name
Meaning 1
An Austronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Gilbertese
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person from the Gilbert Islands in Kiribati.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Kiribatian
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Gilbert + -ese. See Gilbertese language § Name on Wikipedia.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Kiribaties — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 基里巴斯语 (jīlǐbāsī yǔ) — language
- Danish: kiribatisk — language
- Danish: gilbertesisk — language
- Dutch: Kiribatisch — language
- Dutch: Kiribati — language
- Finnish: kiribati — language
- French: gilbertin — language
- Irish: Gilbirtis — language
- Norwegian Bokmål: kiribatisk — language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kiribatisk — language
- Portuguese: gilbertês — language
- Russian: кириба́ти (kiribáti) — language
- Russian: ги́лбертский (gílbertskij) — language
- Spanish: kiribatiano — language
- Spanish: gilbertés — language