Meaning & use
Senegalese
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparable
Relating to Senegal, a country in West Africa, or to its people, language or culture.
Grammar: Goes before a noun or after be: the Senegalese coast, the dish is Senegalese.
Patterns
- Senegalese food
- a Senegalese citizen
We ate a Senegalese dish of rice and fish.
The Senegalese flag has green, yellow and red stripes.
She is a Senegalese singer who tours Europe.
nouncountable
A person from Senegal.
Grammar: Same form for singular and plural: the Senegalese are proud of their music.
Patterns
- the Senegalese
- a Senegalese
He is a Senegalese who moved to Paris as a student.
The Senegalese celebrate independence every April.
Word forms
| plural | Senegalese |
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Common combinations
- Senegalese cuisine
- Senegalese cuisine uses peanuts, fish and rice.
- Senegalese music
- Senegalese music mixes drums with guitars.
- Senegalese coast
- The Senegalese coast is lined with fishing villages.
- Senegalese citizen
- As a Senegalese citizen she needed a visa for the trip.
Word family
- Senegal proper noun
- the country in West Africa
- Dakar proper noun
- the capital of Senegal
- Wolof proper noun
- the most widely spoken language of Senegal
Commonly confused: Senegalese or Senegal?
Senegalese vs Senegal
Senegal is the country, while Senegalese describes things or people connected with it.
Practice
My neighbor comes from Dakar, so she is ___.
Choose one answer.
Senegalese is the nationality word. Senegal names the country, and the other forms do not exist in standard English.
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