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Noun

English, plural Englishes

  1. A language originating in England, but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles. Also spoken in the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, Bermuda, and as a second language in many other countries.

Translations

English language

  • Afrikaans: Engels
  • Albanian: Anglisht, Anglishte
  • Arabic: إنْجِلِيزِيّ / إِنْكِلِيزِيّ (’ingilí‎ːzi) m, إنْجِلِيزِيَّة / إنْكِلِيزِيَّة‎ (’ingilizíyya) f
  • Armenian: Անքլիական, Անգլերեն (angleren)
  • Azeri: ingiliscə / инҝилисҹә
  • Basque: ingelesa
  • Belarusian: ангельскай (anhél'skaj), англiйская (anhlíjskaja)
  • Breton: saozneg m
  • Bulgarian: английски (anglíjski) m
  • Catalan: anglès m, anglesa f
  • Cherokee: ᏲᏁᎦ (yonega), ᎩᎵᏏ (gilisi)
  • Chinese: 英语 (yīng-yǚ), 英文 (yīng-wén)
  • Croatian: engleski
  • Czech: angličtina
  • Danish: engelsk
  • Dutch: Engels n
  • Esperanto: angla
  • Estonian: inglise
  • Faeroese: enskt
  • Finnish: englanti
  • French: anglais m
  • Frisian: Ingelsk
  • Galician: inglés
  • Georgian: ინგლისური (inglisuri)
  • German: Englisch n
  • Modern Greek: Αγγλικά (Angliká) n pl
  • Gujarati: અંગ્રેજી (āngredžī) f (gu:અંગ્રેજી)
  • Hebrew: אנגלית (anglíːt)
  • Hindi: अंग्रेज़ी (angrezi)
  • Hungarian: angol
  • Icelandic: enska
  • Indonesian: bahasa Inggris
  • Interlingua: anglese
  • Irish: Béarla
  • Italian: inglese
  • Japanese: 英語 (えいご, eigó)
  • Korean: 영어 [英語] (yeong-eo)
  • Kurdish: ئینگلیزی (îngilîzî)
  • Latin: Anglica f, Anglice adv
  • Latvian: angļu
  • Lithuanian: angliškai
  • Macedonian: англиски (anglíski)
  • Malay: bahasa Inggeris
  • Maltese: Ingliż
  • Marathi: ईंग्रजी (īngradzī)
  • Moksha: англань (anglan')
  • Mongolian: англи (angli)
  • Nauru: Anglise
  • Nepali: अँग्रेजी (angredzī)
  • Norwegian: Engelsk
  • Occitan: anglès
  • Old English: Englisc
  • Persian: انگليسى (engelisi)
  • Polish: język angielski m
  • Portuguese: inglês
  • Romanian: engleza f, limba engleză
  • Russian: английский (anglíjskij)
  • Saami: engalaskiela
  • Serbian: енглески (engleski)
  • Slovak: anglický
  • Slovene: angleščina
  • Somali: ingiriisi
  • Sorbian: Jendźelšćina
  • Spanish: inglés
  • kiSwahili: kiIngereza
  • Swedish: engelska
  • Tagalog: Ingles
  • Tajik: англисӣ / انگلیسی (anglīsī)
  • Tamil: ஆங்கிலம் (angilam), ஆங்கிலம (angilama)
  • Tatar: англия (anglija)
  • Thai: ภาษาอังกฤษ (phaasaa angkrit)
  • Turkish: İngilizce
  • Turkmen: iňlisçe / иңлисче
  • Ukrainian: англійський (anhlíjs'kij)
  • Urdu: انگريزي (ingrizi)
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Anh
  • Votic: Angljitšina
  • Welsh: saesneg
  • Yiddish: ענגליש (Englisch)
  • isiZulu: Ngisi, isiNgisi


Related Terms

Noun

English

  1. Person from England — see also Englishman, Englishwoman

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Adjective

English

  1. Of or pertaining to England or the English language.

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