Irregular demonym
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An irregular demonym is a demonym that is irregular, that is the demonym is different to the nationality adjective. There are a few of these in English, mostly relating to countries and territories in Europe. Some of these have separate masculine and feminine forms which form masculine-feminine pairs ending "-man" and "-woman" respectively, though others are dual gender.
List[edit | edit source]
| Place | Adjective | Demonym | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Britain/the United Kingdom | British | Briton (formal), Brit (informal) | |
| Cornwall | Cornish | Cornishman | Cornishwoman |
| Denmark | Danish | Dane | |
| England | English | Englishman | Englishwoman |
| Finland | Finnish | Finn | |
| France | French | Frenchman | Frenchwoman |
| Ireland | Irish | Irishman | Irishwoman |
| Isle of Man | Manx | Manxman | Manxwoman |
| Netherlands | Dutch | Dutchman | Dutchwoman |
| Poland | Polish | Pole | |
| Scotland | Scottish or Scots | Scot | |
| Scotsman | Scotswoman | ||
| Spain | Spanish | Spaniard | |
| Sweden | Swedish | Swede | |
| Turkey | Turkish | Turk | |
| Wales | Welsh | Welshman | Welshwoman |
| Yorkshire | Yorkshire | Yorkshireman | Yorkshirewoman |
Pedagogy[edit | edit source]
Generally these just have to be learnt.
