Standard Lemma guide

Lebanese

adj · noun · 4 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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  • UK: /lɛ.bəˈniːz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːz
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 B AH0 N IY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Leb, Lebo

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Lebanese mountains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Lebanon

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 Lebanon 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 Lebanese From Lebanon + -ese.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Libanees — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Arabic: لُبْنَانِيّ (lubnāniyy) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Arabic: لِبْنَانِي (libnāni) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Arabic: بْنَانِي (bnāni) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Asturian: libanés — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Basque: libanoar — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Belarusian: ліва́нскі (livánski) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Bulgarian: ливански (livanski) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Catalan: libanès — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Czech: libanonský — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Danish: libanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Dutch: Libanesisch — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Finnish: libanonilainen — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • French: libanais — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Galician: libanés — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • German: libanesisch — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Greek: λιβανέζικος (livanézikos) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Hindi: लेबनानी (lebnānī) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Hungarian: libanoni — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Irish: Liobánach — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Italian: libanese — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Central Kurdish: لوبنانی (lubnanî) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Latvian: libāniešu — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Latvian: libānisks — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: libanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: libanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Polish: libański — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Portuguese: libanês — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Romanian: libanez — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Russian: лива́нский (livánskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Spanish: libanés — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Swedish: libanesisk — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Turkish: Lübnanlı — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Ukrainian: ліва́нський (livánsʹkyj) — of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language
  • Afrikaans: Libanees — person from Lebanon
  • Arabic: لُبْنَانِيّ (lubnāniyy) — person from Lebanon
  • Arabic: لُبْنَانِيَّة (lubnāniyya) — person from Lebanon
  • Arabic: لِبْنَانِي (libnāni) — person from Lebanon
  • Arabic: لِبْنَانِيِّة (libnāniyye) — person from Lebanon
  • Arabic: بْنَانِي (bnāni) — person from Lebanon
  • Asturian: libanés — person from Lebanon
  • Asturian: libanesa — person from Lebanon
  • Basque: libanoar — person from Lebanon
  • Bulgarian: лива́нец (livánec) — person from Lebanon
  • Bulgarian: лива́нка (livánka) — person from Lebanon
  • Catalan: libanès — person from Lebanon
  • Czech: Libanonec — person from Lebanon
  • Czech: Libanonka — person from Lebanon
  • Danish: libaneser — person from Lebanon
  • Dutch: Libanees — person from Lebanon
  • Dutch: Libanese — person from Lebanon
  • Finnish: libanonilainen — person from Lebanon
  • French: Libanais — person from Lebanon
  • French: Libanaise — person from Lebanon
  • Galician: libanés — person from Lebanon
  • German: Libanese — person from Lebanon
  • German: Libanesin — person from Lebanon
  • Hindi: लेबनानी (lebnānī) — person from Lebanon
  • Irish: Liobánach — person from Lebanon
  • Italian: libanese — person from Lebanon
  • Central Kurdish: لوبنانی (lubnanî) — person from Lebanon
  • Latvian: libānietis — person from Lebanon
  • Latvian: libāniete — person from Lebanon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: libaneser — person from Lebanon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: libanesar — person from Lebanon
  • Polish: Libańczyk — person from Lebanon
  • Polish: Libanka — person from Lebanon
  • Portuguese: libanês — person from Lebanon
  • Romanian: libanez — person from Lebanon
  • Romanian: libaneză — person from Lebanon
  • Russian: лива́нец (livánec) — person from Lebanon
  • Russian: лива́нка (livánka) — person from Lebanon
  • Spanish: libanés — person from Lebanon
  • Yoruba: Kọ̀ráà — person from Lebanon
Real reading context

Lebanese in complete knowledge articles