Nigerien

See also: nigérien and Nigérien

English

Etymology

From French nigérien, from Niger + -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪˌdʒɪɹiˈɛn/
• IPA^(key): /niːˈʒɛəɹɪən/

Noun

Nigerien (plural Nigeriens)

1. A person from Niger or of Nigerien descent.

Usage notes

• The term Nigerois occasionally appears (in Merriam-Webster, older editions of the CIA World Factbook, and The New York Times style guide), but since that is not used by the people of Niger themselves, Nigerien is preferred.
• Nigerien is distinguished from Nigerian, which denotes a person from Nigeria.

Synonyms

• Nigerois

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Nigerees, Nigeryn
• Czech: Nigeřan (cs) m
• Dutch: Nigerees (nl) m, Nigerese (nl) f
• Esperanto: niĝerano (man or woman), niĝerlandano (man or woman), niĝeranino (woman), niĝerlandanino (woman)
• Finnish: nigeriläinen (fi)
• French: Nigérien (fr) m, Nigérienne (fr) f
• Galician: nixerino (gl) m
• German: Nigrer (de) m, Nigrerin (de) f
• Irish: Nígireach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nigerer m

  Nynorsk: nigerar (nn) m

• Portuguese: nigerino (pt) m, nigerina f
• Russian: ниге́рец (ru) m (nigérec), ниге́рка f (nigérka)
• Spanish: nigerino (es) m, nigerina (es) f
• Swahili: Mnijeri (sw)
• Swedish: nigerier (sv) c, nigerer (sv) c
• Turkish: Nijerli (tr)

Adjective

Nigerien (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Niger or the Nigerien people.

Translations

pertaining to Niger

• Afrikaans: Nigers, Nigeryns
• Czech: nigerský (cs)
• Dutch: Nigerees (nl)
• Finnish: nigeriläinen (fi)
• Galician: nixerino (gl)
• German: nigrisch (de)
• Irish: Nígireach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nigersk

  Nynorsk: nigersk (nn)

• Russian: ни́герский (ru) (nígerskij), ниге́рский (ru) (nigérskij)
• Spanish: nigerino (es)
• Swahili: Kinijeri
• Swedish: nigerisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ні́герський (níhersʹkyj)

See also

• Nigerian

Anagrams

• enginrie