adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to Saigon.
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
Standard Lemma guide
Saigonese
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
A person from Saigon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Saigoneer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A dialect of Vietnamese spoken in and around Saigon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Saigon + -ese.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: Saïgonnais — pertaining to Saigon
- Polish: sajgoński — pertaining to Saigon
- French: Saïgonnais — person from Saigon
- Polish: sajgończyk — person from Saigon
- Polish: sajgonka — person from Saigon
- Swedish: Saigones — person from Saigon
- Vietnamese: người Sài Gòn — person from Saigon
- Vietnamese: giọng Sài Gòn — dialect of Vietnamese