Nigerien

See also: nigérien, and Nigérien

English

Etymology

From French nigérien, from Niger + -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪˌdʒɪɹiˈɛn/^[1]
• IPA^(key): /niːˈʒɛəɹɪən/^[2]

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.^[3][4]
• 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 Fula: please add this translation if you can Galician: nixerino (gl) m German: Nigrer (de) m, Nigrerin (de) f Hausa: please add this translation if you can Irish: Nígireach m Kanuri: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: nigerer m Nynorsk: nigerar (nn) m Polish: Nigerczyk (pl) m, Nigerka (pl) f 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 Tuareg: please add this translation if you can Turkish: Nijerli (tr) Zarma: please add this translation if you can

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) Fula: please add this translation if you can Galician: nixerino (gl) German: nigrisch (de) Hausa: please add this translation if you can Irish: Nígireach Kanuri: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: nigersk Nynorsk: nigersk (nn) Polish: nigerski (pl) Portuguese: nigerino (pt) Russian: ни́герский (ru) (nígerskij), ниге́рский (ru) (nigérskij) Spanish: nigerino (es) Swahili: Kinijeri Swedish: nigerisk (sv) Tuareg: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: ні́герський (níhersʹkyj) Zarma: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Nigerian

References

1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary
2. “nigerien”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. How Do You Pronounce "Niger"? by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com
4. So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

Anagrams

• enginrie