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Zimbabwean en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/zɪmˈbɑːb.wi.ən/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *mbá Shona imbá Proto-Bantu *ìbʊ̀è Shona ibwe Shona dzimba-dze-mabweder. English Zimbabwe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Zimbabwean From Zimbabwe + -an.

Meanings

Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people.
- ‘Oh Dick! You’re a poet, although you don’t know it!’ Belinda, with that annoying Zimbabwean habit of repeating clichés as though they were a novel observation, made her way towards Dick bearing a gin and tonic. 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 288:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more Zimbabwean	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most Zimbabwean	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

Zimbabwean dollar

Translations (23)

af Zimbabwies (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · sw Kizimbabwe (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · nn zimbabwisk (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · de simbabwisch (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · es zimbabuense (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · sv zimbabwisk (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · uk зімбабві́йський (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · fr zimbabwéen (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · pl zimbabweński (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · cs zimbabwský (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · pt zimbabueano (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · fi zimbabwelainen (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · it zimbabwese (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · ast zimbabuanu (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · kk зимбабвелік (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · pl zimbabwejski (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · ga Siombábach (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · pt zimbabweano (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · ca zimbabuès (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · nb zimbabwisk (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · pt zimbabuense (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · ro zimbabwian (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) · ru зимбабви́йский (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people)

Zimbabwean en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/zɪmˈbɑːb.wi.ən/
(Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Meanings

A person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.
- We were, practically to a person, young Zimbabweans who had no parental backing but who had acquired the means through some sort of tenacity, however dubious, to lodge at the respectable hostel. 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 269:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Zimbabweans	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan · African

Translations (36)

ro zimbabwian (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · de Simbabwer (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · tr Zimbabveli (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ru зимбабви́йка (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ca zimbabuès (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · pl Zimbabwenka (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · fr Zimbabwéenne (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · nb zimbabwer (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ru жи́тель Зимба́бве (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · kk зимбабвелік (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · eo zimbabvanino (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ru жи́тельница Зимба́бве (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · eo zimbabvano (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ga Siombábach (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · sk Zimbabwan (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · sv zimbabwiska (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · pt zimbabuense (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ro zimbabwiană (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · pt zimbabweano (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ast zimbabuanu (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · de Simbabwerin (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · sv zimbabwier (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · af Zimbabwiër (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · cs Zimbabwan (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · pt zimbabueano (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ast zimbabuana (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · fi zimbabwelainen (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · es zimbabuense (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · nn zimbabwar (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · pl Zimbabweńczyk (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · sw Mzimbabwe (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · it zimbabwese (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · fr Zimbabwéen (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · da zimbabwer (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · vo Zimbabiyänan (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) · ru зимбабви́ец (a person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent)