Meanings
comparative more Senegalese · superlative most Senegalese
- Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.
- in pluralA 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 1732 more examples
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 74Senghor 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
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Senegalees, Senegalees
- Senegaleespertaining to Senegal
- Senegaleesperson from Senegal
Catalan senegalès, senegalès
- senegalèspertaining to Senegal
- senegalèsperson from Senegal
Czech senegalský, Senegalec
- senegalskýpertaining to Senegal
- Senegalecperson from Senegal
- Senegalkaperson from Senegal
Dutch Senegalees, Senegalese
- Senegaleespertaining to Senegal
- Senegalesepertaining to Senegal
- Senegaleesperson from Senegal
- Senegaleseperson from Senegal
Esperanto senegala, senegaliano
- senegalapertaining to Senegal
- senegalianoperson from Senegal
- senegalianinoperson from Senegal
Finnish senegalilainen, senegalilainen
- senegalilainenpertaining to Senegal
- senegalilainenperson from Senegal
French sénégalais, Sénégalais
- sénégalaispertaining to Senegal
- Sénégalaisperson from Senegal
- Sénégalaiseperson from Senegal
German senegalesisch, Senegalese
- senegalesischpertaining to Senegal
- Senegaleseperson from Senegal
- Senegalesinperson from Senegal
Greek σενεγαλέζικος, Σενεγαλέζος
- σενεγαλέζικος (senegalézikos)pertaining to Senegal
- Σενεγαλέζος (Senegalézos)person from Senegal
- Σενεγαλέζα (Senegaléza)person from Senegal
Hungarian szenegáli, szenegáli
- szenegálipertaining to Senegal
- szenegáliperson from Senegal
Irish Seineagálach, Seineagálach
- Seineagálachpertaining to Senegal
- Seineagálachperson from Senegal
Italian senegalese, senegalese
- senegalesepertaining to Senegal
- senegaleseperson from Senegal
Norwegian Bokmål senegalesisk, senegaleser
- senegalesiskpertaining to Senegal
- senegaleserperson from Senegal
Polish senegalski, Senegalczyk
- senegalskipertaining to Senegal
- Senegalczykperson from Senegal
- Senegalkaperson from Senegal
Portuguese senegalês, senegalense
- senegalêspertaining to Senegal
- senegalensepertaining to Senegal
- senegalescopertaining to Senegal
- senegalianopertaining to Senegal
- senegalêsperson from Senegal
- senegalenseperson from Senegal
- senegalianoperson from Senegal
Romanian senegalez, senegalez
- senegalezpertaining to Senegal
- senegalezperson from Senegal
- senegalezăperson from Senegal
Russian сенега́льский, сенега́лец
- сенега́льский (senegálʹskij)pertaining to Senegal
- сенега́лец (senegálec)person from Senegal
- сенега́лка (senegálka)person from Senegal
Spanish senegalés, senegalés
- senegaléspertaining to Senegal
- senegalésperson from Senegal
- senegalesaperson from Senegal
Swahili Kisenegali, Msenegali
- Kisenegalipertaining to Senegal
- Msenegaliperson from Senegal
Swedish senegalesisk, senegales
- senegalesiskpertaining to Senegal
- senegalesperson from Senegal
Turkish Senegalli
- Senegalliperson from Senegal
Ukrainian сенега́льський
- сенега́льський (senehálʹsʹkyj)pertaining to Senegal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Senegalese
Cite this entry
Senegalese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senegalese
“Senegalese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senegalese. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Senegalese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Senegalese.
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