Ethiopian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Ethiopia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Ethiopian
From Ethiopia + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Ethiopians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Æthiopian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: more Ethiopian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Ethiopian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Æthiopian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
pos: noun
examples: Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?
gloss: A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: The Ethiopian eunuch.
gloss: A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
pos: adj
examples: One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community.
A local official, Habtamu Fetena, had earlier told state-run broadcaster, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that children were among the dead and the death toll was likely to increase.
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
examples: Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: Ethiopiër
lang: Afrikaans
word: Etiopiër
lang: Albanian
word: abisinas
lang: Amharic
word: አበሻ
roman: ʾäbäša
lang: Asturian
word: etíope
lang: Asturian
word: etiope
lang: Bengali
word: হাবশী
roman: habśī
lang: Catalan
word: etíop
lang: Czech
word: Etiopan
lang: Danish
word: etiopier
lang: Dutch
word: Ethiopiër
lang: Dutch
word: Ethiopische
lang: Esperanto
word: etiopo
lang: Finnish
word: etiopialainen
lang: French
word: Éthiopien
lang: Galician
word: etíope
lang: German
word: Äthiopier
lang: German
word: Äthiopierin
lang: Greek
word: Αιθίοπας
roman: Aithíopas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: Αἰθίοψ
roman: Aithíops
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻAikiopa
lang: Hindi
word: हब्शी
roman: habśī
lang: Hindi
word: हबशी
roman: habśī
lang: Hindi
word: हबसी
roman: habsī
lang: Hindi
word: हबशिन
roman: habśin
lang: Hungarian
word: etióp
lang: Hungarian
word: etiópiai
lang: Italian
word: etiopico
lang: Italian
word: etiopica
lang: Italian
word: etiope
lang: Kazakh
word: эфиоп
roman: éfiop
lang: Malay
word: Habsyi
lang: Marathi
word: इथियोपियन
roman: ithiyopiyan
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: etiopier
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: etiopiar
lang: Old English
word: Siġelhearwa
lang: Polish
word: Etiopczyk
lang: Polish
word: Etiopka
lang: Portuguese
word: etíope
lang: Punjabi
word: ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ
roman: ithopīāī
lang: Romanian
word: etiopian
lang: Romanian
word: etiopiană
lang: Russian
word: эфио́п
roman: efióp
lang: Russian
word: эфио́пка
roman: efiópka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Етио́пљанин
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Етиопљанка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Etiópljanin
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: Etiopljanka
lang: Spanish
word: etíope
lang: Spanish
word: etiopio
lang: Spanish
word: etiopiano (disused)
lang: Swahili
word: Mhabeshi
lang: Swedish
word: etiopier
lang: Tagalog
word: Etiyope
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኢትዮጵያዊ
roman: ʾityop̣yawi
lang: Tigrinya
word: ኢትዮጵያዊት
roman: ʾityop̣yawit
lang: Turkish
word: Etiyopyalı
lang: Ukrainian
word: ефіо́п
roman: efióp
lang: Ukrainian
word: ефіо́пка
roman: efiópka
lang: Ukrainian
word: етіо́п
roman: etióp
lang: Ukrainian
word: етіо́пка
roman: etiópka