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 (compare bordelais, Bordelese); it is not present in words formed from -o + -ese in English, e.g. Faroese or Chicagoese.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Togolese (plural Togolese)

  1. A person from Togo or of Togolese descent.

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Adjective

Togolese (not comparable)

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

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References
  1. 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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