On emploie deux types de mots pour parler des nationalités:
- l'adjectif (ex: French, English, German...)
- le nom qui désigne une personne de la nationalité en question (ex : a German, an Australian, a Greek...)
Quelques exemples:
| Pays | Adjectif | Nom |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian | an Australian |
| Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian |
| Brazil | Brazilian | a Brazilian |
| Britain | British | a Briton/ a Britisher |
| Canada | Canadian | a Canadian |
| China | Chinese | a Chinese |
| Denmark | Danish | a Dane |
| England | English | an Englishman/ an Englishwoman |
| Finland | Finnish | a Finn |
| France | French | a Frenchman/ a Frenchwoman |
| Germany | German | a German |
| Greece | Greek | a Greek |
| Holland | Dutch | a Dutchman/ a Dutchwoman |
| Hungary | Hungarian | a Hungarian |
| India | Indian | an Indian |
| Iran | Iranian | an Iranian |
| Ireland | Irish | an Irishman/ an Irishwoman |
| Israel | Israeli | an Israeli |
| Japan | Japanese | a Japanese |
| Mexico | Mexican | a Mexican |
| Morocco | Moroccan | a Moroccan |
| Norway | Norwegian | a Norwegian |
| Poland | Polish | a Pole |
| Portugal | Portuguese | a Portuguese |
| Russia | Russian | a Russian |
| Scotland | Scottish/Scotch | a Scot |
| Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard |
| Sweden | Swedish | a Swede |
| Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss |
| Turkey | Turkish | a Turk |
| The USA | American | an American |
| Vietnam | Vietnamese | a Vietnamese |
| Wales | Welsh | a Welshman/ a Welshwoman |
| Zambia | Zambian | a Zambian |
A noter que l'adjectif est employé normalement pour désigner la langue (ex : English, French...) et qu'il s'écrit avec une majuscule, comme tous les mots qui se rapportent à la nationalité.