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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Proper noun

American English

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.
Synonyms: AmE, AE, AmEng, Americanese, United States English, USEng
- 2023 June 14, Keza MacDonald, “After a decade of PlayStation dominance, the next year of games belongs to Xbox”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2023:
  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).
Synonyms: North American English, NAmE, NAE

Related terms

Translations

English of the United States

Arabic: اَلْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة f (al-ʔingilīziyya l-ʔamrīkiyya)
Catalan: anglès estatunidenc m, anglès americà m
Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏰᏟ ᎩᎵᏏ (amayetli gilisi)
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 (de) n, Amerikanisches Englisch n (proscribed or nonstandard), Amerikanisch (de) n (colloquial)
Hungarian: amerikai angol (hu)
Irish: Béarla Mheiriceá m
Italian: inglese americano (it) m
Japanese: アメリカ英語 (ja) (Amerika-Eigo), 米英語 (ja) (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: dialekt amerykański języka angielskiego m, amerykańszczyzna (pl) f
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
Tamil: அமெரிக்க ஆங்கிலம் (ta) (amerikka āṅkilam)
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)
Polish: dialekt amerykański języka angielskiego m, amerykańszczyzna (pl) f
Swedish: nordamerikansk engelska c
Tamil: வட அமெரிக்க ஆங்கிலம் (vaṭa amerikka āṅkilam)

Adjective

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

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

Quotations

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