Jamaican

See also: jamaican

English

Etymology

Jamaica +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-mā'kən, IPA^(key): /dʒəˈmeɪkən/
• Rhymes: -eɪkən

Noun

Jamaican (plural Jamaicans)

1. A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
2. The Jamaican creole language.
3. Jamaican English.

Derived terms

• Jafaican

Translations

person of Jamaican descent

• Bulgarian: ямаец m (jamaec), ямайка f (jamajka), ямайци pl (jamajci)
• Catalan: jamaicà (ca) m, jamaicana (ca) f
• Czech: Jamajčan (cs) m
• Danish: jamaicaner c
• Finnish: jamaikalainen, jamaikatar
• French: Jamaïquain (fr) m, Jamaïquaine f
• Galician: xamaicano (gl) m
• German: Jamaikaner (de) m, Jamaikanerin (de) f
• Ido: Jamaikano (io)
• Irish: Iamácach m
• Italian: giamaicano m, giamaicana f
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan, Jumiekan dem pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jamaicaner (no) m, jamaikaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: jamaican (nn) m, jamaicanar (nn) m, jamaikan (nn) m, jamaikanar (nn) m

• Polish: Jamajczyk (pl) m, Jamajka f
• Portuguese: jamaicano (pt) m
• Romanian: jamaican (ro) m, jamaicană (ro) f
• Russian: яма́ец (ru) m (jamájec), жи́тель Яма́йки m (žítelʹ Jamájki), жи́тельница Яма́йки f (žítelʹnica Jamájki)
• Serbo-Croatian: Jamajčanin (sh) m, Jamajčanka f
• Spanish: jamaicano (es) m, jamaicana f
• Swahili: Mjamaika (sw)
• Swedish: jamaican (sv) m, jamaicanska (sv) f
• Turkish: Jamaikalı (tr)

Adjective

Jamaican (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.

Derived terms

• Jamaicanness

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language

• Bulgarian: ямайски m pl (jamajski)
• Catalan: jamaicà (ca) m
• Czech: jamajský (cs)
• Danish: jamaicansk
• Finnish: jamaikalainen
• French: jamaïquain (fr) m, jamaïquaine (fr) f
• Galician: xamaicano (gl) m
• German: jamaikanisch (de)
• Ido: Jamaikana
• Irish: Iamácach
• Italian: giamaicano m, giamaicana f
• Jamaican Creole: Jumiekan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jamaicansk, jamaikansk

  Nynorsk: jamaicansk (nn), jamaikansk (nn)

• Polish: jamajski (pl) m
• Portuguese: jamaicano (pt) m
• Romanian: jamaican (ro)
• Russian: яма́йский (ru) (jamájskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: jamajkanski
• Spanish: jamaicano (es) m
• Swahili: Kijamaika
• Swedish: jamaicansk (sv)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Jamaican Creole English, jam ⁠
• Langwij Jumieka Bilingual Jamaican/English website utilizing phonetic Cassidy-LePage orthography with history, grammar, idioms, dictionary, translations