Lesotho

See also: Lesothó

English

Lesotho on a globe.

Alternative forms

• Lesuto, Lesutho, Lesoto

Etymology

From Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈsuːtuː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

   Synonym: (historical) Basutoland

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Related terms

• Basotho
• Mosotho
• Sesotho
• Sotho

Translations

country in Southern Africa

• Afrikaans: Lesotho (af)
• Albanian: Lesoto (sq)
• Amharic: ሌሶቶ (lesoto)
• Arabic: لِيسُوتُو m (lisūtū)
• Armenian: Լեսոթո (hy) (Lesotʻo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܹܣܘܿܛܘܿ f (lēsōṭō)
• Azerbaijani: Lesoto (az)
• Belarusian: Лесо́та f or n (Ljesóta)
• Bengali: লেসোথো (bn) (leśōthō)
• Breton: Lesotho
• Bulgarian: Лесо́то m (Lesóto)
• Burmese: လီဆိုသို (lihcuisui)
• Catalan: Lesotho (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萊索托 / 莱索托 (zh) (Láisuǒtuō)

• Czech: Lesotho (cs) n
• Danish: Lesotho
• Dhivehi: ލެސޯތޯ (dv) (lesōtō)
• Dutch: Lesotho (nl) n
• Esperanto: Lesoto (eo)
• Estonian: Lesotho (et)
• Farefare: Lesutu
• Faroese: Lesoto n
• Finnish: Lesotho (fi)
• French: Lesotho (fr) m
• Georgian: ლესოთო (lesoto)
• German: Lesotho (de) n
• Greek: Λεσότο n (Lesóto)
• Hausa: Lesoto, Lesotho
• Hebrew: לסוטו (lesoto)
• Hindi: लेसोथो (hi) (lesotho)
• Hungarian: Lesotho (hu)
• Icelandic: Lesótó (is)
• Interlingua: Lesotho
• Irish: Leosóta m
• Italian: Lesotho (it) m
• Japanese: レソト (ja) (Resoto)
• Kalenjin: Lesotho
• Kamba: Lesotho
• Kazakh: Лесото (kk) (Lesoto)
• Khmer: ឡេសូតូ (km) (leesoutou)
• Kikuyu: Lesotho
• Korean: 레소토 (ko) (Resoto)
• Kyrgyz: Лесото (Lesoto)
• Lao: ເລໂຊໂຕ (lē sō tō)
• Latvian: Lesoto f
• Lithuanian: Lesotas (lt) m
• Luhya: Lesotho
• Luo: Lesotho
• Macedonian: Лесо́то n (Lesóto)
• Malay: Lesotho (ms)
• Maori: Teroto (mi)
• Meru: Lesotho
• Mongolian: Лесото (mn) (Lesoto)
• Navajo: Sotho Dineʼé bikéyah
• Norman: Lesotho m
• Norwegian: Lesotho (no)
• Persian: لسوتو (lesoto)
• Polish: Lesotho (pl) n, Lesoto (pl) n
• Portuguese: Lesoto (pt) m
• Romanian: Lesotho (ro) n
• Russian: Лесо́то (ru) f or n (Lesóto)
• Samogitian: Lesuots
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лесо̏то m

  Roman: Lesȍto (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ලෙසෝතෝ (lesōtō)
• Sotho: Lesotho (st)
• Spanish: Lesoto (es)
• Swahili: Lesotho (sw)
• Swedish: Lesotho (sv)
• Tagalog: Lesoto, Lesotho (tl)
• Tajik: Лесото (Lesoto)
• Thai: เลโซโท (th) (lee-soo-too)
• Turkish: Lesotho (tr)
• Turkmen: Lesoto
• Ukrainian: Лесо́то (uk) f or n (Lesóto)
• Uzbek: Lesoto (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lê-xô-thô
• Volapük: Lesotän
• Yoruba: Lesoto
• Zulu: OSotho

See also

• Basutoland
• Maseru
• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Anagrams

• looseth

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈsutu/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ləˈzɔ.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ləˈzɔ.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [leˈzɔ.to]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho m

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛsoto]

Proper noun

Lesotho n (relational adjective lesothský)

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Lesotho (sg-only velar neuter)

	singular
nominative	Lesotho
genitive	Lesotha
dative	Lesothu
accusative	Lesotho
vocative	Lesotho
locative	Lesothu
instrumental	Lesothem

Further reading

• “Lesotho”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Lesotho”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho n

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Sotho Lesotho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlesotho/, [ˈle̞s̠o̞t̪ho̞]
• Rhymes: -esotho
• Hyphenation^(key): Le‧sot‧ho

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

   Lesothon kuningaskunta ― Kingdom of Lesotho

Declension

Inflection of Lesotho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Lesotho	—
genitive		Lesothon	—
partitive		Lesothoa	—
illative		Lesothoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Lesotho	—
accusative	nom.	Lesotho	—
	gen.	Lesothon
genitive		Lesothon	—
partitive		Lesothoa	—
inessive		Lesothossa	—
elative		Lesothosta	—
illative		Lesothoon	—
adessive		Lesotholla	—
ablative		Lesotholta	—
allative		Lesotholle	—
essive		Lesothona	—
translative		Lesothoksi	—
abessive		Lesothotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Lesotho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lesothoni — accusative nom. Lesothoni — gen. Lesothoni genitive Lesothoni — partitive Lesothoani — inessive Lesothossani — elative Lesothostani — illative Lesothooni — adessive Lesothollani — ablative Lesotholtani — allative Lesotholleni — essive Lesothonani — translative Lesothokseni — abessive Lesothottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lesothosi — accusative nom. Lesothosi — gen. Lesothosi genitive Lesothosi — partitive Lesothoasi — inessive Lesothossasi — elative Lesothostasi — illative Lesothoosi — adessive Lesothollasi — ablative Lesotholtasi — allative Lesothollesi — essive Lesothonasi — translative Lesothoksesi — abessive Lesothottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lesothomme — accusative nom. Lesothomme — gen. Lesothomme genitive Lesothomme — partitive Lesothoamme — inessive Lesothossamme — elative Lesothostamme — illative Lesothoomme — adessive Lesothollamme — ablative Lesotholtamme — allative Lesothollemme — essive Lesothonamme — translative Lesothoksemme — abessive Lesothottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lesothonne — accusative nom. Lesothonne — gen. Lesothonne genitive Lesothonne — partitive Lesothoanne — inessive Lesothossanne — elative Lesothostanne — illative Lesothoonne — adessive Lesothollanne — ablative Lesotholtanne — allative Lesothollenne — essive Lesothonanne — translative Lesothoksenne — abessive Lesothottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Lesothonsa — accusative nom. Lesothonsa — gen. Lesothonsa genitive Lesothonsa — partitive Lesothoaan Lesothoansa — inessive Lesothossaan Lesothossansa — elative Lesothostaan Lesothostansa — illative Lesothoonsa — adessive Lesothollaan Lesothollansa — ablative Lesotholtaan Lesotholtansa — allative Lesotholleen Lesothollensa — essive Lesothonaan Lesothonansa — translative Lesothokseen Lesothoksensa — abessive Lesothottaan Lesothottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• lesotholainen

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho n (proper noun, genitive Lesothos or (optionally with an article) Lesotho)

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Lesother
• lesothisch

See also

• Basutoland

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛsotoː]
• Hyphenation: Le‧so‧tho
• Rhymes: -toː

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Lesotho	—
accusative	Lesothót	—
dative	Lesothónak	—
instrumental	Lesothóval	—
causal-final	Lesothóért	—
translative	Lesothóvá	—
terminative	Lesothóig	—
essive-formal	Lesothoként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Lesothóban	—
superessive	Lesothón	—
adessive	Lesothónál	—
illative	Lesothóba	—
sublative	Lesothóra	—
allative	Lesothóhoz	—
elative	Lesothóból	—
delative	Lesothóról	—
ablative	Lesothótól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Lesothóé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Lesothóéi	—

Possessive forms of Lesotho

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Lesothóm	—
2nd person sing.	Lesothód	—
3rd person sing.	Lesothója	—
1st person plural	Lesothónk	—
2nd person plural	Lesothótok	—
3rd person plural	Lesothójuk	—

Derived terms

• lesothói

Italian

Proper noun

Lesotho m

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• lesothiano

Latin

Proper noun

Lesothō

1. dative/ablative of Lesothum

Norwegian Bokmål

Lesotho

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• lesothoer
• lesothisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• lesothoar
• lesothisk

Polish

Alternative forms

• Lesoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈsɔ.tɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: Le‧so‧tho

Proper noun

Lesotho n (indeclinable)

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Lesotho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lesotho m

1. Alternative spelling of Lesoto: Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho n (genitive Lesothos)

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• lesothier
• lesothisk
• lesothiska

Further reading

• Lesotho in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Lesotho

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Lesotho

	singular
nominative	Lesotho
accusative	Lesotho'yu
dative	Lesotho'ya
locative	Lesotho'da
ablative	Lesotho'dan
genitive	Lesotho'nun

Possessive forms of Lesotho

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Lesotho'm	Lesotholarım Lesotho'larım
senin (your)	Lesotho'n	Lesothoların Lesotho'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Lesotho'su	Lesothoları Lesotho'ları
bizim (our)	Lesotho'muz	Lesotholarımız Lesotho'larımız
sizin (your)	Lesotho'nuz	Lesotholarınız Lesotho'larınız
onların (their)	Lesotho'su Lesothoları Lesotho'ları	Lesothoları Lesotho'ları

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Batı Sahra
• Benin
• Botsvana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cezayir
• Cibuti
• Çad
• Ekvator Ginesi
• Eritre
• Esvatini
• Etiyopiya
• Fas
• Fildişi Sahili
• Gabon
• Gambiya
• Gana
• Gine
• Gine-Bissau
• Güney Afrika
• Güney Sudan
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komorlar
• Kongo Cumhuriyeti
• Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
• Lesotho
• Liberya
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malavi
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mısır
• Moritanya
• Mozambik
• Namibya
• Nijer
• Nijeria
• Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
• Ruanda
• Senegal
• Seyşeller
• Sierra Leone
• Somali
• Sudan
• São Tomé ve Príncipe
• Tanzanya
• Togo
• Tunus
• Uganda
• Yeşil Burun
• Zambiya
• Zimbabve

Welsh

Proper noun

Lesotho f (not mutable)

1. Lesotho (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft