英和和英

発音

• (General American, Canada) IPA: /kəˈneɪ.di.ən/, [kʰəˈneɪ.ɾi.ən]
• ハイフネーション: Can‧ad‧ian
• 韻: -eɪdiən

語源 1

From Canada (noun) +‎ -ian (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

形容詞

Canadian (comparative more Canadian, superlative most Canadian)

1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people.
   • 2018 July 24, Kaitlan Collins, “Exclusive: White House stops announcing calls with foreign leaders”, in CNN‎:

     After Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in April 2017, the two sides offered vastly different accounts of what was discussed.

2. (informal) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian English.
3. (informal, nonstandard) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canadian French.

同意語

• Canajun, Canajan
• Canuck
• Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)

反意語

• non-Canadian

派生語

名詞

Canadian (plural Canadians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
   • 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 180:

     Even the Canadians have gone to war against them! They never go to war against anybody!

2. (sports, informal) Canadian national championship.
   • 2012 March 16, Monte Stewart, “Shantz takes on foes from yesteryear in quest for elusive national crown”, in Global News‎:

     “If you look back 20 years ago, we were all playing in the Canadians and high-level cashspiels,” Shantz, 51, said Friday.

   • 2015 December 19, Mary Caton, “A legend on LaSalle diamonds for decades”, in The Windsor Star:

     "When we were playing in the Canadians (championships) other teams would come around to watch us do our warm-ups," son Jayme Hall said.

   • 2017 September 21, Bill Doucet, “A scent of success for Hespeler horseshoe pitcher”, in The Cambridge Times:

     “With it being Canadians, I’m just, a little bit, not as good as the top girls are,” she said, despite playing in the Canadians in Belleville in 2013.

3. (sports) canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

同意語

• Canajun, Canajan
• Canuck
• Canuckistani, Canuckistanian (slang, derogatory or humorous)
• hoser

派生語

関連する語

• Canadien (masculine), Canadienne (feminine) (directly borrowed from French)

固有名詞

Canadian

1. (informal) The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.
2. (geology) An epoch from to million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.

語源 2

A name of uncertain origin. The city and town names are after the river, while the Australian suburb is named after an 1850's Canadian gold digger known as Swift.

固有名詞

Canadian

1. The Canadian River, a river in New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma in the United States, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River.
2. A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
3. A city, the county seat of Hemphill County, Texas, situated on the Canadian River.
4. A suburb of the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

参考

• Canadian County

参照

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “Canadian”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.