Acadian
English
Etymology
First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: Akkadian
- Rhymes: -eɪdiən
Adjective
Acadian (comparative more Acadian, superlative most Acadian)
- Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
- (geology) Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to Acadia
of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch
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Noun
Acadian (plural Acadians)
- A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun. [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]
- (Canada) A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.
Proper noun
Acadian
- (rare) Ellipsis of Acadian French.: the form of French spoken in Acadia.
- In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
- (geology) The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
- The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.
Translations
Of or pertaining to Acadia
Acadian French
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Acadian epoch
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Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Acadian”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
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