ethiopian

Other forms of ethiopian

plural

ethiopians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ethiopian

What does ethiopian mean?

ethiopian means "a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ethiopian?

ethiopian has 5 syllables: e-thi-o-pi-an. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌiθiˈoʊpiən/.

Is ethiopian a common word?

ethiopian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.