Meanings
- A city in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia.
On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.
2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian - Sfax Governorate, one of the governorates in Tunisia.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia.
Origin
- Arabicصَفاقِس
- Tunisian Arabicصفاقس
- FrenchSfax
- EnglishSfax
Borrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).
More words from French, Tunisian Arabic, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَفَاقِس
- صَفَاقِس (ṣafāqis)Tunisian city
Esperanto Sfakso
- SfaksoTunisian city
French Sfax
- SfaxTunisian city
Greek Σφαξ, Σαφάκις
- Σφαξ (Sfax)Tunisian city
- Σαφάκις (Safákis)Tunisian city
Hebrew ספקס
- ספקסTunisian city
Hindi स्फ़ाक्स
- स्फ़ाक्स (sfāks)Tunisian city
Hungarian Szfaksz
- SzfakszTunisian city
Italian Sfax, Safasso
- SfaxTunisian city
- SafassoTunisian city
Japanese スファックス
- スファックス (Sufakkusu)Tunisian city
Korean 스팍스
- 스팍스 (Seupakseu)Tunisian city
Latin Taparura, Thaenae
- TaparuraTunisian city
- ThaenaeTunisian city
Lithuanian Sfaksas
- SfaksasTunisian city
Polish Safakis
- SafakisTunisian city
Portuguese Sfax
- SfaxTunisian city
Russian Сфакс
- Сфакс (Sfaks)Tunisian city
Turkish Safakes
- SafakesTunisian city
Ukrainian Сфакс
- Сфакс (Sfaks)Tunisian city
Cite this entry
Sfax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sfax
“Sfax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sfax. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sfax,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sfax.
Source: Sfax on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.