Haitian

See also: haitian

English

Etymology

Haiti +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

Haitian (plural Haitians)

1. A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

Translations

person from Haiti

• Catalan: haitià (ca) m, haitiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海地人 (zh) (Hǎidìrén)

• Czech: Haiťan (cs) m
• Danish: haitianer c
• Dutch: Haïtiaan (nl) m, Haïtiaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: haitiano m, haitianino f
• French: Haïtien (fr) m, Haïtienne (fr) f
• Galician: haitiano (gl) m
• German: Haitianer (de) m, Haitianerin (de) f
• Greek: Αϊτινός (el) m (Aïtinós), Αϊτινή f (Aïtiní)
• Italian: haitiano (it) m, haitiana (it) f
• Japanese: ハイチ人 (Haichi-jin)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haitier m, haitianer m

  Nynorsk: haitiar (nn) m

• Polish: Haitańczyk (pl) m, Haitanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: haitiano (pt) m
• Romanian: haitian m, haitiană f
• Russian: гаитя́нин (ru) m (gaitjánin), гаитя́нка (ru) f (gaitjánka)
• Slovene: haitan
• Spanish: haitiano (es) m, haitiana (es) f
• Swahili: Mhaiti (sw)
• Swedish: haitier (sv) c
• Turkish: Haitili (tr)

Proper noun

Haitian

1. Haitian Creole, one of the official languages of Haiti.

Adjective

Haitian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

Derived terms

• Haitianization
• Haitianness

Translations

pertaining to the country, people, or language

• Catalan: haitià (ca)
• Czech: haitský (cs)
• Danish: haitiansk, haitisk
• Dutch: Haïtiaans (nl)
• French: haïtien (fr)
• Galician: haitiano (gl)
• German: haitianisch (de)
• Haitian Creole: ayisyen
• Italian: haitiano (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haitisk

  Nynorsk: haitisk (nn)

• Polish: haitański (pl)
• Portuguese: haitiano (pt)
• Romanian: haitian
• Russian: гаитя́нский (ru) (gaitjánskij)
• Slovene: haitijski
• Spanish: haitiano (es)
• Swahili: Kihaiti

Further reading

• Haitian creole Wikipedia
• Haitian Creole - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.