Standard Lemma guide

Nigerien

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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  • /naɪˌdʒɪɹiˈɛn/
  • /niːˈʒɛəɹɪən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Niger or the Nigerien 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 Niger or of Nigerien descent.

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 the people of Nigeria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nigerian

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Niger

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 French nigérien, from Niger + -ien.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Nigers — pertaining to Niger
  • Afrikaans: Nigeryns — pertaining to Niger
  • Asturian: nixerín — pertaining to Niger
  • Czech: nigerský — pertaining to Niger
  • Dutch: Nigerees — pertaining to Niger
  • Finnish: nigeriläinen — pertaining to Niger
  • Galician: nixerino — pertaining to Niger
  • German: nigrisch — pertaining to Niger
  • Irish: Nígireach — pertaining to Niger
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nigersk — pertaining to Niger
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nigersk — pertaining to Niger
  • Polish: nigerski — pertaining to Niger
  • Portuguese: nigerino — pertaining to Niger
  • Russian: ни́герский (nígerskij) — pertaining to Niger
  • Russian: ниге́рский (nigérskij) — pertaining to Niger
  • Spanish: nigerino — pertaining to Niger
  • Swahili: Kinijeri — pertaining to Niger
  • Swedish: nigerisk — pertaining to Niger
  • Ukrainian: ні́герський (níhersʹkyj) — pertaining to Niger
  • Afrikaans: Nigerees — person
  • Afrikaans: Nigeryn — person
  • Asturian: nixerín — person
  • Asturian: nixerina — person
  • Czech: Nigeřan — person
  • Dutch: Nigerees — person
  • Dutch: Nigerese — person
  • Esperanto: niĝerano — person
  • Esperanto: niĝerlandano — person
  • Esperanto: niĝeranino — person
  • Esperanto: niĝerlandanino — person
  • Finnish: nigeriläinen — person
  • French: Nigérien — person
  • French: Nigérienne — person
  • Galician: nixerino — person
  • German: Nigrer — person
  • German: Nigrerin — person
  • Irish: Nígireach — person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nigerer — person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nigerar — person
  • Polish: Nigerczyk — person
  • Polish: Nigerka — person
  • Portuguese: nigerino — person
  • Portuguese: nigerina — person
  • Russian: ниге́рец (nigérec) — person
  • Russian: ниге́рка (nigérka) — person
  • Spanish: nigerino — person
  • Spanish: nigerina — person
  • Swahili: Mnijeri — person
  • Swedish: nigerier — person
  • Swedish: nigerer — person
  • Turkish: Nijerli — person
  • Ukrainian: нігере́ць (niherécʹ) — person
  • Ukrainian: ніге́рка (nihérka) — person