Standard Lemma guide

Fijian

adj · name · 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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  • fē-jē'ən
  • fĭ-jē'ən
  • /fiːˈd͡ʒiːən/
  • /fɪˈd͡ʒiːən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːən
  • CMU ARPABET: F IY1 JH IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people.

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

name

Meaning 2

an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken on Fiji. It has 650,000 speakers, including second language users.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Fiji or of Fijian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Fijian population
  • Fijian folktales

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Fiji

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Polynesian

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Fidjiaans — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Armenian: ֆիջիական (fiǰiakan) — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Catalan: fijià — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Czech: fidžijský — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Danish: fijiansk — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Dutch: Fijisch — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Finnish: fidžiläinen — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Finnish: fidžinkielinen — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • German: fidschianisch — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Hawaiian: Pīkī — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Hungarian: fidzsi — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Irish: Fidsíoch — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Irish: Fidsise — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fijiansk — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fijiansk — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Polish: fidżyjski — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Portuguese: fijiano — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Romanian: fijian — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Russian: фиджийский (fidžijskij) — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Spanish: fiyiano — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Swedish: fijiansk — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Ukrainian: фіджі́йський (fidžíjsʹkyj) — Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people
  • Afrikaans: Fidjiaans — language
  • Armenian: ֆիջի (fiǰi) — language
  • Belarusian: фіджы́йская (fidžýjskaja) — language
  • Bulgarian: фиджийски (fidžijski) — language
  • Catalan: fijià — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斐濟語 /斐济语 (Fěijìyǔ) — language
  • Czech: fidžijština — language
  • Danish: fijiansk — language
  • Dutch: Fijisch — language
  • Dutch: Fijiaans — language
  • Esperanto: fiĝia lingvo — language
  • Fijian: Na Vosa Vakaviti — language
  • Finnish: fidži — language
  • Galician: fidxiano — language
  • German: Fidschi — language
  • German: Fidschianisch — language
  • Hungarian: fidzsi — language
  • Icelandic: fídjíska — language
  • Irish: Fidsis — language
  • Japanese: フィジー語 (Fijī-go) — language
  • Macedonian: фиџиски (fidžiski) — language
  • Nauruan: dorerin Bidji — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fijiansk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fijiansk — language
  • Polish: fidżyjski — language
  • Portuguese: fijiano — language
  • Romanian: fijiană — language
  • Russian: фиджийский (fidžijskij) — language
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Igifijiyani — language
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Igifiji — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: fidžijski — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: фиџијски — language
  • Ukrainian: фіджійська (fidžijsʹka) — language
  • Afrikaans: Fidjiaan — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Armenian: ֆիջիացի (fiǰiacʻi) — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Catalan: fijià — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Czech: Fidžijec — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Danish: fijianer — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Dutch: Fijiër — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Dutch: Fijische — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Finnish: fidžiläinen — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • French: Fidjien — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • French: Fidjienne — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • German: Fidschianer — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • German: Fidschianerin — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Hawaiian: Pīkī — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Irish: Fidsíoch — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fijianer — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fijian — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fijianar — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Polish: Fidżyjczyk — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Portuguese: fijiano — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Romanian: fijian — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Romanian: fijiană — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Russian: фиджиец (fidžijec) — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Russian: фиджийка (fidžijka) — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
  • Spanish: fiyiano — a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent
Real reading context

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