Anglo-Saxon

See also: anglosaxon and anglo-saxon

English

Alternative forms

• Anglosaxon (rare)

Etymology

Anglo- +‎ Saxon, from Latin Anglosaxones (Anglo-Saxones), Latin Angli Saxones (literally “the English Saxons”), as distinguished from the Continental Saxons.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈsæk.sən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈsæk.sən/
• Rhymes: -æksən
• Hyphenation: An‧glo‧Sax‧on

Proper noun

Anglo-Saxon

1. (now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).

   Meronyms: Anglian, Kentish, Mercian, Northumbrian, West Saxon

2. (informal) Profanity, especially words derived from Old English.
   • 1995, Margaret Edson, Wit:

     I haven't eaten in two days. What's left to puke? You may remark that my vocabulary has taken a turn for the Anglo-Saxon.

   • 2008, Zagreus Mike Luoma, Neo-gnosis, →ISBN:

     How fucked up is that? (Pardon my Anglo-Saxon)

Translations

Old English — see Old English

See also

• Early Modern English
• Early New English
• English
• Middle English
• Modern English
• New English
• Semi-Saxon

 

Noun

Anglo-Saxon (plural Anglo-Saxons)

1. A member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
2. (US) A person of English ethnic descent.
3. (US, Mexican-American) A light-skinned and/or blond-haired person presumably of North European descent like British.

Derived terms

• WASP

Translations

member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century

• Albanian: anglosakson (sq) m
• Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ m (ʔanglosaksūniyy)
• Armenian: անգլոսաքս (anglosakʿs)
• Azerbaijani: anqlosaks
• Belarusian: англаса́кс m (anhlasáks)
• Bulgarian: англосаксо́нец m (anglosaksónec), англосаксо́нка f (anglosaksónka)
• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca) m, anglosaxona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盎格魯-撒克遜人／盎格鲁-撒克逊人 (Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn rén)

• Czech: Anglosas m
• Danish: angelsakser c
• Dutch: Angelsaks
• Estonian: anglosaksi
• Finnish: anglosaksi (fi)
• French: Anglo-Saxon (fr) m, Anglosaxon m, Anglo-Saxonne (fr) f, Anglosaxonne f
• Georgian: ანგლოსაქსი (anglosaksi)
• German: Angelsachse (de) m, Angelsächsin (de) f
• Greek: Αγγλοσάξονας (el) m or f (Anglosáxonas), Αγγλοσάξωνας m (Anglosáxonas)
• Hindi: आंग्ल सैक्सन (āṅgla saiksan)
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach m
• Italian: anglosassone (it) m or f
• Japanese: アングロサクソン (ja) (Anguro-Sakuson)
• Kazakh: англосакс (añlosaks)
• Korean: 앵글로색슨 사람 (aenggeullosaekseun saram), 앵글로색슨인 (aenggeullosaekseunin)
• Kyrgyz: англосакс (anglosaks)
• Latin: Anglosaxones m pl (in plural)
• Latvian: anglosaksis m
• Lithuanian: anglosaksas m
• Macedonian: Англосаксонец m (Anglosaksonec), Англосаксонка f (Anglosaksonka)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: angelsakser m

  Nynorsk: angelsaksar m

• Persian: آنگلوساکسون (fa) (ânglôsâksôn)
• Polish: Anglosas (pl) m
• Portuguese: anglo-saxão (pt) m
• Romanian: anglosaxon
• Russian: англоса́кс (ru) m (anglosáks)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Англосаксо́нац m, Англосаксонка f

  Roman: Anglosaksónac (sh) m, Anglosaksonka f

• Slovak: Anglosas m
• Slovene: Anglosas m, Anglosasinja f
• Spanish: anglosajón (es) m, anglosajona (es) f
• Swedish: anglosaxare (sv) c, angelsaxare c
• Tajik: англосакс (anglosaks)
• Turkish: Anglosakson (tr)
• Ukrainian: англоса́кс m (anhlosáks)
• Uzbek: anglosaks
• Vietnamese: người Anh-Sắc
• Welsh: Eingl-Sacson m

person of English ethnic descent

• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca) m, anglosaxona (ca) f
• Czech: Anglosas m
• Finnish: anglosaksilainen
• German: Angelsachse (de) m, Angelsächsin (de) f
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach m
• Macedonian: Англосаксонец m (Anglosaksonec), Англосаксонка f (Anglosaksonka)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
• Portuguese: anglo-saxão (pt) m
• Romanian: anglosaxon m, anglosaxonă f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Англосаксо́нац m, Англосаксонка f

  Roman: Anglosaksónac (sh) m, Anglosaksonka f

• Swedish: anglosaxare (sv) c

Adjective

Anglo-Saxon (comparative more Anglo-Saxon, superlative most Anglo-Saxon)

1. Related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language.
2. Related to nations which speak primarily English and are influenced by English culture and customs; especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States.
   • 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 2:

     [...] Ethnography thus aims at record-
     ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various
     groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative
     purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data
     provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same
     meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately
     to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth-
     nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.

3. (politics) Favouring a liberal free-market economy.
4. (US) Descended from some other North European settlers like the British (English).

Translations

related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language

• Albanian: anglosakson (sq)
• Arabic: أَنْجْلُوسَكْسُونِيّ (ʔanglusaksuniyy)
• Armenian: անգլո-սաքսոնական (anglo-sakʿsonakan)
• Belarusian: англасаксо́нскі (anhlasaksónski)
• Bulgarian: англосаксо́нски (anglosaksónski)
• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盎格魯-撒克遜／盎格鲁-撒克逊 (Ànggélǔ-Sākèxùn)

• Czech: anglosaský (cs)
• Danish: angelsaksisk
• Dutch: Angelsaksisch (nl)
• Finnish: anglosaksilainen
• French: anglo-saxon (fr)
• German: angelsächsisch (de)
• Greek: αγγλοσαξονικός (el) (anglosaxonikós), αγγλοσαξωνικός (anglosaxonikós)
• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach
• Italian: anglosassone (it)
• Kazakh: англосаксондық (añlosaksondyq)
• Latvian: anglosakšu
• Lithuanian: anglosaksų
• Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski)
• Malay: Inggeris Saxon
• Manx: Anglo-Hostnagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: angelsaksisk

  Nynorsk: angelsaksisk

• Polish: anglosaski (pl)
• Portuguese: anglo-saxão (pt), anglo-saxónico (Portugal), anglo-saxônico (Brazil)
• Romanian: anglosaxon, anglosaxonic
• Russian: англосаксо́нский (ru) (anglosaksónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: англо̀саскӣ, англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ

  Roman: anglòsaskī (sh), anglosàksōnskī (sh)

• Slovak: anglosaský (sk)
• Slovene: anglosaški (sl)
• Spanish: anglosajón (es)
• Swedish: anglosaxisk (sv)
• Tajik: англосаксонӣ (anglosaksonī)
• Thai: แองโกล-แซกซัน, แองโกลแซกซัน
• Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (uk) (anhlosaksónsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Anh-Sắc

related to nations which speak primarily English

• Catalan: anglosaxó (ca)
• Czech: anglosaský (cs)
• Danish: angelsaksisk
• Finnish: anglosaksilainen
• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)
• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach
• Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski)
• Malay: Inggeris Saxon
• Portuguese: anglófono (pt)
• Russian: англосаксо́нский (ru) (anglosaksónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: англо̀саскӣ, англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ

  Roman: anglòsaskī (sh), anglosàksōnskī (sh)

• Swedish: anglosaxisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (uk) (anhlosaksónsʹkyj)

favouring a liberal free market economy

• Hungarian: angolszász (hu)
• Russian: англосаксо́нский (ru) (anglosaksónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: англо̀саскӣ, англоса̀ксо̄нскӣ

  Roman: anglòsaskī (sh), anglosàksōnskī (sh)

• Ukrainian: англосаксо́нський (uk) (anhlosaksónsʹkyj)

descended from white English or North European settlers

• Irish: Angla-Shacsanach
• Macedonian: англосаксонски (anglosaksonski)
• Malay: orang Inggeris Saxon, Inggeris Saxon
• Russian: англосаксо́нский (ru) (anglosaksónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: англо̀саскӣ

  Roman: anglòsaskī (sh)

See also

• Germanic
• Indo-Germanic

Further reading

SIL entry for Anglo-Saxon, ISO 639-3 code ang

• “Anglo-Saxon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Anglophone countries, Anglo-Saxon countries, English-speaking countries, Anglosphere at Google Ngram Viewer