Texan

See also: texan

English

Etymology

From Texas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛksən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛksən

Adjective

Texan (comparative more Texan, superlative most Texan)

1. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S. state of Texas.
2. (uncommon) Of or pertaining to the U.S. state of Texas in general.

Usage notes

Unlike many demonyms, the adjective normally used to refer to the state is Texas, not Texan (e.g. the Texas capital, not the Texan capital). Texan is normally used only in contexts referring to the people.

Derived terms

• Texan English

Translations

of or pertaining to Texas

• Arabic: تكساسي m
• Asturian: texanu m
• Catalan: texà (ca) m
• Czech: texaský (cs)
• Dutch: Texaans n
• Esperanto: teksasa
• Finnish: texasilainen (fi)
• French: texan (fr) m, texane (fr) f, texien (fr) m, texienne (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Teksaansk n

• Galician: texano (gl) m, texana f
• German: texanisch (de) n
• Hungarian: texasi (hu)
• Italian: texano (it) m
• Polish: teksański (pl) m, teksaski (pl) m
• Portuguese: texano (pt) m
• Russian: техасский (ru) m (texasskij)
• Sicilian: tixanu m
• Spanish: texano (es), tejano (es)
• Ukrainian: теха́ський (texásʹkyj)
• Welsh: Tecsanaidd, o Decsas

Noun

Texan (plural Texans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the state of Texas, United States.
   • 2015 November 1, Hendrik Hertzberg, “That G.O.P. Debate: Two Footnotes”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.

   • 2015 November 9, “Why The Electoral College Ruins Democracy” (00:02:08 from the start), in Adam Ruins Everything‎^[2] (television production), spoken by himself (Adam Conover), truTV, via truTV:

     In 2012, over three million Texans voted Democrat.

   • 2024 October 2, Julianna Russ, “Texas vehicle safety inspections going away, but you’ll still have to pay”, in KXAN‎^[3], archived from the original on 8 December 2024:

     Even though the mandatory inspections have been eliminated, Texans with vehicles registered in emissions counties are required to have emissions tests.

Hypernyms

• American
• North American

Hyponyms

• Texpat

Translations

an inhabitant or a resident of Texas

• Asturian: texanu m
• Catalan: texà (ca) m, texana (ca) f
• Czech: Texasan (cs) m
• Dutch: Texaan (nl) m, Texaanse f
• Esperanto: teksasano (man or woman), teksasanino (woman)
• Finnish: teksasilainen, texasilainen (fi)
• French: Texan (fr) m, Texane (fr) f, Texien (fr) m, Texienne (fr) f
• Galician: texano (gl) m
• German: Texaner (de) m, Texanerin (de) f
• Greek: Τεξανός (el) m (Texanós)
• Hungarian: texasi (hu)
• Icelandic: Texasbúi m
• Italian: texano (it) m
• Persian: تگزاسی (tegzâsi)
• Polish: Teksańczyk (pl) m, Teksanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: texano (pt) m
• Russian: теха́сец (ru) m (texásec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Текса́шанин m, Текса́ша̄нка f

  Latin: Teksášanin (sh) m, Teksášānka f

• Sicilian: tixanu m
• Spanish: texano (es) m, tejano (es) m
• Turkish: Teksaslı
• Ukrainian: теха́сець m (texásecʹ), теха́ска f (texáska)
• Welsh: Tecsaniad m or f
• Yup'ik: Teekkisassaqmintaq

French

Etymology

From Texas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /tɛk.sɑ̃/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /tɛɡ.zã/

Noun

Texan m (plural Texans, feminine Texane)

1. Texan (native or inhabitant of the state of Texas, United States) (usually male)

Alternative forms

• Texien (Lousiana)