Ethiopian

Ethiopian

English

Alternative forms

• Æthiopian (archaic)

Etymology

Ethiopia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiːθiˈəʊpi.ən/

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Noun

Ethiopian (plural Ethiopians)

1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
2. (dated) A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.

   The Ethiopian eunuch.

Holonyms

• sub-Saharan
• Horner, Horn African
• African

Translations

person

Albanian: abisinas (sq) m Amharic: አበሻ (ʾäbäša) Bengali: হাবশী (bn) (habśī) Catalan: etíop (ca) m or f Czech: Etiopan (cs) m Danish: etiopier c Dutch: Ethiopiër (nl) m, Ethiopische (nl) f Esperanto: etiopo Finnish: etiopialainen (fi) French: Éthiopien (fr) Galician: etíope m German: Äthiopier (de) m, Äthiopierin (de) f Greek: Αιθίοπας (el) m (Aithíopas) Ancient: Αἰθίοψ m (Aithíops) Hawaiian: ʻAikiopa Hindi: हब्शी m (habśī), हबशी (hi) m (habśī), हबसी (hi) m (habsī), हबशिन (hi) f (habśin) Italian: etiopico (it) m, etiopica (it) f, etiope (it) m or f Kazakh: эфиоп (efiop) Malay: Habsyi Norwegian: Bokmål: etiopier (no) m Nynorsk: etiopiar (nn) m Old English: Siġelhearwa m Polish: Etiopczyk (pl) m, Etiopka (pl) f Portuguese: etíope (pt) m or f Punjabi: ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ (ithopīāī) Romanian: etiopian (ro) m, etiopiană (ro) f Russian: эфио́п (ru) m (efióp), эфио́пка (ru) f (efiópka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Етио́пљанин m, Етиопљанка f Roman: Etiópljanin (sh) m, Etiopljanka f Spanish: etíope (es) m or f Swahili: Mhabeshi (sw) Swedish: etiopier (sv) Tagalog: Etiyope Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያዊ m (ʾityop̣yawi), ኢትዮጵያዊት f (ʾityop̣yawit) Turkish: Etiyopyalı (tr) Ukrainian: ефіо́п m (efióp), ефіо́пка f (efiópka)

Adjective

Ethiopian (comparative more Ethiopian, superlative most Ethiopian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
2. (dated, not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
   • 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 314:

     Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.

Synonyms

• Ethiopic

Derived terms

• Ethiopianness
• Ethiopianization
• Ethiopianize

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia

Amharic: ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša) Belarusian: эфіо́пскі (efiópski) Bengali: হাবশী (bn) (habśī) Catalan: etiòpic (ca), etíop (ca) Czech: etiopský (cs) Danish: etiopisk Dutch: Ethiopisch (nl) Esperanto: etiopa Finnish: etiopialainen (fi) French: éthiopien (fr) Galician: etíope German: äthiopisch (de) Greek: αιθιοπικός (aithiopikós) Ancient: Αἰθιοπικός (Aithiopikós) Hawaiian: ʻAikiopa Hindi: हब्शी m (habśī), हबशी (hi) m (habśī), हबसी (hi) m (habsī), हबशिन (hi) f (habśin) Italian: etiope (it), etiopico (it) Kazakh: эфиоп (efiop) Malay: Habsyi Norwegian: Bokmål: etiopisk (no) Nynorsk: etiopisk (nn) Old English: Siġelhearwen Polish: etiopski (pl) Portuguese: etíope (pt), etiópico Punjabi: ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ (ithopīāī) Romanian: etiopian (ro) Russian: эфио́пский (ru) (efiópskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: етиопљански Roman: etiopljanski Spanish: etíope (es) Swahili: Kihabeshi Swedish: etiopisk (sv) Tagalog: Etiyope Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያዊ m (ʾityop̣yawi), ኢትዮጵያዊት f (ʾityop̣yawit) Ukrainian: ефіо́пський (efiópsʹkyj)