English

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to England.
2. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
4. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
5. Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
6. Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.

Noun

1. The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
2. The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
3. Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
4. A particular instance of the English language, including
5. A particular instance of the English language, including
6. A particular instance of the English language, including
7. A particular instance of the English language, including
8. A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
9. Alternative form of english.

Name

1. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
2. A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
3. English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
4. An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
5. A male or female given name
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:
8. A number of places in the United States:
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. A number of places in the United States:

Verb

To translate, adapt or render into English.

Synonyms

English language

Englishman

side

English people

England

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

British

🇬🇧

Englishwoman British Briton

foreign

𐐀𐑍𐑊𐐮𐑇

Sassenach

American

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

English-speaking person

Saxon

white person

U.S. English

language

AUS

english

AmE

United States English

Amerikkkan

Korean English

US

🇺🇸

Englishpeople

English person

American English

Angle

anglicize

Briton

Englishwoman

pommy

UK

🇬🇧

Anglican

Anglophone

Hyphenated as

Eng‧lish

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Etymology

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. 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”)).

Sentences

It is a romantic landscape garden designed in the English style .

There are several English names under which the surah is known .

It is the county flower of the English county of Cheshire .

It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset .