ouolof
French, noun/wɔ.lɔf/
ouolof is spelled O-U-O-L-O-F (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouolof is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of wolof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée au Sénégal”.
What does ouolof mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of wolof
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membre d’un peuple africain installé en Sénégambie et en Mauritanie.
adjective: 1. Relatif au peuple Ouolof ou à sa langue (le ouolof).
noun: 1. Langue parlée au Sénégal.
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 ouolof
- Ouolofs plural
- Ouolofe feminine
- Wolof
- Yolof
- ouolofs plural masculine
- ouolofe singular feminine
- ouolofes plural feminine
- wolof
- yolof
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouolof?
- /wɔ.lɔf/
- \wɔ.lɔf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouolof in French?
ouolof appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).