Nigerienadj.n.

Brit.

/nɪˌʒɛːrɪˈɛn/,

/nʌɪˌdʒɛːrɪˈɛn/, U.S.

/nᵻˌʒɛriˈɛn/,

/naɪˌdʒɛriˈɛn/

Forms: 1900s– Nigerien, 1900s– Nigérien.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nigérien, Nigérien.

Etymology: < French nigérien, adjective (1921 or earlier), Nigérien, noun (1936 or earlier) < Niger , the name of a country in western Africa (see Niger n.²) + -ien -ian suffix.

A. adj.

Of or relating to the western African country of Niger, formerly part of the Federation of French West Africa.

ΚΠ

1966 Techn. & Econ. Assistance under Foreign Assistance Act 1961 (U.S. Congress, Banking & Currency Committee) 114 The Government-established Nigerien Union for Credit and Cooperation has set up 12 regional centers and plans to establish 17 more.

1972 Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 239 The particularly early age at marriage among Nigérien women is explained by the marital customs of the two groups interviewed (Hausa, Djerma-Songhay).

1994 J. Otto & K. Elbow in R. M. Wright et al. Nat. Connections x. 241 Dedicated Nigerien forestry personnel.

2004 Miami Herald (Nexis) 14 Nov. 1 j On a ferry crossing the Niger River, they clustered to us... In the Nigerien village of Boubon, they followed us like a kite tail.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Niger.

ΚΠ

1967 V. T. Le Vine Polit. Leadership in Afr. iii. 31 In five years or so—after the jobs currently occupied by Frenchmen were filled by Nigeriens—a problem might arise.

1972 Washington Post 12 July a27 Nigeriens are without doubt among the most sharing people in the world.

1998 G. Shortland Polygamy vi. 80 The Nigerians periodically deported all their Nigeriens, heaving them all back across the border into Niger.

2001 A. Grimshaw Ethnographer's Eye (2003) vi. 98 The sound was recorded separately by..a Nigerien whom Rouch had met..almost ten years earlier.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigerien
释义	Nigerienadj.n. Brit. /nɪˌʒɛːrɪˈɛn/, /nʌɪˌdʒɛːrɪˈɛn/, U.S. /nᵻˌʒɛriˈɛn/, /naɪˌdʒɛriˈɛn/ Forms: 1900s– Nigerien, 1900s– Nigérien. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nigérien, Nigérien. Etymology: < French nigérien, adjective (1921 or earlier), Nigérien, noun (1936 or earlier) < Niger , the name of a country in western Africa (see Niger n.²) + -ien -ian suffix. A. adj. Of or relating to the western African country of Niger, formerly part of the Federation of French West Africa. ΚΠ 1966 Techn. & Econ. Assistance under Foreign Assistance Act 1961 (U.S. Congress, Banking & Currency Committee) 114 The Government-established Nigerien Union for Credit and Cooperation has set up 12 regional centers and plans to establish 17 more. 1972 Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 6 239 The particularly early age at marriage among Nigérien women is explained by the marital customs of the two groups interviewed (Hausa, Djerma-Songhay). 1994 J. Otto & K. Elbow in R. M. Wright et al. Nat. Connections x. 241 Dedicated Nigerien forestry personnel. 2004 Miami Herald (Nexis) 14 Nov. 1 j On a ferry crossing the Niger River, they clustered to us... In the Nigerien village of Boubon, they followed us like a kite tail. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. ΚΠ 1967 V. T. Le Vine Polit. Leadership in Afr. iii. 31 In five years or so—after the jobs currently occupied by Frenchmen were filled by Nigeriens—a problem might arise. 1972 Washington Post 12 July a27 Nigeriens are without doubt among the most sharing people in the world. 1998 G. Shortland Polygamy vi. 80 The Nigerians periodically deported all their Nigeriens, heaving them all back across the border into Niger. 2001 A. Grimshaw Ethnographer's Eye (2003) vi. 98 The sound was recorded separately by..a Nigerien whom Rouch had met..almost ten years earlier. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1966
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