Meaning

6 senses

  1. Of or pertaining to England.

    englisch, engländisch

    англи́йскийanglíjskij

    англі́йськийanhlíjsʹkyj

    of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people

  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.

    englisch, englischsprachig, änglisch

    англи́йскийanglíjskij

    англі́йськийanhlíjsʹkyj

    of or relating to the English language

  3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).

  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.

    англи́йскийanglíjskij

  6. Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.

Examples

5248 sentences

  1. Your English has improved a lot.

    Твоя англійська сильно покращилася. — deniko

    ruТвой английский стал намного лучше. — Wezel

    deIhr Englisch hat sich sehr verbessert. — BraveSentry

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  2. It is written in simple English.

    Це пишеться простою англійською. — rmdas

    deEs ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben. — Tamy

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  3. Is it hard to speak English?

    Англійською важко розмовляти? — deniko

    ruТрудно ли говорить по-английски? — Wayawa

    deIst es schwierig, Englisch zu sprechen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I wish I could speak English.

    Я би хотів уміти говорити англійською. — deniko

    ruЖаль, что я не говорю по-английски. — sharptoothed

    deIch wünschte, ich könnte Englisch sprechen. — Esperantostern

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  5. I am able to read English.

    Я можу читати англійською. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ могу читать по-английски. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch bin in der Lage, Texte auf Englisch zu lesen. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to England:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to England:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to England:
of or pertaining to the English language:

Origin

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; E

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

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Forms

more English, most English
Comparativemore English Lesson
Superlativemost English Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
related to England:southron

Word family

1 related words
Relatedanglicize

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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