Standard Lemma guide

Sudanese

adj · 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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  • UK: /suː.de.niːz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːz
  • CMU ARPABET: S UW2 D AH0 N IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Sudanese desert

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Sudan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: African

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sudan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Sudanese From Sudan + -ese.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Soedannees — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Afrikaans: Soedans — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Arabic: سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy) — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Asturian: sudanés — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Catalan: sudanès — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Czech: súdánský — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Danish: sudanesisk — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Dutch: Soedanees — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Finnish: sudanilainen — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • French: soudanais — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • French: soudanaise — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Galician: sudanés — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • German: sudanesisch — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Hungarian: szudáni — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Irish: Súdánach — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sudansk — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sudansk — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Polish: sudański — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Portuguese: sudanês — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Romanian: sudanez — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Russian: суда́нский (sudánskij) — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Serbo-Croatian: sudanski — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Spanish: sudanés — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Swahili: Kisudani — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Swahili: Msudani — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Swedish: sudansk — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Ukrainian: суда́нський (sudánsʹkyj) — Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
  • Afrikaans: Soedannees — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Arabic: سُودَانِيّ (sūdāniyy) — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Arabic: سُودَانِيَّة (sūdāniyya) — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Asturian: sudanés — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Asturian: sudanesa — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Czech: Súdánec — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Dutch: Soedanees — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Dutch: Soedanese — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Esperanto: sudanano — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Esperanto: sudananino — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Finnish: sudanilainen — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • French: Soudanais — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • French: Soudanaise — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Galician: sudanés — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • German: Sudanese — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • German: Sudanesin — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Hungarian: szudáni — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Irish: Súdánach — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Italian: sudanese — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sudaner — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sudanar — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Polish: Sudańczyk — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Polish: Sudanka — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Portuguese: sudanês — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Romanian: sudanez — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Romanian: sudaneză — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Russian: суда́нец (sudánec) — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Russian: суда́нка (sudánka) — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sudanac — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sudanka — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Spanish: sudanés — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Spanish: sudanesa — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Swahili: Msudani — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Swedish: sudanes — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
  • Turkish: Sudanlı — person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
Real reading context

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