Cape Verdean

See also: Capeverdean

English

Alternative forms

• Capeverdean

Etymology

From Cape Verde +‎ -an.

Adjective

Cape Verdean (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, the Cape Verdean people or the Cape Verdean language.

   Synonym: Cabo Verdean

   • 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 219:

     I hear [...] the surf on the Cape Verdean beaches is incredible.

   • 2022 April 12, Jazmine Hughes, “Viola Davis, Inside Out”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     He was a Cape Verdean boy who identified as Portuguese to differentiate himself from African Americans, despite being nearly the same shade as Davis.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Cape Verde, its people or their language

• Afrikaans: Kaap Verdies (af)
• Asturian: cabuverdianu (ast)
• Basque: caboverdetar
• Catalan: capverdià
• Czech: kapverdský (cs)
• Danish: kapverdisk
• Dutch: Kaapverdisch (nl), Kaapverdiaans
• Galician: caboverdiano (gl)
• German: kapverdisch (de)
• Greek: του Πράσινου Ακρωτηρίου (tou Prásinou Akrotiríou)
• Icelandic: grænhöfðeyskur m
• Irish: ó Rinn Verde, as Rinn Verde
• Italian: capoverdiano (it)
• Kabuverdianu: Kabuverdianu, kriolu, kabuverdianu, kabeverdiane
• Macedonian: зелено’р́тски m (zeleno’ŕtski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kappverdisk

  Nynorsk: kappverdisk

• Polish: zielonoprzylądkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: cabo-verdiano (pt)
• Russian: кабовердианский (kaboverdianskij)
• Spanish: caboverdiano (es)
• Swahili: Kikepuvede
• Swedish: kapverdisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: кабовердіанський (kaboverdiansʹkyj)
• Yiddish: קאַפּווערדיש (kapverdish)

Noun

Cape Verdean (plural Cape Verdeans)

1. A person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent.

   Synonym: Cabo Verdean

   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 295:

     Cape Verdeans waiting with perfect, timeless patience for a boat that may or may not come.

   • 2016 May 4, Saskia de Rothschild, “An Atlantic Archipelago’s Main Export: Music”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     For Helio Batalha, a 27-year-old hip-hop artist who performed at the music expo, that blending of cultures and history has led to a form of identity crisis for young Cape Verdeans.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

a person from Cape Verde or of Cape Verdean descent

• Afrikaans: Kaap Verdiër
• Basque: caboverdetar
• Catalan: capverdià m
• Czech: Kapverďan (cs) m
• Danish: kapverder c
• Dutch: Kaapverdiër (nl) m, Kaapverdische (nl) f, Kaapverdiaan m
• French: Cap-Verdien (fr) m, Cap-Verdienne (fr) f, Capverdien (fr) m, Capverdienne (fr) f
• Galician: caboverdiano (gl)
• German: Kap-Verdier (de) m, Kap-Verdierin (de) f
• Greek: από το Πράσινο Ακρωτήρι m or f (apó to Prásino Akrotíri)
• Irish: duine as Rinn Verde m
• Italian: capoverdiano (it), capoverdiana f
• Macedonian: Зелено’р́ќанец m (Zeleno’ŕḱanec), Зелено’р́ќанка f (Zeleno’ŕḱanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kappverder m

  Nynorsk: kappverdar m

• Polish: Kabowerdyjczyk m, Kabowerdyjka f
• Portuguese: cabo-verdiano (pt) m
• Spanish: caboverdiano (es) m
• Swahili: Mkepuvede (sw)

Proper noun

Cape Verdean

1. A creole language spoken in Cape Verde.

   Synonyms: Cape Verdean Creole, Cabo Verdean, Kabuverdianu

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Cape Verdean, kea ⁠
• Cape Verdean Creole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia