French Canadiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ kəˈneɪdɪən/, U.S.

/ˈfrɛn(t)ʃ kəˈneɪdiən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French adj., Canadian n., Canadian adj.

Etymology: As noun < French adj. + Canadian n. As adjective < French adj. + Canadian adj. Compare French Canadien-Français , denoting a person (1695 as Canadien-François ), Français Canadien , denoting a person (1688 as François Canadien ) and denoting the language (1955 or earlier). With use as adjective compare earlier French-American adj. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1a(a).

A. n.

1. A French settler in Canada; a French-speaking descendant of such a settler. Also more generally: a Canadian of French ancestry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > French

French Canadian1698

coureur de bois1700

Canadien1727

Acadian French1741

Canadian French1755

habitant1789

Frenchy1829

Canuck1835

pea soup1866

pea-souper1930

Joe1963

1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. ii. xxxv. 151 Can it be possible that that pretended prodigious number of Savage Converts, cou'd escape the sight of a Multitude of French Canadians [Fr. François Canadiens], who Travel every Year Three or Four Hundred Leagues among them?

1758 Descr. Cape Breton 4 These French Canadians..he represents as an indolent People.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 153 The French Canadians are highly censurable..for debauching our peacable northern Indians, with their infernal catechism.

1838 London & Westm. Rev. 31 405 The Hindoos are a more ignorant and more passive people than the French Canadians.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xiv. 415 The French Canadians of that day.

1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans viii. 261 The stock from which the French Canadians sprang.

1967 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) 24 If a national break-up were to occur, French-Canadians would face a substantial loss.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 6/2 Sections of the Quebec press have questioned if this is the proper time in our history for a French Canadian to seek the Prime Ministership.

2002 W. Kennedy Roscoe 270 It was adjudged to be her gin-fizzed fantasy of the young French Canadian who worked in Tristano's kitchen.

2. The French language as spoken in Canada (now chiefly in Quebec).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > Canadian

Canadian French1836

French Canadian1866

pea soup1937

1846 ‘C. H. C.’ It Blows, it Snows ii. 25 Two lately arrived Irish imigrants..had contrived..to make themselves distinctly intelligible in the French Canadian dialect.]

1866 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 4 277 This jargon, consisting of words derived from the English, French Canadian, and Chinook proper, originated with the early traders at Astoria and Vancouver.

1929 S. Brown tr. M. Constantin-Weyer Man scans his Past 203 He hailed me in French Canadian.

1960 Amer. Speech 35 229 In French Canadian the high vowels [i y u] are generally unvoiced in unstressed (nonfinal) position.

1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Nov. a5/5 Asked about the review board, he raised his voice in contempt. ‘They're boeuftek—as it is called in French Canadian.’

2003 G. Kristiansen in R. Dirven et al. Cognitive Models Lang. & Thought i. 101 A number of balanced bilingual speakers were tape-recorded reading a passage of prose in English Canadian and then in French Canadian.

B. adj.

Now usually with hyphen. Of or relating to the French-speaking people of Canada, or to French Canada.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > Canada > French Canada

French1624

Acadian1746

French Canadian1761

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [adjective] > Canadian

French1624

French Canadian1761

Canadien1832

Canadian French1835

pan-Canadian1929

1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. II. xxiii. 122 The way in which our French Canadian travellers [Fr. nos Voyageurs François] commonly dress it [sc. maize], is to boil it a little in a sort of lye.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 164 The black tribe, the French Canadian priests.

1822 Kingston (Upper Canada) Chron. 23 Nov. 3/4 The pages of some French Canadian papers.

1853 S. Strickland 27 Years in Canada West I. 39 One pair of our horses were French Canadian.

1897 J. G. Bourinot Canada xxix. 448 The spirit of conciliation and justice..has happily influenced the action of leading English and French Canadian statesmen.

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Feb. 106/4 The French-Canadian politicians.

1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vi/4 A sharp revival of French-Canadian nationalism.

2002 P. Uppal Divine Econ. Salvation xiii. 129 French-Canadian pastry sold from makeshift wood cabins on the sides of the canal.

Derivatives

ˌFrench Caˈnadianism n. (advocacy of) the cultural distinctiveness of French Canada or political separatism in Quebec.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > principles or policies

Liberal-Conservatism1834

French Canadianism1839

bilingualism1901

Bi and Bi1968

notwithstanding clause1981

1839 London Q. Rev. Jan. 141 Are we to be persuaded that there could not be found twelve men so clear of French Canadianism, as to give an honest verdict according to the evidence?

1864 G. Brown Let. 27 Oct. in J. M. S. Careless Brown on Globe (1963) II. v. 171 Is it not wonderful? French Canadianism entirely extinguished!

1962 I. Fleming Spy who loved Me ii. 28 My family had belonged to the very innermost citadel of French-Canadianism.

2004 G. Melnyk 100 Yrs. Canad. Cinema ix. 129 The young Quebec documentarists..not only challenged English control, they also revolted against Quebec society's traditional French-Canadianism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	french canadian
释义	French Canadiann.adj. Brit. /ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ kəˈneɪdɪən/, U.S. /ˈfrɛn(t)ʃ kəˈneɪdiən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: French adj., Canadian n., Canadian adj. Etymology: As noun < French adj. + Canadian n. As adjective < French adj. + Canadian adj. Compare French Canadien-Français , denoting a person (1695 as Canadien-François ), Français Canadien , denoting a person (1688 as François Canadien ) and denoting the language (1955 or earlier). With use as adjective compare earlier French-American adj. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1a(a). A. n. 1. A French settler in Canada; a French-speaking descendant of such a settler. Also more generally: a Canadian of French ancestry. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > French French Canadian1698 coureur de bois1700 Canadien1727 Acadian French1741 Canadian French1755 habitant1789 Frenchy1829 Canuck1835 pea soup1866 pea-souper1930 Joe1963 1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. ii. xxxv. 151 Can it be possible that that pretended prodigious number of Savage Converts, cou'd escape the sight of a Multitude of French Canadians [Fr. François Canadiens], who Travel every Year Three or Four Hundred Leagues among them? 1758 Descr. Cape Breton 4 These French Canadians..he represents as an indolent People. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 153 The French Canadians are highly censurable..for debauching our peacable northern Indians, with their infernal catechism. 1838 London & Westm. Rev. 31 405 The Hindoos are a more ignorant and more passive people than the French Canadians. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xiv. 415 The French Canadians of that day. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans viii. 261 The stock from which the French Canadians sprang. 1967 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) 24 If a national break-up were to occur, French-Canadians would face a substantial loss. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 6/2 Sections of the Quebec press have questioned if this is the proper time in our history for a French Canadian to seek the Prime Ministership. 2002 W. Kennedy Roscoe 270 It was adjudged to be her gin-fizzed fantasy of the young French Canadian who worked in Tristano's kitchen. 2. The French language as spoken in Canada (now chiefly in Quebec). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > Canadian Canadian French1836 French Canadian1866 pea soup1937 1846 ‘C. H. C.’ It Blows, it Snows ii. 25 Two lately arrived Irish imigrants..had contrived..to make themselves distinctly intelligible in the French Canadian dialect.] 1866 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 4 277 This jargon, consisting of words derived from the English, French Canadian, and Chinook proper, originated with the early traders at Astoria and Vancouver. 1929 S. Brown tr. M. Constantin-Weyer Man scans his Past 203 He hailed me in French Canadian. 1960 Amer. Speech 35 229 In French Canadian the high vowels [i y u] are generally unvoiced in unstressed (nonfinal) position. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Nov. a5/5 Asked about the review board, he raised his voice in contempt. ‘They're boeuftek—as it is called in French Canadian.’ 2003 G. Kristiansen in R. Dirven et al. Cognitive Models Lang. & Thought i. 101 A number of balanced bilingual speakers were tape-recorded reading a passage of prose in English Canadian and then in French Canadian. B. adj. Now usually with hyphen. Of or relating to the French-speaking people of Canada, or to French Canada. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > Canada > French Canada French1624 Acadian1746 French Canadian1761 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [adjective] > Canadian French1624 French Canadian1761 Canadien1832 Canadian French1835 pan-Canadian1929 1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. II. xxiii. 122 The way in which our French Canadian travellers [Fr. nos Voyageurs François] commonly dress it [sc. maize], is to boil it a little in a sort of lye. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 164 The black tribe, the French Canadian priests. 1822 Kingston (Upper Canada) Chron. 23 Nov. 3/4 The pages of some French Canadian papers. 1853 S. Strickland 27 Years in Canada West I. 39 One pair of our horses were French Canadian. 1897 J. G. Bourinot Canada xxix. 448 The spirit of conciliation and justice..has happily influenced the action of leading English and French Canadian statesmen. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Feb. 106/4 The French-Canadian politicians. 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vi/4 A sharp revival of French-Canadian nationalism. 2002 P. Uppal Divine Econ. Salvation xiii. 129 French-Canadian pastry sold from makeshift wood cabins on the sides of the canal. Derivatives ˌFrench Caˈnadianism n. (advocacy of) the cultural distinctiveness of French Canada or political separatism in Quebec. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > principles or policies Liberal-Conservatism1834 French Canadianism1839 bilingualism1901 Bi and Bi1968 notwithstanding clause1981 1839 London Q. Rev. Jan. 141 Are we to be persuaded that there could not be found twelve men so clear of French Canadianism, as to give an honest verdict according to the evidence? 1864 G. Brown Let. 27 Oct. in J. M. S. Careless Brown on Globe (1963) II. v. 171 Is it not wonderful? French Canadianism entirely extinguished! 1962 I. Fleming Spy who loved Me ii. 28 My family had belonged to the very innermost citadel of French-Canadianism. 2004 G. Melnyk 100 Yrs. Canad. Cinema ix. 129 The young Quebec documentarists..not only challenged English control, they also revolted against Quebec society's traditional French-Canadianism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1698
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