English

Proper noun

Fula

1. A West-African people.
   1. A member of that people.
2. A language spoken in West Africa.

Synonyms

• Fulani (from Hausa; ultimately from Fula root ful- [pul-])
• Fulbe (from Fula plural noun Fulɓe)
• Fulah, Foolah (dated)
• Peul (French equivalent; ultimately from Fula root ful- [pul-] via Wolof)

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Fula terms
• ISO 639-1 code ff, ISO 639-3 code ful. It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are:

Bambara

Proper noun

Fula

1. Fula (West African people)

Derived terms

• Fulakan (Fula language)
• Fulani (little Fula, considered derogatory)

Gothic

Romanization

fula

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌰

Macanese

Etymology

From Marathi फूल (phula)

Noun

fula ‎(plural fufula)

1. flower

   Nhonha co fula

   The girl with the flower

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فُول ‎(fūl)

Noun

fula f ‎(plural ful)

1. bean

Portuguese

Noun

fula m (uncountable)

1. Fula (a language spoken in West Africa)

Noun

fula m f (plural fulas)

1. one of the Fula (West-African people)

Spanish

Noun

fula m ‎(plural fulas)

1. (Cuba, slang) A U.S. dollar.
2. (Cuba, slang, pejorative) A shady person; a person who cannot be trusted.

Swedish

Adjective

fula

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of ful.