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Senegalese en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree
English Senegal
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Senegalese
From Senegal + -ese.
Meanings
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Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
Forms
Deriveds
Senegalese twist · Senegaleseness
Translations (28)
eo senegala (pertaining to Senegal) · ru сенега́льский (pertaining to Senegal) · hu szenegáli (pertaining to Senegal) · gl senegalés (pertaining to Senegal) · sw Kisenegali (pertaining to Senegal) · cs senegalský (pertaining to Senegal) · ast senegalés (pertaining to Senegal) · nl Senegalees (pertaining to Senegal) · ca senegalès (pertaining to Senegal) · ga Seineagálach (pertaining to Senegal) · pt senegalense (pertaining to Senegal) · sv senegalesisk (pertaining to Senegal) · uk сенега́льський (pertaining to Senegal) · fr sénégalais (pertaining to Senegal) · ro senegalez (pertaining to Senegal) · fi senegalilainen (pertaining to Senegal) · nb senegalesisk (pertaining to Senegal) · pl senegalski (pertaining to Senegal) · it senegalese (pertaining to Senegal) · nl Senegalese (pertaining to Senegal) · pt senegalês (pertaining to Senegal) · pt senegalesco (pertaining to Senegal) · nn senegalesisk (pertaining to Senegal) · es senegalés (pertaining to Senegal) · el σενεγαλέζικος (pertaining to Senegal) · af Senegalees (pertaining to Senegal) · pt senegaliano (pertaining to Senegal) · de senegalesisch (pertaining to Senegal)
Senegalese en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree
English Senegal
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Senegalese
From Senegal + -ese.
Meanings
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(in-plural) A person from Senegal or of Senegalese descent.
Foreigner who marries a Senegalese is granted permanent residency and can apply for citizenship by naturalization.
2001, Citizenship Laws of the World, Amer Immigration Lawyers Assn, page 173: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[…]
2019 March 5, Tobias Warner, The Tongue-Tied Imagination: Decolonizing Literary Modernity in Senegal, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN, page 46: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.
2010, Elizabeth Berg, Ruth Wan, Ruth Lau, Senegal, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 74:
Forms
Hypernyms
African · sub-Saharan
Translations (38)
de Senegalese (person from Senegal) · eo senegalianino (person from Senegal) · io Senegalano (person from Senegal) · gl senegalés (person from Senegal) · ca senegalès (person from Senegal) · pt senegaliano (person from Senegal) · pl Senegalczyk (person from Senegal) · tr Senegalli (person from Senegal) · ru сенега́лец (person from Senegal) · ast senegalesa (person from Senegal) · fr Sénégalaise (person from Senegal) · es senegalés (person from Senegal) · cs Senegalka (person from Senegal) · fr Sénégalais (person from Senegal) · ast senegalés (person from Senegal) · nl Senegalese (person from Senegal) · nl Senegalees (person from Senegal) · de Senegalesin (person from Senegal) · it senegalese (person from Senegal) · ru сенега́лка (person from Senegal) · hu szenegáli (person from Senegal) · sw Msenegali (person from Senegal) · nb senegaleser (person from Senegal) · eo senegaliano (person from Senegal) · ga Seineagálach (person from Senegal) · fi senegalilainen (person from Senegal) · ro senegaleză (person from Senegal) · pl Senegalka (person from Senegal) · pt senegalense (person from Senegal) · es senegalesa (person from Senegal) · el Σενεγαλέζος (person from Senegal) · el Σενεγαλέζα (person from Senegal) · ro senegalez (person from Senegal) · nn senegalesar (person from Senegal) · sv senegales (person from Senegal) · pt senegalês (person from Senegal) · af Senegalees (person from Senegal) · cs Senegalec (person from Senegal)