Wolof

See also: wolof and wòlof

English

Alternative forms

• Wollof, Woloff
• Jolof, Jollof, Djolof
• Ouolof, Olof
• Volof

Etymology

From the Wolof self-designation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒlɒf/, /ˈwəʊlɒf/

Proper noun

Wolof

1. A West African people, mostly in Senegal.
2. The language traditionally spoken by those people.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 221:

     ‘But come on: haven’t you learnt even a little bit of Wolof yet?’

3. (historical) The former realm of the Wolof, maintained from the 14th to the 19th centuries.

Usage notes

The spelling Wolof is the most common in reference to the people and their language, but the variant spellings "Jolof" and "Jollof" are more common when used in reference to their former polity ("Jolof Empire" or "Kingdom") and a native rice dish ("jollof rice"), respectively.

Translations

people

• Catalan: wòlofs m pl
• French: Wolofs (fr) m pl
• Galician: wólof m
• Lithuanian: volofai m pl
• Portuguese: wolof (pt) m pl
• Romanian: wolof m
• Spanish: wolof (es)
• Swahili: Mwolofu

language

• Basque: wolofera
• Catalan: wòlof m
• French: wolof (fr) m
• Galician: wólof m
• Irish: Volaifis f
• Lithuanian: volofų kalba (lt) f
• Portuguese: wolof (pt) m
• Romanian: wolofă f
• Spanish: wolof (es)
• Swahili: Kiwolofu

Noun

Wolof (plural Wolofs or Wolof)

1. An individual member of the Wolof people.

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code wo, ISO 639-3 code wol (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Wolof, wol ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Gambian Wolof, wof ⁠

Anagrams

• Woolf

French

Alternative forms

• Ghiolof (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔ.lɔf/

Noun

Wolof m (plural Wolofs)

1. A member of the Wolof people

Related terms

• wolof

Wolof

Proper noun

Wolof

1. Wolof