americanus
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amerī̆canus.
Adjective
americanus m (feminine americana, neuter americanum)
- American; found in America
- 2008 October 9, Mark Bittman, “Roasting Monkfish”, in The New York Times[1] (in English), archived from the original on 8 December 2022:
- I’ve had the good luck to cook monkfish on both sides of the Atlantic. The European monkfish is Lophius piscatorius, while our western Atlantic brand is Lophius americanus.
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin Amerī̆ca
Latin amerī̆canus
From Amerī̆ca + -ānus (“-an”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.mɛ.riːˈkaː.nʊs], [a.mɛ.rɪˈkaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.me.riˈkaː.nus]
Adjective
amerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
- 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
- America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | amerī̆cānus | amerī̆cāna | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cāna | |
| genitive | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānōrum | amerī̆cānārum | amerī̆cānōrum | |
| dative | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānīs | |||
| accusative | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānam | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānōs | amerī̆cānās | amerī̆cāna | |
| ablative | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānā | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānīs | |||
| vocative | amerī̆cāne | amerī̆cāna | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cāna | |