Wolof

W4O1L1O1F4
/ˈwɒlɒf//ˈwəʊlɒf/

proper noun

A West African people, mostly in Senegal.

Similar
Wolof language
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Wollof · alternative Woloff · alternative Jolof · alternative Jollof · alternative Djolof · alternative Ouolof · alternative Olof · alternative Volof

  1. A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
  2. The language traditionally spoken by those people.

    ‘But come on: haven’t you learnt even a little bit of Wolof yet?’

    2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 221
  3. historicalThe former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
nounWolof (plural Wolofs or Wolof)

plural Wolofs · alternative Wollof · alternative Woloff · alternative Jolof · alternative Jollof · alternative Djolof · alternative Ouolof · alternative Olof · alternative Volof

  1. An individual member of the Wolof people.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula

Similar
Wolof language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. WolofWolof
  2. EnglishWolof

From Wolof Wolof.

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Translations

Basque wolofera
  • woloferalanguage
Catalan wòlof, wòlofs
  • wòloflanguage
  • wòlofspeople
Chinese Mandarin 沃洛夫人
  • 沃洛夫人 (Wòluòfūrén)people
French wolof, Wolofs
  • woloflanguage
  • Wolofspeople
Irish Volaifis
  • Volaifislanguage
Lithuanian volofų kalba, volofai
  • volofų kalbalanguage
  • volofaipeople
Portuguese wolof, wolof
  • woloflanguage
  • wolofpeople
Romanian wolofă, wolof
  • wolofălanguage
  • wolofpeople
Russian воло́ф
  • воло́ф (volóf)language
Spanish wolof, wolof
  • woloflanguage
  • wolofpeople
Swahili Kiwolofu, Mwolofu
  • Kiwolofulanguage
  • Mwolofupeople

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Wolof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolof

MLA

“Wolof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolof. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wolof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolof.

Source: Wolof on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.