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Mexican

Mex·ic·an/ˈmɛksək(ə)n/noun, adjective

Mexican is spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables (Mex·ic·an). It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Mexican means “A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Mexican is Mexicans or Mexican@s.

How many letters and syllables are in Mexican?

Letters7: M-E-X-I-C-A-N
Syllables3: Mex·ic·an
In writing26 times per million words; the 3,558th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Mexican?

Mexican appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,558th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Mexican?

  • UK /ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/
  • US /ˈmɛksək(ə)n/
  • /ˈmɛksəkɪn/

Mexican has 3 syllables, split Mex·ic·an in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-Mexican.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of Mexican

  • Mexicans plural
  • more Mexican comparative
  • most Mexican superlative
  • Mexican@s plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Mexican mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteA Mexica; an Aztec.

    The Aztecheſe, or Mexicans, were the laſt who arrived in Anahuac.

  2. 2

    obsoleteThe Nahuatl language.

  3. 3

    A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.

  4. 4

    The Mexican dialect of Spanish.

  5. 5

    USoffensiveslangA person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.

    What kind of Mexican are you?

  6. 6

    AustraliaslangA Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).

  7. 7

    AustraliaslangA person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.

  8. 8

    Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.

    I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?

adjective

  1. 1

    obsoleteOf or pertaining to the Mexica people.

  2. 2

    obsoleteOf or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

  3. 3

    Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Mexican in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
FrenchMexicain, Mexicaine (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent), mexicain (of or pertaining to Mexico)
GermanMexikaner, Mexikanerin (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent), mexikanisch (of or pertaining to Mexico)
Portuguesemexicano, mexicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent)
Spanishmexicano, mejicano, mexicana, mejicana (person from Mexico or of Mexican descent), latino, hispano (person of any Spanish-speaking country)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Mexican come from?

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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