"Fula" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈfuːlə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fula.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːlə Etymology: * From Manding languages, ultimately from Fula root ful- (pul-) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fula
  1. A language spoken in West Africa. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms, Languages Translations (language): ful [masculine] (Catalan), fulani (Finnish), peul (French), fufuldé (French), Fulfulde (Fula), Pulaar (Fula), Pular (Fula), फ़ुला (fulā) [masculine] (Hindi), Fulfuildis (Fulfulde) [feminine] (Irish), silmiirindi (Moore), fula [masculine] (Portuguese), Fulani (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-Fula-en-name-~z-CmgqZ Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 56 44 Disambiguation of Languages: 88 12 Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Fula terms, ff, ful (alt: SIL), ful ⁠, a macrolanguage including:, fuh ⁠, fuq ⁠, fuv ⁠, fub ⁠, fui ⁠, ffm ⁠, fue ⁠, fuf ⁠, fuc ⁠

Noun

IPA: /ˈfuːlə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fula.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Fulas [plural], Fula [plural]
Rhymes: -uːlə Etymology: * From Manding languages, ultimately from Fula root ful- (pul-) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Fula}} Fula (plural Fulas or Fula)
  1. A member of a largely pastoral Muslim people of West Africa. Synonyms: Fulani (alt: from Hausa; ultimately from Fula root ful- [pul-]), Fulbe (alt: from Fula plural noun Fulɓe), Fulah, Foolah [dated], Peul (alt: French equivalent; ultimately from Fula root ful- [pul-] via Wolof) Translations (people): fulbe [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), sʋlmia (Farefare), sʋlmia [singular] (Farefare), sʋlmiisi [plural] (Farefare), fulbet [plural] (Finnish), Peul [masculine] (French), Peule [feminine] (French), Pullo [common-gender] (Fula), Fulɓe [plural] (Fula), Filani [plural] (Hausa), फ़ुला (fulā) [masculine] (Hindi), silmiiga [singular] (Moore), sĩnmiiga [singular] (Moore), silmiisi [plural] (Moore), sĩnmiisi [plural] (Moore), fula [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), Fulani (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-Fula-en-noun-53ajMV0~

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "फ़ुला"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "Fuláinis (Fula, Fulani, Pulaar, Peul)",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fulfuildis (Fulfulde)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "silmiirindi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fula"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Fulani"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fula"
}

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