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English
Etymology
From Tunisia + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tunisian (plural Tunisians)
- A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.
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)
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Adjective
Tunisian (not comparable)
- 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: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
Basque
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tunisian
- inessive indefinite of Tunisia