Togolese

See also: togolese

English

Etymology

From French togolais, equivalent to Togo +‎ -ese. The -l-, also present in Congolese and its French etymon congolais, was added in French to break up the sequence of -o + -ais; it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Togolese (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people

• Afrikaans: Togolees, Togos
• Catalan: togolès (ca)
• Czech: tožský (cs)
• Dutch: Togolees (nl)
• French: togolais (fr) m, togolaise (fr) f
• Galician: togolés
• German: togoisch (de), togolesisch (de)
• Hungarian: togói (hu)
• Italian: togolese
• Macedonian: тогоански (togoanski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: togolesisk (no)

  Nynorsk: togolesisk (nn)

• Polish: togijski (pl)
• Portuguese: togolês (pt)
• Romanian: togolez
• Russian: тоголе́зский (ru) (togolézskij)
• Spanish: togolés (es)
• Swahili: Kitogo

Noun

Togolese (plural Togolese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from Togo or of Togolese descent.
   • 2021 April 15, Jennifer C. Seely, Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Togo, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 202:

     Grunitzky was educated locally and abroad (receiving one of the first scholarships ever granted to a Togolese), studying mathematics and obtaining an engineering degree (1937). Upon his return to Togo, Grunitzky joined the civil service […]

Usage notes

• As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Togolese", "writing about Togolese cuisine as a Togolese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Togolese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Togolese cuisine as a Togolese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

A person from Togo or of Togolese descent

• Afrikaans: Togolees, Togoër
• Catalan: togolès (ca)
• Czech: Tožan (cs) m
• Danish: togoleser c
• Dutch: Togolees (nl) m, Togolese (nl) f
• Esperanto: togolandano (man or woman), togolandanino (woman)
• French: Togolais (fr) m, Togolaise (fr) f
• Galician: togolés m
• German: Togoer (de) m, Togoerin (de) f
• Hungarian: togói (hu)
• Italian: togolese m or f by sense
• Macedonian: Тогоанец m (Togoanec), Тогоанка f (Togoanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: togoleser (no) m

  Nynorsk: togolesar (nn) m

• Polish: Togijczyk (pl) m, Togijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: togolês (pt) m
• Romanian: togolez m, togoleză f
• Russian: тоголе́зец (ru) m (togolézec), тоголе́зка (ru) f (togolézka)
• Spanish: togolés (es) m, togolesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mtogo (sw)
• Turkish: Togolu (tr)

Afrikaans

Adjective

Togolese

1. attributive form of Togolees

Noun

Togolese

1. plural of Togolees