Standard Lemma guide

Hausa

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhaʊsə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Chadic language spoken by these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A people living in Nigeria and part of Niger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Haussa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: West Chadic

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Haussa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Nigerian

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa Hausa.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَوْسَائِيَّة (hawsāʔiyya) — language
  • Arabic: هَوْسَا (hawsā) — language
  • Arabic: هَوْسِيَّة (hawsiyya) — language
  • Armenian: հաուսա (hausa) — language
  • Asturian: hausa — language
  • Asturian: ḥausa — language
  • Belarusian: ха́ўса (xáwsa) — language
  • Bulgarian: ха́уса (háusa) — language
  • Catalan: haussa — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豪薩語 /豪萨语 (Háosàyǔ) — language
  • Czech: hauština — language
  • Esperanto: haŭsa lingvo — language
  • Faroese: hausa — language
  • Finnish: hausa — language
  • French: haoussa — language
  • Galician: hausa — language
  • German: Hausa — language
  • Hausa: Hausa — language
  • Hausa: هَوُس (Hausa) — language
  • Irish: Hásais — language
  • Japanese: ハウサ語 (Hausa-go) — language
  • Macedonian: хауса (hausa) — language
  • Moore: zãngoeere — language
  • Polish: hausa — language
  • Portuguese: hauçá — language
  • Russian: ха́уса (xáusa) — language
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Igihawusa — language
  • Slovak: hauština — language
  • Swahili: Kihausa — language
  • Swedish: hausa — language
  • Turkish: Hausaca — language
  • Tyap: Kpat — language
  • Ukrainian: га́уса (háusa) — language
  • Ukrainian: ха́уса (xáusa) — language
  • Yoruba: Awúsá — language
  • Arabic: هَوْسَاوَة (hawsāwa) — people
  • Baatonum: Gambaru — people
  • Catalan: haussa — people
  • Duala: Muwusa class 1 — people
  • Esperanto: haŭsoj — people
  • Finnish: hausa — people
  • Galician: Hausa — people
  • Greek: Χάουσα (Cháousa) — people
  • Hausa: Bahaushe — people
  • Hausa: Bahaushiya — people
  • Hausa: Hausawa — people
  • Japanese: ハウサ人 (Hausa-jin) — people
  • Nupe: Keńci — people
  • Polish: Hausa — people
  • Portuguese: hauçá — people
  • Swahili: Mhausa — people
  • Swedish: hausa — people
  • Tyap: A̱kpat — people
  • Yoruba: Awúsá — people