Canadian

See also: canadian

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈneɪdɪən/
Rhymes: -eɪdɪən
Hyphenation: Can‧ad‧ian
Audio (CA) (file)

Etymology 1

Canada +‎ -ian

Noun

Canadian (plural Canadians)

A person from Canada.
(sports, informal) Canadian national championship. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(sports) canoe (short for Canadian canoe, as opposed to kayak)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

aboriginal Canadian
African Canadian, African-Canadian
Afro-Canadian
Afro-Asio-Euro-Canadian
Afro-Euro-Canadian
American Canadian, American-Canadian
Anglo-Canadian
anglophone Canadian, Anglophone Canadian
Arab Canadian, Arab-Canadian
Arabo-Canadian
Asian Canadian, Asian-Canadian
Asio-Canadian
Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian
Dano-Canadian
English Canadian, English-Canadian
English-speaking Canadian
Euro-Canadian
European Canadian, European-Canadian

foreign-born Canadian
Franco-Canadian
francophone Canadian, Francophone Canadian
French Canadian, French-Canadian
French-speaking Canadian
German Canadian, German-Canadian
Germano-Canadian
Hiberno-Canadian
Indian Canadian, Indian-Canadian
Irish Canadian, Irish-Canadian
Indo-Canadian
native-born Canadian
native Canadian
Native Canadian
neo-Canadian, Neo-Canadian
new Canadian, New Canadian
Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian
Norwego-Canadian
Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian
Ukraino-Canadian

Related terms

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

Translations

person from Canada

Albanian: kanadez (sq) m, kanadeze (sq) f, kanadezë m pl, kanadeze (sq) f pl
Arabic: كَنَدِيّ‎‎ m (kanadiyy), كَنَدِيَّة‎‎ f (kanadiyya)
Armenian: կանադացի (kanadacʿi)
Asturian: canadiense (ast) m, f
Belarusian: кана́дзец m (kanádzjec), кана́дка f (kanádka)
Bulgarian: канадец m (kanadec)
Catalan: canadenc (ca) m, canadenca f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 加拿大人 (gaa¹ naa⁴ daai⁶ jan⁴)

Mandarin: 加拿大人 (Jiānádàrén)
Czech: Kanaďan (cs) m, Kanaďanka (cs) f
Danish: canadier (da) c
Dutch: Canadees (nl) m
Esperanto: (♂♀) kanadano, (explicitly ♂) kanadaniĉo, (explicitly ♀) kanadanino
Estonian: kanadalane
Finnish: kanadalainen (fi)
French: Canadien (fr) m, Canadienne (fr) f
Galician: canadense m, f
German: Kanadier (de) m, Kanadierin (de) f
Greek: Καναδός (el) m (Kanadós), Καναδέζος (el) m (Kanadézos) (Katharevousa), Καναδή (el) f (Kanadí), Καναδέζα (el) f (Kanadéza) (Katharevousa)
Hawaiian: Kanakā
Hebrew: קנדי‎‎ m (kanádi)
Hungarian: kanadai (hu)
Icelandic: Kanadamaður m
Indonesian: orang kanada
Interlingua: canadiano m, canadiana f
Irish: Ceanadach m

Italian: canadese (it) m, f
Japanese: カナダ人 (Kanada-jin)
Korean: 캐나다사람 (Kaenada-saram), 캐나다인 (Kaenada-in)
Latin: canadēnsis m, f
Latvian: kanādietis m, kanādiete f
Lithuanian: kanadietis (lt) m, kanadietė (lt) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: canadier (no) m, kanadier (no) m

Nynorsk: canadiar (nn) m, kanadiar (nn) m
Occitan: canadenc m, canadenca f
Persian: کانادایی‎‎ (fa)
Polish: Kanadyjczyk (pl) m, Kanadyjka (pl) f
Portuguese: canadense (pt) m, f (Brazil), canadiano (pt) m (Portugal), canadiana (pt) f (Portugal)
Romanian: canadian (ro) m, canadiancă f, canadiană (ro) f
Romansch: canadais m, canadaisa f
Russian: кана́дец (ru) m (kanádec), кана́дка (ru) f (kanádka)
Serbo-Croatian: Kanađanin (sh) m, Kanađanka f
Slovak: Kanaďan m, Kanaďanka f
Slovene: Kanadčan (sl) m, Kanadčanka f
Spanish: canadiense (es) m, f
Swahili: Mkanada (sw)
Swedish: kanadensare (sv), kanadensiska (sv) c (female)
Tagalog: Kanadyense
Thai: คนแคนาดา (kon kâenaadaa)
Turkish: Kanadalı (tr)
Ukrainian: кана́дець m (kanádecʹ), канаді́єць m (kanadíjecʹ), кана́дка f (kanádka), канаді́йка f (kanadíjka)
Vietnamese: người Ca-na-đa

Proper noun

Canadian

(informal) The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.

Translations

Canadian English

Dutch: Canadees (nl) n, Canadees-Frans n (more precise)
Finnish: kanadanenglanti
French: anglais canadien m
German: Kanadisch n, (more precisely) kanadisches Englisch n
Italian: inglese canadese m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: canadisk engelsk m, kanadisk engelsk m

Nynorsk: canadisk engelsk m, kanadisk engelsk m

Occitan: anglés canadenc m
Portuguese: inglês canadense/canadiano m
Romanian: engleză canadiană f
Swahili: Kiingereza cha Kanada
Turkish: Kanadaca, Kanada İngilizcesi (tr)
Volapük: Kanadänapük, Linglänapük Kanadänik, Kanadäna-Linglänapük

Adjective

Canadian (comparative more Canadian, superlative most Canadian)

Of or pertaining to Canada.
Of or pertaining to Canadians.
Of or pertaining to Canadian (short for Canadian English).

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Anglo-Canadian
Canadian Alliance
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian bacon = back bacon
Canadian Bill of Rights
Canadian canoe
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian English
Canadian Eskimo Dog, Canadian Eskimo dog
Canadian football
Canadian Forces
Canadian French
Canadian studies
Danish Canadian, Danish-Canadian
Dano-Canadian
Canadian horse
Canadianisation

Canadianise
Canadianism
Canadianist
Canadianization
Canadianize
Canadian Shield
Canadian Tire money
Canadian whisky
English Canadian, English-Canadian
Franco-Canadian
French Canadian, French-Canadian
German Canadian, German-Canadian
Germano-Canadian
Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian-Canadian
Norwego-Canadian
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Translations

of or pertaining to Canada

Arabic: كَنَدِيّ‎‎ (kanadiyy)
Armenian: կանադական (kanadakan)
Asturian: canadiense (ast)
Belarusian: кана́дскі m (kanádski), кана́дскі m (kanádski)
Bulgarian: канадски (kanadski)
Catalan: canadenc (ca)
Chinese: 加拿大的 (Jiānádà de)
Czech: kanadský (cs)
Danish: kanadisk
Dutch: Canadees (nl)
Esperanto: kanada
Estonian: kanada
Finnish: kanadalainen (fi)
French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
Galician: canadense
German: kanadisch (de)
Greek: καναδικός (el) (kanadikós), καναδέζικος (el) (kanadézikos) (Katharevousa)
Hawaiian: Kanakā
Hungarian: kanadai (hu)
Icelandic: kanadískur
Interlingua: canadian

Italian: canadese (it)
Japanese: カナダの (kanada no)
Korean: 캐나다의 (kaenada-ui)
Latin: canadensis
Latvian: kanādiešu
Lithuanian: kanadietiškas, kanadiečių
Norwegian:
Bokmål: canadisk, kanadisk

Nynorsk: canadisk (nn), kanadisk (nn)
Occitan: canadenc
Polish: kanadyjski (pl) m
Portuguese: canadense (pt) (Brazil), canadiano (pt) (Portugal)
Romanian: canadian (ro) m, n, canadiană (ro) f
Russian: кана́дский (ru) (kanádskij)
Serbo-Croatian: kanadski (sh)
Slovak: kanadský (sk)
Slovene: kanadski (sl)
Spanish: canadiense (es)
Swahili: Kikanada
Swedish: kanadensisk (sv)
Ukrainian: кана́дський m (kanádsʹkyj) or канаді́йський m (kanadíjsʹkyj)

of or pertaining to a Canadian, Canadians

Belarusian: кана́дскі m (kanádski)
French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: canadisk

Nynorsk: canadisk (nn), kanadisk (nn), canadisk (nn)

Portuguese: canadense (pt) (Brazil), canadiano (pt) (Portugal)
Romanian: canadian (ro)

of or pertaining to Canadian (the language), Canadian English

French: canadien (fr) m, canadienne (fr) f
German: kanadisch (de), kanadischenglisch, kanadisch-englisch

Romanian: canadian (ro)
Volapük: Kanadänapükik, Kanadäna-Linglänapükik

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Canadian

A town in Oklahoma.
A city in and county seat of Hemphill County, Texas. Named after the Canadian River.

References

“Canadian” in the Katherine Barker, editor, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition, Don Mills, Ont.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, →ISBN.

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