Senegalese

See also: senegalese

English

Etymology

From Senegal +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Senegalese (comparative more Senegalese, superlative most Senegalese)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.

Translations

pertaining to Senegal

• Afrikaans: Senegalees
• Catalan: senegalès (ca)
• Czech: senegalský (cs)
• Dutch: Senegalees (nl), Senegalese (nl)
• Esperanto: senegala
• Finnish: senegalilainen (fi)
• French: sénégalais (fr)
• Galician: senegalés (gl)
• German: senegalesisch (de)
• Greek: σενεγαλέζικος (el) (senegalézikos)
• Hungarian: szenegáli (hu)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} Senegalala, ^{(please verify)} Senegalana
• Irish: Seineagálach
• Italian: senegalese (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: senegalesisk

  Nynorsk: senegalesisk (nn)

• Polish: senegalski (pl)
• Portuguese: senegalês (pt), senegalense (pt), senegalesco, senegaliano
• Romanian: senegalez (ro)
• Russian: сенега́льский (ru) (senegálʹskij)
• Spanish: senegalés (es)
• Swahili: Kisenegali
• Swedish: senegalesisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: сенега́льський (senehálʹsʹkyj)

Noun

Senegalese (plural Senegalese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from Senegal or of Senegalese descent.

   Hypernyms: sub-Saharan, African

   • 2001, Citizenship Laws of the World, Amer Immigration Lawyers Assn, page 173:

     Foreigner who marries a Senegalese is granted permanent residency and can apply for citizenship by naturalization.

   • 2010, Elizabeth Berg, Ruth Wan, Ruth Lau, Senegal, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 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.

   • 2019 March 5, Tobias Warner, The Tongue-Tied Imagination: Decolonizing Literary Modernity in Senegal, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN, page 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

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Senegalese", "writing about Senegalese cuisine as a Senegalese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Senegalese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Senegalese cuisine as a Senegalese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

person from Senegal

• Afrikaans: Senegalees
• Catalan: senegalès (ca) m
• Czech: Senegalec (cs) m, Senegalka (cs) f
• Dutch: Senegalees (nl) m, Senegalese (nl) f
• Esperanto: senegaliano (man or woman), senegalianino (woman)
• Finnish: senegalilainen (fi)
• French: Sénégalais (fr) m, Sénégalaise (fr) f
• Galician: senegalés (gl) m
• German: Senegalese (de) m, Senegalesin (de) f
• Greek: Σενεγαλέζος (el) m (Senegalézos), Σενεγαλέζα (el) f (Senegaléza)
• Hungarian: szenegáli (hu)
• Ido: Senegalano (io)
• Irish: Seineagálach m
• Italian: senegalese (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: senegaleser m

  Nynorsk: senegalesar (nn) m

• Polish: Senegalczyk (pl) m, Senegalka (pl) f
• Portuguese: senegalês (pt) m, senegalense (pt) m or f, senegaliano m
• Romanian: senegalez (ro) m, senegaleză (ro) f
• Russian: сенега́лец (ru) m (senegálec), сенега́лка (ru) f (senegálka)
• Spanish: senegalés (es) m, senegalesa (es) f
• Swahili: Msenegali (sw) class 1
• Swedish: senegales (sv) c
• Turkish: Senegalli (tr)

Afrikaans

Adjective

Senegalese

1. attributive form of Senegalees

Noun

Senegalese

1. plural of Senegalees