Definition of english

What does the word english mean?

• part of speech: verb transitive

  (archaic, affected). Render into English.

• part of speech: adjective, noun

  Of England; the English (people, soldiers, &c.); Englishman, -woman, one who is English by birth, descent, or naturalization; of, written or spoken in, the English language; (n.) the English language (also the king\'s, queen\'s, E., as mishandle the kings E.); old English (ending about 1150); Middle English (ending 1500); in plain E., in plain words; size of TYPE; Early English STYLE. [old English]