americanus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Amerī̆cānus

Etymology

From Amerī̆ca +‎ -ānus (“-an”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.me.riˈka.nus/, [ämeriˈkäːnus]

Adjective

amerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
   • 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:

     America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	amerī̆cānus	amerī̆cāna	amerī̆cānum		amerī̆cānī	amerī̆cānae	amerī̆cāna
genitive	amerī̆cānī	amerī̆cānae	amerī̆cānī		amerī̆cānōrum	amerī̆cānārum	amerī̆cānōrum
dative	amerī̆cānō	amerī̆cānae	amerī̆cānō		amerī̆cānīs
accusative	amerī̆cānum	amerī̆cānam	amerī̆cānum		amerī̆cānōs	amerī̆cānās	amerī̆cāna
ablative	amerī̆cānō	amerī̆cānā	amerī̆cānō		amerī̆cānīs
vocative	amerī̆cāne	amerī̆cāna	amerī̆cānum		amerī̆cānī	amerī̆cānae	amerī̆cāna