"mzungu" meaning in All languages combined

See mzungu on Wiktionary

Noun [Français]

IPA: \mzuŋ.ɡu\ Forms: mzungus [plural], m'zoungou
  1. Européen, blanc, personne à la peau blanche.
    Sense id: fr-mzungu-fr-noun-27lcjrMH Categories (other): Exemples en français, Wiktionnaire:Régionalismes sans langue précisée
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Shimaoré]

  1. Homme blanc.
    Sense id: fr-mzungu-swb-noun-haL2ASPZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Swahili]

IPA: \mzuŋɡu\
  1. Mzungu.
    Sense id: fr-mzungu-sw-noun-AVO16viM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "« Mayotte: Les touristes ont déserté l’île en proie à un conflit social », 20Minutes.fr, 29 octobre 2011",
          "text": "Dans la ville, cependant on croise quelques mzungu (blancs, ndlr)."
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          "ref": "« Manifestations à Mayotte: “Le vrai problème, ce n’est pas le nombre des manifestants mais ce qu’ils comptent faire” », 20Minutes.fr, 25 octobre 2011",
          "text": "Fière d’être «la seule mzungu (blanche, ndlr) à participer à la grève», Gwen trouve au contraire que «le fonctionnement démocratique est intéressant»."
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          "ref": "Yoanne Tillier, Youssouf et le pirate de Mayotte, 2007",
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    "Du proto-bantou *jungu. Cognat avec le bemba musungu, le kikuyu muthungu, le kinyarwanda zungu, le ganda muzungu, le shona murungu, le venda mulungu, le zoulou lungu."
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          "text": "Fière d’être «la seule mzungu (blanche, ndlr) à participer à la grève», Gwen trouve au contraire que «le fonctionnement démocratique est intéressant»."
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    "Du proto-bantou *jungu. Cognat avec le bemba musungu, le kikuyu muthungu, le kinyarwanda zungu, le ganda muzungu, le shona murungu, le venda mulungu, le zoulou lungu."
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    "Du proto-bantou *jungu. Cognat avec le bemba musungu, le kikuyu muthungu, le kinyarwanda zungu, le ganda muzungu, le shona murungu, le venda mulungu, le zoulou lungu."
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