Senegalese

From Senegal +‎ -ese.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.nə.ɡəˈliːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Senegalese (comparative more Senegalese, superlative most Senegalese)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Senegal or the Senegalese people.

Senegalese (plural Senegalese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from Senegal or of Senegalese descent.

   Hypernyms: sub-Saharan, African

   • 2001, Citizenship Laws of the World, Amer Immigration Lawyers Assn, page 173:

     Foreigner who marries a Senegalese is granted permanent residency and can apply for citizenship by naturalization.

   • 2010, Elizabeth Berg, Ruth Wan, Ruth Lau, Senegal, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 74:

     In times of need, it is the mother's brother whom a Senegalese is most likely to approach for aid. The matrilineage is dominated by the tokor ("tuh-CORE"), the oldest man. The tokor holds all the family money.

   • 2019 March 5, Tobias Warner, The Tongue-Tied Imagination: Decolonizing Literary Modernity in Senegal, Fordham Univ Press, →ISBN, page 46:

     Senghor writes that these texts were collected “by the Abbé Boilat, a Senegalese” in his Grammar of the Wolof Language. Identifying Boilat as “a Senegalese” conflicts with the more ambiguous ways that Boilat actually presents himself […]

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Senegalese", "writing about Senegalese cuisine as a Senegalese") is uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Senegalese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Senegalese cuisine as a Senegalese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Senegalese

1. attributive form of Senegalees

Senegalese

1. plural of Senegalees