Algerian

See also: algerian

English

Etymology

From Algeria +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

Noun

Algerian (plural Algerians)

1. A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 197:

     It was a view that would not necessarily be shared by Algerians subjected to the gégène or having had their bellies pumped full of water during the Battle of Algiers.

Translations

person from Algeria

• Afrikaans: Algeriër, Algeryn
• Albanian: algjerian (sq)
• Algerian Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: جَزَائِرِيّ (ar) m (jazāʔiriyy), جَزَائِرِيَّة (jazāʔiriyya)
• Asturian: arxelín (ast), arxelina (ast)
• Azerbaijani: əlcəzairli
• Belarusian: алжы́рац m (alžýrac), алжы́рка f (alžýrka)
• Bulgarian: алжирец m (alžirec), алжирка f (alžirka)
• Catalan: algerià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞人 / 阿尔及利亚人 (zh)

• Czech: Alžířan (cs) m, Alžířanka (cs) f
• Danish: algerier c
• Dutch: Algerijn (nl) m, Algerijnse (nl) f
• Esperanto: alĝeriano
• Finnish: algerialainen (fi)
• French: Algérien (fr) m, Algérienne (fr) f
• Galician: alxeriano (gl) m
• German: Algerier (de) m, Algerierin (de) f
• Greek: Αλγερινός (el) m (Algerinós), Αλγερινή (el) f (Algeriní)
• Hungarian: algériai (hu)
• Icelandic: Alsíringur m
• Interlingua: algeriano
• Italian: algerino (it) m, algerina (it) f
• Japanese: アルジェリア人 (arujeriajin)
• Kazakh: алжирлық (aljirlyq)
• Kyrgyz: алжирлик (aljirlik)
• Macedonian: Алжирец m (Alžirec), Алжирка f (Alžirka)
• Maltese: Alġerjan m, Alġerjana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: algerier (no) m

  Nynorsk: algeriar (nn) m

• Persian: الجزایری (aljazâyeri)
• Polish: Algierczyk (pl) m pers, Algierka (pl) f
• Portuguese: argeliano (pt) m, argelino (pt) m, algeriano m
• Romanian: algerian (ro) m, algeriancă f, algeriană (ro) f
• Russian: алжи́рец (ru) m (alžírec), алжи́рка (ru) f (alžírka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Alžírac (sh) m, Àlžīrka f
• Slovak: Alžírčan (sk) m, Alžírčanka (sk) f, Alžírec m, Alžírka f
• Slovene: Alžirec m, Alžirka f
• Spanish: argelino (es) m, argelina (es) f
• Swahili: Kialjeria, Kialjeri
• Swedish: algerier (sv) m, algeriska (sv) f
• Tajik: алҷазоирӣ (aljazoyiri)
• Turkish: Cezayirli (tr)
• Ukrainian: алжи́рець (uk) m (alžýrecʹ), алжи́рка f (alžýrka)
• Uzbek: jazoirlik (uz)

Adjective

Algerian (comparative more Algerian, superlative most Algerian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.
   • 2007 April 26, Janet Maslin, “Terrorists Reel in a Pawn From Small-Town Iraq”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     (Yasmina Khadra is a female pseudonym for a former Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, who lives in France and whose work has once again been overheatedly translated by John Cullen.)

Derived terms

• Algerian ivy
• Algerianness

Translations

of Algeria or its people

• Afrikaans: Algeries, Algeryns
• Albanian: algjerian (sq)
• Algerian Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: جَزَائِرِيّ (ar) (jazāʔiriyy)
• Armenian: ալժիրական (alžirakan)
• Asturian: arxelín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: əlcəzairli
• Belarusian: алжы́рскі m (alžýrski)
• Bulgarian: алжирски (alžirski)
• Catalan: algerià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞 / 阿尔及利亚 (zh) (Ā'ěrjílìyà)

• Czech: alžírský (cs) m
• Danish: algerisk
• Dutch: Algerijns (nl)
• Esperanto: alĝeria
• Finnish: algerialainen (fi)
• French: algérien (fr) m, algérienne (fr) f
• Galician: alxeriano (gl)
• German: algerisch (de)
• Greek: αλγερινός (el) (algerinós)
• Hebrew: אַלְגִ'ירִי (aljiri)
• Hindi: अल्जीरियाई (aljīriyāī)
• Hungarian: algériai (hu)
• Icelandic: alsírskur m
• Interlingua: algerian
• Italian: algerino (it) m, algerina (it) f
• Japanese: アルジェリアの (ja) (Arujeria no)
• Kazakh: алжир (aljir)
• Khmer: អាល់ហ្សេរី (ʼalzeerii)
• Kyrgyz: алжир (aljir)
• Macedonian: алжирски (alžirski)
• Maltese: Alġerjani pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: algerisk (no)

  Nynorsk: algerisk (nn)

• Persian: الجزایری (aljazâyeri)
• Polish: algierski (pl) m
• Portuguese: argeliano (pt), argelino (pt), algeriano
• Romanian: algerian (ro)
• Russian: алжи́рский (ru) (alžírskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: àlžīrskī (sh)
• Slovak: alžírsky (sk)
• Slovene: alžirski (sl)
• Spanish: argelino (es)
• Swedish: algerisk (sv)
• Tajik: алҷазоирӣ (aljazoyiri)
• Tatar: әлҗәзаир (älcäzair)
• Thai: แอลจีเรีย (th) (ɛl-jii-riia)
• Ukrainian: алжи́рський (uk) m (alžýrsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: An-giê-ri

See also

• Horatio Algerian

Anagrams

• Elgarian, geranial, regalian

Finnish

Proper noun

Algerian

1. genitive singular of Algeria