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NEWFOUNDLANDER [5 records]

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Record 1 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-terme resident of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

OBS

Plural forms: Newfoundlanders and Labradorians; Newfoundlanders; Labradorians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née dans la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador ou qui y habite.

OBS

Formes plurielles : Terre-Neuviens-et-Labradoriens; Terre-Neuviennes-et-Labradoriennes; Terreneuviens-et-Labradoriens; Terreneuviennes-et-Labradoriennes; Terre-Neuviens; Terre-Neuviennes; Terreneuviens; Terreneuviennes; Labradoriens; Labradoriennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A person who engages in cod fishing on the Newfoundland Banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Marin qui fait la pêche à la morue sur les bancs de Terre-Neuve.

OBS

Le terme [terre-neuva] créé au début de XXe siècle a remplacé son synonyme plus ancien, terre-neuvier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 3 2021-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Navire pêchant la morue à Terre-Neuve.

OBS

Le terme [terre-neuva] créé au début de XXe siècle a remplacé son synonyme plus ancien, terre-neuvier.

Spanish

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Record 4 2021-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A proposition for the adjective meaning "Coming from, of, or having to do with the province or the people of Newfoundland and Labrador," as the province is designated since December 6, 2001; the ethnonym (and corresponding adjective) proposed comes from the reading of the abbreviation of the new name of the province, "N.L.," plus the suffix "er," and the fact that contractions or shortened forms are more popular than long designations.

OBS

In English, the noun and the adjective have the same spelling, though the adjective never takes the form of the plural.

OBS

One can still distinguish between what is linked to the inhabitant of the island of Newfoundland, "Newfoundlander," and what has to do with the inhabitant of continental Labrador, "Labradorian."

Key term(s)
  • Newfoundlander
  • Labradorian

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Proposition pour l'adjectif devant signifier «Qui provient de la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, la concerne ou lui est propre, ou l'est à ses habitants», selon le nom qu'a pris cette dernière le 6 décembre 2001; on obtient le gentilé (et l'adjectif correspondant) en lisant l'abréviation du nouveau nom de la province, «T.-N.-L.», et y ajoutant le suffixe «ien, ienne», sur le modèle de «Ténois, Ténoise» (et les adjectifs correspondants, «ténois, ténoise») qui s'est imposé d'après l'abréviation «T.N.-O.» et l'ajout du suffixe «ois, oise» pour l'habitant des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, ce qui lui est propre ou le concerne.

OBS

Forme plurielle : téneliens, téneliennes. Dans un nom de peuple, ne pas confondre le substantif, nom de personne, qui demande la majuscule initiale, et l'adjectif, un qualifiant, qui appelle la minuscule.

OBS

On peut encore distinguer entre ce qui est propre à l'insulaire habitant l'île de Terre-Neuve, «terre-neuvien, terre-neuvienne», et ce qui l'est à l'habitant du Labrador continental, «labradorien, labradorienne».

Key term(s)
  • terre-neuvien
  • terre-neuvienne
  • labradorien
  • labradorienne

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Coming from, of, or having to do with Newfoundland or its people.

OBS

"Newlander," the variant of "Newfoundlander," was advanced by news paper writers after World War II because the residents objected to the informal terms "Newf" and "Newfie."

OBS

"Newfie" is still common and used with some affection by Newfoundlanders. Newfie, Newf: Informal usage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui provient de Terre-Neuve, la concerne ou lui est propre, ou l'est à ses habitants.

OBS

Formes plurielles : terre-neuviens, terre-neuviennes.

Spanish

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