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Senegalese
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senegalese
English
Etymology
en :af Senegal -ese + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Senegalese.wav Southern England
en iːz 4
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
Derived terms
en Senegaleseness Senegalese twist
Translations
pertaining to Senegal
Afrikaans: af Senegalees
Asturian: ast senegalés
Catalan: ca senegalès
Czech: cs senegalský
Dutch: nl Senegalees, nl Senegalese
Esperanto: eo senegala
Finnish: fi senegalilainen
French: fr sénégalais
Galician: gl senegalés
German: de senegalesisch
Greek: el σενεγαλέζικος
Hungarian: hu szenegáli
Ido: io Senegalala, io Senegalana
Irish: ga Seineagálach
Italian: it senegalese
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb senegalesisk
Nynorsk: nn senegalesisk
Polish: pl senegalski
Portuguese: pt senegalês, pt senegalense, pt senegalesco, pt senegaliano
Romanian: ro senegalez
Russian: ru сенега́льский
Spanish: es senegalés
Swahili: sw Kisenegali
Swedish: sv senegalesisk
Ukrainian: uk сенега́льський
Noun
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en chiefly in the plural A person from Senegal or of Senegalese descent.
en sub-Saharan African
en 2001 Citizenship Laws of the World Amer Immigration Lawyers Assn 173 Foreigner who marries a Senegalese is granted permanent residency and can apply for citizenship by naturalization.
en 2010 Elizabeth Berg; Ruth Wan; Ruth Lau Senegal Marshall Cavendish 9780761444817 74 In times of need, it is the mother's brother whom a Senegalese is most likely to approach for aid. The matrilineage is dominated by the tokor ("tuh-CORE"), the oldest man. The tokor holds all the family money.
en 2019-03-05 Tobias Warner The Tongue-Tied Imagination: Decolonizing Literary Modernity in Senegal Fordham Univ Press 9780823284313 46 Senghor writes that these texts were collected “by the Abbé Boilat, a Senegalese” in his Grammar of the Wolof Language. Identifying Boilat as “a Senegalese” conflicts with the more ambiguous ways that Boilat actually presents himself
Usage notes
Translations
person from Senegal
Afrikaans: af Senegalees
Asturian: ast senegalés m, ast senegalesa f
Catalan: ca senegalès m
Czech: cs Senegalec m, cs Senegalka f
Dutch: nl Senegalees m, nl Senegalese f
Esperanto: eo senegaliano man or woman, eo senegalianino woman
Finnish: fi senegalilainen
French: fr Sénégalais m, fr Sénégalaise f
Galician: gl senegalés m
German: de Senegalese m, de Senegalesin f
Greek: el Σενεγαλέζος m, el Σενεγαλέζα f
Hungarian: hu szenegáli
Ido: io Senegalano
Irish: ga Seineagálach m
Italian: it senegalese
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb senegaleser m
Nynorsk: nn senegalesar m
Polish: pl Senegalczyk m, pl Senegalka f
Portuguese: pt senegalês m, pt senegalense m f, pt senegaliano m
Romanian: ro senegalez m, ro senegaleză f
Russian: ru сенега́лец m, ru сенега́лка f
Spanish: es senegalés m, es senegalesa f
Swahili: sw Msenegali 1
Swedish: sv senegales c
Turkish: tr Senegalli
en Nationalities Senegal
Afrikaans
Adjective
af adjective form
af Senegalees
Noun
af noun form
af Senegalees