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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

Adjective

English (comparative more English, superlative most English)

  1. English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.
  2. Of or pertaining to England or its people.
  3. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
    an English ton

Proper noun

English

  1. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United States of America, and other parts of the world.
    English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
  2. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
    The Scottish and English have a history of conflict.

Usage notes

Translations

the English language
person from England
  • Arabic: بريطاني ar(ar) (biriTaaniy) m., بريطانية ar(ar) (biriTaníyya) f., إنجليزي ar(ar) ('ingiliizi) m., إنجليزية ar(ar) ('ingilizíyya) f.
  • Armenian: անգլիացի hy(hy) (angliac'i)
  • Belarusian: англік be(be) (ánhlik) m., англійка be(be) (anhlíjka) f.
  • Bengali: ইংরেজি bn(bn) (inrējī)
  • Breton: Saoz m., Saozon pl., Saozez f., Saozezed f. pl.
  • Bulgarian: англичанин bg(bg) (angličánin) m., англичанка bg(bg) (angličánka) f.
  • Catalan: anglès ca(ca) m., anglesa ca(ca) f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 英國人 cmn(cmn), 英国人 cmn(cmn) (Yīngguórén)
  • Czech: Angličan cs(cs) m., Angličanka cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: englænder da(da)
  • Dutch: Engelsman nl(nl) m., Engelse nl(nl) f., Engelsen nl(nl) pl.
  • Esperanto: anglo eo(eo)
  • Estonian: inglane (mf), inglanna (f)
  • Ewe: Eŋlisitɔ n.
  • Finnish: englantilainen fi(fi)
  • French: Anglais fr(fr) m., Anglaise fr(fr) f.
  • German: Engländer de(de) m., Engländerin de(de) f.
  • Greek: Άγγλος (Ánglos) m., Εγγλέζος (Englézos, common) m.
  • Hebrew: אנגלי he(he) (angli) m., אנגליה he(he) (anglia) f.
  • Hindi: अंग्रेज़ hi(hi) (ãṅgrez)
  • Hungarian: angol hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: englendingur is(is)
  • Indonesian: orang Inggris
  • Interlingua: anglese
  • Irish: Sasanach ga(ga) m.
  • Italian: inglese it(it)
  • Japanese: イギリス人 ja(ja) (Igirisú-jin); archaic: 英国人 ja(ja) (えいこくじん, Eikoku-jin)
  • Korean: 영국인 ko(ko) (Yeonggug-in) (英國人 ko(ko))
  • Kurdish: inglîz, ئنگلیز
  • Latin: Anglus la(la) m.
  • Macedonian: Англичанец mk(mk) (Anglíčanec) m., Англичанка mk(mk) (Anglíčanka) f.
  • Malay: orang Inggeris
  • Mongolian: англи хүн mn(mn) (angli hün)
  • Norwegian: engelskmann no(no) m.
  • Novial: angle, anglo m., angla f.
  • Ojibwe: zhaaganaash, zhaaganaashi, zhaaganaashag pl., zhaaganaashiwag pl.
  • Persian: انگلیسی (engelisi)
  • Polish: Anglik pl(pl) m., Angielka pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: inglês pt(pt) m., inglesa pt(pt) f., ingleses pt(pt) pl.
  • Romanian: englez m., englezoiacă f., englezi pl., englezoaice f. pl.
  • Russian: англичанин ru(ru) (angličánin) m., англичанка ru(ru) (angličánka) f., англичане ru(ru) (angličáne) m. pl.
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sasannach gd(gd) m.
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ѐнгле̄з m., Ènglēz m., Енглескиња f., Engleskinja f.
  • Sindhi: اَنگريزُ (Angrezu) m. اَنگريزياڻِي (Angreziyaannee) f.
  • Slovak: Angličan sk(sk) m., Angličanka sk(sk) f.
  • Slovene: Anglež sl(sl) m., Angležinja sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: inglés es(es) m., inglesa es(es) f.
  • Swahili: Mwingereza sg., Waingereza pl. (noun 1/2)
  • Swedish: engelsman sv(sv) m., engelska sv(sv) f.
  • Tagalog: Inglatero tl(tl), Ingles tl(tl)
  • Tamil: ஆங்கிலேயர் (aangilēyar)
  • Thai: คนอังกฤษ th(th) (kon ang-grìt)
  • Turkish: İngiliz tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: англієць (anhlíjec’) m., англійка (anhlíjka) f., англійці (anhlíjci) pl.
  • Urdu: انگریز ur(ur) (aṅgrez)
  • Vietnamese: người Anh vi(vi)
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Noun

English (usually uncountable; plural Englishes)

  1. One’s ability to employ the English language correctly.
    My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
  2. The English-language term or expression for something.
    What’s the English for ‘à peu près’?
  3. Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.
    The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
  4. (countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.

Translations

one’s ability to employ the English language
  • Mandarin: 英文水平 cmn(cmn)
English-language term or expression
specific language or wording

Verb

to English (third-person singular simple present Englishes, present participle Englishing, simple past and past participle Englished)

  1. (archaic) To render into English.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 214:
      [...] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.

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