somali
Portuguese, noun/so.ˈma.li/
somali is spelled S-O-M-A-L-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somali is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Somali (person from Somalia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da Somália”.
What does somali mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineSomali (person from Somalia)
- 2
femininemasculineSomali (a language of the Horn of Africa)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineSomali (of Somalia or the Somali people)
- 2
femininemasculineSomali (of the Somali language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente à Somália
noun: 1. natural da Somália 2. idioma da Somália
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of somali
- somalis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somali?
- Brazil /so.ˈma.li/
- Brazil /so.ma.ˈli/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
somali appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).