Standard Lemma guide

Burmese

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɜːˈmiːz/
  • General-American: /bɝˈmiz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːz
  • CMU ARPABET: B ER0 M IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Myanmarese, Myanma, Myanmar

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The script in which the Burmese language is written.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Thailand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Burmese capital
  • Burmese tonal languages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the official language of Burma

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Lolo-Burmese, Burmese-Yi

8

noun

Meaning 8

a native or inhabitant of Myanmar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Burma Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Burmese From Burma + -ese.

Across languages

Translations

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: birmanez — of or relating to Burma
  • Arabic: بُورْمِيّ (būrmiyy) — of or relating to Burma
  • Armenian: բիրմանական (birmanakan) — of or relating to Burma
  • Assamese: মান (man) — of or relating to Burma
  • Assamese: মানতৰা (mantora) — of or relating to Burma
  • Asturian: birmanu — of or relating to Burma
  • Azerbaijani: birma — of or relating to Burma
  • Azerbaijani: birman — of or relating to Burma
  • Belarusian: бiрма́нскi (birmánski) — of or relating to Burma
  • Bengali: বর্মী (bormi) — of or relating to Burma
  • Bulgarian: бирма́нски (birmánski) — of or relating to Burma
  • Burmese: မြန်မာ့ (mranma.) — of or relating to Burma
  • Burmese: ဗမာ့ (ba.ma.) — of or relating to Burma
  • Burmese: မြန်မာ (mranma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Burmese: ဗမာ (ba.ma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Catalan: birmà — of or relating to Burma
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬甸的 /缅甸的 (Miǎndiàn de) — of or relating to Burma
  • Czech: barmský — of or relating to Burma
  • Danish: burmesisk — of or relating to Burma
  • Dutch: Birmaans — of or relating to Burma
  • Dutch: Birmees — of or relating to Burma
  • Finnish: burmalainen — of or relating to Burma
  • French: birman — of or relating to Burma
  • French: birmane — of or relating to Burma
  • Galician: birmano — of or relating to Burma
  • Galician: birmana — of or relating to Burma
  • Georgian: ბირმული (birmuli) — of or relating to Burma
  • German: myanmarisch — of or relating to Burma
  • German: birmanisch — of or relating to Burma
  • German: burmesisch — of or relating to Burma
  • Greek: βιρμανικός (virmanikós) — of or relating to Burma
  • Gujarati: બ્રહ્મી (brahmī) — of or relating to Burma
  • Gujarati: બર્મી (barmī) — of or relating to Burma
  • Gujarati: બર્મીઝ (barmījh) — of or relating to Burma
  • Hindi: बर्मी (barmī) — of or relating to Burma
  • Hungarian: burmai — of or relating to Burma
  • Hungarian: mianmari — of or relating to Burma
  • Icelandic: búrmískur — of or relating to Burma
  • Irish: Burmach — of or relating to Burma
  • Irish: as Maenmar — of or relating to Burma
  • Irish: ó Mhaenmar — of or relating to Burma
  • Italian: birmano — of or relating to Burma
  • Japanese: ビルマの (Biruma no) — of or relating to Burma
  • Japanese: ミャンマーの (Myanmā no) — of or relating to Burma
  • Pa'o Karen: ငေါဝ်း — of or relating to Burma
  • Kazakh: бирма (birma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Kazakh: мьянма (mänma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Khmer: ភូមា (phuumiə) — of or relating to Burma
  • Korean: 버마의 (Beoma-ui) — of or relating to Burma
  • Korean: 미얀마의 (Miyanma-ui) — of or relating to Burma
  • Northern Kurdish: burmayî — of or relating to Burma
  • Kyrgyz: бирма (birma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Kyrgyz: мьянма (myanma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Lao: ພະມ້າ (pha mā) — of or relating to Burma
  • Latvian: birmiešu — of or relating to Burma
  • Macedonian: бурмански (burmanski) — of or relating to Burma
  • Malay: Burma — of or relating to Burma
  • Mongolian: бирм (birm) — of or relating to Burma
  • Mongolian: мьянмар (mʹjanmar) — of or relating to Burma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: burmesisk — of or relating to Burma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myanmarsk — of or relating to Burma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: burmesisk — of or relating to Burma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: myanmarsk — of or relating to Burma
  • Persian: برمهای (berme'âyi) — of or relating to Burma
  • Polish: mjanmański — of or relating to Burma
  • Polish: birmański — of or relating to Burma
  • Portuguese: birmanês — of or relating to Burma
  • Portuguese: birmã — of or relating to Burma
  • Portuguese: birmane — of or relating to Burma
  • Rakhine: ပြူ — of or relating to Burma
  • Romanian: birman — of or relating to Burma
  • Russian: бирма́нский (birmánskij) — of or relating to Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: бу̀рманскӣ — of or relating to Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: bùrmanskī — of or relating to Burma
  • Shan: မၢၼ်ႈ (māan) — of or relating to Burma
  • Slovak: barmský — of or relating to Burma
  • Slovene: burmanski — of or relating to Burma
  • Upper Sorbian: birmaski — of or relating to Burma
  • Spanish: birmano — of or relating to Burma
  • Swedish: burmesisk — of or relating to Burma
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠘ (man) — of or relating to Burma
  • Tagalog: Burmes — of or relating to Burma
  • Tajik: бирмагӣ (birmagi) — of or relating to Burma
  • Tavoyan: ဂံ — of or relating to Burma
  • Thai: พม่า (pá-mâa) — of or relating to Burma
  • Turkish: Birmanyalı — of or relating to Burma
  • Turkish: Birmanya — of or relating to Burma
  • Turkmen: birma — of or relating to Burma
  • Ukrainian: бірма́нський (birmánsʹkyj) — of or relating to Burma
  • Urdu: برمی (barmī) — of or relating to Burma
  • Uyghur: بىرما (birma) — of or relating to Burma
  • Uzbek: birma — of or relating to Burma
  • Vietnamese: Miến Điện — of or relating to Burma
  • Zhuang: Menjden — of or relating to Burma
  • Arabic: بُورْمِيّ (burmiyy) — language
  • Arabic: بُورْمِيَّة (burmiyya) — language
  • Armenian: բիրմաներեն (birmaneren) — language
  • Assamese: মান ভাষা (man bhaxa) — language
  • Asturian: birmanu — language
  • Belarusian: бірма́нская мо́ва (birmánskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: бірма́нская (birmánskaja) — language
  • Bengali: বর্মী ভাষা (bormi bhaśa) — language
  • Bulgarian: бирма́нски (birmánski) — language
  • Burmese: မြန်မာစာ (mranmaca) — language
  • Burmese: ဗမာစာ (ba.maca) — language
  • Burmese: မြန်မာစကား (mranmaca.ka:) — language
  • Burmese: ဗမာစကား (ba.maca.ka:) — language
  • Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ (mranmabhasa) — language
  • Catalan: birmà — language
  • Chinese: 緬甸語 /缅甸语 (bián-tián-gí, bián-tián-gú) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬甸語 /缅甸语 (miǎndiànyǔ) — language
  • Czech: barmština — language
  • Czech: myanmarština — language
  • Danish: burmesisk — language
  • Dutch: Birmaans — language
  • Dutch: Birmees — language
  • Finnish: burma — language
  • Finnish: burman kieli — language
  • French: birman — language
  • Galician: birmano — language
  • German: Birmanisch — language
  • German: Burmesisch — language
  • Greek: βιρμανικά (virmaniká) — language
  • Greek: Βιρμανική (Virmanikí) — language
  • Gujarati: બ્રહ્મી (brahmī) — language
  • Hindi: बर्मी (barmī) — language
  • Hungarian: burmai — language
  • Icelandic: búrmíska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Myanmar — language
  • Irish: Burmais — language
  • Italian: birmano — language
  • Japanese: ビルマ語 (Biruma-go) — language
  • Japanese: ミャンマー語 (Myanmā-go) — language
  • Kazakh: бирма тілі (birma tılı) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាភូមា (phiəsaa phuumiə) — language
  • Korean: 버마어 (beoma'eo) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາພະມ້າ (phā sā pha mā) — language
  • Latvian: birmiešu valoda — language
  • Navajo: Mííanmáa bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: burmesisk — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myanmarsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: burmesisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: myanmarsk — language
  • Persian: زبان برمهای (zabân-e berme'âyi) — language
  • Persian: برمهای (berme'âyi) — language
  • Polish: (język) birmański — language
  • Portuguese: birmanês — language
  • Portuguese: birmã — language
  • Portuguese: birmane — language
  • Romanian: birmană — language
  • Russian: бирма́нский (birmánskij) — language
  • Slovak: barmčina — language
  • Slovene: burmanščina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: birmašćina — language
  • Spanish: birmano — language
  • Swedish: burmesiska — language
  • Tagalog: Burmes — language
  • Thai: ภาษาพม่า (paa-săa pá-mâa) — language
  • Tibetan: འབར་མའི་སྐད ('bar ma'i skad) — language
  • Turkish: Burmaca — language
  • Ukrainian: бірма́нська (birmánsʹka) — language
  • Uyghur: بىرما تىلى (birma tili) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Myanma — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Miến Điện — language
  • Assamese: মান আখৰ (man akhor) — script
  • Assamese: মান লিপি (man lipi) — script
  • Burmese: မြန်မာစာ (mranmaca) — script
  • Danish: burmesisk — script
  • Finnish: burmalainen kirjaimisto — script
  • Galician: birmano — script
  • Hungarian: burmai — script
  • Icelandic: búrmískt letur — script
  • Khmer: ភូមា (phuumie) — script
  • Norwegian Bokmål: burmesisk — script
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myanmarsk — script
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: burmesisk — script
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: myanmarsk — script
  • Arabic: بُورْمِيّ (burmiyy) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Arabic: بُورْمِيَّة (burmiyya) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Armenian: բիրմացի (birmacʻi) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Assamese: মান (man) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Assamese: মানতৰা (mantora) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Asturian: birmanu — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Asturian: birmana — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Belarusian: бірма́нец (birmánjec) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Belarusian: бірма́нка (birmánka) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Bulgarian: бирма́нец (birmánec) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Bulgarian: бирма́нка (birmánka) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Burmese: မြန်မာ (mranma) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Burmese: ဗမာ (ba.ma) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Burmese: မြန်မာလူမျိုး (mranmalu-myui:) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး (ba.malu-myui:) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Catalan: birmà — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬甸人 /缅甸人 (Miǎndiànrén) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬族 /缅族 (Miǎnzú) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Czech: Barmánec — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Czech: Barmánka — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Danish: burmeser — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Dutch: Birmaan — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Dutch: Birmees — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Dutch: Birmese — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Finnish: burmalainen — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • French: Birman — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • French: Birmane — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Galician: birmano — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Galician: birmana — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • German: Myanmare — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • German: Birmane — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • German: Myanmarin — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • German: Birmanin — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Greek: Βιρμανός (Virmanós) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Greek: Βιρμανή (Virmaní) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Gujarati: બ્રહ્મી (brahmī) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Gujarati: બર્મીઝ (barmījh) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Hindi: बर्मी (barmī) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Hungarian: burmai — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Hungarian: mianmari — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Irish: duine as Maenmar — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Irish: Burmach — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Italian: birmano — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Japanese: ビルマ人 (birumajin) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Japanese: ミャンマー人 (myanmājin) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Kazakh: бирмалық (birmalyq) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Khmer: ភូមា (phuumiə) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Latvian: birmietis — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Latvian: birmiete — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: burmeser — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myanmarer — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: burmesar — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: myanmarar — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Polish: Mjanmańczyk — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Polish: Mjanmanka — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Polish: Birmańczyk — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Polish: Birmanka — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Portuguese: birmã — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Portuguese: birmane — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Romanian: birman — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Romanian: birmană — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Russian: бирма́нец (birmánec) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Russian: бирма́нка (birmánka) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Slovak: Barman — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Slovak: Barmanka — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Spanish: birmano — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Tagalog: Burmes — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Turkish: Birmanyalı — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Ukrainian: бірма́нець (birmánecʹ) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Ukrainian: бірма́нка (birmánka) — a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
  • Burmese: မြန်မာ့ကြောင် (mranma.kraung) — cat
  • Burmese: ဗမာကြောင် (ba.ma-kraung) — cat
  • Danish: burmeser — cat
  • Danish: burmeserkat — cat
  • Finnish: burma — cat
  • Finnish: burmankissa — cat
  • Japanese: バーミーズ (Bāmīzu) — cat
  • Khmer: ភូមា (phuumie) — cat
  • Korean: 버미즈 (beomijeu) — cat
  • Polish: kot burmski — cat
  • Polish: kot burmański — cat
  • Portuguese: birmanês — cat
  • Portuguese: sagrado da Birmânia — cat
  • Romanian: birmaneză — cat
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