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Tutsi

/ˈtʊtsi/

Tutsi noun: a member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi.

Noun

Tutsi (plural Tutsis or Tutsi)

  1. A member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
    • Coordinate term: Hutu

Forms of Tutsi

pluralTutsis
pluralTutsi

Origin of Tutsi

Borrowed from Rwanda-Rundi Umutūtsi.

Words formed from Tutsi

Questions about Tutsi

What does Tutsi mean?
Tutsi means a member of an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi.
What part of speech is Tutsi?
Tutsi is a noun.
How do you pronounce Tutsi?
Tutsi is pronounced /ˈtʊtsi/.
What is the plural of Tutsi?
The plural of Tutsi is Tutsis.

Words near Tutsi in the dictionary

  1. tutrixes
  2. tuts
  3. tutsan
  4. tutsans
  5. Tutshill
  6. Tutsi
  7. Tutsiness
  8. Tutsis
  9. tutsoon
  10. tutsoons
  11. tutster

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tutsi (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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