somali
French, noun/sɔ.ma.li/
somali is spelled S-O-M-A-L-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 77,345th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somali is a French masculine noun meaning “Somali (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue couchitique parlée dans presque toute la Corne de l’Afrique”.
What does somali mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Somali
noun
- 1
masculineSomali (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De la Somalie.
noun: 1. Langue couchitique parlée dans presque toute la Corne de l’Afrique.
noun: 1. Race de chat, originaire des États-Unis, issu de l’abyssin, mais à poil mi-long.
noun: 1. Synonyme de somali à tête noire (race de moutons).
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire de Somalie, membre de ce peuple, de cette ethnie de la corne de l’Afrique.
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 somali
- somalie feminine
- somalis masculine plural
- somalies feminine plural
- Somalis plural
- Somalie feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somali?
- /sɔ.ma.li/
- \sɔ.ma.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to somali
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somali in French?
somali appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).