Haitian

See also: haitian

English

Etymology

From Haiti +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Haitian (plural Haitians)

1. A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.
   • 2022 October 14, Michel DeGraff, “As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The goal was to make Haitians dependent on France, from their economy to their culture to the very words they spoke.

Translations

person from Haiti

• Catalan: haitià (ca) m, haitiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海地人 (zh) (Hǎidìrén)

• Czech: Haiťan (cs) m
• Danish: haitianer c
• Dutch: Haïtiaan (nl) m, Haïtiaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: haitiano m, haitianino f
• French: Haïtien (fr) m, Haïtienne (fr) f
• Galician: haitiano (gl) m
• German: Haitianer (de) m, Haitianerin (de) f
• Greek: Αϊτινός (el) m (Aïtinós), Αϊτινή f (Aïtiní)
• Italian: haitiano (it) m, haitiana (it) f
• Japanese: ハイチ人 (Haichi-jin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haitier m, haitianer m

  Nynorsk: haitiar (nn) m

• Polish: Haitańczyk (pl) m, Haitanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: haitiano (pt) m
• Romanian: haitian m, haitiană f
• Russian: гаитя́нин (ru) m (gaitjánin), гаитя́нка (ru) f (gaitjánka)
• Slovene: haitan
• Spanish: haitiano (es) m, haitiana (es) f
• Swahili: Mhaiti (sw)
• Swedish: haitier (sv) c
• Turkish: Haitili (tr)

Proper noun

Haitian

1. Haitian Creole, one of the official languages of Haiti.

Adjective

Haitian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
   • 2022 October 14, Michel DeGraff, “As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     That would have given Haitian students a chance to function in both languages while prizing their national identity.

Derived terms

• Haitianization
• Haitianness

Translations

pertaining to the country, people, or language

• Catalan: haitià (ca)
• Czech: haitský (cs)
• Danish: haitiansk, haitisk
• Dutch: Haïtiaans (nl)
• French: haïtien (fr)
• Galician: haitiano (gl)
• German: haitianisch (de)
• Haitian Creole: ayisyen
• Italian: haitiano (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: haitisk

  Nynorsk: haitisk (nn)

• Polish: haitański (pl)
• Portuguese: haitiano (pt)
• Romanian: haitian
• Russian: гаитя́нский (ru) (gaitjánskij)
• Slovene: haitijski
• Spanish: haitiano (es)
• Swahili: Kihaiti
• Ukrainian: гаїтя́нський (hajitjánsʹkyj)

Further reading

• Haitian creole Wikipedia
• Haitian Creole - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.