Standard Lemma guide

Moroccan

adj · noun · 4 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: /məˈɹɒkɪn/
  • Canada: /məˈɹɑkɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒkɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: M ER0 AA1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Morocco or the Moroccan 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

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Morocco.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Moroccan mosques cannot be entered by infidels

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Maroc

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Morocco

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: African

History

Etymology

From Morocco + -an.

Across languages

Translations

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Marokkaans — pertaining to Morocco
  • Albanian: maroken — pertaining to Morocco
  • Arabic: مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ (marākišnāyā) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Asturian: marroquín — pertaining to Morocco
  • Azerbaijani: mərakeşli — pertaining to Morocco
  • Azerbaijani: mərakeş — pertaining to Morocco
  • Belarusian: марака́нскі (marakánski) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Bulgarian: марока́нски (marokánski) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Burmese: မော်ရိုကို (mauruikui) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Catalan: marroquí — pertaining to Morocco
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩洛哥 (Móluògē) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Czech: marocký — pertaining to Morocco
  • Danish: marokkansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Dutch: Marokkaans — pertaining to Morocco
  • Esperanto: maroka — pertaining to Morocco
  • Estonian: maroko — pertaining to Morocco
  • Finnish: marokkolainen — pertaining to Morocco
  • French: marocain — pertaining to Morocco
  • West-Frisian: Marokkaansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Galician: marroquí — pertaining to Morocco
  • German: marokkanisch — pertaining to Morocco
  • Greek: μαροκινός (marokinós) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Hebrew: מָרוֹקָאִי (maroká'i) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Hindi: मरोकन (marokan) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Hindi: मोरक्को (morakko) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Hungarian: marokkói — pertaining to Morocco
  • Icelandic: marokkanskur — pertaining to Morocco
  • Icelandic: marokkansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Icelandic: marokkanskt — pertaining to Morocco
  • Indonesian: Maroko — pertaining to Morocco
  • Italian: marocchino — pertaining to Morocco
  • Japanese: モロッコの (Morokko no) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Kazakh: марокко (marokko) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Khmer: ម៉ារ៉ុក (maarok) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Korean: 모로코의 (Moroko-ui) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Kyrgyz: марокко (marokko) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Lao: ມາລົກ (mā lok) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Latvian: marokiešu — pertaining to Morocco
  • Latvian: marokānis — pertaining to Morocco
  • Lithuanian: marokiečių — pertaining to Morocco
  • Lithuanian: marokietis — pertaining to Morocco
  • Macedonian: марока́нски (marokánski) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Malay: Maghribi — pertaining to Morocco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marokkansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marokkansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Occitan: marrocan — pertaining to Morocco
  • Occitan: marroquin — pertaining to Morocco
  • Pashto: مراکشي (marākeši) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Persian: مَراکِشی (marâkeši) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Polish: marokański — pertaining to Morocco
  • Portuguese: marroquino — pertaining to Morocco
  • Romanian: marocan — pertaining to Morocco
  • Russian: марокка́нский (marokkánskij) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: маро̀канскӣ — pertaining to Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: maròkanskī — pertaining to Morocco
  • Slovak: marocký — pertaining to Morocco
  • Slovene: maroški — pertaining to Morocco
  • Spanish: marroquí — pertaining to Morocco
  • Swahili: Kimoroko — pertaining to Morocco
  • Swedish: marockansk — pertaining to Morocco
  • Tajik: марокашӣ (marokaši) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Thai: โมร็อกโก (moo-rɔ́k-goo) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Turkish: Faslı — pertaining to Morocco
  • Ukrainian: марокка́нський (marokkánsʹkyj) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Urdu: مَراکِشی (marākeśī) — pertaining to Morocco
  • Uzbek: marokash — pertaining to Morocco
  • Vietnamese: Ma-rốc — pertaining to Morocco
  • Volapük: Marokänik — pertaining to Morocco
  • Welsh: Morocaidd — pertaining to Morocco
  • Afrikaans: Marokkaan — person from Morocco
  • Albanian: maroken — person from Morocco
  • Arabic: مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy) — person from Morocco
  • Arabic: مَغْرِبِيَّة (maḡribiyya) — person from Morocco
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ (marākišnāyā) — person from Morocco
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܬܵܐ (marākišnāytā) — person from Morocco
  • Asturian: marroquín — person from Morocco
  • Asturian: marroquina — person from Morocco
  • Azerbaijani: mərakeşli — person from Morocco
  • Belarusian: марака́нец (marakánjec) — person from Morocco
  • Belarusian: марака́нка (marakánka) — person from Morocco
  • Bulgarian: марока́нец (marokánec) — person from Morocco
  • Bulgarian: марока́нка (marokánka) — person from Morocco
  • Catalan: marroquí — person from Morocco
  • Chinese Mandarin: 摩洛哥人 (Móluògērén) — person from Morocco
  • Corsican: marocchinu — person from Morocco
  • Corsican: marocchina — person from Morocco
  • Czech: Maročan — person from Morocco
  • Czech: Maročanka — person from Morocco
  • Danish: marokkaner — person from Morocco
  • Dutch: Marokkaan — person from Morocco
  • Dutch: Marokkaanse — person from Morocco
  • Esperanto: marokano — person from Morocco
  • Esperanto: marokanino — person from Morocco
  • Estonian: marokolane — person from Morocco
  • Finnish: marokkolainen — person from Morocco
  • French: Marocain — person from Morocco
  • French: Marocaine — person from Morocco
  • West-Frisian: Marokkaan — person from Morocco
  • West-Frisian: Marokkaansk — person from Morocco
  • West-Frisian: Marokkaanske — person from Morocco
  • Galician: marroquí — person from Morocco
  • Georgian: მოროკოელი (moroḳoeli) — person from Morocco
  • German: Marokkaner — person from Morocco
  • German: Marokkanerin — person from Morocco
  • Greek: Μαροκινός (Marokinós) — person from Morocco
  • Greek: Μαροκινή (Marokiní) — person from Morocco
  • Hebrew: מָרוֹקָאִי (maroká'i) — person from Morocco
  • Hungarian: marokkói — person from Morocco
  • Italian: marocchino — person from Morocco
  • Italian: marocchina — person from Morocco
  • Japanese: モロッコ人 (Morokkojin) — person from Morocco
  • Kazakh: мароккалық (marokkalyq) — person from Morocco
  • Korean: 모로코인 (morokoin) — person from Morocco
  • Korean: 모로코 사람 (moroko saram) — person from Morocco
  • Kyrgyz: марокколук (marokkoluk) — person from Morocco
  • Latvian: marokietis — person from Morocco
  • Latvian: marokiete — person from Morocco
  • Lithuanian: marokietis — person from Morocco
  • Lithuanian: marokietė — person from Morocco
  • Macedonian: Марока́нец (Marokánec) — person from Morocco
  • Macedonian: Марока́нка (Marokánka) — person from Morocco
  • Malay: orang Maghribi — person from Morocco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marokkaner — person from Morocco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marokkan — person from Morocco
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marokkanar — person from Morocco
  • Persian: مَراکِشی (marâkeši) — person from Morocco
  • Polish: Marokańczyk — person from Morocco
  • Polish: Marokanka — person from Morocco
  • Portuguese: marroquino — person from Morocco
  • Romanian: marocan — person from Morocco
  • Romanian: marocană — person from Morocco
  • Russian: марокка́нец (marokkánec) — person from Morocco
  • Russian: марокка́нка (marokkánka) — person from Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Марока́нац — person from Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Мароканка — person from Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marokánac — person from Morocco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marokanka — person from Morocco
  • Slovak: Marokánec — person from Morocco
  • Slovak: Marokánka — person from Morocco
  • Slovene: Maročan — person from Morocco
  • Slovene: Maročanka — person from Morocco
  • Spanish: marroquí — person from Morocco
  • Spanish: marroquín — person from Morocco
  • Swahili: Mmoroko — person from Morocco
  • Swedish: marockan — person from Morocco
  • Tajik: марокашӣ (marokaši) — person from Morocco
  • Turkish: Faslı — person from Morocco
  • Ukrainian: марокка́нець (marokkánecʹ) — person from Morocco
  • Ukrainian: марокка́нка (marokkánka) — person from Morocco
  • Volapük: Marokänan — person from Morocco
Real reading context

Moroccan in complete knowledge articles