English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Middle French Albanien , from Old French Albanie ( “ Albania ” ) , from Medieval Latin Albania , from Vulgar Latin Albanus ( “ Albanian ” ) , from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί ( Albanoí , “ a southern Illyrian tribe ” ) . Compare old Albanian endonym arbën , arbër ( “ Albanian ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective
Albanian (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to Albania , the Albanian people or the Albanian language.
Translations
of or pertaining to Albania
Albanian: shqip (sq)
Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ ( ʔalbāniyy )
Armenian: ալբանական (hy) ( albanakan )
Asturian: albanés (ast)
Basque: albaniar
Belarusian: алба́нскі m ( albánski )
Catalan: albanès (ca)
Valencian: albanés (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: ( of Albania ) 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 ( aa3 ji5 baa1 nei4 aa3 dik1 )
Mandarin: ( of Albania ) 阿爾巴尼亞的 / 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) , 阿尔巴尼亚的 (zh) ( Āěrbāníyà de ) ; ( of the Albanian people ) 阿爾巴尼亞人的 / 阿尔巴尼亚人的 (zh) , 阿尔巴尼亚人的 (zh) ( Āěrbāníyà rén de ) ; ( of the Albanian language ) 阿爾巴尼亞語的 / 阿尔巴尼亚语的 (zh) , 阿尔巴尼亚语的 (zh) ( Āěrbāníyà yǔ de )
Czech: albánský (cs)
Dutch: Albanees (nl) , Albanese (nl)
Esperanto: albana (eo)
Estonian: albaania , Albaania (et)
Faroese: albanskur
Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
French: albanais (fr)
Friulian: albanês
Galician: albanés (gl)
Georgian: ალბანეთის ( albanetis ) , ალბანური ( albanuri )
German: albanisch (de)
Greek: αλβανικός (el) m ( alvanikós )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אלבני m ( albáni )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan ) , अल्बानियाई (hi) ( albāniyāī )
Hungarian: albán (hu) , albániai
Icelandic: albanskur (is)
Interlingua: albanese
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Irish: Albánach
Italian: albanese (it)
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Latin: albanicus
Latvian: albāņu , albānisks
Lithuanian: albaniškas (lt) m , albaniška (lt) f
Malay: Albania
Maltese: Albaniż m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albansk (no)
Nynorsk: albansk (nn)
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Polish: albański (pl)
Portuguese: albanês (pt)
Romanian: albanez (ro)
Romansch: albanais
Russian: алба́нский (ru) ( albánskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ
Roman: àlbānskī
Sicilian: arbanisi (scn)
Slovak: albánsky (sk)
Slovene: albánski (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: albanski (hsb) m
Spanish: albanés (es)
Swedish: albansk (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
Ukrainian: алба́нський (uk) m ( albánsʹkyj )
Venetian: albanexe (vec) , arbanexe
Yiddish: אַלבאַניש m ( albanish )
Noun
Albanian (countable and uncountable , plural Albanians )
( countable ) A person from Albania or of Albanian descent .
Synonyms
Translations
person from Albania
Albanian: shqiptar (sq) m , shqiptare (sq) f , ( Old Albanian ) arbën m , arbër (sq) m , Arbëreshë (sq)
Arabic: أَلْبَانِيّ m ( ʔalbāniyy ) , أَلْبَانِيَّة (ar) f ( ʔalbāniyya )
Armenian: ալբանացի (hy) ( albanacʻi )
Asturian: albanés (ast) m
Basque: albaniar
Belarusian: алба́нец m ( albánjec ) , алба́нка f ( albánka )
Catalan: albanès (ca) m , albanesa (ca) f
Valencian: albanés (ca) m , albanesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞人 / 阿尔巴尼亚人 (zh) ( Ā'ěrbāníyà rén ) , 阿尔巴尼亚人 (zh) ( Āěrbāníyà rén )
Crimean Tatar: arnavut
Czech: Albánec (cs) m , Albánka (cs) f
Dutch: Albanees (nl) m , Albanese (nl) f
Esperanto: albano
Estonian: albaanlane m or f , albaanlanna f
Faroese: albani m or f
Finnish: albanialainen (fi)
French: Albanais (fr) m , Albanaise (fr) f
Galician: albanés (gl) m , albanesa f
Georgian: ალბანელი ( albaneli )
German: Albanier (de) m , Albanierin (de) f
Greek: Αλβανός (el) m ( Alvanós ) , Αλβανή f ( Alvaní ) , Αλβανίδα f ( Alvanída )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אלבני m ( albani ) , אלבנית f ( albanit )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan )
Hungarian: albán (hu)
Icelandic: Albani m
Interlingua: albanese
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Irish: Albánach m
Italian: albanese (it)
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Japanese: アルバニア人 ( アルバニアじん, arubaniajin )
Latvian: albānis m , albāniete f
Lithuanian: albanas (lt) m , albanė (lt) f , albanietis (lt) m , albanietė (lt) f
Macedonian: Албанец m ( Albanec ) , Албанка f ( Albanka )
Malay: orang Albania
Maltese: Albaniż m , Albaniża f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albaner (no) m
Nynorsk: alban (nn) m , albanar (nn) m
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Polish: Albańczyk (pl) m pers , Albanka (pl) f
Portuguese: albanês (pt) , albanesa f
Romanian: albanez (ro) m , albaneză (ro) f
Romansch: albanais m , albanaisa f
Russian: алба́нец (ru) m ( albánec ) , алба́нка (ru) f ( albánka )
Scottish Gaelic: Albàineach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Алба́нац m , А̀лба̄нка f
Roman: Albánac m , Àlbānka f
Slovak: Albánec (sk) m , Albánka f
Slovene: Albánec (sl) m , Albánka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Albanaŕ m , Albanarka f
Upper Sorbian: Albanjan (hsb) m , Albančan (hsb) m , Albanjanka f
Spanish: albanés (es) m , albanesa (es) f
Swedish: alban (sv) , albanska (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Turkish: Arnavut (tr)
Ukrainian: алба́нець m ( albánecʹ ) , алба́нка f ( albánka )
Proper noun
Albanian (plural Albanians )
The languages spoken by the Albanian people, primarily spoken in Albania and Kosovo . (ISO language codes: alb/sqi/sq (Tosk ), aln (Gheg ), aat (Arvanitika ), aae (Arbëresh ).)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
language
Albanian: shqip (sq) , (gjuha ) shqipe (sq) f , ( Old Albanian ) arbërisht (sq) , Arbërishtja f , T'arbrisht
Armenian: ալբաներեն (hy) ( albaneren )
Asturian: albanés (ast) m
Basque: albaniera (eu)
Belarusian: алба́нская мо́ва f ( albánskaja móva ) , алба́нская f ( albánskaja )
Catalan: albanès (ca) m
Valencian: albanés (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾巴尼亞語 / 阿尔巴尼亚语 (zh) ( Ā'ěrbāníyàyǔ ) , 阿尔巴尼亚语 (zh) ( Āěrbāníyàyǔ )
Czech: albánština (cs) f
Danish: albansk (da) c
Dutch: Albanees (nl)
Esperanto: albana (eo)
Estonian: albaania keel (et) , albaania
Faroese: albanskt n
Finnish: albania (fi) , albanian kieli
French: albanais (fr) m
Galician: albanés (gl) m
Georgian: ალბანური ენა ( albanuri ena ) , ალბანური ( albanuri )
German: Albanisch (de)
Greek: αλβανικά (el) n pl ( alvaniká )
Gujarati: આલ્બાનિયન (gu) ( ālbāniyan )
Hebrew: אַלְבָּנִית ( albanít )
Hindi: आल्बानियन (hi) ( ālbāniyan )
Hungarian: albán (hu)
Icelandic: albanska (is) f
Interlingua: albanese
Irish: Albáinis f
Italian: albanese (it)
Japanese: アルバニア語 (ja) ( アルバニアご, arubaniago )
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Kalmyk: албан келн ( alban keln )
Korean: 알바니아어 (ko) ( albania'eo )
Lithuanian: albanų (lt) , albanų kalba (lt)
Macedonian: албански m ( albanski )
Malay: bahasa Albania
Maltese: L-Albaniż
Navajo: Albéínii bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: albansk (no) m
Nynorsk: albansk (nn) m
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Polish: albański (pl)
Portuguese: albanês (pt) m
Romanian: albaneză (ro) f , limba albaneză
Romansch: albanais , lingua albanaisa f
Russian: алба́нский (ru) m ( albánskij )
Scots: Albanie
Scottish Gaelic: Albàinis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀лба̄нскӣ m
Roman: àlbānskī m
Slovene: albánščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: albanšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: albanés (es) m
Swedish: albanska (sv)
Tagalog: Albanes (tl)
Tigrinya: አልቤኒኛ ( ʾälbeniña )
Turkish: Arnavutça (tr)
Ukrainian: алба́нська мо́ва (uk) f ( albánsʹka móva )
See also
Further reading
Etymology 2
From (Caucasian) Albania + -ian
Pronunciation
Adjective
Albanian (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to Caucasian Albania , to its people or language.
Translations
Of or pertaining to Caucasian Albania
Noun
Albanian (countable and uncountable , plural Albanians )
( countable ) A native or inhabitant of Caucasian Albania . Udi people are descended from them.
( uncountable ) The extinct Northeast Caucasian language once spoken by these people, and from which Udi is descended.
Translations
inhabitant Caucasian Albania
Etymology 3
Albany + -ian
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Albanian (comparative more Albanian , superlative most Albanian )
( central New York ) of or from the city of Albany , New York State
Noun
Albanian (plural Albanians )
( central New York ) Someone from the city of Albany , New York State .
Further reading
Finnish
Proper noun
Albanian
genitive singular of Albania
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