Australian

See also: australian

English

Etymology

From Australia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/, /əˈstɹeɪljən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ən/, /əˈstɹæɪl.jən/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹejə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ən/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jən/

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• (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪən/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪjən/
• (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɛliːən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɔˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
• Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lian
• Rhymes: -eɪliən

Noun

Australian (plural Australians)

1. A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 38:

     An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.

2. A person from the continent of Australia.
3. A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).

Translations

a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent

• Afrikaans: Australiër
• Albanian: australian (sq) m
• Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ m (ʔusturāliyy), أُسْتُرَالِيَّة‎ f (ʔusturāliyya)
• Armenian: ավստրալիացի (avstraliacʿi)
• Asturian: australianu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: avstraliyalı
• Belarusian: аўстралі́ец m (aŭstralíjec), аўстралі́йка f (aŭstralíjka)
• Bulgarian: австрали́ец m (avstralíec), австрали́йка f (avstralíjka)
• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澳大利亞人／澳大利亚人 (ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³ jan⁴), 澳洲人 (ou³ zau¹ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 澳大利亞人／澳大利亚人 (zh) (Àodàlìyàrén), 澳洲人 (zh) (Àozhōurén)

• Czech: Australan (cs) m, Australanka (cs) f
• Danish: australier (da) c
• Dutch: Australiër (nl) m, Australische (nl) f
• Esperanto: aŭstraliano
• Estonian: (man or woman) austraallane (et), (woman; no grammatical gender) austraallanna
• Faroese: avstraliari m
• Finnish: australialainen (fi)
• French: Australien (fr) m, Australienne (fr) f
• Galician: australiano (gl) m, australiana f
• Georgian: ავსტრალიელი (avsṭralieli)
• German: Australier (de) m, Australierin (de) f
• Greek: Αυστραλός (el) m (Afstralós), Αυστραλέζος (el) m (Afstralézos); Αυστραλή (el) f (Afstralí), Αυστραλέζα (el) f (Afstraléza)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרָלִי‎ (he) m (ostráli), אוֹסְטְרָלִית‎ f (ostrálit)
• Hindi: आस्ट्रेलियन ? (āsṭreliyan)
• Icelandic: Ástrali m, Ástralíubúi m
• Irish: Astrálach m
• Italian: australiano (it) m
• Japanese: オーストラリア人 (ja) (オーストラリアじん, Ōsutorariajin)
• Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq)
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii), ជនជាតិអូស្ត្រាលី (cŭən ciət ʾoustraalii)
• Korean: 호주 사람 (hoju saram), 호주인(濠洲人) (hoju'in), 오스트레일리아 사람 (oseuteureillia saram), 오스트레일리아인 (oseuteureilliain)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: awistralyayî m or f

• Kyrgyz: австралиялык (avstraliyalık), австралиец (avstraliyets)
• Latvian: austrālietis m, austrāliete f
• Lithuanian: australietis (lt) m, australietė (lt) f, australė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Австралиец m (Avstraliec), Австралијка f (Avstralijka)
• Maltese: Awstraljan m, Awstraljana f, Awstraljani pl
• Manx: Austrailagh
• Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलियन ? (ŏsṭreliyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: australier (no) m

  Nynorsk: australiar (nn) m

• Occitan: australian (oc) m
• Pashto: استراليائي‎ (astraliāyí)
• Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
• Polish: Australijczyk (pl) m pers, Australijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: australiano (pt) m
• Romanian: australian (ro) m, australiancă f
• Russian: австрали́ец (ru) m (avstralíjec), австрали́йка (ru) f (avstralíjka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аустра́лац m, Ау̀стра̄лка f, Аустралија́нац m, Аустралѝја̄нка f

  Roman: Austrálac (sh) m, Aùstrālka f, Australijánac m, Australìjānka f

• Slovak: Austrálčan (sk) m, Austrálčanka (sk) f
• Slovene: Australčan m, Avstralec m
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Awstralčan m, Awstralčanka f

• Spanish: australiano (es) m, australiana (es) f
• Swahili: waustralia (sw)
• Swedish: australier (sv) ?, australiensare (sv) ? (male or general), australiensiska (sv) ?, australiska (sv) f
• Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
• Thai: ชาวออสเตรเลีย (chaao ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
• Turkish: Avustralyalı (tr)
• Turkmen: awstraliýaly
• Ukrainian: австралі́єць (uk) m (avstralíjecʹ), австралі́йка f (avstralíjka)
• Uyghur: ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك‎ (awistiraliyelik)
• Uzbek: avstraliyalik
• Vietnamese: người Úc, người Úc Đại Lợi (dated), người Ô-xtrây-li-a
• Volapük: (♂♀) Laustralänan, (♂) hi-Laustralänan, (♀) ji-Laustralänan
• Welsh: Awstraliad m
• Yiddish: אויסטראַליער‎ m (oystralyer)

a person from the continent of Australia

• Catalan: australià (ca) m
• Esperanto: aŭstraliano
• Galician: australiano (gl) m
• Irish: Astrálach m
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
• Vietnamese: người châu Úc, người Úc châu (dated)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Stralopan (vo), (♂) hi-Stralopan (vo), (♀) ji-Stralopan (vo)

a language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English)

• Galician: inglés australiano m
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii), អូសេអានី (ʼouseeʼaanii), ភាសាអង់គ្លេសអូស្ត្រាលី (phiəsaa ʼɑngkleeh ʼoustraalii)
• Russian: австрали́йский англи́йский m (avstralíjskij anglíjskij)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Úc
• Volapük: (Australia (country)) Laustralänapük, (Australia (continent)) Stralopapük, (Australia (country) English) Laustraläna-Linglänapük, (Australian (country) English) Linglänapük Laustralänik, (Australia (continent) English) Stralopa-Linglänapük, (Australian (continent) English) Linglänapük Stralopik

Adjective

Australian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
2. (humorous, US) Upside down.

   Australian scrolling

   Google's name for a style of scrolling with a mousepad in which the flicking direction is inverted in comparison to the "standard" style

Derived terms

• Australian Aboriginal
• Australian ballot
• Australian bear
• Australian bug
• Australian bumblebee
• Australian bush hat
• Australian canary
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda)
• Australian crawl
• Australian crow
• Australian dollar
• Australian doubles
• Australian emperor
• Australian English
• Australianese
• Australian football
• Australian green tree frog
• Australianism
• Australian kiss
• Australian Kriol
• Australian lime
• Australianly
• Australian magpie
• Australian mockingbird
• Australianness
• Australian ostrich
• Australian painted snipe
• Australian paralysis tick
• Australian pelican
• Australian Pidgin English
• Australian pitcher plant
• Australian plainhead
• Australian rhyming slang
• Australian rules
• Australian rules football
• Australian salute
• Australian Shepherd
• Australian tiger
• Australian warbler
• Australian water dragon
• Australian white ibis

 

Translations

of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages

• Afrikaans: Australies
• Albanian: australian (sq)
• Amharic: አውስትራሊያዊ (ʾäwsətraliyawi)
• Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ (ʔusturāliyy)
• Armenian: ավստրալիական (hy) (avstraliakan)
• Asturian: australianu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: avstraliya, avstraliyalı
• Belarusian: аўстралі́йскі (aŭstralíjski)
• Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়ান (osṭreliẏan)
• Bulgarian: австрали́йски (avstralíjski)
• Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) (au:ca.tre:lya.)
• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澳大利亞的／澳大利亚的 (zh) (Àodàlìyà de), 澳- (zh) (Ào-)

• Czech: australský (cs)
• Danish: australsk
• Dutch: Australisch (nl), Australische (nl)
• Esperanto: aŭstralia
• Estonian: Austraalia (et), (pertaining to the people) austraalia
• Finnish: australialainen (fi)
• French: australien (fr)
• Galician: australiano (gl)
• Georgian: ავსტრალიური (avsṭraliuri)
• German: australisch (de)
• Greek: αυστραλιανός (el) (afstralianós)
• Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
• Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרָלִי‎ (he) (ostráli)
• Hindi: आस्ट्रेलियन (āsṭreliyan), ऑस्ट्रेलियाई (ŏsṭreliyāī)
• Hungarian: ausztrál (hu)
• Icelandic: ástralskur
• Irish: Astrálach
• Italian: australiano (it)
• Japanese: オーストラリアの (ja) (Ōsutoraria no), 豪- (ja) (ごう-, Gō-)
• Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq), аустралия (australiä)
• Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii)
• Korean: 호주의 (ko) (hojuui), 오스트레일리아의 (ko) (oseuteureilliaui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: awistralyayî

• Kyrgyz: австралиялык (avstraliyalık), австралия (avstraliya)
• Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ (ʼot sa tā lī)
• Macedonian: австралиски (avstraliski)
• Maltese: l-Awstraljan m
• Manx: Austrailagh
• Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलियन (ŏsṭreliyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: australsk

• Occitan: australian (oc)
• Pashto: استراليائي‎ (astraliāyí)
• Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
• Polish: australijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: australiano (pt)
• Romanian: australian (ro)
• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ау̀стра̄лскӣ

  Roman: aùstrālskī (sh)

• Slovak: austrálsky (sk)
• Slovene: avstralski (sl)
• Spanish: australiano (es)
• Swahili: waustralia (sw)
• Swedish: australiensisk (sv), australisk (sv)
• Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
• Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
• Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
• Turkish: Avustralya (tr), Avustralyalı (tr)
• Turkmen: awstraliýaly
• Ukrainian: австралі́йський (uk) (avstralíjsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك‎ (awistiraliyelik)
• Uzbek: avstraliya, avstraliyalik
• Vietnamese: Úc (vi), Úc Đại Lợi (dated), Ô-xtrây-li-a (vi)
• Welsh: Awstralaidd
• Yiddish: אויסטראַליש‎ (oystralish)
• Zhuang: Audaliya, Aucouh

of or pertaining to the country of Australia

• Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ (ʔusturāliyy)
• Belarusian: аўстралі́йскі (aŭstralíjski)
• Bulgarian: австрали́йски (avstralíjski)
• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Esperanto: aŭstralia
• Galician: australiano (gl)
• Irish: Astrálach
• Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq), аустралия (australiä)
• Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
• Polish: australijski (pl) m
• Romanian: australian (ro)
• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
• Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
• Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
• Turkmen: awstraliýaly
• Ukrainian: австралі́йський (uk) (avstralíjsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Úc (vi), Úc Đại Lợi (dated), Ô-xtrây-li-a (vi)
• Volapük: Laustralänik (vo)

of or pertaining to the continent of Australia

• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Esperanto: aŭstralia
• Galician: australiano (gl)
• Irish: Astrálach
• Polish: australijski (pl) m
• Romanian: australian (ro)
• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
• Vietnamese: châu Úc, Úc châu (dated)
• Volapük: Stralopik (vo)

of or pertaining to a person (people) of the country of Australia

• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Galician: australiano (gl)
• Irish: Astrálach
• Polish: australijski (pl) m
• Romanian: australian (ro)
• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Laustralänanik, (♂) hi-Laustralänanik, (♀) ji-Laustralänanik

of or pertaining to a person (people) of the continent of Australia

• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Galician: australiano (gl)
• Irish: Astrálach
• Polish: australijski (pl) m
• Romanian: australian (ro)
• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Stralopanik, (♂) hi-Stralopanik, (♀) ji-Stralopanik

of or pertaining to a language (languages) of Australia (country or continent); Australian English

• Catalan: australià (ca)
• Galician: inglés australiano
• Vietnamese: tiếng Úc
• Volapük: (country) Laustralänapükik, (continent) Stralopapükik, (Australia (country)) Laustraläna-Linglänapükik, (Australia (continent)) Stralopa-Linglänapükik

Proper noun

Australian

1. The Australian, an Australian newspaper.

Related terms

• Aussie (“an Australian (person)”, colloquial)
• austral
• Australia
• Australiana
• Australianism

 

See also

• Strine (“the Australian language”, colloquial)
• antipodean

Anagrams

• Saturnalia, saturnalia

Basque

Proper noun

Australian

1. inessive indefinite of Australia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑn/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -iɑn
• Syllabification^(key): aust‧ra‧li‧an

Proper noun

Australian

1. genitive singular of Australia

   Australian pääkaupunkiterritorio ― Australian Capital Territory