Senegalese
/ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/
Senegalese adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
Adjective
Senegalese (comparative more Senegalese, superlative most Senegalese)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
Noun
Senegalese (plural Senegalese)
- 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
- 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
Senegalese meaning in Bengali
Senegalese in Bengali
- সেনেগালীয়
Forms of Senegalese
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Senegalese |
| superlative | most Senegalese |
| Noun | |
| plural | Senegalese |
Origin of Senegalese
From Senegal + -ese.
Words formed from Senegalese
Phrases with Senegalese
Words that rhyme with Senegalese
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about Senegalese
- What does Senegalese mean?
- Senegalese means of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
- What is Senegalese in Bengali?
- Senegalese in Bengali is সেনেগালীয়. See Senegalese meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Senegalese?
- Senegalese can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Senegalese?
- Senegalese is pronounced /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/ (UK).
Words near Senegalese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Senegalese (page history and authors); Senegalese (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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