Burkinabe

See also: burkinabé, burkinabè, and Burkinabé

English

Alternative forms

Burkinabé

Etymology

Via French burkinabé, from Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Fula -ɓe (plural ending for a people noun), coined by Burkinabe revolutionary Thomas Sankara.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/, /bɜɹˌkinəˈbeɪ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜː(ɹ)kiːnəˈbeɪ/, /bɜː(ɹ)ˌkiːnəˈbeɪ/

Noun

Burkinabe (plural Burkinabes)

A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person from Burkina Faso

Afrikaans: Burkinees, Burkiniër
Catalan: burkinès m
Dutch: Burkinees (nl) m, Burkinese (nl) f
Finnish: burkinafasolainen
French: Burkinabè (fr)
Galician: burkinense m or f
German: Burkiner (de) m, Burkinerin (de) f, Burkinabé m or f
Hungarian: Burkina Fasó-i
Italian: burkinabè m or f
Polish: Burkińczyk (pl) m pers, Burkinka (pl) f
Spanish: burkinés (es)

Adjective

Burkinabe (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe people or the Burkinabe language.

Translations

from Burkina Faso

Afrikaans: Burkinees, Burkinies
Catalan: burkinès
Dutch: Burkinees (nl)
Finnish: burkinafasolainen
French: burkinabè (fr)
Galician: burkinense
German: burkinisch (de), burkinabè
Hungarian: Burkina Fasó-i
Polish: burkiński (pl) m
Spanish: burkinés (es)

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