americanus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amerī̆canus.

Adjective

americanus m (feminine americana, neuter americanum)

  1. 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

    From Amerī̆ca + -ānus (“-an”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    amerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (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.
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    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.