Standard Lemma guide

Algerian

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/
  • /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/
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  • rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 L JH IH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria, its people, or its culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, from, or pertaining to the Regency of Algiers, its people, or its culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of, from, or pertaining to Algiers, its people, or its culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Wine produced in Algeria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A native or inhabitant of the Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A native or inhabitant of the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Algerian towns

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a native or inhabitant of Algeria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: African

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria Middle English -n English -n English Algerian From Algeria + -n.

Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Algerian From Alger (“Algiers”) + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Algeries — of Algeria or its people
  • Afrikaans: Algeryns — of Algeria or its people
  • Albanian: algjerian — of Algeria or its people
  • Arabic: جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy) — of Algeria or its people
  • Armenian: ալժիրական (alžirakan) — of Algeria or its people
  • Asturian: arxelín — of Algeria or its people
  • Azerbaijani: əlcəzairli — of Algeria or its people
  • Belarusian: алжы́рскі (alžýrski) — of Algeria or its people
  • Bulgarian: алжирски (alžirski) — of Algeria or its people
  • Catalan: algerià — of Algeria or its people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚 (Ā'ěrjílìyà) — of Algeria or its people
  • Czech: alžírský — of Algeria or its people
  • Danish: algerisk — of Algeria or its people
  • Dutch: Algerijns — of Algeria or its people
  • Esperanto: alĝeria — of Algeria or its people
  • Finnish: algerialainen — of Algeria or its people
  • French: algérien — of Algeria or its people
  • Galician: alxeriano — of Algeria or its people
  • German: algerisch — of Algeria or its people
  • Greek: αλγερινός (algerinós) — of Algeria or its people
  • Hebrew: אַלְגִ׳ירִי (aljiri) — of Algeria or its people
  • Hindi: अल्जीरियाई (aljīriyāī) — of Algeria or its people
  • Hungarian: algériai — of Algeria or its people
  • Icelandic: alsírskur — of Algeria or its people
  • Interlingua: algerian — of Algeria or its people
  • Italian: algerino — of Algeria or its people
  • Italian: algerina — of Algeria or its people
  • Japanese: アルジェリアの (Arujeria no) — of Algeria or its people
  • Kazakh: алжир (aljir) — of Algeria or its people
  • Khmer: អាល់ហ្សេរី (ʼalzeerii) — of Algeria or its people
  • Korean: 알제리의 (Aljeri-ui) — of Algeria or its people
  • Kyrgyz: алжир (aljir) — of Algeria or its people
  • Macedonian: алжирски (alžirski) — of Algeria or its people
  • Maltese: Alġerjani — of Algeria or its people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: algerisk — of Algeria or its people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: algerisk — of Algeria or its people
  • Pannonian Rusyn: алжирски (alžirski) — of Algeria or its people
  • Persian: الجزایری (aljazâyeri) — of Algeria or its people
  • Polish: algierski — of Algeria or its people
  • Portuguese: argelino — of Algeria or its people
  • Portuguese: argeliano — of Algeria or its people
  • Romanian: algerian — of Algeria or its people
  • Russian: алжи́рский (alžírskij) — of Algeria or its people
  • Serbo-Croatian: àlžīrskī — of Algeria or its people
  • Slovak: alžírsky — of Algeria or its people
  • Slovene: alžirski — of Algeria or its people
  • Spanish: argelino — of Algeria or its people
  • Swedish: algerisk — of Algeria or its people
  • Tajik: алҷазоирӣ (aljazoyiri) — of Algeria or its people
  • Tatar: әлҗәзаир (älcäzair) — of Algeria or its people
  • Thai: แอลจีเรีย (ɛl-jii-riia) — of Algeria or its people
  • Ukrainian: алжи́рський (alžýrsʹkyj) — of Algeria or its people
  • Vietnamese: An-giê-ri — of Algeria or its people
  • French: algérien — pertaining to the Regency of Algiers
  • French: algérois — pertaining to the city of Algiers
  • Portuguese: argelino — pertaining to the city of Algiers
  • Portuguese: argeliano — pertaining to the city of Algiers
  • Spanish: argelino — pertaining to the city of Algiers
  • Afrikaans: Algeriër — person from Algeria
  • Afrikaans: Algeryn — person from Algeria
  • Albanian: algjerian — person from Algeria
  • Arabic: جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy) — person from Algeria
  • Arabic: جَزَائِرِيَّة (jazāʔiriyya) — person from Algeria
  • Asturian: arxelín — person from Algeria
  • Asturian: arxelina — person from Algeria
  • Azerbaijani: əlcəzairli — person from Algeria
  • Belarusian: алжы́рац (alžýrac) — person from Algeria
  • Belarusian: алжы́рка (alžýrka) — person from Algeria
  • Bulgarian: алжирец (alžirec) — person from Algeria
  • Bulgarian: алжирка (alžirka) — person from Algeria
  • Catalan: algerià — person from Algeria
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞人 /阿尔及利亚人 — person from Algeria
  • Czech: Alžířan — person from Algeria
  • Czech: Alžířanka — person from Algeria
  • Danish: algerier — person from Algeria
  • Dutch: Algerijn — person from Algeria
  • Dutch: Algerijnse — person from Algeria
  • Esperanto: alĝeriano — person from Algeria
  • Finnish: algerialainen — person from Algeria
  • French: Algérien — person from Algeria
  • French: Algérienne — person from Algeria
  • Galician: alxeriano — person from Algeria
  • German: Algerier — person from Algeria
  • German: Algerierin — person from Algeria
  • Greek: Αλγερινός (Algerinós) — person from Algeria
  • Greek: Αλγερινή (Algeriní) — person from Algeria
  • Hindi: अल्जीरियाई (aljīriyāī) — person from Algeria
  • Hungarian: algériai — person from Algeria
  • Icelandic: Alsíringur — person from Algeria
  • Interlingua: algeriano — person from Algeria
  • Italian: algerino — person from Algeria
  • Italian: algerina — person from Algeria
  • Japanese: アルジェリア人 (arujeriajin) — person from Algeria
  • Kazakh: алжирлық (aljirlyq) — person from Algeria
  • Korean: 알제리인 (aljeriin) — person from Algeria
  • Korean: 알제리 사람 (aljeri saram) — person from Algeria
  • Kyrgyz: алжирлик (aljirlik) — person from Algeria
  • Macedonian: Алжирец (Alžirec) — person from Algeria
  • Macedonian: Алжирка (Alžirka) — person from Algeria
  • Maltese: Alġerjan — person from Algeria
  • Maltese: Alġerjana — person from Algeria
  • Norwegian Bokmål: algerier — person from Algeria
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: algeriar — person from Algeria
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Алжирец (Alžirec) — person from Algeria
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Алжирка (Alžirka) — person from Algeria
  • Persian: الجزایری (aljazâyeri) — person from Algeria
  • Polish: Algierczyk — person from Algeria
  • Polish: Algierka — person from Algeria
  • Portuguese: argelino — person from Algeria
  • Portuguese: argeliano — person from Algeria
  • Romanian: algerian — person from Algeria
  • Romanian: algeriancă — person from Algeria
  • Romanian: algeriană — person from Algeria
  • Russian: алжи́рец (alžírec) — person from Algeria
  • Russian: алжи́рка (alžírka) — person from Algeria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alžírac — person from Algeria
  • Serbo-Croatian: Àlžīrka — person from Algeria
  • Slovak: Alžírčan — person from Algeria
  • Slovak: Alžírčanka — person from Algeria
  • Slovak: Alžírec — person from Algeria
  • Slovak: Alžírka — person from Algeria
  • Slovene: Alžirec — person from Algeria
  • Slovene: Alžirka — person from Algeria
  • Spanish: argelino — person from Algeria
  • Spanish: argelina — person from Algeria
  • Swahili: Kialjeria — person from Algeria
  • Swahili: Kialjeri — person from Algeria
  • Swedish: algerier — person from Algeria
  • Swedish: algeriska — person from Algeria
  • Tajik: алҷазоирӣ (aljazoyiri) — person from Algeria
  • Turkish: Cezayirli — person from Algeria
  • Ukrainian: алжи́рець (alžýrecʹ) — person from Algeria
  • Ukrainian: алжи́рка (alžýrka) — person from Algeria
  • Uzbek: jazoirlik — person from Algeria
  • French: Algérien — person from the Regency of Algiers
  • French: Algérienne — person from the Regency of Algiers
  • French: Algérois — person from the city of Algiers
  • French: Algéroise — person from the city of Algiers
  • Portuguese: argelino — person from the city of Algiers
  • Portuguese: argeliano — person from the city of Algiers
  • Spanish: argelino — person from the city of Algiers
  • Spanish: argelina — person from the city of Algiers
Real reading context

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