Meanings
adjectiveSumerian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from or pertaining to Sumer.
"Could be. Anyway, Sumerian culture—the society based on me—was another manifestation of the metavirus. Expect that in this case, it was in a linguistic form rather than DNA."
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 371 - not comparableOf, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian.
nounSumerian (plural Sumerians)
plural Sumerians
proper noun
- human sciencesThe ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Akkadian𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru)
- EnglishSumer
- EnglishSumerian
Translations
Arabic سُومْرِيّ
- سُومْرِيّ (sūmriyy)person
Catalan sumeri, sumeri
- sumeripertaining to Sumer
- sumeriperson
- sumerilanguage
Chinese Mandarin 蘇美爾人 /苏美尔人, 蘇美人 /苏美人
- 蘇美爾人 /苏美尔人 (Sūměi'ěrrén)person
- 蘇美人 /苏美人 (Sūměirén)person
- 蘇美爾語 /苏美尔语 (Sūměi'ěryǔ)language
- 蘇美語 /苏美语 (Sūměiyǔ)language
Czech sumerský, Sumer
- sumerskýpertaining to Sumer
- Sumerperson
- sumerštinalanguage
Danish sumerisk, sumerer
- sumeriskpertaining to Sumer
- sumererperson
- sumerisklanguage
Dutch Soemerisch, Soemeriër
- Soemerischpertaining to Sumer
- Soemeriërperson
- Soemerischlanguage
Esperanto sumera lingvo
- sumera lingvolanguage
Estonian sumeri keel
- sumeri keellanguage
Finnish sumerilainen, sumeri
- sumerilainenpertaining to Sumer
- sumeriperson
- sumerilainenperson
- sumerin kielilanguage
- sumerilanguage
French sumérien, Sumérien
- sumérienpertaining to Sumer
- Sumérienperson
- Sumérienneperson
- sumérienlanguage
German sumerisch, Sumerer
- sumerischpertaining to Sumer
- Sumererperson
- Sumererinperson
- Sumerischlanguage
Greek σουμερικός, Σουμέριος
- σουμερικός (soumerikós)pertaining to Sumer
- Σουμέριος (Soumérios)person
- σουμεριακή γλώσσα (soumeriakí glóssa)language
Hindi सुमेरी, सुमेरी
- सुमेरी (sumerī)pertaining to Sumer
- सुमेरी (sumerī)person
- सुमेरी (sumerī)language
Hungarian sumer
- sumerlanguage
Icelandic súmerska
- súmerskalanguage
Italian sumerico, sumerico
- sumericopertaining to Sumer
- sumericoperson
- sumerolanguage
Japanese シュメール人, シュメール語
- シュメール人 (shumērujin)person
- シュメール語 (shumēru-go)language
Korean 수메르, 수메르어
- 수메르 (sumereu)person
- 수메르어 (Sumereueo)language
Latin Sumericus
- Sumericuspertaining to Sumer
Norwegian sumerisk språk
- sumerisk språklanguage
Polish sumeryjski, sumerski
- sumeryjskipertaining to Sumer
- sumerskipertaining to Sumer
- Sumerperson
- Sumeryjczykperson
- Sumeryjkaperson
- język sumeryjskilanguage
Portuguese sumério, sumérico
- sumériopertaining to Sumer
- suméricopertaining to Sumer
- sumerianopertaining to Sumer
- sumérioperson
- língua sumérialanguage
- sumériolanguage
- suméricolanguage
- sumerianolanguage
Russian шуме́рский, шуме́р
- шуме́рский (šumérskij)pertaining to Sumer
- шуме́р (šumér)person
- шуме́рский язы́к (šumérskij jazýk)language
Slovak sumerčina
- sumerčinalanguage
Spanish sumerio, sumerio
- sumerioperson
- sumeriolanguage
Swedish sumerisk, sumer
- sumeriskpertaining to Sumer
- sumerperson
- sumeriskalanguage
Tamil சுமேரிய மொழி
- சுமேரிய மொழி (cumēriya moḻi)language
Turkish Sümer, Sümerce
- Sümerperson
- Sümercelanguage
Ukrainian шуме́рський
- шуме́рський (šumérsʹkyj)pertaining to Sumer
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Sumerian
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All rhymes →Sounds the same
Samarian (some accents)Samarian (some accents)Samarian (some accents)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Sumerian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumerian
MLA
“Sumerian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumerian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sumerian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumerian.
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