Tunisian

See also: tunisian

English

Etymology

From Tunisia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tuːˈnɪzi.ən/, /tuːˈnɪʒən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /tjuːˈnɪzi.ən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Tunisian (plural Tunisians)

1. A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.
   • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

     WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.

Translations

person from Tunisia

• Afrikaans: Tunisiër
• Arabic: تُونُسِيّ m (tūnusiyy), تُونِسِيّ m (tūnisiyy), تُونُسِيَّة f (tūnusiyya), تُونِسِيَّة f (tūnisiyya)
• Bulgarian: тунезиец m (tuneziec)
• Catalan: tunisià (ca) m, tunisiana (ca) f
• Czech: Tunisan (cs) m, Tunisanka (cs) f
• Danish: tuneser (da) c
• Dutch: Tunesiër (nl) m, Tunesische (nl) f
• Esperanto: tuniziano (man or woman), tunizianino (woman)
• Finnish: tunisialainen (fi)
• French: Tunisien (fr) m, Tunisienne (fr) f
• Galician: tunisiano m
• German: Tunesier (de) m, Tunesierin (de) f
• Greek: Τυνήσιος (el) m (Tynísios)
• Hungarian: tunéziai (hu)
• Italian: tunisino (it)
• Latvian: tunisietis m, tunisiete f
• Lithuanian: tunisietis (lt) m, tunisietė (lt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunisier (no) m

  Nynorsk: tunisiar (nn) m

• Polish: Tunezyjczyk (pl) m, Tunezyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tunisiano (pt) m
• Romanian: tunisian (ro) m, tunisiană (ro) f
• Russian: туни́сец (ru) m (tunísec), туни́ска (ru) f (tuníska)
• Slovak: Tunisan (sk) m, Tunisanka f
• Slovene: Tunizijec m, Tunizijka f
• Spanish: tunecino (es)
• Swahili: Mtunisi
• Swedish: tunisier (sv) c
• Turkish: Tunuslu (tr)

Adjective

Tunisian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.
   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

Translations

pertaining to Tunisia

• Afrikaans: Tunisies
• Arabic: تُونُسِيّ (tūnusiyy), تُونِسِيّ (tūnisiyy)
• Bulgarian: туниски (tuniski)
• Catalan: tunisià (ca)
• Czech: tuniský (cs)
• Danish: tunesisk
• Dutch: Tunesisch (nl)
• Esperanto: tunizia
• Finnish: tunisialainen (fi)
• French: tunisien (fr)
• Galician: tunisiano
• German: tunesisch (de)
• Greek: τυνησιακός (el) (tynisiakós)
• Hungarian: tunéziai (hu)
• Italian: tunisino (it)
• Latvian: tunisiešu
• Lithuanian: tunisiečių
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tunisisk (no)

  Nynorsk: tunisisk (nn)

• Polish: tunezyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: tunisiano (pt)
• Romanian: tunisian (ro)
• Russian: туни́сский (ru) (tunísskij)
• Slovak: tuniský (sk)
• Slovene: tunizijski (sl)
• Spanish: tunecino (es)
• Swahili: Kitunisi
• Swedish: tunisisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: туні́ський (uk) (tunísʹkyj)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tunis̺ian/ [t̪u.ni.s̺i.ãn]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: Tu‧ni‧si‧an

Proper noun

Tunisian

1. inessive indefinite of Tunisia