wolof
Portuguese, noun/uˈɔ.lo.fi/
wolof is spelled W-O-L-O-F (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wolof is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Wolof (a Niger-Congo language spoken in Senegal and the Gambia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que uolofe”.
What does wolof mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineWolof (a Niger-Congo language spoken in Senegal and the Gambia)
- 2
masculinea member of the Wolof people
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof the Wolof people
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que uolofe
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 wolof
- wolofs plural
- wolofes plural uncommon
- wolofe alternative rare
- uolofe alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wolof?
- Brazil /uˈɔ.lo.fi/
- Brazil /ˈwɔ.lo.fi/
- Brazil /uˈɔ.lof/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wolof in Portuguese?
wolof appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).