Thai

//taɪ// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person living in or coming from Thailand. countable

    "The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments."

  2. 2
    a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in central Thailand, centered in Bangkok wordnet
  3. 3
    A domestic cat breed. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Thailand wordnet
  5. 5
    The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao). uncountable
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  1. 6
    Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food. uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Thailand.

    "A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Thailand wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the languages of the Thai people wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
central thaisiamesesiamesesiamesetaitai

Example

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"There's a nice Thai restaurant near here."

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.