Definition of Swahili in English :

Define Swahili in English

Swahili meaning in English

Meaning of Swahili in English

Pronunciation of Swahili in English

Swahili pronunciation in English

Pronounce Swahili in English

Swahili

see synonyms of swahili

Noun

1. swahili

the most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Swahili

see synonyms of swahili
noun
1. Also called: Kiswahili
a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages
2. Also called: Mswahili, Waswahili plural -lis or -li
a member of a people speaking this language, living chiefly in Zanzibar
adjective
3. 
of or relating to the Swahilis or their language

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers


Swahili

see synonyms of swahili
noun
1. Word forms: plural Swaˈhilis or Swaˈhili
a member of a people living on Zanzibar and the nearby mainland
2. 
the Northern Bantu language of this people, characterized by a vocabulary with many Arabic roots and used as a lingua franca in EC Africa and parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Swahili

see synonyms of swahili
n. pl. Swahili or Swa·hi·lis
1. A Bantu language of the coast and islands of eastern Africa from Somalia to Mozambique. It is an official language of Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca in eastern and east-central Africa. Also called Kiswahili.
2. An inhabitant of coastal eastern Africa for whom Swahili is the mother tongue.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.