单词 | ian |
释义 | Ian[ ee-uhn, ee-ahn, ahy-uhn ] / ˈi ən, ˈi ɑn, ˈaɪ ən / nouna male given name, Scottish form of John. Definition for Ian (2 of 2)-ian a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an, though-ian is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: Orwellian; Washingtonian. Origin of -ianExtracted from Latin loanwords in which -ānus (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; see -an Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Ian-ian suffixa variant of -an Etonian; Johnsonian Word Origin for -ianfrom Latin -iānus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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