Standard Lemma guide

Thai

adj · name · noun · 10 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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  • /taɪ/
  • homophone: taille
  • homophone: tie
  • homophone: Ty
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /θaɪ/
  • South-Asia: /t̪hɑj/
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Thailand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Thailandish

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person living in or coming from Thailand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Thailander

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A domestic cat of a particular breed descended from cats of Thailand and somewhat resembling a Siamese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to Thailand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Thai border with Laos

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tai, Siamese

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to the languages of the Thai people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Thai tones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tai, Siamese

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Siamese kings
  • different Thai tribes live in the north

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tai, Siamese

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a branch of the Tai languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Siamese, Central Thai

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Tai

10

noun

Meaning 10

a native or inhabitant of Thailand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tai, Siamese

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Thai ไทย (tai). Doublet of Tai and Dai.

Across languages

Translations

310 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Thais — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Afrikaans: Thailands — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Albanian: tajlandez — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Arabic: تَايْلَنْدِيّ (tāylandiyy) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Armenian: թաի (tʻai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Asturian: tailandés — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Asturian: tai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Azerbaijani: tay — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Azerbaijani: tailand — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Belarusian: та́йскі (tájski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Belarusian: тайла́ндскі (tajlándski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Bengali: থাই (thai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Bulgarian: та́йски (tájski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Bulgarian: тайла́ндски (tajlándski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Burmese: ထိုင်း (htuing:) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Burmese: ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Catalan: tailandès — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰國的 /泰国的 (Tàiguó de) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰 (tài) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Czech: thajský — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Danish: thailandsk — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Dutch: Thais — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Dutch: Thailands — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Esperanto: tajlanda — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Estonian: tai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Farefare: tai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Faroese: tailendskur — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Faroese: teilendskur — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Finnish: thaimaalainen — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • French: thaïlandais — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • French: thaï — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Galician: tailandés — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Georgian: ტაილანდური (ṭailanduri) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Georgian: ტაი (ṭai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • German: thailändisch — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Hindi: थाई (thāī) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Hungarian: thai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Hungarian: thaiföldi — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Indonesian: Thai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Interlingua: thailandese — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Italian: tailandese — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Japanese: タイの (tai no) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Japanese: タイ (tai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Japanese: 泰 (tai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Kazakh: тай (tai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Kazakh: таиланд (tailand) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Khmer: ថៃ (thay) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Korean: 타이 (tai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Kyrgyz: тай (tay) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Kyrgyz: таиланд (tailand) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Lao: ໄທ (thai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Latin: thailandicus — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Latvian: taizemiešu — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Latvian: tajisks — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Latvian: taizemisks — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Lithuanian: tajų — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Lithuanian: tajiškas — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Macedonian: тајландски (tajlandski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Malay: Thai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Malay: Siam — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Mongolian: тайланд (tajland) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (tayiland) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: thailandsk — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: thailandsk — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Pannonian Rusyn: тайландски (tajlandski) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Persian: تای (tây) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Polish: tajski — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Polish: tajlandzki — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Portuguese: tailandês — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Romanian: thailandez — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Russian: та́йский (tájskij) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Russian: таила́ндский (tailándskij) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̏јландскӣ — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̑јскӣ — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȁjlandskī — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȃjskī — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Slovak: thajský — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Slovene: tajski — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Spanish: tailandés — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Spanish: thailandés — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Spanish: tai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Spanish: thai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Swedish: thailändsk — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Tagalog: Thai — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Tai Nüa: ᥗᥭᥰ (thäy) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Tajik: таиландӣ (tayilandi) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Tamil: தாய் (tāy) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Tamil: தாய்லாந்து (tāylāntu) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Thai: ไทย (tai) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Turkish: Tay — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Turkmen: taý — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Turkmen: taýland — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Ukrainian: та́йський (tájsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Ukrainian: таїла́ндський (tajilándsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Urdu: تھائی (thāī) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Uyghur: تايلاند (tayland) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Uzbek: tay — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Uzbek: tailand — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Vietnamese: Thái — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Vietnamese: Thái Lan — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Yaghnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok) — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Zhuang: Daigoz — of or pertaining to Thailand
  • Afrikaans: Thai — language
  • Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy) — language
  • Armenian: թաի (tʻai) — language
  • Asturian: tailandés — language
  • Asturian: tai — language
  • Basque: tailandiera — language
  • Belarusian: та́йская мо́ва (tájskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: та́йская (tájskaja) — language
  • Bengali: থাই ভাষা (thai bhaśa) — language
  • Breton: Thai — language
  • Bulgarian: та́йски ези́к (tájski ezík) — language
  • Burmese: ထိုင်းဘာသာ (htuing:bhasa) — language
  • Burmese: ထိုင်းစကား (htuing:ca.ka:) — language
  • Catalan: tailandès — language
  • Catalan: thai — language
  • Catalan: tai — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 泰文 — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰語 /泰语 (tàiyǔ) — language
  • Czech: thajština — language
  • Danish: thailandsk — language
  • Dutch: Thai — language
  • Dutch: Thais — language
  • Esperanto: tajlanda — language
  • Esperanto: taja lingvo — language
  • Estonian: Tai — language
  • Farefare: taine — language
  • Farefare: taire — language
  • Faroese: tai — language
  • Finnish: thai — language
  • Franco-Provençal: tayi — language
  • French: thaï — language
  • Galician: tailandés — language
  • Georgian: ტაიური (ṭaiuri) — language
  • Georgian: ტაილანდური ენა (ṭailanduri ena) — language
  • German: Thailändisch — language
  • Greek: ταϊλανδικά (taïlandiká) — language
  • Greek: ταϋλανδικά (taÿlandiká) — language
  • Greenlandic: thailandimiutut — language
  • Hebrew: תאילנדית \ תַּיְלַנְדִּית (tailandít) — language
  • Hindi: थाई (thāī) — language
  • White Hmong: lus thaib — language
  • Hungarian: thai — language
  • Icelandic: tai-má — language
  • Icelandic: tælenska — language
  • Indonesian: Thai — language
  • Interlingua: thailandese — language
  • Irish: Téalainnis — language
  • Italian: tailandese — language
  • Italian: thailandese — language
  • Japanese: タイ語 (taigo) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាថៃ (phiəsaathay) — language
  • Khmer: ថៃ (thay) — language
  • Korean: 타이어 (taieo) — language
  • Korean: 태국어 (taegugeo) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາໄທ (phā sā thai) — language
  • Latin: lingua thai — language
  • Latvian: taju valoda — language
  • Latvian: taju — language
  • Latvian: taizemiešu valoda — language
  • Latvian: taizemiešu — language
  • Lithuanian: tajų kalb — language
  • Lithuanian: tajiškai — language
  • Macedonian: тајландски јазик (tajlandski jazik) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Siam — language
  • Malayalam: തായ് (tāyŭ) — language
  • Maltese: Tajlandiż — language
  • Marathi: थाई (thāī) — language
  • Moksha: тайень (tajeń) — language
  • Mongolian: тай (taj) — language
  • Navajo: Tʼáí bizaad — language
  • Nepali: थाई (thāī) — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: thai — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: thai — language
  • Pali: deyyabhāsā — language
  • Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi) — language
  • Polish: język tajski — language
  • Portuguese: tailandês — language
  • Romanian: thailandeză — language
  • Russian: та́йский язы́к (tájskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: та́йский (tájskij) — language
  • Sarikoli: Tai ziv — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: тајски језик — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: tajski jezik — language
  • Shughni: таи зив (tai ziv) — language
  • Sinhalese: තායි (tāyi) — language
  • Slovak: thajčina — language
  • Slovene: tajščina — language
  • Spanish: tailandés — language
  • Spanish: thailandés — language
  • Swahili: Kithai — language
  • Swedish: thailändska — language
  • Tamil: தாய் (tāy) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาไทย (paa-sǎa tai) — language
  • Turkish: Tayca — language
  • Turkish: Taylandca — language
  • Ukrainian: та́йська мо́ва (tájsʹka móva) — language
  • Ukrainian: та́йська (tájsʹka) — language
  • Urdu: تهائی (thāī) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Thái Lan — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Thái — language
  • Walloon: Taylandès — language
  • Welsh: Tai — language
  • Yaghnobi: Таӣ зивок (Tayi zivok) — language
  • Yazghulami: таи звег (tai zveg) — language
  • Afrikaans: Thai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Afrikaans: Thailander — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Arabic: تَايْلَانْدِيّ (taylandiyy) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Asturian: tailandés — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Asturian: tailandesa — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Asturian: tai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Belarusian: та́ец (tájec) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Belarusian: та́йка (tájka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Bengali: থাই (thai) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Burmese: ထိုင်း (htuing:) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Burmese: ထိုင်းလူမျိုး (htuing:lu-myui:) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Catalan: tailandès — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Catalan: tailandesa — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰國人 /泰国人 (tàiguórén) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰族 (tàizú) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Czech: Thajec — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Czech: Thajka — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Danish: thailænder — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Dutch: Thailander — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Dutch: Thailandse — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Esperanto: tajlandano — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Esperanto: tajlandanino — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Esperanto: Tajo — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Finnish: thaimaalainen — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Franco-Provençal: tayilandês — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Franco-Provençal: tayilandêsa — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • French: Thaïlandais — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • French: Thaïlandaise — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Galician: tailandés — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Galician: tailandesa — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Georgian: ტაილანდელი (ṭailandeli) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • German: Thailänder — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • German: Thailänderin — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • German: Thai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hawaiian: Tailani — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hebrew: תאילנדי (tailandi) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hebrew: תאילנדית (tailandit) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hindi: थाई (thāī) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hungarian: thai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Hungarian: thaiföldi — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Interlingua: thailandese — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Italian: tailandese — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Italian: tailandesi — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Japanese: タイ人 (taijin) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Khmer: ថៃ (thay) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Korean: 타이인 (taiin) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Korean: 태국인 (taegugin) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Korean: 타이 사람 (tai saram) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Korean: 태국 사람 (taeguk saram) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Lao: ຄົນໄທ (khon thai) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Latvian: taizemietis — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Latvian: taizemiete — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Lithuanian: tailandietis — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Lithuanian: tailandietė — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Macedonian: Тајланѓанец (Tajlanǵanec) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Macedonian: Тајланѓанка (Tajlanǵanka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Malay: orang Siam — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Malay: orang Thai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Malayalam: തായ് ജനത (tāyŭ janata) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: thailender — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: thailending — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: thailendar — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: thailending — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Pali: deyya — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Pali: deyyika — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Pali: deyyavāsī — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Тайландян (Tajlandjan) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Тайландянка (Tajlandjanka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Persian: تایلندی (tâylandi) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Polish: Taj — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Polish: Tajka — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Portuguese: tailandês — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Portuguese: tailandesa — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Romanian: thailandez — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Romanian: thailandeză — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Russian: та́ец (tájec) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Russian: та́йка (tájka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Russian: таила́ндец (tailándec) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Russian: таила́ндка (tailándka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Shan: ထႆး (thái) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Slovak: Thajec — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Slovak: Thajka — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Slovene: Tajec — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Slovene: Tajka — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Spanish: tailandés — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Spanish: thailandés — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Spanish: tai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Spanish: thai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Swahili: Mthai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Swahili: Wathai — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Swedish: thailändare — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Swedish: thailändska — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Thai: คนไทย (kon tai) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Thai: ชาวไทย (chaao tai) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Turkish: Tay — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Turkish: Taylandlı — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Ukrainian: та́єць (tájecʹ) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Ukrainian: та́йка (tájka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Ukrainian: таїла́ндець (tajilándecʹ) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Ukrainian: таїла́ндка (tajilándka) — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Vietnamese: người Thái — person from Thailand or of Thai origin
  • Vietnamese: người Thái Lan — person from Thailand or of Thai origin