"Cadien" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /kadjɛ̃/ [Louisiana], /kadʒɛ̃/ [Louisiana] Forms: Cadiens [plural], Cadienne [feminine], Cadjin [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛ̃ Etymology: See cadien. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} Cadien m (plural Cadiens, feminine Cadienne)
  1. (male) Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in southern Louisiana) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Cadien-fr-noun-EvU5enBH
  2. (Louisiana) person of any origin (generally, but not necessarily, White) who speaks Cajun French (i.e. Louisiana French) Tags: Louisiana, masculine
    Sense id: en-Cadien-fr-noun-9rMtCaxK Categories (other): Louisiana French, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 66 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 58 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 58 20
  3. (Louisiana, dated, derogatory) lower class or illiterate francophone of Louisiana Tags: Louisiana, dated, derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-Cadien-fr-noun-LTH7XVKB Categories (other): Louisiana French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cadien ventre jaune (english: lazy Cajun)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lazy Cajun",
      "translation": "lazy Cajun",
      "word": "Cadien ventre jaune"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See cadien.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cadiens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cadienne",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cadjin",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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            [
              43,
              49
            ]
          ],
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            [
              41,
              46
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Me, I can’t say that I grew up as a poor Cajun on the verge of starvation.",
          "ref": "2010, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 98:",
          "text": "Moi, je peux pas dire que j’étais élevé un Cadien pauvre à la crève de faim.",
          "translation": "Me, I can’t say that I grew up as a poor Cajun on the verge of starvation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "/kadjɛ̃/",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kadʒɛ̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ̃"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadien"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadiens"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadiens"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadjin"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadjin"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadjins"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadjins"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dewey Balfa"
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃/2 syllables"
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    {
      "english": "lazy Cajun",
      "translation": "lazy Cajun",
      "word": "Cadien ventre jaune"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "Cadienne",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
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              46
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          "text": "Moi, je peux pas dire que j’étais élevé un Cadien pauvre à la crève de faim.",
          "translation": "Me, I can’t say that I grew up as a poor Cajun on the verge of starvation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "/kadjɛ̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kadʒɛ̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ̃"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadien"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadiens"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadiens"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadjin"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadjin"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cadjins"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Cadjins"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dewey Balfa"
  ],
  "word": "Cadien"
}

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