Burkinabe

See also: burkinabé, burkinabè, and Burkinabé

English

Alternative forms

• Burkinabé

Etymology

Via French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/, /bɜɹˌkinəˈbeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜː(ɹ)kiːnəˈbeɪ/, /bɜː(ɹ)ˌkiːnəˈbeɪ/

Noun

Burkinabe (plural Burkinabes)

1. A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person from Burkina Faso

• Afrikaans: Burkinees, Burkiniër
• Catalan: burkinès m
• Dutch: Burkinees (nl) m, Burkinese (nl) f
• Finnish: burkinafasolainen
• French: Burkinabè (fr)
• Galician: burkinense m or f
• German: Burkiner (de) m, Burkinerin (de) f, Burkinabé m or f
• Hungarian: Burkina Fasó-i
• Italian: burkinabè m or f
• Polish: Burkińczyk (pl) m pers, Burkinka (pl) f
• Spanish: burkinés (es)

Adjective

Burkinabe (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe people or the Burkinabe language.

Translations

from Burkina Faso

• Afrikaans: Burkinees, Burkinies
• Catalan: burkinès
• Dutch: Burkinees (nl)
• Finnish: burkinafasolainen
• French: burkinabè (fr)
• Galician: burkinense
• German: burkinisch (de), burkinabè
• Hungarian: Burkina Fasó-i
• Polish: burkiński (pl) m
• Spanish: burkinés (es)