Meanings
- A language spoken in West Africa.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
nouna family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
* From Manding languages, ultimately from Fula root ful- (pul-)
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fulbe, ful
- fulbepeople
- fullanguage
Chinese Mandarin 富拉尼人
- 富拉尼人people
Finnish fulbet, fulani
- fulbetpeople
- fulanilanguage
French Peul, Peule
- Peulpeople
- Peulepeople
- peullanguage
- fufuldélanguage
Hindi फ़ुला, फ़ुला
- फ़ुला (fulā)people
- फ़ुला (fulā)language
Irish Fulfuildis (Fulfulde)
- Fulfuildis (Fulfulde)language
Portuguese fula, fula
- fulapeople
- fulalanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Fula
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Cite this entry
Fula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fula
“Fula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fula. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fula.
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