Senegal

See also: Sénégal

English

Etymology

Probably from a Portuguese transliteration of the name of the Zenaga, or combination of the supreme deity in Serer religion (Rog Sene) and o gal meaning body of water in the Serer language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛn.ɪ.ˈɡɔːl/, /ˌsɛn.ɪ.ˈɡɑːl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɑːl

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. A river in West Africa.
  2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in Africa)

Czech

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

  • Senegal in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Senegal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Senegal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseneɡɑl/, [ˈs̠e̞ne̞ɡɑl]
  • Rhymes: -eneɡɑl
  • Syllabification(key): Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Senegal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Senegal
genitive Senegalin
partitive Senegalia
illative Senegaliin
singular plural
nominative Senegal
accusative nom. Senegal
gen. Senegalin
genitive Senegalin
partitive Senegalia
inessive Senegalissa
elative Senegalista
illative Senegaliin
adessive Senegalilla
ablative Senegalilta
allative Senegalille
essive Senegalina
translative Senegaliksi
instructive
abessive Senegalitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Senegal (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Senegalini Senegalimme
2nd person Senegalisi Senegalinne
3rd person Senegalinsa

Derived terms


Gagauz

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

der Senegal m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Senegal or des Senegals)
Senegal n (proper noun, genitive Senegals or (optionally with an article) Senegal)

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

der Senegal m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Senegals)

  1. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ne.ɡal/, (traditional) /se.neˈɡal/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛneɡal, (traditional) -al
  • Hyphenation: Sè‧ne‧gal, (traditional) Se‧ne‧gàl

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

References

  1. Senegal in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛˈnɛ.ɡal/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡal
  • Syllabification: Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • senegalski
nouns

Further reading

  • Senegal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Senegal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.neˈɡaw/ [se.neˈɡaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.nɨˈɡal/ [sɨ.nɨˈɣaɫ]

  • Hyphenation: Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sêneɡaːl/
  • Hyphenation: Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Sȅnegāl m (Cyrillic spelling Се̏нега̄л)

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)
  2. Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seneˈɡal/ [se.neˈɣ̞al]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: Se‧ne‧gal

Proper noun

Senegal m

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Usage notes

The definite article is used when referring to Senegal in Spanish (i.e. el Senegal). However, occasionally, you may see the definite article omitted in colloquial use.


Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

See also


Swedish

Proper noun

Senegal ? (genitive Senegals)

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

References


Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Senegal (Senegal).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Se‧na‧gal
  • IPA(key): /seneˈɡal/, [se.neˈɣal]

Proper noun

Senegál

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Tatar

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension


Turkish

Proper noun

Senegal

  1. Senegal (a country in West Africa)

Declension

See also

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