Beninese

See also: beninese

English edit

From Benin +‎ -ese.

Beninese (plural Beninese)

A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan
- 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148:
  “They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Beninese", "writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Beninese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Beninese cuisine as a Beninese person").

person

Afrikaans: Beninees
Belarusian: бенінец m (bjeninjec), бенінка f (bjeninka)
Catalan: beninès m
Czech: Beninec (cs) m
Dutch: Beniner (nl) m, Beninse (nl) f
Finnish: beniniläinen (fi)
French: Béninois (fr) m, Béninoise (fr) f
Galician: beninés (gl)
German: Beniner (de) m, Beninerin (de) f
Hungarian: benini (hu)
Icelandic: Beníni m
Italian: beninese m or f
Marathi: बेनिनी (beninī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beniner m

Nynorsk: beninar (nn) m
Polish: Benińczyk (pl) m pers, Beninka (pl) f
Portuguese: beninense (pt) m or f
Romanian: beninez (ro) m, benineză (ro) f
Russian: бени́нец (ru) m (benínec), бени́нка (ru) f (benínka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бени́нац m, Бенинка f

Roman: Benínac (sh) m, Beninka f
Spanish: beninés (es) m, beninesa (es) f
Swedish: beninier (sv) c, beninska (sv) c
Turkish: Beninli (tr)
Ukrainian: бенінець m (beninecʹ), бенінка f (beninka)

Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)

of, from, or pertaining to Benin

Beninese

Beninese