anglo

See also: Anglo, Anglo-, and anglo-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-.

Pronunciation

Noun

anglo (plural anglos)

  1. An English person or person of English ancestry.
    Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags.
  2. (Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) a North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
    I'm not an anglo: my grandparents are from Lithuania.
  3. (Australia, informal) an Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background).
  4. (Canada, informal) an English-speaking Quebecer.
  5. A white-skinned person.
  6. (nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
  7. An anglo concertina.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanɡlo/
  • Rhymes: -anɡlo
  • Syllabification: an‧glo

Noun

anglo m (plural anglos or angls)

  1. angle

References

  • ángulo”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “anglo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin Anglus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of englo.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈanɡlo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡlo
  • Hyphenation: an‧glo

Noun

anglo (accusative singular anglon, plural angloj, accusative plural anglojn)

  1. Englander (person from England)

Hypernyms

  • brito (a person from the United Kingdom)

Meronyms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 洪爐洪炉 (âng-lô͘, large oven; great furnace), from Hokkien (âng, vast, immense) + (lô͘, fireplace, stove, oven, furnace).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋ.lo/
  • Hyphenation: ang‧lo

Noun

anglo (first-person possessive angloku, second-person possessive anglomu, third-person possessive anglonya)

  1. small stove

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡlo/
  • Rhymes: -anɡlo
  • Hyphenation: àn‧glo

Adjective

anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural angli, feminine plural angle)

  1. Anglian (of the Angles)
  2. English

Noun

anglo m (plural angli, feminine angla)

  1. Angle
  2. English

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Angliī. See Angle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.ɡlu/

Adjective

anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas, not comparable)

  1. (relational) of the Angles or the English

Noun

anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Angle (a member of the ancient Germanic tribe)
  2. an Englishman

Derived terms

Romani

Noun

anglo m (plural anglura)

  1. Englishman

References

  • Ilona Sztojkó (2002) “o anglo/ura hn”, in Romano-ungriko vasteski alava / Roma-magyar kéziszótár (in Hungarian), Szeged: Genvin, →OCLC, page 19

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Anglus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanɡlo/ [ˈãŋ.ɡlo]
  • Rhymes: -anɡlo
  • Syllabification: an‧glo

Adjective

anglo (feminine angla, masculine plural anglos, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Anglian (pertaining to the Angles)
  2. English (of or relating to England)
    Synonym: inglés
  3. Anglo-Saxon
    Synonym: anglosajón

Noun

anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)

  1. Angle (member of a Germanic tribe)
  2. Englishman
    Synonym: inglés

Noun

anglo m (uncountable)

  1. Anglo-Saxon, Old English (language)

Further reading

Anagrams

Sundanese

Romanization

anglo

  1. Romanization of ᮃᮍᮣᮧ
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