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.[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
Togolese (plural Togolese)
- 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 with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Togolese cuisine as a Togolese person").
Hypernyms
Translations
A person from Togo or of Togolese descent
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Adjective
Togolese (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people
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References
- Slawomir Zdziebko and Mateusz Urban, The Phonetics and Phonology of /ɬ/ Vocalization, Crossing Phonetics-Phonology Lines (edited by Eugeniusz Cyran and Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska), page 416
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