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American English
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English
Etymology
From en American English. First use appears c. 1806, in a dictionary by Noah Webster; as an adjective, c. 1892.
Pronunciation
en /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
en En-American English.oga US
Proper noun
The form of the English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English or Canadian English and that of other places.
en AmE AE AmEng Americanese United States English USEng
en English<id:English language> < natural language < language
en African-American Vernacular English General American
14 June 2023 Keza MacDonald After a decade of PlayStation dominance, the next year of games belongs to Xbox https://web.archive.org/web/20230614110412/https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/14/pushing-buttons-playstation-xbox I’m playing it in French, because I’m that guy, though it’s a shame the voice-acting is only in American English.
The form of the English language that is chiefly used in North America, contrasted with Commonwealth English (British English and that of other places).
en North American English NAmE NAE
Related terms
en African English African-American English (Ebonics) Alaskan English Australian English Bahamian English Bangladeshi English Barbadian English (Bajan English) Belizean English Bermudian English British English Brunei English Cameroonian English Canadian English Canajan Caribbean English Channel Island English Chinese English (Chinglish) Ceylonese English (Sri Lankan English) Commonwealth English English English European English Falkland Islands English Gibraltarian English Guyanese English Hong Kong English Indian English Irish English (Hiberno-English) Jamaican English Japanese English (Engrish) Kenyan English King's English (Received Pronunciation) Liberian English Malawian English Malaysian English Maltese English Manx English (Anglo-Manx) Namibian English (Namlish) Nepalese English Newfoundland English (Newfinese) New Zealand English Nigerian English Northern Irish English (Ulster English) Pakistani English Pennsylvania Dutch English Philippine English Queen's English (Received Pronunciation) Scottish English Singapore English (Singlish) South African English Sri Lankan English (Ceylonese English) Standard American English Tamil English (Tanglish) Trinidadian and Tobagonian English Ugandan English Ulster English (Northern Irish English) Welsh English Yeshiva English (Yeshivish)
Translations
English of the United States
Arabic: ar اَلْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f al-ʔingilīziyya l-ʔamrīkiyya
Catalan: ca anglès estatunidenc m, ca anglès americà m
Cherokee: chr ᎠᎹᏰᏟ ᎩᎵᏏ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 美國英語
Mandarin: cmn 美國英語 Měiguó Yīngyǔ, cmn 美式英語 Měishì Yīngyǔ
Czech: cs americká angličtina f, cs američtina f
Danish: da amerikansk engelsk
Dutch: nl Amerikaans-Engels
Estonian: et Ameerika inglise keel
Finnish: fi amerikanenglanti; fi amerikka rare, derogative
French: fr anglais américain m
Galician: gl inglés estadounidense m, gl inglés americano m
Georgian: ka ამერიკული ინგლისური, ka ამერიკული ინგლისური ენა
German: de US-amerikanisches Englisch n, de amerikanisches Englisch n, de Amerikanisches Englisch n proscribed or nonstandard, de Amerikanisch n colloquial
Hindi: hi अमरीकी अंग्रेज़ी f, hi अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी f
Hungarian: hu amerikai angol
Irish: ga Béarla Mheiriceá m
Italian: it inglese americano m
Japanese: ja アメリカ英語 Amerika-Eigo, ja 米英語 Bei-Eigo, ja 米語 Beigo
Korean: ko ^미국영어(美國英語)
Malay: ms bahasa Inggeris Amerika, ms Inggeris Amerika
Marathi: mr अमेरिकन इंग्रजी f, mr अमेरिकन इंग्लिश f
Norwegian: no amerikansk-engelsk
Bokmål: nb amerikansk-engelsk m, nb amerikansk m
Nynorsk: nn amerikansk-engelsk m, nn amerikansk m
Occitan: oc anglés american m
Persian: fa انگلیسی آمریکایی engelisi-ye âmrikâyi
Polish: pl dialekt amerykański języka angielskiego m, pl amerykańszczyzna f
Portuguese: pt inglês americano m
Romanian: ro engleză americană f
Russian: ru америка́нский англи́йский m
Spanish: es inglés estadounidense m, es inglés americano m
Swahili: sw Kiingereza cha Kimarekani
Swedish: sv amerikansk engelska c, sv amerikanska c
Tamil: ta அமெரிக்க ஆங்கிலம்
Turkish: tr Amerikan İngilizcesi, tr Amerikanca
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Mỹ
Volapük: vo Lamerikänapük, vo Linglänapük Lamerikänik, vo Lamerikäna-Linglänapük
North American English
Finnish: fi amerikanenglanti
French: fr anglais nordaméricain m, fr anglais nord-américain m
Georgian: ka ჩრდილოამერიკული ინგლისური, ka ჩრდილოამერიკული ინგლისური ენა
Polish: pl dialekt amerykański języka angielskiego m, pl amerykańszczyzna f
Swedish: sv nordamerikansk engelska c
Tamil: ta வட அமெரிக்க ஆங்கிலம்
Adjective
Of or relating to, or spoken or written in American English.
Quotations
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See also
:Category:American English derivations
en Dialects English