Australian

See also: australian

English

Etymology

From Australia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

(General Australian, Macquarie Dictionary) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/, /əˈstɹeɪljən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹæɪ.ljən/, /əˈstɹæɪ.liː.ən/, /əˈstɹæɪl.jən/, /-ɹɛl-/, /-ɹejə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ən/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jən/
- Audio (RP) (file)
(Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪən/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪlɪjən/
(Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɛliːən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɔˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɑˈstɹɛ.li.ən/, /ɑˈstɹɛl.jən/, /-ɹeɪ(l)-/
Rhymes: -eɪliən
Hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lian

Noun

Australian (plural Australians)

A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 38:
  An Australian was once appointed on contract, but he swore too much.
A person from the continent of Australia.
A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).
(humorous, US) Upside-down.
Australian scrolling
Google's name for a style of scrolling with a mousepad in which the flicking direction is inverted in comparison to the "standard" style
The Australian, an Australian newspaper.

Translations

a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent

Albanian: australian (sq) m
Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ m (ʾusturāliyy), أُسْتُرَالِيَّة‎ f (ʾusturāliyya)
Armenian: ավստրալիացի (avstraliacʿi)
Asturian: australianu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: avstraliyalı
Belarusian: аўстралі́ец m (aŭstralíjec), аўстралі́йка f (aŭstralíjka)
Bulgarian: австрали́ец m (avstralíec), австрали́йка f (avstralíjka)
Catalan: australià (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 澳大利亞人, 澳大利亚人 (ou³ daai⁶ lei⁶ aa³ jan⁴), 澳洲人 (ou³ zau¹ jan⁴)
Mandarin: 澳大利亞人／澳大利亚人 (zh) (Àodàlìyàrén), 澳洲人 (zh) (Àozhōurén)
Czech: Australan (cs) m, Australanka (cs) f
Danish: australier (da) c
Dutch: Australiër (nl) m, Australische (nl) f
Esperanto: aŭstraliano
Estonian: (man or woman) austraallane (et), (woman; no grammatical gender) austraallanna
Faroese: avstraliari m
Finnish: australialainen (fi)
French: Australien (fr) m, Australienne (fr) f
Galician: australiano (gl) m, australiana f
Georgian: ავსტრალიელი (avsṭralieli)
German: Australier (de) m, Australierin (de) f
Greek: Αυστραλός (el) m (Afstralós), Αυστραλέζος (el) m (Afstralézos); Αυστραλή (el) f (Afstralí), Αυστραλέζα (el) f (Afstraléza)
Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרָלִי‎ (he) m (ostráli), אוֹסְטְרָלִית‎ f (ostrálit)
Hindi: आस्ट्रेलियन ? (āsṭreliyan)
Icelandic: Ástrali m, Ástralíubúi m
Irish: Astrálach m
Italian: australiano (it) m
Japanese: オーストラリア人 (ja) (オーストラリアじん, Ōsutorariajin)
Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq)
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii), ជនជាតិអូស្ត្រាលី (cŭən ciət ʾoustraalii)
Korean: 호주 사람 (hoju saram), 호주인(濠洲人) (hoju'in), 오스트레일리아 사람 (oseuteureillia saram), 오스트레일리아인 (oseuteureilliain)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: awistralyayî m or f
Kyrgyz: австралиялык (avstraliyalık), австралиец (avstraliyets)
Latvian: austrālietis m, austrāliete f
Lithuanian: australietis (lt) m, australietė (lt) f, australė (lt) f
Macedonian: Австралиец m (Avstraliec), Австралијка f (Avstralijka)
Maltese: Awstraljan m, Awstraljana f, Awstraljani pl
Manx: Austrailagh
Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलियन ? (ŏsṭreliyan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: australier (no) m
Nynorsk: australiar (nn) m
Occitan: australian (oc) m
Pashto: استراليائي‎ (astraliāyí)
Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
Polish: Australijczyk (pl) m pers, Australijka (pl) f
Portuguese: australiano (pt) m
Romanian: australian (ro) m, australiancă f
Russian: австрали́ец (ru) m (avstralíjec), австрали́йка (ru) f (avstralíjka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Аустра́лац m, Ау̀стра̄лка f, Аустралија́нац m, Аустралѝја̄нка f
Roman: Austrálac (sh) m, Aùstrālka f, Australijánac m, Australìjānka f
Slovak: Austrálčan (sk) m, Austrálčanka (sk) f
Slovene: Australčan m, Avstralec m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: Awstralčan m, Awstralčanka f
Spanish: australiano (es) m, australiana (es) f
Swahili: waustralia (sw)
Swedish: australier (sv) ?, australiensare (sv) ? (male or general), australiensiska (sv) ?, australiska (sv) f
Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
Thai: ชาวออสเตรเลีย (chaao ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
Turkish: Avustralyalı (tr)
Turkmen: awstraliýaly
Ukrainian: австралі́єць (uk) m (avstralíjecʹ), австралі́йка f (avstralíjka)
Uyghur: ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك‎ (awistiraliyelik)
Uzbek: avstraliyalik
Vietnamese: người Úc, người Úc Đại Lợi (dated), người Ô-xtrây-li-a
Volapük: (♂♀) Laustralänan, (♂) hi-Laustralänan, (♀) ji-Laustralänan
Welsh: Awstraliad m
Yiddish: אויסטראַליער‎ m (oystralyer)

a person from the continent of Australia

Catalan: australià (ca) m
Esperanto: aŭstraliano
Galician: australiano (gl) m
Irish: Astrálach m
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii)
Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
Vietnamese: người châu Úc, người Úc châu (dated)
Volapük: (♂♀) Stralopan (vo), (♂) hi-Stralopan (vo), (♀) ji-Stralopan (vo)

a language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English)

Galician: inglés australiano m
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii), អូសេអានី (ʼouseeʼaanii), ភាសាអង់គ្លេសអូស្ត្រាលី (phiəsaa ʼɑngkleeh ʼoustraalii)
Russian: австрали́йский англи́йский m (avstralíjskij anglíjskij)
Vietnamese: tiếng Úc
Volapük: (Australia (country)) Laustralänapük, (Australia (continent)) Stralopapük, (Australia (country) English) Laustraläna-Linglänapük, (Australian (country) English) Linglänapük Laustralänik, (Australia (continent) English) Stralopa-Linglänapük, (Australian (continent) English) Linglänapük Stralopik

Adjective

Australian (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.

Derived terms

Australian Aboriginal
Australian ballot
Australian bear
Australian bug
Australian bumblebee
Australian bush hat
Australian canary
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda)
Australian crawl
Australian crow
Australian dollar
Australian doubles
Australian emperor
Australian English
Australianese
Australian football
Australian green tree frog
Australianism
Australian kiss
Australian Kriol
Australian lime
Australianly
Australian magpie
Australian mockingbird
Australianness
Australian ostrich
Australian painted snipe
Australian paralysis tick
Australian pelican
Australian Pidgin English
Australian pitcher plant
Australian plainhead
Australian rhyming slang
Australian rules
Australian rules football
Australian salute
Australian Shepherd
Australian tiger
Australian warbler
Australian water dragon
Australian white ibis

Translations

of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages

Albanian: australian (sq)
Amharic: አውስትራሊያዊ (ʾäwsətraliyawi)
Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ (ʾusturāliyy)
Armenian: ավստրալիական (hy) (avstraliakan)
Asturian: australianu (ast)
Azerbaijani: avstraliya, avstraliyalı
Belarusian: аўстралі́йскі (aŭstralíjski)
Bengali: অস্ট্রেলিয়ান (ôsṭreliyan)
Bulgarian: австрали́йски (avstralíjski)
Burmese: ဩစတြေးလျ (my) (au:ca.tre:lya.)
Catalan: australià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 澳大利亞的／澳大利亚的 (zh) (Àodàlìyà de), 澳- (zh) (Ào-)
Czech: australský (cs)
Danish: australsk
Dutch: Australisch (nl), Australische (nl)
Esperanto: aŭstralia
Estonian: Austraalia (et), (pertaining to the people) austraalia
Finnish: australialainen (fi)
French: australien (fr)
Galician: australiano (gl)
Georgian: ავსტრალიური (avsṭraliuri)
German: australisch (de)
Greek: αυστραλιανός (el) (afstralianós)
Hawaiian: ʻAukekulelia
Hebrew: אוֹסְטְרָלִי‎ (he) (ostráli)
Hindi: आस्ट्रेलियन (āsṭreliyan), ऑस्ट्रेलियाई (ŏsṭreliyāī)
Hungarian: ausztrál (hu)
Icelandic: ástralskur
Irish: Astrálach
Italian: australiano (it)
Japanese: オーストラリアの (ja) (Ōsutoraria no), 豪- (ja) (ごう-, Gō-)
Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq), аустралия (australiä)
Khmer: អូស្ត្រាលី (km) (ʼoustraalii)
Korean: 호주의 (ko) (hojuui), 오스트레일리아의 (ko) (oseuteureilliaui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: awistralyayî
Kyrgyz: австралиялык (avstraliyalık), австралия (avstraliya)
Lao: ອົດສະຕາລີ (ʼot sa tā lī)
Macedonian: австралиски (avstraliski)
Maltese: l-Awstraljan m
Manx: Austrailagh
Marathi: ऑस्ट्रेलियन (ŏsṭreliyan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: australsk
Occitan: australian (oc)
Pashto: استراليائي‎ (astraliāyí)
Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
Polish: australijski (pl) m
Portuguese: australiano (pt)
Romanian: australian (ro)
Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ау̀стра̄лскӣ
Roman: aùstrālskī (sh)
Slovak: austrálsky (sk)
Slovene: avstralski (sl)
Spanish: australiano (es)
Swahili: waustralia (sw)
Swedish: australiensisk (sv), australisk (sv)
Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
Telugu: ఆస్ట్రేలియను (āsṭrēliyanu)
Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
Turkish: Avustralya (tr), Avustralyalı (tr)
Turkmen: awstraliýaly
Ukrainian: австралі́йський (uk) (avstralíjsʹkyj)
Uyghur: ئاۋىستىرالىيەلىك‎ (awistiraliyelik)
Uzbek: avstraliya, avstraliyalik
Vietnamese: Úc (vi), Úc Đại Lợi (dated), Ô-xtrây-li-a (vi)
Welsh: Awstralaidd
Yiddish: אויסטראַליש‎ (oystralish)
Zhuang: Audaliya, Aucouh

of or pertaining to the country of Australia

Arabic: أُسْتُرَالِيّ‎ (ʾusturāliyy)
Belarusian: аўстралі́йскі (aŭstralíjski)
Bulgarian: австрали́йски (avstralíjski)
Catalan: australià (ca)
Esperanto: aŭstralia
Galician: australiano (gl)
Irish: Astrálach
Kazakh: аустралиялық (australiälyq), аустралия (australiä)
Persian: استرالیایی‎ (ostorâliyâyi)
Polish: australijski (pl) m
Romanian: australian (ro)
Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
Tajik: австралиягӣ (avstraliyagī)
Thai: ออสเตรเลีย (th) (ɔ́s-dtree-liia)
Turkmen: awstraliýaly
Ukrainian: австралі́йський (uk) (avstralíjsʹkyj)
Vietnamese: Úc (vi), Úc Đại Lợi (dated), Ô-xtrây-li-a (vi)
Volapük: Laustralänik (vo)

of or pertaining to the continent of Australia

Catalan: australià (ca)
Esperanto: aŭstralia
Galician: australiano (gl)
Irish: Astrálach
Polish: australijski (pl) m
Romanian: australian (ro)
Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
Vietnamese: châu Úc, Úc châu (dated)
Volapük: Stralopik (vo)

of or pertaining to a person (people) of the country of Australia

Catalan: australià (ca)
Galician: australiano (gl)
Irish: Astrálach
Polish: australijski (pl) m
Romanian: australian (ro)
Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
Volapük: (♂♀) Laustralänanik, (♂) hi-Laustralänanik, (♀) ji-Laustralänanik

of or pertaining to a person (people) of the continent of Australia

Catalan: australià (ca)
Galician: australiano (gl)
Irish: Astrálach
Polish: australijski (pl) m
Romanian: australian (ro)
Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij)
Volapük: (♂♀) Stralopanik, (♂) hi-Stralopanik, (♀) ji-Stralopanik

of or pertaining to a language (languages) of Australia (country or continent); Australian English

Catalan: australià (ca)
Galician: inglés australiano
Vietnamese: tiếng Úc
Volapük: (country) Laustralänapükik, (continent) Stralopapükik, (Australia (country)) Laustraläna-Linglänapükik, (Australia (continent)) Stralopa-Linglänapükik

Related terms

Aussie (“an Australian (person)”, colloquial)
austral
Australia
Australiana
Australianism

Anagrams

Saturnalia, saturnalia

Basque

Proper noun

Australian

inessive indefinite of Australia

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯strɑ(ː)liɑn/, [ˈɑu̯s̠t̪rɑ(ː)ˌliɑn]
Rhymes: -iɑn
Syllabification^(key): aust‧ra‧li‧an

Proper noun

Australian

genitive singular of Australia
Australian pääkaupunkiterritorio ― Australian Capital Territory