The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
A male or female given name
A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
(in the plural) The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.
(Amish, in the plural) The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
(uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
(uncountable) A noun "english" represents a particular instance of the english language, including its terms, expressions, text, phrasing, and the clear expression of ideas, as well as being a synonym for language arts.
(uncountable, Canada, US) Alternative form of english.
Of or pertaining to England.
English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
(Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
(film, television) Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors.
(uncountable, Canada, US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
(by extension, figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.