adj
Meaning 1
Relating to this sect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Amish
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɑː.mɪʃ/
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/ˈæ.mɪʃ/
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/ˈeɪ.mɪʃ/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 M IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 3
an American follower of the Mennonite religion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Mennonite
History
Etymology
From Pennsylvania German Amisch or German Amische, after the name of the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (1645-1730). The surname is a contraction of Old High German ambahtman.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: amiŝa — relating to the Amish sect
- Finnish: amissi- — relating to the Amish sect
- German: amisch — relating to the Amish sect
- Irish: Amanach — relating to the Amish sect
- Portuguese: amish — relating to the Amish sect
- Spanish: amish (ámish) — relating to the Amish sect
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿米什教派 (Āmǐshén Jiàopài) — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Esperanto: amiŝoj — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Finnish: amissit — a strict Anabaptist sect
- French: Amish — a strict Anabaptist sect
- German: Amische — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Irish: Amanaigh — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Japanese: アーミッシュ (āmisshu) — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Marathi: आमिश (āmiś) — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Marathi: एमिश (emiś) — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Portuguese: amish — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Spanish: amish (ámish) — a strict Anabaptist sect
- Swedish: amishfolket — a strict Anabaptist sect
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