Australian

See also: australian

English

Etymology

From Australia + -an.

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/, /əˈstɹeɪljən/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ən/, /əˈstɹæɪl.jən/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹejə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ən/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jən/
    • (file)
  • (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪən/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪjən/
  • (Tasmanian) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɛliːən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɔˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
  • (cotcaught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
  • Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lian
  • Rhymes: -eɪliən

Noun

Australian (plural Australians)

  1. A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 38:
      An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.
  2. A person from the continent of Australia.
  3. A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).

Translations

Adjective

Australian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
  2. (humorous, US) Upside down.
    Australian scrolling
    Google's name for a style of scrolling with a mousepad in which the flicking direction is inverted in comparison to the "standard" style

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Australian

  1. The Australian, an Australian newspaper.

See also

Anagrams

Basque

Proper noun

Australian

  1. inessive indefinite of Australia

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑn/, [ˈɑ̝u̯s̠trɑ̝(ː)ˌliɑ̝n]
  • Rhymes: -iɑn
  • Syllabification(key): Aust‧ra‧li‧an

Proper noun

Australian

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