Songhaï

sɔ̃ɡaj

Definition

Definition of Songhaï - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

peuple africain

Rare

peuple d'Afrique de l'Ouest vivant principalement au Mali et au Niger

Rare

Les Songhaï pratiquent traditionnellement l'agriculture et la pêche.

empire historique

Rare

empire africain qui dominait la région du Niger aux 15e et 16e siècles

Rare

L'empire Songhaï était l'un des plus grands empires d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

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Origin of Songhaï

peul, Songhay (nom de peuple) + arabe? (poss.)

Examples of Songhaï in a sentence

Les contes Songhaï se transmettent encore de manière orale entre générations.
Le Songhaï contrôlait d'importantes routes commerciales transsahariennes.
Les historiens étudient encore l'organisation politique du Songhaï.

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English:Songhai, Songhai Empire, ...
German:Songhai, Songhaï-Reich, ...
Italian:Songhai, Impero Songhai, ...
Spanish:Songhai, Imperio Songhai, ...
Portuguese:Songai, Império Songhai, ...
Chinese:桑海人, 桑海帝国, ...
Japanese:ソンガイ族, ソンガイ帝国, ...
Arabic:سُونْغَاي, صنغاي, ...
Hebrew:סוֹנְגַאי, אִימְפֶּרְיָת סוֹנְגַהַאי, ...
Russian:сонгай, Сонгай, ...
Ukrainian:сонгаї, Сонгай, ...
Catalan:songai, Songhai, ...
Danish:songhai, Songhai, ...
Dutch:Songhai, Songhaï, ...
Greek:Σονγκάι, Αυτοκρατορία των Σονγκάι, ...
Hungarian:szonghajok, Songhai Birodalom, ...
Khmer:សុងហៃ, ចក្រភពប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រនៅអាហ្វ្រិកខាងលិច, ...
Korean:송가이족, 송가이 제국, ...
Polish:Songhaj, Imperium Songhaj, ...
Portuguese (BR):Songai, Império Songai, ...
Romanian:Songhai, Imperiul Songhai, ...
Swedish:Songhai, Songhairiket, ...
Thai:ชาวซองไฮ, จักรวรรดิซงไฮ, ...
Turkish:Songhay, Songhay İmparatorluğu, ...
Vietnamese:người Songhaï, đế chế Songhai, ...

songhaï

sɔ̃gai

Definition of songhaï - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

peuple

TECH.

qui concerne le peuple songhaï d'Afrique de l'Ouest

TECH.

Les traditions songhaïes sont encore pratiquées aujourd'hui.

langue

TECH.

qui se rapporte à la langue songhaï d'Afrique de l'Ouest

TECH.

Les mots songhaïs sont utilisés dans plusieurs pays du Mali.

empire

Dated

qui se rapporte à l'empire songhaï des XVe et XVIe siècles

Dated

L'architecture songhaïe témoigne de la grandeur de cet empire.

Noun, masculine

linguistique

TECH.

famille de langues parlées au Mali et en Afrique de l'Ouest

TECH.

Le songhaï comprend plusieurs variétés dialectales dans la région.

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Origin of songhaï

songhaï, Songhai (nom propre du peuple)

Examples of songhaï in a sentence

Les récits songhaïs transmettent l'histoire des anciens royaumes du Niger.
Le professeur a distribué un glossaire songhaï aux étudiants.
Cette grammaire songhaï est la première publiée dans la région.
Les chroniques décrivent les conquêtes songhaïes en détail.
Les rois songhaïs imposaient des tributs aux régions voisines.
Le songhaï est enseigné dans certaines écoles du Mali.

Cette chercheuse compare le songhaï à d'autres langues africaines.

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English:Songhai, Songhai languages, ...
German:Songhaiisch, Songhai, ...
Italian:songhai, ...
Spanish:songhay, ...
Portuguese:songai, do Império Songai, ...
Chinese:桑海族的, 桑海语族, ...
Japanese:ソンガイの, ソンガイ語族, ...
Arabic:سُونْغَاي, سُنْغاي, ...
Hebrew:סוֹנְגַהַאי, סוֹנְגַאי, ...
Russian:сонгайский, сонгай, ...
Ukrainian:сонгаї, сонгай, ...
Catalan:songhai, songhaià, ...
Danish:songhai, songhay, ...
Dutch:Songhai, Songhai-, ...
Greek:σονγκάι, της αυτοκρατορίας των Σονγκάι, ...
Hungarian:songhai, szonghaj, ...
Khmer:សុងហៃ, គ្រួសារភាសាសុងហៃ, ...
Korean:송가이족의, 송하이어, ...
Polish:songhajski, songhaj, ...
Portuguese (BR):songai, línguas songai, ...
Romanian:songhai, songhaian, ...
Swedish:songhaiisk, songhayspråk, ...
Thai:ของซองไฮ, ภาษาซองไฮ, ...
Turkish:Songhay, Songhay dilleri, ...
Vietnamese:Songhai, ngữ hệ Songhaï, ...

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Definition of Songhaï - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Origin of Songhaï

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Definition of songhaï - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

Noun, masculine

Origin of songhaï

Terms related to songhaï

Examples of songhaï in a sentence

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