American English

English

Etymology

Compound of American +‎ English. First use appears c. 1806, in a dictionary by Noah Webster; as an adjective, c. 1892.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

American English

1. 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.
2. The form of the English language that is chiefly used in North America, contrasted with Commonwealth English (British English and that of other places).

Synonyms

• AmE, AE, AmEng, Americanese
• (English of North America): North American English, (NAmE, NAE)
• (English of the US): United States English, USEng

Related terms

• African-American English (Ebonics)
• African English
• 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
• Ceylonese English (Sri Lankan English)
• Channel Island English
• Chinese English (Chinglish)
• 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: اَلْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f (al-ʔingilīziyya l-ʔamrīkiyya)
• Catalan: anglès estatunidenc m, anglès americà m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國英語 / 美国英语 (mei⁵ gwok³ jing¹ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 美國英語 / 美国英语 (zh) (Měiguó Yīngyǔ), 美式英語 / 美式英语 (zh) (Měishì Yīngyǔ)

• Czech: americká angličtina f, američtina f
• Danish: amerikansk engelsk
• Dutch: Amerikaans-Engels
• Estonian: Ameerika inglise keel
• Finnish: amerikanenglanti (fi); amerikka (rare, derogative)
• French: anglais américain (fr) m
• Galician: inglés estadounidense m, inglés americano m
• Georgian: ამერიკული ინგლისური (ameriḳuli inglisuri), ამერიკული ინგლისური ენა (ameriḳuli inglisuri ena)
• German: US-amerikanisches Englisch n, amerikanisches Englisch n, Amerikanisches Englisch n (proscribed or nonstandard), Amerikanisch (de) n (colloquial)
• Hungarian: amerikai angol (hu)
• Italian: inglese americano (it) m
• Japanese: アメリカ英語 (ja) (Amerika-Eigo), 米英語 (Bei-Eigo), 米語 (ja) (Beigo)
• Korean: 미국 영어(美國英語) (Miguk Yeong'eo)
• Malay: bahasa Inggeris Amerika, Inggeris Amerika
• Marathi: अमेरिकन इंग्रजी f (amerikan iṅgrajī), अमेरिकन इंग्लिश f (amerikan iṅgliś)
• Norwegian: amerikansk-engelsk

  Bokmål: amerikansk-engelsk m, amerikansk (no) m

  Nynorsk: amerikansk-engelsk m, amerikansk m

• Occitan: anglés american m
• Persian: انگلیسی آمریکایی (engelisi-ye âmrikâyi)
• Polish: amerykański angielski, amerykański (pl), amerykańszczyzna (pl) f (colloquial)
• Portuguese: inglês americano (pt) m
• Romanian: engleză americană f
• Russian: америка́нский англи́йский m (amerikánskij anglíjskij)
• Spanish: inglés estadounidense m, inglés americano m
• Swahili: Kiingereza cha Kimarekani
• Swedish: amerikansk engelska (sv) c, amerikanska (sv) c
• Turkish: Amerikan İngilizcesi (tr), Amerikanca (tr)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Mỹ (vi)
• Volapük: Lamerikänapük, Linglänapük Lamerikänik, Lamerikäna-Linglänapük

North American English

• Finnish: amerikanenglanti (fi)
• French: anglais nordaméricain m, anglais nord-américain m
• Georgian: ჩრდილოამერიკული ინგლისური (črdiloameriḳuli inglisuri), ჩრდილოამერიკული ინგლისური ენა (črdiloameriḳuli inglisuri ena)

Adjective

American English (comparative more American English, superlative most American English)

1. Of or relating to, or spoken or written in American English.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:American English.

See also

• Category:American English derivations