Canadian

See also canadian

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈneɪdɪən/, X-SAMPA: /k@"neIdI@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪdiːən
• Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧di‧an

Noun

Canadian (plural Canadians)

1. Person from Canada.
2. (sports, informal) Canadian national championship.

Synonyms

• Canajun, Canajan
• Canuck
• Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)

Derived terms

Derived terms

aboriginal Canadian African Canadian, African-Canadian Afro-Canadian Afro-Asio-Euro-Canadian Afro-Euro-Canadian American Canadian, American-Canadian Anglo-Canadian anglophone Canadian, Anglophone Canadian Arab Canadian, Arab-Canadian Arabo-Canadian Asian Canadian, Asian-Canadian Asio-Canadian Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian Dano-Canadian English Canadian, English-Canadian English-speaking Canadian Euro-Canadian European Canadian, European-Canadian foreign-born Canadian

Franco-Canadian francophone Canadian, Francophone Canadian French Canadian, French-Canadian French-speaking Canadian German Canadian, German-Canadian Germano-Canadian Hiberno-Canadian Indian Canadian, Indian-Canadian Irish Canadian, Irish-Canadian Indo-Canadian native-born Canadian native Canadian Native Canadian neo-Canadian, Neo-Canadian new Canadian, New Canadian Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian Norwego-Canadian Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian Ukraino-Canadian

Related terms

• Canadien
• Canadienne

Translations

person from Canada

• Albanian: kanadez (sq) m, kanadeze (sq) f, kanadezë (sq) m pl, kanadeze (sq) f pl
• Arabic: كندي (ar) (kanadiy) m, كندية (ar) (kanadíyya) f
• Armenian: կանադացի (hy) (kanadac’i)
• Asturian: canadiense (ast) m and f
• Catalan: canadenc (ca) m, canadenca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加拿大人 (cmn) (Jiānádàrén)

• Danish: canadier (da)
• Dutch: Canadees (nl)
• Esperanto: (♂♀) kanadano (eo), (explicitly ♂) virkanadano (eo), (explicitly ♀) kanadanino (eo)
• Finnish: kanadalainen
• French: Canadien (fr) m, Canadienne (fr) f
• Galician: canadense (gl) m and f
• German: Kanadier (de) m, Kanadierin (de) f
• Greek: Καναδός or Καναδέζος m, Καναδή or Καναδέζα f
• Hebrew: קנדי (he) (kanádi) m
• Icelandic: Kanadamaður (is) m
• Indonesian: orang kanada
• Interlingua: canadiano m, canadiana f
• Irish: Ceanadach (ga)
• Italian: canadese (it)
• Japanese: カナダ人 (ja) (Kanada-jin)

• Korean: 캐나다사람 (ko) (Kaenada-saram), 캐나다인 (ko) (Kaenada-in)
• Latin: canadensis (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canadier (nb) m, kanadier (nb) m

  Nynorsk: canadiar (nn) m, kanadiar (nn) m

• Occitan: canadenc (oc) m
• Persian: کانادایی (fa)
• Polish: Kanadyjczyk (pl) m, Kanadyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: canadense (pt) m and f (Brazil), canadiano (pt) m, canadiana (pt) f (Portugal)
• Romanian: canadian m, canadiancă f
• Romansch: canadais (rm) m, canadaisa (rm) f
• Russian: канадец (ru) (kanádec) m, канадка (ru) (kanádka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Kanađanin (sh) m, Kanađanka (sh) f
• Spanish: canadiense (es) m and f
• Swahili: Mkanada (sw)
• Swedish: kanadensare (sv)
• Thai: คนแคนาดา (th) (kon kâenaadaa)
• Turkish: Kanadalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: канадець (uk) (kanádec’) m or канадієць (uk) (kanadíjec’) m, канадка (uk) (kanádka) f, канадійка (uk) (kanadíjka) f
• Vietnamese: người Ca-na-đa (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Kanadänan (vo), (♂) hi-Kanadänan (vo), (♀) ji-Kanadänan (vo)

Proper noun

Canadian

1. (informal) The English language as used (spoken or written) in Canada; Canadian English.

Translations

Canadian English

• French: anglais canadien (fr) m
• German: Kanadisch (de) n, (more precisely) kanadisches Englisch (de) n
• Italian: inglese canadese (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canadisk engelsk (nb) m, kanadisk engelsk (nb) m

  Nynorsk: canadisk engelsk (nn) m, kanadisk engelsk (nn) m

• Romanian: engleză canadiană (ro) f
• Swahili: Kiingereza cha Kanada (sw)
• Turkish: Kanadaca (tr), Kanada İngilizcesi (tr)
• Volapük: Kanadänapük (vo), Linglänapük Kanadänik (vo), Kanadäna-Linglänapük (vo)

Adjective

Canadian (comparative more Canadian, superlative most Canadian)

1. Of or pertaining to Canada.
2. Of or pertaining to Canadians.
3. Of or pertaining to Canadian (or Canadian English).

Synonyms

• Canajun, Canajan
• Canuck
• Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Anglo-Canadian Canadian Alliance Canadian Armed Forces Canadian bacon = back bacon Canadian Bill of Rights Canadian canoe Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canadian English Canadian Eskimo Dog, Canadian Eskimo dog Canadian football Canadian Forces Canadian French Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian Dano-Canadian Canadian horse Canadianisation

Canadianise Canadianism Canadianist Canadianization Canadianize Canadian Shield Canadian Tire money Canadian whisky English Canadian, English-Canadian Franco-Canadian French Canadian, French-Canadian German Canadian, German-Canadian Germano-Canadian Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian Norwego-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Translations

of or pertaining to Canada

• Arabic: كندي (kanadi)
• Armenian: կանադական (hy) (kanadakan)
• Asturian: canadiense (ast)
• Catalan: canadenc (ca)
• Chinese: 加拿大的 (Jiānádà de)
• Dutch: Canadees (nl)
• Esperanto: kanada (eo)
• Finnish: kanadalainen (fi)
• French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
• Galician: canadense (gl)
• German: kanadisch (de)
• Greek: καναδικός or καναδέζικος
• Icelandic: kanadískur (is)
• Interlingua: canadian
• Italian: canadese (it)
• Japanese: カナダの (kanada no)

• Korean: 캐나다의 (kaenada-ui)
• Latin: canadensis (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canadisk (nb), kanadisk (nb)

  Nynorsk: canadisk (nn), kanadisk (nn)

• Occitan: canadenc (oc)
• Polish: kanadyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: canadense (pt) m and f
• Romanian: canadian (ro) m and n, canadiană f
• Russian: канадский (ru) (kanádskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: kanadski (sh)
• Spanish: canadiense (es)
• Swahili: Kikanada (sw)
• Swedish: kanadensisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: канадський (uk) (kanáds’kyj) m or канадійський (uk) (kanadíjs’kyj) m
• Volapük: Kanadänik (vo)

of or pertaining to a Canadian, Canadians

• French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canadisk (nb)

  Nynorsk: canadisk (nn), kanadisk (nn), canadisk (nn)

• Volapük: (♂♀) Kanadänanik (vo), (♂) hi-Kanadänanik (vo), (♀) ji-Kanadänanik (vo)

of or pertaining to Canadian (the language), Canadian English

• French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
• German: kanadisch (de), kanadischenglisch (de), kanadisch-englisch (de)

• Volapük: Kanadänapükik (vo), Kanadäna-Linglänapükik (vo)

References

• “Canadian” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.