english

CEFRA1

/ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/

adjective · noun

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Relating to England, its people, or its language.

  2. 02

    noun

    The language mainly spoken in England and many other countries.

Examples

  • English is a compulsory subject at this level.

  • It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.

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

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.

More examples

In context

  • My mom doesn't speak English very well.

  • Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.

  • Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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