) · pt anglo (of or pertaining to the English language) · bua англи (of or pertaining to England) · cv акӑлчан (of or pertaining to the English language) · hu angol (of or pertaining to the English language) · cu англїискъ (of or pertaining to England) · kw Sowsnek (of or pertaining to the English language) · be англі́йскі (of or pertaining to England) · id Inggris (of or pertaining to the English language) · de englischsprachig (of or pertaining to the English language) · mww Askiv (of or pertaining to the English language) · te ఆంగ్ల (of or pertaining to England) · de engländisch (of or pertaining to England) · id keinggrisan (of or pertaining to England) · ckb ئِنگلیزی (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · hi विलायती (of or pertaining to England) · sh енглески (of or pertaining to the English language) · ta ஆங்கில (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · lv angļu (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · kk Ағылшын (of or pertaining to the English language) · fur inglês (of or pertaining to the English language) · hi अंग्रेज़ी (of or pertaining to England) · es inglés (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · eo anglalingva (of or pertaining to the English language) · hi अंग्रेजी (of or pertaining to England) · be анге́льскі (of or pertaining to England) · cv акӑлчан (of or pertaining to England) · ckb ئِنگلیزی (of or pertaining to England) · dsb jenźelšćina (of or pertaining to the English language) · cs anglický (of or pertaining to the English language) · fa اِنْگْلیسی (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · hy անգլիական (of or pertaining to England) · fo enskur (of or pertaining to England) · hi अंग्रेज़ (of or pertaining to England) · hi अंग्रेज़ी (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · lt angliškas (of or pertaining to England) · jam Ingglish (of or pertaining to England) · fa اِنْگْلیسی (of or pertaining to England) · fi brittiläinen (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · ps انګليسي (of or pertaining to the English language) · sv engelsk (of or pertaining to England) · th อังกฤษ (of or pertaining to England) · ru англи́йский (of or pertaining to England) · fi englannin (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (of or pertaining to the English language) · map-bms ꦲꦶꦁꦒꦿꦶꦱ꧀ (of or pertaining to the English language) · av ингилис (of or pertaining to the English language) · de englisch (of or pertaining to the English language) · he אַנְגְּלִי (of or pertaining to England) · ms bahasa Inggeris (of or pertaining to the English language) · gv Baarlagh (of or pertaining to the English language) · unm Inklìshi (of or pertaining to England) · br saozneg (of or pertaining to the English language) · ig Inglish (of or pertaining to the English language) · fo eingilskur (of or pertaining to England) · lt anglų (of or pertaining to England) · gl inglés (of or pertaining to England) · oj zhaaganaashiimowin (of or pertaining to the English language) · cmn 英国人的 (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · gl inglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · hsb jendźelski (of or pertaining to the English language) · mr इंग्रज (of or pertaining to England) · frp anglès (of or pertaining to the English language) · is enskur (of or pertaining to the English language) · yo Gẹ̀ẹ́sì (of or pertaining to the English language) · hu angol (of or pertaining to England) · fa اِنْگْلیسی (of or pertaining to the English language) · mr इंग्रजी (of or pertaining to the English language) · te ఇంగ్లీషు (of or pertaining to England) · my အင်္ဂလိပ် (of or pertaining to England) · vo hi-Linglänanik (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ko 영국인(英國人)의 (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · my အင်္ဂလိပ် (of or pertaining to the English language) · sl angléški (of or pertaining to the English language) · sk anglický (of or pertaining to England) · rom anglo (of or pertaining to England) · pa ਅੰਗ੍ਰੇਜ਼ੀ (of or pertaining to the English language) · th อังกฤษ (of or pertaining to the English language) · hil Ingles (of or pertaining to the English language) · cv акӑлчан (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · kmr inglîzî (of or pertaining to the English language) · lo ອັງກິດ (of or pertaining to England) · ja イギリスの (of or pertaining to England) · ar إنْقِليزي (of or pertaining to the English language) · kac Inglik (of or pertaining to England) · fo enskur (of or pertaining to the English language) · ojb zhaaganaashiimowin (of or pertaining to England) · as বিলাতী (of or pertaining to England) · kmr inglîzî (of or pertaining to England) · mt Ingliża (of or pertaining to England) · unm Inklìshi (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ca anglès (of or pertaining to England) · be анґе́льскі (of or pertaining to England) · nv Bilagáana bizaad (of or pertaining to the English language) · ca anglès (of or pertaining to the English language) · ro englez (of or pertaining to the English language) · ce ингалсан (of or pertaining to the English language) · te ఆంగ్లము (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيز (of or pertaining to the English language) · tr İngiliz (of or pertaining to England) · ay inlish (of or pertaining to the English language) · ug ئىنگلىز (of or pertaining to the English language) · te ఇంగ్లీషు (of or pertaining to the English language) · lv anglisks (of or pertaining to England) · fi englantilainen (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · be анґе́льскі (of or pertaining to the English language) · gu અંગ્રેજી (of or pertaining to the English language) · az ingilis (of or pertaining to England) · hsb jendźelski (of or pertaining to England) · he אַנְגְּלִי (of or pertaining to the English language) · unm Inklìshi (of or pertaining to the English language) · ta ஆங்கிலேய (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · cs anglický (of or pertaining to England) · bm Angilɛkan (of or pertaining to the English language) · vo ji-Linglänanik (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · rsk енґлейски (of or pertaining to the English language) · sk anglický (of or pertaining to the English language) · km អង់គ្លេស (of or pertaining to England) · oj ᔖᑲᓈᐦᔒᒧᐎᓐ (of or pertaining to the English language) · sd اَنگريزِي (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · no engelsk (of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system) · io Angla (of or pertaining to the English language) · tl Ingles (of or pertaining to the English language) · css inkiS (of or pertaining to the English language) · el εγγλέζικος (of or pertaining to England) · egl ingléś (of or pertaining to the English language) · bo དབྱིན་ཇི (of or pertaining to England) · war Ininglis (of or pertaining to the English language) · ky англис (of or pertaining to England) · zh 英語的 /英语的 (of or pertaining to the English language) · da engelsk (of or pertaining to the English language) · ace bahsa Inggréh (of or pertaining to the English language) · tk iňlis (of or pertaining to England) · tg англисӣ (of or pertaining to the English language) · el αγγλικός (of or pertaining to England) · ky англисче (of or pertaining to the English language) · et inglise (of or pertaining to England) · sl angléški (of or pertaining to England) · ca anglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · ee Eŋlisi (of or pertaining to England) · ka ინგლისურენოვანი (of or pertaining to the English language) · sh engleski (of or pertaining to England) · vo Linglänapükik (of or pertaining to the English language) · udm Англи (of or pertaining to the English language) · bg англи́йски (of or pertaining to England) · ka ინგლისური (of or pertaining to England) · rsk анґлийски (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيّ or إِنْكِلِيزِيّ (of or pertaining to England) · lv anglisks (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ga Béarlach (of or pertaining to the English language) · bjn Inggris (of or pertaining to the English language) · ang Ænglisċ (of or pertaining to the English language) · sq anglez (of or pertaining to England) · lv angļu (of or pertaining to England) · ckb ئِنگلیزی (of or pertaining to the English language) · ps انګرېزي (of or pertaining to England) · zh 英格蘭的 /英格兰的 (of or pertaining to England) · gug ingyaterrañe'ẽ (of or pertaining to the English language) · dv އިނގިރޭސި (of or pertaining to the English language) · sn Chirungu (of or pertaining to the English language) · ps انګليسي (of or pertaining to England) · it inglese (of or pertaining to England) · hi इंगलिश (of or pertaining to England) · nrf angllais (of or pertaining to England) · et inglise (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيِّين (of or pertaining to the English language) · ta ஆங்கில (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيّ (of or pertaining to the English language) · myv Англань (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّتَان (of or pertaining to the English language) · wa inglès (of or pertaining to the English language) · tt инглиз (of or pertaining to England) · mn англи (of or pertaining to England) · haw Pelekāne (of or pertaining to the English language) · fj vaka-valagi (of or pertaining to the English language) · ro englez (of or pertaining to England) · nl Engels (of or pertaining to the English language) · ny Chingerezi (of or pertaining to the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيز (of or pertaining to the English language) · tyv англи (of or pertaining to England) · wo angalteer (of or pertaining to the English language) · vi tiếng Anh (of or pertaining to the English language) · csb anielsczi (of or pertaining to the English language) · fi englantilainen (of or pertaining to England) · xmf ინგლისური ნინა (of or pertaining to the English language) · za Yinghyij (of or pertaining to the English language) · mr इंग्रजी (of or pertaining to England) · ext ingresa (of or pertaining to the English language) · pt inglês (of or pertaining to the English language) · as ইংৰাজী (of or pertaining to the English language) · mr इंग्लिश (of or pertaining to the English language) · be англі́йскі (of or pertaining to the English language) · nds engelsch (of or pertaining to England) · tyv англи (of or pertaining to the English language) · uk англі́йський (of or pertaining to the English language) · it inglese (of or pertaining to the English language) · nb engelsk (of or pertaining to the English language) · fr anglais (of or pertaining to England) · oc anglés (of or pertaining to England) · ga Sasanach (of or pertaining to England) · cy Seisnig (of or pertaining to England) · fi englanninkielinen (of or pertaining to the English language) · rue анґлі́цькый (of or pertaining to England) · ms Inggris (of or pertaining to England) · tl Ingles (of or pertaining to England) · ast inglés (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · pt inglês (of or pertaining to England) · meu Nao Gado (of or pertaining to the English language) · oc anglés (of or pertaining to the English language) · ko 영국(英國)의 (of or pertaining to England) · ceb Iningles (of or pertaining to the English language) · io Anglalingua (of or pertaining to the English language) · bn ইংরেজি (of or pertaining to the English language) · hi अंग्रेज़ी (of or pertaining to the English language) · de englisch (of or pertaining to England) · ur اَن٘گْریزی (of or pertaining to the English language) · ee Eŋlisigbe (of or pertaining to the English language) · ia anglese (of or pertaining to England) · vro Inglüse (of or pertaining to the English language) · vls Iengels (of or pertaining to the English language) · io Angliana (of or pertaining to the English language) · el εγγλέζικος (of or pertaining to the English language) · fo eingilskur (of or pertaining to the English language) · id Inggris (of or pertaining to England) · scn ngrisi (of or pertaining to England) · af Engels (of or pertaining to the English language) · az ingilis (of or pertaining to the English language) · gu અંગ્રેજી (of or pertaining to England) · za Yinghgoz (of or pertaining to England) · ar إنْقِليزي (of or pertaining to England) · nrf Angliais (of or pertaining to England) · ja 英 (of or pertaining to England) · eo angla (of or pertaining to England) · bm Ingliz (of or pertaining to the English language) · zza inglîzkî (of or pertaining to the English language) · gv Sostynagh (of or pertaining to England) · be анге́льскі (of or pertaining to the English language) · fy Ingelsk (of or pertaining to the English language) · mt Ingliż (of or pertaining to the English language) · lt angliškas (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · ko 영어(英語)의 (of or pertaining to the English language) · nl Engels (of or pertaining to England) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيّ (of or pertaining to the English language) · nb engelsk (of or pertaining to England) · uk англі́йський (of or pertaining to England) · bg англи́йски (of or pertaining to an Englishman, Englishwoman, the English) · vo Linglänik (of or pertaining to England) · eu ingeles (of or pertaining to the English language) · rom anglicko (of or pertaining to the English language) · hil Ingles (of or pertaining to England) · ast inglés (of or pertaining to England)

English en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɪŋɡˈliːʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
  • /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *Angli Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English Englisċ Middle English Englisch English English From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
    • The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.
    • Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. 1979, Stormont Mancroft, Bees in Some Bonnets, p. 175
  2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
  3. (uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
    • Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A particular instance of the English language, including: ▸ The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
    • What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?
  5. (countable, uncountable) A particular instance of the English language, including: ▸ The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
    • The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A particular instance of the English language, including: ▸ A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
    • Data: I have completed my analysis of the anomaly. It appears to be a multi-phasic temporal convergence in the space-time continuum. Dr. Crusher: In English, Data. 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, Brent Spiner and Gates McFadden (actors):
    • Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A particular instance of the English language, including: ▸ Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
    • This reflects that in English, students learn a range of text types, such as procedures, editorials, poetry, and not just academic essays. 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109:
    • I loved reading until 7th grade English.
  8. (countable, dated, uncountable) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
  9. (Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of english.
    alt of english
    • You are putting too much English on the ball.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Englishe alternative, archaic lexicographic
Englishes Number=Plur lexicographic
English Number=Plur lexicographic
Inglish alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
english alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
english US, alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

draw (sidespin) · follow (sidespin)

Synonyms

southrons (English people) · Augustin (type size; French contexts) · Mittel (type size; German contexts) · language arts

Translations (157)

fi englannin kieli (specific language or wording) · ru англича́нин (people from England) · el Άγγλος (people from England) · hy անգլերեն (one's ability to employ the English language) · xwo ᡌᡅᠯᡅᡊ (people from England) · fr anglaises (people from England) · ka ინგლისელი (people from England) · pt inglês (one's ability to employ the English language) · mk Англичанка (people from England) · xwo ᠠᡊᡎᡅᠯᡅᡔᠠᠨ (people from England) · nan-hbl 英文 (one's ability to employ the English language) · sh Ѐнгле̄з (people from England) · lv anglis (people from England) · lv angliete (people from England) · tyv англи (people from England) · el Εγγλέζος (people from England) · eo anglino (people from England) · yue 英語 /英语 (one's ability to employ the English language) · sv engelska (one's ability to employ the English language) · fi englannin taito (one's ability to employ the English language) · hy անգլերեն (specific language or wording) · br Saoz (people from England) · hak 英文 (one's ability to employ the English language) · lld nglëisc (people from England) · ro englez (people from England) · tl Ingles (people from England) · et inglane (people from England) · oc anglés (people from England) · ta ஆங்கிலம் (one's ability to employ the English language) · otw Zhaagnaashag (people from England) · sl Angléž (people from England) · tr İngiliz (people from England) · nl Engelsman (people from England) · ru англича́нка (people from England) · be анґе́лец (people from England) · oj zhaaganaashi (people from England) · ca anglès (people from England) · hi अंग्रेजी (people from England) · oj zhaaganaash (people from England) · be англіча́нін (people from England) · sv mittel (14-point type) · ast inglés (one's ability to employ the English language) · bn ইংরেজি (people from England) · ro englezoiacă (people from England) · eo vira anglo (people from England) · be анге́лька (people from England) · sh Engleskinja (people from England) · meu Nao Gado (English-language term or expression) · el Εγγλέζα (people from England) · fi englanti (specific language or wording) · sd اَنگريزُ m اَنگريزياڻِي (people from England) · otw Zhaagnaash (people from England) · ur اَن٘گْریز (people from England) · tl Inglatero (people from England) · sk Angličanka (people from England) · oj zhaaganaashag (people from England) · ms Inggeris (people from England) · mk Англичани (people from England) · pl Anglik (people from England) · ro engleză (people from England) · pl Angielka (people from England) · fa اِنْگْلیسی (people from England) · eo angla viro (people from England) · nan-hbl 英語 /英语 (one's ability to employ the English language) · yue 英國人 /英国人 (people from England) · cv акӑлчан (people from England) · gd na Sasannaich (people from England) · ko 영국인 (people from England) · es texto (14-point type) · ee Eŋlisitɔ (people from England) · hak 英語 /英语 (one's ability to employ the English language) · mk Англичанец (people from England) · bg англича́нин (people from England) · ar الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (English-language term or expression) · it inglese (people from England) · sh Енглескиња (people from England) · ca anglesa (people from England) · yue 英文 (one's ability to employ the English language) · bg англича́нка (people from England) · sv engelska (specific language or wording) · sk Angličan (people from England) · br Saozezed (people from England) · zh 英國人 /英国人 (people from England) · cs Angličan (people from England) · br Saozez (people from England) · th คนอังกฤษ (people from England) · te ఆంగ్లేయులు (people from England) · nl Engelsen (people from England) · de Engländer (people from England) · cs Angličanka (people from England) · eu ingeles (people from England) · uk англі́єць (people from England) · vi người Anh (people from England) · ru англича́не (people from England) · hi अंग्रेज (people from England) · hu mittel (14-point type) · ar اللُّغَة الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (English-language term or expression) · ast inglés (people from England) · nl Engelse (people from England) · kmr inglîz (people from England) · sv engelska (people from England) · el Αγγλίδα (people from England) · br Saozon (people from England) · mn англи хүн (people from England) · ja イギリス人 (people from England) · is Englendingar (people from England) · ms orang Inggeris (people from England) · ca anglés (people from England) · be анґе́лька (people from England) · km អង់គ្លេស (people from England) · fr gros-texte (14-point type) · it silvio (14-point type) · mi Ingarihi (people from England) · cmn 英語 /英语 (one's ability to employ the English language) · ca anglesa (people from England) · sh Ènglēz (people from England) · sl Angléžinja (people from England) · sv engelsman (people from England) · fr anglaise (people from England) · ar إِنْجِلِيز (people from England) · pt ingleses (people from England) · fi englantilainen (people from England) · hi अंग्रेज़ (people from England) · he אנגליה (people from England) · eo anglo (people from England) · oj zhaaganaashiwag (people from England) · ja 英国人 (people from England) · hi इंगलिश (people from England) · fr anglais (people from England) · ia anglese (people from England) · fr anglais (one's ability to employ the English language) · be англіча́нка (people from England) · ro engleză (one's ability to employ the English language) · da englænder (people from England) · be анге́лец (people from England) · ka ინგლისელები (people from England) · ga Sasanach (people from England) · oc anglesa (people from England) · id orang Inggris (people from England) · et inglanna (people from England) · uk англі́йка (people from England) · fo onglendingur (people from England) · uk англі́йці (people from England) · cv акӑлчансем (people from England) · nl grote Augustijn (14-point type) · cmn 英文 (one's ability to employ the English language) · nl dubbel kolonel (14-point type) · ko 영국(英國) 사람 (people from England) · he אַנְגְּלִי (people from England) · de Mittel (14-point type) · eo angla virino (people from England) · hi अंग्रेज़ी (people from England) · ckb ئِنگلیز (people from England) · hy անգլիացի (people from England) · ta ஆங்கிலேயர் (people from England) · hu angol (people from England) · fi englanniksi (English-language term or expression)

English en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɪŋɡˈliːʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
  • /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *Angli Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English Englisċ Middle English Englisch English English From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
    • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
    • Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian. 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022:
    • How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?
    • She speaks English, French, and German. English is her first language.
    • Gracias. Adios. Yes, thank you very much. I am most grateful. Thank you. [Hangs up phone.] It used to be, if foreigners didn't understand, you'd shout at 'em until they did. Now they speak better English than we. 1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders:
    • Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae. 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2021:
    • English is a world language: it is widely used in dozens of countries and is studied in at least a hundred more.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
    • I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. 2003, Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”, in The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, page 278:
  3. (countable, uncountable) English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
  4. (countable, uncountable) An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A male or female given name.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Forms

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Inglish alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
Englishe alternative, archaic lexicographic
Englishes Number=Plur lexicographic
english alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
english US, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

how do you say … in English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · rally English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · King's English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Tarzan English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Aviation English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · do you speak English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · New York English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Antigua and Barbuda Creole English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Queen's English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · does anyone here speak English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Englishtown (Terms derived from English (noun)) · do you have a menu in English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Leeward Caribbean English Creole (Terms derived from English (noun)) · I don't speak English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Leeward Caribbean Creole English (Terms derived from English (noun)) · Maoist Standard English (Terms derived from English (noun))

Descendants

і́нгліш · ဢိင်းၵလဵတ်ႈ · இங்கிலீஷ் · Ingrees · Ingarihi · Inlish simi · ఇంగ్లీషు · ᎩᎵᏏ · ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് · အင်္ဂလိပ်

Hypernyms

language

Hyponyms

English · Modern English

Meronyms

Middle English · New English · Early Modern English · late Middle English · Late Modern English · Early Middle English · early Middle English · Late Middle English · Modern English · Standard English · Early New English · Medieval English

Translations (309)

ln Lingɛlɛ́sa (the English language) · com taibo tekwapu (the English language) · sq gjuha angleze (the English language) · cs angličtina (the English language) · tg забони англисӣ (the English language) · tyv англи дыл (the English language) · cy Saesneg (the English language) · lt angliškai (the English language) · da engelsk (the English language) · ext ingrés (the English language) · dsb jenźelšćina (the English language) · fur lenghe inglese (the English language) · sco Inglish (the English language) · ce ингалсан мотт (the English language) · uz ingliz tili (the English language) · tt инглиз теле (the English language) · sjo ᡞᡢ ᡤᡠᠷᡠᠨ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (the English language) · mk англи́ски (the English language) · ast inglés (the English language) · oj zhaaganaashiimowin (the English language) · yo èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì (the English language) · ms bahasa Inggeris (the English language) · sq anglisht (the English language) · apw Innaa’ biyáti’ (the English language) · si ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාව (the English language) · vls Iengels (the English language) · cr ᐊᑲᔭᓯᒧᐃᐧᐣ (the English language) · hak 英語 /英语 (the English language) · otw Zhaagnaashiikwe (the English language) · dig Chizungu class 7 (the English language) · ood Milgan ñiok (the English language) · sgs onglu kalba (the English language) · de Englisch (the English language) · nrf angllais (the English language) · ro engleză (the English language) · vro Inglüse kiil (the English language) · ar إِنْكِلِيزِيّ (the English language) · hak 英文 (the English language) · bg англи́йски (the English language) · mt Ingliż (the English language) · sl angléščina (the English language) · eo angla lingvo (the English language) · ps انګرېزي (the English language) · yue 英語 /英语 (the English language) · haw ʻōlelo Pelekāne (the English language) · frp anglès (the English language) · sd انگريزي (the English language) · ng English (the English language) · kmr inglîzî (the English language) · be англі́йская (the English language) · zu isiNgisi (the English language) · yi ענגליש (the English language) · ca anglés (the English language) · tt inglizçä (the English language) · bpy ইংরেজি (the English language) · hil Iningles (the English language) · co inglese (the English language) · gv Baarle (the English language) · ee Eŋlisigbe (the English language) · haw ʻōlelo haole (the English language) · ig asụsụ Bekee (the English language) · gd Beurla (the English language) · scn ngrisi (the English language) · te ఇంగ్లీషు (the English language) · apw Inndaa’ biyáti’ (the English language) · jam Ingglish (the English language) · az ingiliscə (the English language) · my အင်္ဂလိပ် (the English language) · yao Cingelesi class 7 (the English language) · th ภาษาอังกฤษ (the English language) · jv basa Inggris (the English language) · dsb engelšćina (the English language) · is enska (the English language) · hil Ingles (the English language) · tk iňlisçe (the English language) · ak English (the English language) · crh ingliz tili (the English language) · vec łéngua inglexe (the English language) · hi अंग्रेज़ी भाषा (the English language) · nb engelsk (the English language) · lt anglų kalba (the English language) · tkl gagana Peletānia (the English language) · af Engels (the English language) · bn ইংরেজি (the English language) · sw Kiingereza (the English language) · nds Engelsch (the English language) · pon lokaiahn waii (the English language) · chr ᏲᏁᎦ (the English language) · sc inglesu (the English language) · io Angliana linguo (the English language) · be анґе́льская (the English language) · srn Ingristongo (the English language) · tum Cingelezi (the English language) · li Ingelsj (the English language) · bcl Ingles (the English language) · lij lèngoa ingleise (the English language) · yue 英文 (the English language) · sh engleski (the English language) · az инҝилисҹә (the English language) · lld nglëisc (the English language) · zh 英文 (the English language) · ss síNgísi (the English language) · mr इंग्लिश (transliterations of the surname) · fo eingilskt (the English language) · mi reo Ingarihi (the English language) · eo angla (the English language) · xh isiNgesi (the English language) · nah inglatlahtōlli (the English language) · myv англань кель (the English language) · ta ஆங்கிலம் (the English language) · mn англи хэл (the English language) · dv އިނގިރޭސި (the English language) · lb Englesch (the English language) · ar اَللُّغَة اَلْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (the English language) · aii ܠܫܢܐ ܐܢܓܠܝܐ (the English language) · iu ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ (the English language) · ga Sacs-Bhéarla (the English language) · fr anglais (the English language) · hy անգլերեն (the English language) · kab Taglizit (the English language) · ru англи́йский (the English language) · kl tuluttut (the English language) · id inggristis (English dialect) · fi englannin kieli (the English language) · sk angličtina (the English language) · ang Englisċ (the English language) · kn ಆಂಗ್ಲ (the English language) · hy Ինգլիշ (transliterations of the surname) · mzn اینگلیسی زبون (the English language) · cho įkiliš imanimpa (the English language) · lad lingua Inglesa (the English language) · ru И́нглиш (transliterations of the surname) · fi englanti (the English language) · ab англыз бызшәа (the English language) · vo Linglänapük (the English language) · gcf anglé (the English language) · cv акӑлчанла (the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيّ (the English language) · la lingua anglica (the English language) · pms lenga anglèisa (the English language) · haw ʻōlelo Pelekānia (the English language) · kk ағылшынша (the English language) · et inglise keel (the English language) · fi englanti (English dialect) · ba инглиз теле (the English language) · sm Fa'aperetania (the English language) · lv angļu valoda (the English language) · br saozneg (the English language) · mr इंग्लिश भाषा (the English language) · qu Inlish simi (the English language) · uz inglizcha (the English language) · de Englisch (the English language) · or ଇଂରାଜୀ (the English language) · ady инджылыбзэ (the English language) · tet Inglés (the English language) · hi अँग्रेज़ी (the English language) · nrf angliais (the English language) · ak Borɔfo (the English language) · de Änglisch (the English language) · fo enskt (the English language) · hi अंग्रेजी (the English language) · fy Ingelsk (the English language) · hi इंगलिश (the English language) · se engalaskiela (the English language) · mus mekvlesv´lkē (the English language) · meu Nao Gado (the English language) · gug ingyaterrañe'ẽ (the English language) · rw Icyongereza (the English language) · su basa Inggris (the English language) · hsb jendźelšćina (the English language) · ar اللغة الإنقليزية (the English language) · mia aakalaahšimaataweenki (the English language) · sq anglishte (the English language) · za yinghvwnz (the English language) · bo དབྱིན་ཇིའི་སྐད (the English language) · pdc Englisch (the English language) · nrf aungllèche (the English language) · gu અંગ્રેજી (the English language) · ty reo Paratāne (the English language) · ha Ingilishi (the English language) · min baso Inggirih (the English language) · moh Tiohrhēnsa (the English language) · oc anglés (the English language) · nez so·yapo·tímtki (the English language) · na Anglise (the English language) · bjn bahasa Inggris (the English language) · ht angle (the English language) · ncg q̉amksi·wá·ma̱q (the English language) · hu angol (the English language) · ka ინგლისური (the English language) · ilo pagsasao nga Ingles (the English language) · kw sowsnek (the English language) · zh 英語 /英语 (the English language) · niu te gagana Peletānia (the English language) · ar انجليزي (the English language) · mi te reo Pākehā (the English language) · sv engelska (the English language) · vi tiếng Anh (the English language) · ki Gĩthũngũ (the English language) · ur اَن٘گْریزی زَبان (the English language) · ug ئىنگىلىزچە (the English language) · ky англис тили (the English language) · chn bastən-wawa (the English language) · el αγγλικά (the English language) · shh daibō'an daigwape (the English language) · nv Bilagáana bizaad (the English language) · te ఆంగ్లము (the English language) · map-bms basa Inggris (the English language) · ti እንግሊዝኛ (the English language) · arn kringkudungun (the English language) · krc ингилиз (the English language) · uk англі́йська мо́ва (the English language) · ceb Iningles (the English language) · tg англисӣ (the English language) · nap lengua ngrese (the English language) · cu англіискъ ѩꙁꙑкъ (the English language) · udm англи кыл (the English language) · uz инглиз тили (the English language) · ckb ئِنگلیزی (the English language) · tr İngilizce (the English language) · zza İngılızki (diq) (the English language) · apw Indaa’ biyáti’ (the English language) · tpi Tok Inglis (the English language) · ug ئىنگىلىز تىلى (the English language) · ar إِنْجِلِيزِيَّة (the English language) · nn engelsk (the English language) · ha Turanci (the English language) · ru англи́йский язы́к (the English language) · ko 영어 (the English language) · uk англі́йська (the English language) · rm lingua englaisa (the English language) · gl inglés (the English language) · zh 英文 (the English language) · yao Cisungu class 7 (the English language) · mr इंग्रजी (the English language) · mww lus Askiv (the English language) · ml ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് (the English language) · ur اَن٘گْریزی (the English language) · st Senyesemane (the English language) · otw Zhaagnaashiimwin (the English language) · wo Àngale (the English language) · sc ingresu (the English language) · fa اِنْگْلیسی (the English language) · ar إنْقِليزي (the English language) · hi अंग्रेज़ी (the English language) · sah ааҥл тыла (the English language) · apw Innaa biyáti’ (the English language) · uz инглизча (the English language) · ta இங்கிலீஷ் (the English language) · wo Angale (the English language) · mg anglisy (the English language) · la Anglicus (the English language) · sh енглески (the English language) · pl (język) angielski (the English language) · cv акӑлчан чӗлхи (the English language) · he אַנְגְּלִית (the English language) · za yinghyiz (the English language) · bm Angilɛkan (the English language) · lo ພາສາອັງກິດ (the English language) · gag İngiliz dili (the English language) · pt inglês (the English language) · id bahasa Inggris (the English language) · os англисаг ӕвзаг (the English language) · el εγγλέζικα (the English language) · pa ਅੰਗ੍ਰੇਜ਼ੀ (the English language) · cdo 英語 /英语 (the English language) · tk иңлисче (the English language) · pih Inglish (the English language) · otw Zhaagnaashiikweg (the English language) · si ඉංග්රීසි (the English language) · am እንግሊዝኛ (the English language) · zh йинйү (the English language) · lut pastəducid (the English language) · nst Ningxraxtsix (the English language) · it inglese (the English language) · ja 英語 (the English language) · twf phonsàytųʼúne (the English language) · ky англисча (the English language) · tpi Inglis (the English language) · se eaŋgalsgiella (the English language) · nl Engels (the English language) · sh engleski jezik (the English language) · ka ინგლისური ენა (the English language) · kpv Англия кыв (the English language) · ne अँग्रेजी (the English language) · zh 英語 /英语 (the English language) · pi आंगलभाषा (the English language) · mdf англань (the English language) · ny Chingerezi (the English language) · br saoznek (the English language) · ga Béarla (the English language) · sco Inglis (the English language) · be анге́льская (the English language) · chr ᎩᎵᏏ (the English language) · sh енглески језик (the English language) · es inglés (the English language) · km ភាសាអង់គ្លេស (the English language) · tl Ingles (the English language) · ay Inlis aru (the English language) · ia anglese (the English language) · fa زَبانِ اِنْگْلیسی (the English language) · as ইংৰাজী (the English language) · eu ingeles (the English language) · eu ingelera (the English language) · el αγγλική (the English language) · ii ꑱꒃ (the English language) · wal Inggilizettuwa sg or (the English language) · ca anglès (the English language) · ar إِنْكِلِيزِيَّة (the English language)

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Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ɪŋɡˈliːʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
  • /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ (India)
  • /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *Angli Old English Engle Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English Englisċ Middle English Englisch English English From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To translate, adapt or render into English.
    • […] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said. , page 214 (2001 reprint)
    • […] when a man expresses in Latin a Thing to be taken by Wrong, and englishes it; […] but if he declares on a Latin Word, which has no perfect Signification, nor so elegant as it might be; yet upon his Englishing of it whereby the Plaintiff's Meaning appears to the Court, the Plaintiff shall recover, and the Jury shall be intended to give Damages according to the Declaration in Latin, not having Respect to the Englishing; but when there is a proper Latin Word to express the Thing taken, there if the Plaintiff declares by another Word, it is not good. 1735, William Wylde, “Chanel v. Robotham (1605)”, in The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet, translation of original in French, page 68
    • Mamma is an adaptation of a French farce by Mr. Sydney Grundy, made in the time when his chief claim to recognition as a playwright lay in his ingenious aptitude for Englishing the un-Englishable. 1901, The Speaker, the Liberal Review - Volume 3, page 654:
    • Here, the poems are Englished by twelve different translators 2011, Colin Cheney, 'Where Should I Start with Tomas Tranströmer?'
  2. (archaic, rare, transitive) To make English; to claim for England.
    • While the man Clive—he fought Plassy, spoiled the clever foreign game, Conquered and annexed and Englished! 1880, Robert Browning, “Clive”, in Dramatic Idylls: Second Series, page 12, lines 7–8:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Inglish alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
Englishing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Englished Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Englished Tense=Past lexicographic
english US, alternative lexicographic
english alternative, dated, rare lexicographic
Englishe alternative, archaic lexicographic
Englishes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

English billiards (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · South African English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishization (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · African English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Australian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Commonwealth English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Frenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Edited English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Ugandan English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English-Canadian (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishise (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Russlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Jenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Netlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Nigerian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Hong Kong English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · pseudo-English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Bahamian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English wheat (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Anglo-Indian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English cholera (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English bond (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Canadian (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English elm (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English saddle (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Maltese English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · babu English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Canada (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Malaysian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Latin (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Bonglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Opening (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English studies (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English as afternoon tea (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English breakfast (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Olde English Bulldogge (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Weblish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English oregano (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Carrier (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Austral English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · body English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Namibian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Engleutsch (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Pinoy English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Chinese pidgin English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Fenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Bangladeshi English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English pleasure (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Filipino English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Dunglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Antarctic English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English as apple pie (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Japlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English flute (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English rose (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Sri Lankan English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Indish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English cocker spaniel (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englisher (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · world English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Pidgin Signed English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English oak (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Welsh English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English breakfast tea (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · African American Vernacular English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Hindlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Pakistani English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Urglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · European English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Aboriginal English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Rohingyalish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Hunglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Kongish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Janglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English muffin (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Basic English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Runglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishification (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishize (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Philippine English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Wardour Street English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Malawian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Yidglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Appalachian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Tanglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English cadence (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Channel Island English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishwoman (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Middle English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Classical English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Medieval English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English mercury (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Elizabethan English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Black English Vernacular (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English-speaking (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English green (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Sherfield English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Kanglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English bunt (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Liberian English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English holly (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Standard English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English disease (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Butler English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Tamil English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Old English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Louisiana Regional English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Penglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English wheel (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · I am English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Ponglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Multicultural London English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English knot (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Urdish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Rock English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englified (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Engrish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Falkland Islands English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Singapore English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Swenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Jewish English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English garden (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Amerenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Newfoundland English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English-lexifier (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Googlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · United States English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English fever (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Malenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Solombala English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Hinglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Uglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Southern American English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishness (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English lavender (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Polglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · anti-English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Hindish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Danglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Britglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Belizean English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishified (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · British English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Irish English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Yinglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Anglo-English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Nihonglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Tamlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Konglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Early English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Japanglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English mile (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Midlands (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · American English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · business English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Scots English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English-cut (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English riding (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Germish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Texan English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · old English Carrier (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English basement (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Northern England English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Jamaican English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Black English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English Lake (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Modern English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Cajun English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Yeshiva English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · double English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · New Zealand English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · New English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English hornist (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Tenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Nepalese English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Korean English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Scottish English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Ulster English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishperson (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English sonnet (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Arabish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Estuary English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Bearer English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Wenglish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · pidgin English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English pease (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Englishy (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Germlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English daisy (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · Namlish (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · pseudo English (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · English toffee (Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)) · 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