fulani
French, noun/fy.la.ni/
fulani is spelled F-U-L-A-N-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fulani is a French masculine noun meaning “Fula, Fulani (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue peule”.
What does fulani mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineFula, Fulani (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue peule.
noun: 1. Peuple peul.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fulani
- Fulanis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fulani?
- /fy.la.ni/
- \fy.la.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fulani in French?
fulani appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).