adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or from Singapore, or its language or people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: S'porean
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Singaporean
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: /sɪŋ.(ɡ)əˈpɔː.ɹi.ən/
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General-American: /ˌsɪŋ.(ɡ)əˈpo.ɹi.ən/
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rhymes with -ɔːɹiən
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CMU ARPABET: S IH0 NG G AH0 P AO1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person from Singapore, or descended from such a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: S'porean
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to the city of Singapore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Singaporean main street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the island nation of Singapore and its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Singaporean rubber
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an inhabitant of Singapore
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
From Singapore (“island and city-state in Southeast Asia”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns).
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Singapoerees — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Afrikaans: Singapoers — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Arabic: سِنْغَافُورِيّ (sinḡāfūriyy) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Asturian: singapuranu — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Bulgarian: сингапурски (singapurski) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Catalan: singapurès — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Chinese Mandarin: 新加坡的 (Xīnjiāpō de) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Czech: singapurský — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Danish: singaporeansk — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Dutch: Singaporees — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Finnish: singaporelainen — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- French: singapourien — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Georgian: სინგაპურული (singaṗuruli) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- German: singapurisch — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Hindi: सिंगापुरी (siṅgāpurī) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Hungarian: szingapúri — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Indonesian: Singapura — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Irish: Singeapórach — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Italian: singaporiano — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Japanese: シンガポールの (Shingapōru-no) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Javanese: Singapura — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Korean: 싱가포르의 (Singgaporeu-ui) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Macedonian: сингапурски (singapurski) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Malay: Singapura — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Norwegian Bokmål: singaporsk — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Norwegian Nynorsk: singaporsk — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Polish: singapurski — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Portuguese: singapurense — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Portuguese: singapuriano — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Romanian: singaporez — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Russian: сингапу́рский (singapúrskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Spanish: singapurense — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Swedish: singaporiansk — of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people
- Afrikaans: Singapoerees — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Arabic: سِنْغَافُورِيّ (sinḡāfūriyy) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Arabic: سِنْغَافُورِيَّة (sinḡāfūriyya) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Asturian: singapuranu — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Asturian: singapurana — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Catalan: singapurès — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Chinese Mandarin: 新加坡人 (Xīnjiāpōrén) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Czech: Singapuřan — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Czech: Singapurec — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Czech: Singapurka — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Danish: singaporeaner — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Dutch: Singaporees — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Dutch: Singaporese — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Esperanto: singapurano — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Esperanto: singapuranino — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Finnish: singaporelainen — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- French: Singapourien — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- French: Singapourienne — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Georgian: სინგაპურელი (singaṗureli) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- German: Singapurer — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- German: Singapurerin — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Hindi: सिंगापुरी (siṅgāpurī) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Hungarian: szingapúri — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Irish: Singeapórach — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Japanese: シンガポール人 (Shingapōru-jin) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Korean: 싱가포르인 (singgaporeu'in) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Korean: 싱가포르 사람 (singgaporeu saram) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Latvian: singapūrietis — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Latvian: singapūriete — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Lithuanian: singapūrietis — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Lithuanian: singapūrietė — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Macedonian: Сингапурец (Singapurec) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Macedonian: Сингапурка (Singapurka) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Malay: orang Singapura — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Norwegian Bokmål: singaporer — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: singaporar — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Polish: Singapurczyk — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Polish: Singapurka — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Portuguese: singapuriano — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Romanian: singaporez — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Romanian: singaporeză — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Russian: сингапу́рец (singapúrec) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Russian: сингапу́рка (singapúrka) — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Spanish: singapurense — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Swedish: singaporian — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
- Turkish: Singapurlu — person from Singapore, or descended from such a person
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