Acadian

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • First attested in 1705.
  • From Acadia +‎ -an (“one that is”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

Acadian (comparative more Acadian, superlative most Acadian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
  2. (geology) Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

Usage notes [edit]

  • The second US pronunciation is a rarely used historical version, that lead to the word Cajun.[2]

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

Of or pertaining to Acadia
Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch

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Proper noun [edit]

Acadian

  1. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun. [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]
  2. (Canada) A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.
  3. (rare) Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia.
    In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
  4. (rare) Acadian epoch; the Middle Cambrian; the geologic time period from 497 million year ago to 509 million year ago.
    The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.

Translations [edit]

Of or pertaining to Acadia
Acadian French
Acadian epoch

Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  2. ^ Gove, Philip Babcock, ed. Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. Springfield: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976.
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