lingala
French, noun\lin.ɡa.la\
lingala is spelled L-I-N-G-A-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lingala is a French masculine noun meaning “Lingala (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue bantoue parlée comme langue maternelle en République démocratique du Congo et République du Congo, et…”.
What does lingala mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineLingala (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la langue lingala.
noun: 1. Langue bantoue parlée comme langue maternelle en République démocratique du Congo et République du Congo, et dans quelques pays voisins comme langue véhiculaire.
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.
How do you pronounce lingala?
- \lin.ɡa.la\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lingala in French?
lingala appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).