xhosa
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.zɐ/
xhosa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Xhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupo étnico sul-africano”.
What does xhosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineXhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)
- 2
masculineXhosa (a Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupo étnico sul-africano 2. idioma desse grupo
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 xhosa
- xhosas plural
- xossa alternative
- xosa alternative
- cosa alternative
- xho.sa canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xhosa?
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xhosa in Portuguese?
xhosa appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).