-ian

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /i.ən/

Suffix

Suffix -ian

1. When you add -ian to a noun, you create an adjective or a noun that means "of or related to" that noun, often used to show nationality, profession, or relationship.

   A musician is someone who makes music.

   An Italian is someone from Italy.

   A Historian is a person who studies history.

   If someone or something is Canadian they're from Canada.

   A Freudian idea is one related to Sigmund Freud.

Related words

• -an