English

Etymology
From, , , from , from , a Germanic tribe ; equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (older ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, all ultimately derived from (compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 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.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
 * 2)  Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
 * 3)  Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
 * 1)  Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
 * 2)  Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.

Hyponyms

 * Anglish

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 英国人的
 * Esperanto:,  virangla,  anglina
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Korean: 영국인(英國人)-의, 영국(英國)사람-의
 * Latvian:, anglisks
 * Lithuanian: angliškas
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: engelsk
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Tamil: ஆங்கிலேயர்
 * Volapük: Linglänanik,  hi-Linglänanik,  ji-Linglänanik


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: שייך למערכת המידות האנגלית
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئنگلیزی
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Sindhi:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Breton: ; related to the language:
 * Swahili:
 * Tamil: not the language

Noun

 * 1)  The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
 * 2) * 1979,, Bees in Some Bonnets, p. 175:
 * Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
 * 1)  The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
 * 2)  Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
 * 3)  A particular instance of the English language, including
 * 4) The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
 * 5) The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
 * 6) A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
 * , the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 * 1) A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
 * , the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 * , the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 * 1)   A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

Usage notes
The use of the plural form Englishes occurred in early modern English but is only seldomly and exceptionally encountered in contemporary English. As with other collective demonyms, English is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner when referring to the people of England collectively.

Synonyms

 * Mittel, Augustin
 * Mittel, Augustin

Coordinate terms

 * draw, follow

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 英文, 英語
 * Hakka: 英文, 英語
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: englannin taito
 * French:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Motu: Nao Gado


 * Armenian:
 * Finnish:, englannin kieli
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: grote Augustijn, dubbel kolonel
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: mittel
 * Italian: silvio
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Alemannic German:
 * Aragonese:
 * Aramaic:
 * Buginese:
 * Emilian:
 * Inuktitut:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi:
 * Somali:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Walloon:

Proper noun

 * 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)  originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
 * 1) A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
 * 2) English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
 * 3)  originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
 * 1)  originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.

Usage notes

 * As with the names of almost all languages, English, when it means "the English language", does not usually require an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!"

Meronyms
See also Thesaurus:English language





Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian: inggristis
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian: Ինգլիշ
 * Marathi: इंग्लिश
 * Russian: И́нглиш

Verb

 * 1)   To translate, adapt or render into English.
 * , page 214 (2001 reprint):
 * severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
 * 1) * 2011, Colin Cheney, 'Where Should I Start with Tomas Tranströmer?':
 * Here, the poems are Englished by twelve different translators
 * Here, the poems are Englished by twelve different translators