noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɪŋ.lɪʃ.mən/
/ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ.mən/
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noun
Meaning 1
A native or inhabitant of England; a man who is English by ancestry, birth, descent, or naturalisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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From Middle English Englishman, Inglishman, from Old English Englisċman, Englisċmon, corresponding to English + -man. Compare Old Norse Englismaðr (“Englishman”).
Across languages
Translations
95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Engelsman
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Albanian:
anglez
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Amharic:
እንግሊዛዊ
(ʾəngəlizawi)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Arabic:
إِنْجِلِيزِيّ
(ʔingilīziyy)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Armenian:
անգլիացի
(angliacʻi)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Asturian:
inglés
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Azerbaijani:
ingilis
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Belarusian:
англіча́нін
(anhličánin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Belarusian:
анге́лец
(anhjéljec)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Breton:
Saoz
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Bulgarian:
англича́нин
(angličánin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Catalan:
anglès
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Catalan:
anglés
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Chinese Mandarin:
英格蘭人 /英格兰人
(yīngélánrén)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Chinese Mandarin:
英國人 /英国人
(yīngguórén)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Cornish:
Sows
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Czech:
Angličan
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Danish:
englænder
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Danish:
engelskmand
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Dutch:
Engelsman
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Esperanto:
anglo
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Estonian:
inglane
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Faroese:
eingilskmaður
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Finnish:
englantilainen
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Finnish:
englantilaismies
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
French:
Anglais
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Middle French:
Angloys
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
West-Frisian:
Ingelsman
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Galician:
inglés
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Galician:
engrés
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Georgian:
ინგლისელი
(ingliseli)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
German:
Engländer
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
German:
Ängländer
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Greek:
Άγγλος
(Ánglos)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Greenlandic:
tuluk
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Hebrew:
אַנְגְּלִי
(ang'lí)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Hindi:
अंग्रेज़
(aṅgrez)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Hungarian:
angol
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Hungarian:
angol férfi
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Icelandic:
Englendingur
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Interlingua:
anglese
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Irish:
Sasanach
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Italian:
inglese
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Japanese:
イギリス人
(igirisujin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Kalmyk:
пильң
(pilʹñ)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Kazakh:
ағылшын
(ağylşyn)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Korean:
잉글랜드 사람
(inggeullaendeu saram)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Korean:
영국인
(yeonggugin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Korean:
영국 사람
(yeongguk saram)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Kyrgyz:
англичанин
(anglicanin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Lao:
ຄົນອັງກິດ
(khon ʼang kit)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Latin:
Anglus
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Latin:
anglicus
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Latvian:
anglis
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Lithuanian:
anglas
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Macedonian:
Англичанец
(Angličanec)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Miami:
aakalaahšima
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Mongolian:
англи хүн
(angli xün)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Norwegian Bokmål:
engelskmann
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Norwegian Nynorsk:
engelskmann
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Pannonian Rusyn:
Анґлиєц
(Anglijec)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Pannonian Rusyn:
Енґлейз
(Englejz)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Pashto:
انګرېز
(angréz)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Persian:
انگلیسی
(engelisi)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Polish:
Anglik
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Portuguese:
inglês
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Romanian:
englez
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Russian:
англича́нин
(angličánin)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Scottish Gaelic:
Sasannach
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Serbo-Croatian:
Ѐнгле̄з
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Serbo-Croatian:
Ènglēz
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Sicilian:
ngrisi
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Slovak:
Angličan
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Slovene:
Angléž
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Spanish:
inglés
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Swahili:
Mwingereza
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Swedish:
engelsman
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tajik:
англис
(anglis)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tajik:
англисӣ
(anglisi)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tamil:
ஆங்கிலேயன்
(āṅkilēyaṉ)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tamil:
வெள்ளையன்
(veḷḷaiyaṉ)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tamil:
வெள்ளைக்காரன்
(veḷḷaikkāraṉ)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Thai:
คนอังกฤษ
(kon ang-grìt)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Tibetan:
དབྱིན་ཇི
(dbyin ji)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Turkish:
İngiliz
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Turkmen:
iňlis
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Ukrainian:
англі́єць
(anhlíjecʹ)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Unami:
kwènashikànat
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Urdu:
انگریز
(angrez)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Uyghur:
ئىنگلىز
(in'gliz)
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Uzbek:
ingliz
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Vietnamese:
người Anh
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Volapük:
Linglänan
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Volapük:
hi-Linglänan
— (male) native or inhabitant of England
Welsh:
Sais
— (male) native or inhabitant of England