sotho

Relating to the Sotho people, their language, or culture; a group of Bantu peoples of southern Africa.

• 🇫🇷Relatif au peuple sotho, à sa langue ou à sa culture ; groupe de peuples bantous d'Afrique australe.

1. Relating to the Sotho languages B2 formal

   Of or pertaining to any of the group of Sotho languages, which are Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa.

   • The Sotho language group includes Sesotho and Setswana.
   • She is studying Sotho linguistics at the university.
   • The Sotho dialects share many grammatical features.

   🇫🇷sotho (relatif aux langues sotho)

• more sotho comparative form
• most sotho superlative form

nom propre

A noun referring to a member of a Bantu people inhabiting Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa, or to any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages spoken by these people.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un membre du peuple bantou habitant le Botswana, le Lesotho et le nord de l'Afrique du Sud, ou l'une des langues bantoues méridionales mutuellement intelligibles parlées par ce peuple.

1. A member of a Bantu people B2 formal

   A person belonging to the Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa, who speak the Sotho languages.

   • The Sotho have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional music and dance.
   • Many Sotho live in the mountainous regions of Lesotho.
   • He is a Sotho from the Free State province in South Africa.

   🇫🇷Sotho (personne)

   Synonymes: basuto

2. A group of Bantu languages B2 formal

   Any of the closely related southern Bantu languages spoken by the Sotho people in Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho.

   • Sesotho is one of the official languages of Lesotho.
   • She is learning to speak Sotho to communicate with her relatives.
   • The Sotho languages are mutually intelligible to a large extent.

   🇫🇷sotho (langues)

• sotho plural form
• sothos' possessive plural form
• sotho's possessive singular form