name
Meaning 1
A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Wolof
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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/ˈwɒlɒf/
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/ˈwəʊlɒf/
name
Meaning 2
The language traditionally spoken by those people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
The former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
An individual member of the Wolof people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: West African
History
Etymology
From Wolof Wolof.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: wòlofs — people
- Chinese Mandarin: 沃洛夫人 (Wòluòfūrén) — people
- French: Wolofs — people
- Galician: wólof — people
- Lithuanian: volofai — people
- Marathi: वॉलॉफ (vŏlŏph) — people
- Portuguese: wolof — people
- Romanian: wolof — people
- Spanish: wolof — people
- Swahili: Mwolofu — people
- Basque: wolofera — language
- Catalan: wòlof — language
- French: wolof — language
- Galician: wólof — language
- Irish: Volaifis — language
- Lithuanian: volofų kalba — language
- Marathi: वॉलॉफ (vŏlŏph) — language
- Portuguese: wolof — language
- Romanian: wolofă — language
- Russian: воло́ф (volóf) — language
- Spanish: wolof — language
- Swahili: Kiwolofu — language