English

ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ

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#1·17h ago

Of or pertaining to England.

Origin: From , English, Inglis, from , from the Angles, a Germanic tribe ; equivalent to . Compare , (older ynglis), , , (whence ), , , all ultimately derived from (compare , anxiety, sin, , ). More at. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·17h ago

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.

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#3·17h ago

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

Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions.

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