Ethiopian

English

Alternative forms

• Æthiopian (archaic)

Etymology

Ethiopia +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Hyphenation: E‧thi‧o‧pi‧an

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.

3. (slang, derogatory) A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.

Holonyms

• sub-Saharan
• Horner, Horn African
• African

Derived terms

• Ethiopian in the woodpile

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Ethiopiër, Etiopiër
• 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 (éfiop)
• Malay: Habsyi
• Marathi: इथियोपियन (ithiyopiyan)
• 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), етіо́п m (etióp), етіо́пка f (etiópka)

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

• Afrikaans: Ethiopies (af), Etiopies
• 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 (éfiop)
• Malay: Habsyi
• Marathi: इथियोपियन (ithiyopiyan)
• 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)