"Mohammedan" meaning in English

See Mohammedan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /məˈhæm.ɪ.dən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /moʊˈhæm.ə.dən/ [General-American], /-n̩/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Mohammed + -an, from the earlier form Mahometan, coined in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mohammed|an}} Mohammed + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Mohammedan (not comparable)
  1. (now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim, Islamic. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Islam Translations (Muslim, Islamic): muhammedansk (english: largely archaic) (Danish), muhamettilainen (Finnish), mahométan (French), mohammedanisch (english: largely obsolete) (German), Mahamadach (Irish), maomettano (Italian), mahometański (Polish), магомета́нский (magometánskij) (Russian), muhammedansk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Mohammedan-en-adj-AdL0AQcw Disambiguation of Islam: 92 3 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 89 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 83 17 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 75 20 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 78 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 20 5 Disambiguation of 'Muslim, Islamic': 100 0
  2. relating to Mohammed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Mohammedan-en-adj-XdVZlgRR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Mohammedan blue, Mohammedanism
Synonyms: Muhammadan, Mahometan, Mahomedan, Mahommedan, Muhammedan, Mohamedan, Muhamedan, Mohametan, Mahommetan, Mohammetan, Moohummudan (alt: all as obsolete as the lemma (Mohammedan)) (english: or more so)

Noun

IPA: /məˈhæm.ɪ.dən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /moʊˈhæm.ə.dən/ [General-American], /-n̩/ [General-American] Forms: Mohammedans [plural]
Etymology: From Mohammed + -an, from the earlier form Mahometan, coined in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mohammed|an}} Mohammed + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mohammedan (plural Mohammedans)
  1. (now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim. Translations (Muslim): muhammedaner (english: largely archaic) [common-gender] (Danish), mahometano (english: largely obsolete) (Esperanto), muhamettilainen (Finnish), mahométan (French), Mohammedaner (english: largely obsolete) [masculine] (German), मुहम्मदी (muhammadī) [masculine] (Hindi), महम्मदा (mahammadā) [masculine] (Hindi), महमदी (mahamdī) [masculine] (Hindi), mohamedán (Hungarian), Mahamadach [masculine] (Irish), maomettano [masculine] (Italian), maomettana [feminine] (Italian), mahometanin [masculine] (Polish), mahometanka [feminine] (Polish), maometano [masculine] (Portuguese), магомета́нин (magometánin) [masculine] (Russian), магомета́нка (magometánka) [feminine] (Russian), muhammedan [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Mohammedan-en-noun-HItDdc1A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Muhammadan, Mahometan, Mahomedan, Mahommedan, Muhammedan, Mohamedan, Muhamedan, Mohametan, Mahommetan, Mohammetan, Moohummudan (alt: all as obsolete as the lemma (Mohammedan)) (english: or more so)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "largely archaic",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "muhammedaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "largely obsolete",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "word": "mahometano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "word": "muhamettilainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "word": "mahométan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "largely obsolete",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mohammedaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muhammadī",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुहम्मदी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahammadā",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महम्मदा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahamdī",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महमदी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "word": "mohamedán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mahamadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maomettano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maomettana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mahometanin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mahometanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maometano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magometánin",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "магомета́нин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magometánka",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магомета́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Muslim",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "muhammedan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mohammedan"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -an",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "en:Islam"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Mohammedan blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mohammedanism"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Mohammed",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Mohammed + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mohammed + -an, from the earlier form Mahometan, coined in the 17th century.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mohammedan (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English offensive terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:",
          "text": "At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Muslim, Islamic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Muslim",
          "Muslim#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "Islamic",
          "Islamic"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "now largely obsolete and offensive",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now largely obsolete and offensive) Muslim, Islamic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relating to Mohammed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mohammed",
          "Mohammed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈhæm.ɪ.dən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/moʊˈhæm.ə.dən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-n̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Muhammadan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mahometan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mahomedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mahommedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muhammedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mohamedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Muhamedan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mohametan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mahommetan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mohammetan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "all as obsolete as the lemma (Mohammedan)",
      "english": "or more so",
      "word": "Moohummudan"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "largely archaic",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "muhammedansk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "muhamettilainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "mahométan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "largely obsolete",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "mohammedanisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "Mahamadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "maomettano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "mahometański"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magometánskij",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "магомета́нский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Muslim, Islamic",
      "word": "muhammedansk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mohammedan"
}

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