Vietnamese

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent. countable, in-plural

    "They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore."

  2. 2
    the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam wordnet
  3. 3
    Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food. uncountable
  4. 4
    a native or inhabitant of Vietnam wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Vietnam. not-comparable

    "As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.

    "The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level."

Synonyms

All synonyms
annameseannameseannameseannamese languageannamiteannamite

Example

More examples

"I have French nationality but Vietnamese origins."

Etymology

From Vietnam + -ese.

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