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burkinabe

/ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
burk-in-abe
IPA
/ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.

adj

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/
  • British English: /ˌbɜː(ɹ)kiːnəˈbeɪ/

Inflected Forms

Burkinabes (plural) Burkinabé (alternative)

Synonyms

Burkina Fasoan

Questions

How do you pronounce burkinabe?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɜɹkinəˈbeɪ/.
What does burkinabe mean?
A person from Burkina Faso or of Burkinabe descent.
Where does burkinabe come from?
It is traced to French.

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