English meaning
An example of English is Queen Elizabeth II.
An example of English is the meal fish and chips.
Broken English.
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
The Scottish and English have a history of conflict.
What's the English for ‘à peu près’?
The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
An example of English is the word music.
An example of English is the language most people speak in London.
- The people of England.
- Those residents of the U.S. and Canada who are not Amish.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of english
- Middle English from Old English Englisc from Engle the Angles
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old English Englisc from Engle the Angles
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old English Ænglisc (“of the Angles”), from Ængle (“the Angles”) + -isc, a Germanic tribe. Compare German Englisch, French anglais and Spanish inglés.
From Wiktionary