Ethiopian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Αἰθῐ́οψ (Aithĭ́ops) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́α (-ĭ́a) Ancient Greek Αἰθῐοπῐ́ᾱ (Aithĭopĭ́ā)bor. Latin Aethiopiabor. English Aethiopia English Ethiopia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Ethiopian From Ethiopia + -an.
Meanings
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Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
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.
2024 July 23, Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, “More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides”, in CNN: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.
2018 February 20, Adesola Akinleye, Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, →ISBN, page 195:
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(dated, not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.
2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 314:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more Ethiopian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| Æthiopian | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| most Ethiopian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Ethiopianize · Ethiopian cardamom · Ethiopian eggplant · Ethiopianization · Ethiopian nightshade · Ethiopianness · Ethiopian Catholic
Synonyms
Translations (53)
ast etiópicu (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ca etiòpic (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · kk эфиоптық (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hi हबशी (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ca etíop (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ast etiope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · it etiope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · sh etiopljanski (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · af Etiopies (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · uk ефіо́пський (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · sv etiopisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hi हब्शी (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hu etiópiai (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · pl etiopski (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · haw ʻAikiopa (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · pt etiópico (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · it etiopico (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · kk эфиопиялық (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · es etiopio (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hi हबसी (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · gl etíope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · sh етиопљански (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · grc Αἰθιοπικός (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · da etiopisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · pa ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · nn etiopisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · pt etíope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · am ሐበሻ (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ang Siġelhearwen (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ro etiopian (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · be эфіо́пскі (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · es etíope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · bn হাবশী (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · mr इथियोपियन (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · eo etiopa (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hu etióp (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · nl Ethiopisch (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · de äthiopisch (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · hi हबशिन (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · cs etiopský (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · sw Kihabeshi (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · fi etiopialainen (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · tl Etiyope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ms Habsyi (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · fr éthiopien (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ast etíope (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · es etiopiano (disused) (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · af Ethiopies (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · nb etiopisk (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · el αιθιοπικός (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ti ኢትዮጵያዊ (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ru эфио́пский (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia) · ti ኢትዮጵያዊት (of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia)