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Estonian

adj · noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɛˈstəʊ.nɪ.ən/
  • US: /ɛˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ɛˈstoʊn.jən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊniən
  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 S T OW1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person of the indigenous ethnic group of Estonia or someone descended from such people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any person from Estonia or someone descended from such people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The Uralic language that is the official language of Estonia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or pertaining to Estonia or the people or culture of Estonia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Esthonian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Baltic-Finnic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Estonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Estonian From Estonia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

267 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Esties — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Afrikaans: Estlands — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Albanian: estonez — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Arabic: إِسْتُونِيّ (ʔistōniyy) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Armenian: էստոնական (ēstonakan) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Asturian: estoniu — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Asturian: estonianu — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Azerbaijani: eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Basque: estoniar — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Belarusian: эсто́нскі (estónski) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Bengali: এস্তোনীয় (estōniẏo) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Bulgarian: есто́нски (estónski) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Burmese: အက်စတိုးနီးယား (akca.tui:ni:ya:) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Catalan: estonià — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Catalan: estoniana — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞的 /爱沙尼亚的 (Àishāníyà de) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Czech: estonský — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Danish: estisk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Dutch: Ests — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Dutch: Estisch — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Esperanto: estona — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Estonian: eesti — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Estonian: Eesti — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Faroese: estlendskur — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Faroese: estiskur — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Finnish: virolainen — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • French: estonien — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • French: estonienne — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Friulian: eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Galician: estoniano — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Galician: estoniana — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Georgian: ესტონური (esṭonuri) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • German: estnisch — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Greek: εσθονικός (esthonikós) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Hawaiian: ʻEsetonia — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Hindi: एस्टोनियाई (esṭoniyāī) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Hungarian: észt — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Icelandic: eistneskur — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Ingrian: viron — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Irish: Eastónach — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Italian: estone — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Japanese: エストニアの (Esutonia no) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Kazakh: эстон (éston) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Khmer: អេស្តូនី (ʼeestounii) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Korean: 에스토니아의 (Eseutonia-ui) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Kyrgyz: эстон (eston) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Lao: ເອັສໂຕເນຍ (ē ʼas tō nīa) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Latin: Estonicus — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Latin: Æstonicus — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Latvian: igauņu — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Latvian: igaunisks — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Lithuanian: estų — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Lithuanian: estiškas — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Macedonian: естонски (estonski) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Malay: Estonia — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Marathi: एस्टोनियन (esṭoniyan) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Mongolian: эстон (eston) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Mongolian: ᠧᠰᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ (ēston) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estisk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estlandsk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estisk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estlandsk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Pashto: اېستونیایۍ — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Persian: استونیائی (estuniyâ'i) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Persian: استونیایی (estuniyâyi) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Polish: estoński — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Brazilian Portuguese: estônio — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • European Portuguese: estónio — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Romanian: eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Romanian: estonian — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Russian: эсто́нский (estónskij) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѐсто̄нскӣ — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Serbo-Croatian: èstōnskī — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Slovak: estónsky — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Slovene: estónski — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Upper Sorbian: estiski — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Spanish: estonio — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Swedish: estnisk — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Tagalog: Estonyano — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Tajik: эстонӣ (estoni) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Thai: เอสโตเนีย (ées-dtoo-niia) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Turkish: Eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Turkmen: eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Ukrainian: есто́нський (estónsʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Uyghur: ئېستون (ëston) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Uzbek: eston — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Vietnamese: E-xtô-ni-a — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Welsh: Estonaidd — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Welsh: Estoneg — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Yiddish: עסטיש (estish) — of, from, or pertaining to the country of Estonia, its people or their language
  • Afrikaans: Est — person
  • Afrikaans: Estlander — person
  • Albanian: eston — person
  • Arabic: إِسْتُونِيّ (ʔistōniyy) — person
  • Arabic: إِسْتُونِيَّة (ʔistōniyya) — person
  • Armenian: էստոնացի (ēstonacʻi) — person
  • Asturian: estoniu — person
  • Asturian: estonianu — person
  • Asturian: estonia — person
  • Asturian: estoniana — person
  • Azerbaijani: eston — person
  • Basque: estoniar — person
  • Belarusian: эсто́нец (estónjec) — person
  • Belarusian: эсто́нка (estónka) — person
  • Bulgarian: есто́нец (estónec) — person
  • Bulgarian: есто́нка (estónka) — person
  • Catalan: estonià — person
  • Catalan: estoniana — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞人 /爱沙尼亚人 (Àishāníyàrén) — person
  • Czech: Estonec — person
  • Czech: Estonka — person
  • Danish: est — person
  • Danish: estlænder — person
  • Dutch: Est — person
  • Dutch: Estlander — person
  • Dutch: Estlandse — person
  • Estonian: eestlane — person
  • Estonian: eestlanna — person
  • Estonian: eestimaalane — person
  • Faroese: estlendingur — person
  • Finnish: virolainen — person
  • French: Estonien — person
  • French: Estonienne — person
  • Georgian: ესტონელი (esṭoneli) — person
  • German: Este — person
  • German: Estin — person
  • Greek: Εσθονός (Esthonós) — person
  • Greek: Εσθονή (Esthoní) — person
  • Hawaiian: ʻEsetonia — person
  • Hebrew: אֶסְטוֹנִי (estóni) — person
  • Hebrew: אֶסְטוֹנִית (estónit) — person
  • Hindi: एस्तोनियावासी (estoniyāvāsī) — person
  • Hungarian: észt — person
  • Icelandic: Eisti — person
  • Icelandic: Eistlendingur — person
  • Ingrian: virolain — person
  • Ingrian: villipulli — person
  • Irish: Eastónach — person
  • Italian: estone — person
  • Japanese: エストニア人 (esutoniajin) — person
  • Kazakh: эстон (éston) — person
  • Korean: 에스토니아인 (eseutoniain) — person
  • Korean: 에스토니아 사람 (eseutonia saram) — person
  • Kyrgyz: эстон (eston) — person
  • Latvian: igaunis — person
  • Latvian: igauniete — person
  • Lithuanian: estas — person
  • Lithuanian: estė — person
  • Macedonian: Естонец (Estonec) — person
  • Macedonian: Естонка (Estonka) — person
  • Marathi: एस्टोनियन (esṭoniyan) — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ester — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estlender — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estlending — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estar — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estlendar — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estlending — person
  • Pashto: اېستونیایۍ — person
  • Persian: استونیائی (estuniyâ'i) — person
  • Persian: استونیایی (estuniyâyi) — person
  • Polish: Estończyk — person
  • Polish: Estonka — person
  • Portuguese: estoniano — person
  • Romanian: eston — person
  • Romanian: estonă — person
  • Romanian: estonian — person
  • Romanian: estoniană — person
  • Russian: эсто́нец (estónec) — person
  • Russian: эсто́нка (estónka) — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Есто́нац — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ѐсто̄нка — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Estónac — person
  • Serbo-Croatian: Èstōnka — person
  • Slovak: Estónec — person
  • Slovak: Estónka — person
  • Slovene: Estónec — person
  • Slovene: Estónka — person
  • Spanish: estonio — person
  • Spanish: estonia — person
  • Swedish: est — person
  • Swedish: estniska — person
  • Tagalog: Estonyano — person
  • Tajik: эстонӣ (estoni) — person
  • Tatar: эстон (eston) — person
  • Turkish: Estonyalı — person
  • Turkish: Eston — person
  • Turkmen: eston — person
  • Ukrainian: есто́нець (estónecʹ) — person
  • Ukrainian: есто́нка (estónka) — person
  • Uyghur: ئېستون (ëston) — person
  • Uzbek: eston — person
  • Võro: eestläne — person
  • Welsh: Estoniad — person
  • Afrikaans: Esties — language
  • Afrikaans: Estlands — language
  • Afrikaans: Ests — language
  • Albanian: gjuha estoneze — language
  • Arabic: إِسْتُونِيَّة (ʔistūniyya) — language
  • Armenian: էստոներեն (ēstoneren) — language
  • Asturian: estoniu — language
  • Asturian: estonianu — language
  • Basque: estoniera — language
  • Belarusian: эсто́нская мо́ва (estónskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: эсто́нская (estónskaja) — language
  • Breton: estoneg — language
  • Bulgarian: есто́нски (estónski) — language
  • Catalan: estonià — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愛沙尼亞語 /爱沙尼亚语 (Àishāníyàyǔ) — language
  • Cornish: Estoniek — language
  • Czech: estonština — language
  • Danish: estisk — language
  • Dutch: Ests — language
  • Dutch: Estisch — language
  • Estonian: eesti — language
  • Estonian: eesti keel — language
  • Faroese: estlendskt — language
  • Faroese: estiskt — language
  • Finnish: viro — language
  • Finnish: viron kieli — language
  • French: estonien — language
  • Georgian: ესტონური (esṭonuri) — language
  • Georgian: ესტონური ენა (esṭonuri ena) — language
  • German: Estnisch — language
  • Greek: εσθονικά (esthoniká) — language
  • Hebrew: אֶסְטוֹנִית (estónit) — language
  • Hindi: एस्टोनियाई (esṭoniyāī) — language
  • Hungarian: észt — language
  • Icelandic: eistneska — language
  • Ingrian: viro — language
  • Irish: Eastóinis — language
  • Italian: estone — language
  • Japanese: エストニア語 (Esutonia-go) — language
  • Korean: 에스토니아어 (Eseutonia'eo) — language
  • Latvian: igauņu valoda — language
  • Latvian: igauņu — language
  • Limburgish: Èslandjsj — language
  • Lithuanian: estas — language
  • Lithuanian: estė — language
  • Lithuanian: estų kalba — language
  • Macedonian: есто́нски (estónski) — language
  • Manx: Estoinish — language
  • Marathi: एस्टोनियन (esṭoniyan) — language
  • Navajo: Ééstii bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estisk — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: estlandsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: estisk — language
  • Persian: استونیائی (estuniyâ'i) — language
  • Persian: استونیایی (estuniyâyi) — language
  • Polish: język estoński — language
  • Portuguese: estoniano — language
  • Romanian: estonă — language
  • Romanian: estoniană — language
  • Russian: эсто́нский (estónskij) — language
  • Northern Sami: esttegiella — language
  • Scots: Estonie — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eastoinis — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѐсто̄нскӣ — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: èstōnskī — language
  • Slovak: estónčina — language
  • Slovene: estónščina — language
  • Spanish: estonio — language
  • Swedish: estniska — language
  • Tagalog: Estonyano — language
  • Tigrinya: ኤስቶኒአን (ʾestoniʾän) — language
  • Ukrainian: есто́нська (estónsʹka) — language
  • Võro: eesti kiil — language
  • Welsh: Estoneg — language
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