adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Hmong
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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UK: /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/
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UK: /ˈmɒŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈmɔŋ/
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General-American: /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/
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General-American: /ˈmʌŋ/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈmɑŋ/
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cot-caught-merger: /h(ə)ˈmɑŋ/
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rhymes with -ɒŋ
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CMU ARPABET: M AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH M AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: HH AH0 M AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number of lects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 5
a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Hmong language, Miao
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural language, tongue
noun
Meaning 6
a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Miao
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
History
Etymology
From White Hmong Hmoob.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هْمُونْغ (hmūnḡ) — lect
- Chinese Mandarin: 苗語 /苗语 (Miáoyǔ) — lect
- Finnish: hmong — lect
- Green Hmong: moob — lect
- White Hmong: hmoob — lect
- Hungarian: hmong — lect
- Indonesian: bahasa Hmong — lect
- Irish: Hmongais — lect
- Japanese: ミャオ語 (Myao-go) — lect
- Khmer: ភាសាម៉ុង (phiesaa moŋ) — lect
- Malay: bahasa Hmong — lect
- Portuguese: hmong — lect
- Russian: хмонг (xmong) — lect
- Russian: мя́о (mjáo) — lect
- Thai: ภาษาม้ง (paasăa móng) — lect
- Vietnamese: tiếng H'Mông — lect
- Zhuang: Vahmiuz — lect
- Arabic: هْمُونْغ (hmōnḡ) — people
- Burmese: မုံ (mum) — people
- Chinese Mandarin: 苗族 (Miáozú) — people
- Danish: hmong — people
- Dutch: Hmong — people
- Finnish: hmongit — people
- French: hmong — people
- German: Miao — people
- Hindi: ह्मोंग (hmoṅg) — people
- Green Hmong: Moob — people
- White Hmong: Hmoob — people
- Hungarian: hmong — people
- Indonesian: Hmong — people
- Italian: hmong — people
- Japanese: ミャオ族 (Myao-zoku) — people
- Japanese: モン族 (Mon-zoku) — people
- Khmer: ម៉ុង (mong) — people
- Khmer: ពួកម៉ុង (puək moŋ) — people
- Korean: 먀오족 (Myao-jok) — people
- Korean: 몽족 (Mong-jok) — people
- Lao: ມົ້ງ (mong) — people
- Lao: ແມ້ວ (mǣu) — people
- Lithuanian: Miao — people
- Lithuanian: hmongai — people
- Malay: Hmong — people
- Polish: Miao — people
- Polish: Hmong — people
- Portuguese: hmong — people
- Russian: мя́о (mjáo) — people
- Russian: хмонг (xmong) — people
- Spanish: miao — people
- Spanish: hmong — people
- Swedish: miao — people
- Swedish: hmong — people
- Thai: ม้ง (móng) — people
- Thai: ชาวม้ง (chaao móng) — people
- Thai: แม้ว (máew) — people
- Thai: ชาวแม้ว (chaao máew) — people
- Turkish: Hmonglar — people
- Vietnamese: H'Mông — people
- Zhuang: Bouxmiuz — people
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