Senegalese

adjective

Sen·​e·​ga·​lese ˌse-ni-gə-ˈlēz 

-ˈlēs

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Senegal or its people

Senegalese noun

plural Senegalese

Examples of Senegalese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dancers on the Senegalese team mix traditional moves into their routines from national styles such as mbalax and Yela, swirling their arms and legs in a windmill-like motion. — Ricci Shryock, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026

Sy’s character, Assane Diop, a Senegalese immigrant from the Paris suburbs, owns a collection of Air Jordans and coaches his son’s basketball team. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has defended the Games’ economic benefits, pointing to improved infrastructure, contracts for Senegalese companies and training for young people. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

The travel routes of two Senegalese explorers, Roger Panet in 1850 and Bou El Mogdad Seck around a decade later, appear in Hermann Habenicht’s ten-sheet map of Africa published in 1885-1886. — Thomas J Bassett, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Senegalese

• actuaries
• analyses
• anopheles
• antitheses
• apostrophes
• appendices
• catalyses
• distributees
• examinees
• hypotheses
• interviewees
• isosceles