Acadianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/, /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
• Homophone: Akkadian
• 韻: -eɪdiən

形容詞

Acadian (comparative more Acadian, superlative most Acadian)

1. Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
2. (geology) Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.

使用する際の注意点

• The second US pronunciation is a rarely used historical version that led to the word Cajun.

派生語

名詞

Acadian (plural Acadians)

1. A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
2. (Canada) A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.

固有名詞

Acadian

1. (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.

2. (geology, with the) 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.

派生語

• Cajun

参照

アナグラム

• Canadia