Ivorian

See also: ivorian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Ivory (Coast)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Ivorian

From Ivory (Coast) + -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈvɔːɹiən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Ivorian (plural Ivorians)

1. A person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent.

   Synonyms: Côte d'Ivoirian, Ivoirian

   Hypernyms: African, sub-Saharan

   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Battling Bolton disputed the goal, claiming Drogba was offside, but the Ivorian appeared to have timed his angled run across the visitors back line to perfection to race onto a fine Michael Essien pass and ensure Chelsea moved back into fourth place in the Premier League.

Translations

a person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent

• Afrikaans: Ivoriaan, Ivoorkusser
• Asturian: costamarfiliegu (ast) m, costamarfiliega (ast) f
• Catalan: ivorià (ca) m, ivoriana (ca) f
• Dutch: Ivoriaan (nl) m, Ivoriaanse (nl) f
• Finnish: norsunluurannikkolainen (fi)
• French: Ivoirien (fr) m, Ivoirienne (fr) f
• Galician: marfilés m
• German: Ivorer (de) m, Ivorerin (de) f
• Greek: από την Ακτή του Ελεφαντοστού m or f (apó tin Aktí tou Elefantostoú), Ιβοριανός (el) m (Ivorianós), Ιβοριανή (el) f (Ivorianí)
• Italian: ivoriano (it) m, ivoriana (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ivorianer (no) m

  Nynorsk: ivorianar (nn) m

• Polish: Iworyjczyk (pl) m, Iworyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: marfinense (pt), costa-marfinense (pt)
• Romanian: ivorian (ro) m, ivoriană f
• Russian: ко̀тдивуа́рец m (kòtdivuárec), ко̀тдивуа́рка f (kòtdivuárka)
• Spanish: marfileño (es) m, marfileña (es) f
• Swahili: Mkodivaa (sw)
• Swedish: ivorian (sv) m, ivorianska (sv) f
• Ukrainian: івуарі́єць m (ivuaríjecʹ), івуарі́йка f (ivuaríjka)

Adjective

Ivorian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire or the Ivorian people.

   Synonyms: Côte d'Ivoirian, Ivoirian

Derived terms

• Ivorianness

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire

• Afrikaans: Ivoriaans
• Asturian: costamarfiliegu (ast)
• Dutch: Ivoriaans (nl)
• Finnish: norsunluurannikkolainen (fi)
• French: ivoirien (fr)
• Galician: marfilés
• German: ivorisch (de)
• Greek: της Ακτής του Ελεφαντοστού (tis Aktís tou Elefantostoú)
• Italian: ivoriano (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ivoriansk (no)

  Nynorsk: ivoriansk (nn)

• Polish: iworyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: marfinense (pt), costa-marfinense (pt)
• Romanian: ivorian (ro)
• Russian: ко̀т-д’ивуа́рский (kòt-d’ivuárskij), ко̀т-дивуа́рский (kòt-divuárskij)
• Spanish: marfileño (es)
• Swahili: Kikodivaa
• Swedish: ivoriansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: івуарі́йський (ivuaríjsʹkyj)