american

Pronunciation: [ә'merikәn]

Average Rank: 623

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 美国人 a. 美国的, 美洲的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a native or inhabitant of the United States
  • n. a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
  • a. of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: americans

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#147

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1169

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 88.3% (Top 88.3% most frequent)
88.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#554

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.5% (Top 94.5% most frequent)
94.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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