| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ean, - an element used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ea: crustacean.
- Latin -ē(us) (Greek -eios), -ae(us) (Greek -aios), -e(us) + -an
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ean suffix forming adjectives - : Caesarean
a variant of -an
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -an, -ean, -ian suffix - (forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from: European
- (forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of: Elizabethan
- (forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of: Christian
- (forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in: dietitian, phonetician
Etymology: from Latin -ānus, suffix of adjectives |