xhosa

See also: Xhosa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.sa/, /ksɔ.sa/

Noun

xhosa m (uncountable)

1. Xhosa (Xhosa language)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xossa, xosa, cosa (adapted forms)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Xhosa, from Xhosa ísíXhosa / úḿXhosa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zɐ/

Noun

xhosa m (plural xhosas or xhosa)

1. Xhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)
2. (uncountable) Xhosa (a Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa)

Further reading

• “xhosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsosa/ [ˈso.sa], /ˈxosa/ [ˈxo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: xho‧sa

Adjective

xhosa m or f (masculine and feminine plural xhosas)

1. Xhosa

Noun

xhosa m or f by sense (plural xhosas or xhosa)

1. Xhosa

Swedish

Noun

xhosa c

1. Xhosa (language)

Declension

Declension of xhosa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	xhosa	xhosas
	definite	xhosan	xhosans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—