adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Vietnam.
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
Vietnamese
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/
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UK: /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/
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rhymes with -iːz
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CMU ARPABET: V IY0 EH2 T N AA0 M IY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Annamese, Annamite
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese 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
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language ; the Vietnamese tonesVietnamese boat people"
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Vietnamese countryside
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Annamese, Annamite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Mon-Khmer
noun
Meaning 7
a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Annamese
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Vietnam 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 Vietnamese From Vietnam + -ese.
Across languages
Translations
239 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Viëtnamees — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Albanian: vietnamez — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Arabic: فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Armenian: վիետնամական (vietnamakan) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Asturian: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Asturian: vietnamín — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Azerbaijani: vyetnam — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Basque: vietnamdar — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Belarusian: в'етна́мскі (vʺjetnámski) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Bengali: ভিয়েতনামী (bhiẏetnami) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Bulgarian: виетна́мски (vietnámski) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (biyaknam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Catalan: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Chinese Mandarin: 越南的 (Yuènán de) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Czech: vietnamský — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Danish: vietnamesisk — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Dutch: Vietnamees — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Estonian: vietnami — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Farefare: viɛtnã — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Farefare: viɛtga — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Finnish: vietnamilainen — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- French: vietnamien — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Galician: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Georgian: ვიეტნამური (vieṭnamuri) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- German: vietnamesisch — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Haitian Creole: vyetnamyen — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Hawaiian: Wiekanama — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Hebrew: וְיֶטְנָאמִי (vietnami) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Hindi: वियतनामी (viyatnāmī) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Hungarian: vietnami — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Irish: Fítneamach — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Italian: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Japanese: ベトナムの (Betonamu no) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Kazakh: вьетнам (vetnam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Kazakh: вьетнамдық (vetnamdyq) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Khmer: យួន (yuən) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Khmer: វៀតណាម (viətnaam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Korean: 베트남의 (Beteunam-ui) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Kyrgyz: вьетнам (vyetnam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Lao: ຫວຽດນາມ (huāit nām) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Latin: Annamiticus — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Latvian: vjetnamiešu — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Lithuanian: vietnamiečių — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Lithuanian: vietnamietiškas — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Macedonian: виетнамски (vietnamski) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Maltese: Vjetnamiż — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Mongolian: вьетнам (vʹjetnam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Mongolian: ᠸᠢᠶᠧᠲ᠋ᠨ᠋ᠠᠮ (wiyētnam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Norwegian Bokmål: vietnamesisk — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vietnamesisk — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Persian: ویتنامی (viyatnâmi) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Polish: wietnamski — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Portuguese: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Romanian: vietnamez — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Russian: вьетна́мский (vʹjetnámskij) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Serbo-Croatian: ви̏јетнамскӣ — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Serbo-Croatian: vȉjetnamskī — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Slovak: vietnamský — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Slovene: vietnamski — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Spanish: vietnamita — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Swedish: vietnamesisk — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Tajik: вьетнамӣ (vyetnami) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Tamil: வியட்நாமிய (viyaṭnāmiya) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Thai: เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Thai: ญวน (yuuan) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Turkish: Vietnamlı — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Turkish: Vietnam — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Turkmen: wýetnam — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Ukrainian: в'єтна́мський (vʺjetnámsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Urdu: ویتنامی (viyatnāmī) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Uyghur: ۋيېتنام (wyëtnam) — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Uzbek: vyetnam — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Uzbek: vyetnamlik — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Vietnamese: Việt — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Vietnamese: (thuộc) Việt Nam — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Welsh: Fietnamaidd — of or pertaining to Vietnam
- Afrikaans: Viëtnamees — language
- Akan: viɛtnam kasa — language
- Arabic: اَلْفِيتْنَامِيَّة (al-fitnamiyya) — language
- Arabic: فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy) — language
- Armenian: վիետնամերեն (vietnameren) — language
- Asturian: vietnamita — language
- Asturian: vietnamín — language
- Basque: vietnamera — language
- Belarusian: в'етна́мская мо́ва (vʺjetnámskaja móva) — language
- Belarusian: в'етна́мская (vʺjetnámskaja) — language
- Breton: viêtnameg — language
- Breton: vietnameg — language
- Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ် (biyaknam) — language
- Burmese: ဗီယက်နမ်ဘာသာ (biyaknambhasa) — language
- Catalan: vietnamita — language
- Chinese Cantonese: 越南話 /越南话 — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 越南語 /越南语 (yuènányǔ) — language
- Czech: vietnamština — language
- Danish: vietnamesisk — language
- Dutch: Vietnamees — language
- Estonian: vietnami — language
- Farefare: viɛtnãnnɛ — language
- Farefare: viɛtnɛ — language
- Finnish: vietnam — language
- French: vietnamien — language
- Galician: vietnamita — language
- Georgian: ვიეტნამური (vieṭnamuri) — language
- German: Vietnamesisch — language
- Greek: βιετναμικά (vietnamiká) — language
- Hindi: वियतनामी (viyatnāmī) — language
- White Hmong: nyab laj — language
- Hungarian: vietnami — language
- Italian: vietnamita — language
- Japanese: ベトナム語 (betonamugo) — language
- Khmer: ភាសាវៀតណាម (viətnaam) — language
- Korean: 베트남어 (beteunameo) — language
- Kyrgyz: вьетнамча (vyetnamca) — language
- Lao: ພາສາຫວຽດນາມ (phā sā huāit nām) — language
- Latvian: vjetnamiešu — language
- Lithuanian: vietnamiečių — language
- Navajo: Biʼednam Dineʼé bizaad — language
- Norwegian Bokmål: vietnamesisk — language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vietnamesisk — language
- Persian: ویتنامی (viyatnâmi) — language
- Polish: wietnamski — language
- Polish: język wietnamski — language
- Portuguese: vietnamita — language
- Rade: klei Yuăn — language
- Romanian: vietnameză — language
- Russian: вьетна́мский (vʹjetnámskij) — language
- Russian: вьетна́мский язы́к (vʹjetnámskij jazýk) — language
- Serbo-Croatian: вијетнамски — language
- Serbo-Croatian: vijetnamski (jezik) — language
- Slovak: vietnamčina — language
- Slovene: vietnamščina — language
- Spanish: vietnamita — language
- Swahili: Kivietinamu — language
- Swahili: Kivieti — language
- Swedish: vietnamesiska — language
- Tagalog: Biyetnames — language
- Tamil: வியட்நாமியம் (viyaṭnāmiyam) — language
- Thai: ภาษาเวียดนาม (paa-săa wîat-naam) — language
- Turkish: Vietnamca — language
- Turkish: Vietnam dili — language
- Ukrainian: в'єтна́мська мо́ва (vʺjetnámsʹka móva) — language
- Ukrainian: в'єтна́мська (vʺjetnámsʹka) — language
- Urdu: ویتنامی (viyatnāmī) — language
- Vietnamese: tiếng Việt — language
- Vietnamese: tiếng Việt Nam — language
- Vietnamese: Việt ngữ — language
- Vietnamese: tiếng Kinh — language
- Welsh: Fietnameg — language
- Zhuang: vah Yeznanz — language
- Afrikaans: Viëtnamees — Vietnamese person
- Albanian: vietnamez — Vietnamese person
- Arabic: فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy) — Vietnamese person
- Arabic: فِيتْنَامِيَّة (fītnāmiyya) — Vietnamese person
- Armenian: վիետնամցի (vietnamcʻi) — Vietnamese person
- Asturian: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Asturian: vietnamín — Vietnamese person
- Asturian: vietnamina — Vietnamese person
- Azerbaijani: vyetnamlı — Vietnamese person
- Basque: vietnamdar — Vietnamese person
- Belarusian: в'етна́мец (vʺjetnámjec) — Vietnamese person
- Belarusian: в'етна́мка (vʺjetnámka) — Vietnamese person
- Bulgarian: виетна́мец (vietnámec) — Vietnamese person
- Bulgarian: виетна́мка (vietnámka) — Vietnamese person
- Catalan: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Chinese Cantonese: 越南人 (jyut6 naam4 jan4) — Vietnamese person
- Chinese Mandarin: 越南人 (yuènánrén) — Vietnamese person
- Czech: Vietnamec — Vietnamese person
- Czech: Vietnamka — Vietnamese person
- Danish: vietnameser — Vietnamese person
- Dutch: Vietnamees — Vietnamese person
- Dutch: Vietnamese — Vietnamese person
- Esperanto: vjetnamano — Vietnamese person
- Esperanto: vjetnamanino — Vietnamese person
- Estonian: vietnamlane — Vietnamese person
- Finnish: vietnamilainen — Vietnamese person
- French: Vietnamien — Vietnamese person
- French: Vietnamienne — Vietnamese person
- Galician: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Georgian: ვიეტნამელი (vieṭnameli) — Vietnamese person
- German: Vietnamese — Vietnamese person
- German: Vietnamesin — Vietnamese person
- Hawaiian: Wiekanama — Vietnamese person
- Hebrew: וְיֶטְנָאמִי (vietnami) — Vietnamese person
- Hindi: वियतनामी (viyatnāmī) — Vietnamese person
- White Hmong: Nyab laj — Vietnamese person
- Hungarian: vietnami — Vietnamese person
- Italian: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Japanese: ベトナム人 (betonamujin) — Vietnamese person
- Jarai: Yuăn — Vietnamese person
- Kazakh: вьетнамдық (vetnamdyq) — Vietnamese person
- Khmer: វៀតណាម (viətnaam) — Vietnamese person
- Khmer: យួន (yuən) — Vietnamese person
- Korean: 베트남인 (beteunamin) — Vietnamese person
- Korean: 베트남 사람 (beteunam saram) — Vietnamese person
- Kyrgyz: вьетнамдык (vyetnamdık) — Vietnamese person
- Latvian: vjetnamietis — Vietnamese person
- Latvian: vjetnamiete — Vietnamese person
- Lithuanian: vietnamietis — Vietnamese person
- Lithuanian: vietnamietė — Vietnamese person
- Macedonian: Виетнамец (Vietnamec) — Vietnamese person
- Macedonian: Виетнамка (Vietnamka) — Vietnamese person
- Mon: ယောန် — Vietnamese person
- Mongolian: вьетнам хүн (vʹjetnam xün) — Vietnamese person
- Norwegian Bokmål: vietnameser — Vietnamese person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vietnamesar — Vietnamese person
- Polish: Wietnamczyk — Vietnamese person
- Polish: Wietnamka — Vietnamese person
- Portuguese: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Rade: Yuăn — Vietnamese person
- Romanian: vietnamez — Vietnamese person
- Romanian: vietnameză — Vietnamese person
- Russian: вьетна́мец (vʹjetnámec) — Vietnamese person
- Russian: вьетна́мка (vʹjetnámka) — Vietnamese person
- Russian: вьетна́мцы (vʹjetnámcy) — Vietnamese person
- Serbo-Croatian: Вијетнамац — Vietnamese person
- Serbo-Croatian: Вијетнамка — Vietnamese person
- Serbo-Croatian: Vijetnamac — Vietnamese person
- Serbo-Croatian: Vijetnamka — Vietnamese person
- Slovak: Vietnamec — Vietnamese person
- Slovak: Vietnamka — Vietnamese person
- Slovene: Vietnamec — Vietnamese person
- Slovene: Vietnamka — Vietnamese person
- Spanish: vietnamita — Vietnamese person
- Swahili: Mvietinamu — Vietnamese person
- Swahili: Mvieti — Vietnamese person
- Swedish: vietnames — Vietnamese person
- Swedish: vietnamesiska — Vietnamese person
- Tajik: вьетнамӣ (vyetnami) — Vietnamese person
- Thai: คนเวียดนาม (kon wîat-naam) — Vietnamese person
- Turkish: Vietnamlı — Vietnamese person
- Turkmen: wýetnamly — Vietnamese person
- Ukrainian: в'єтна́мець (vʺjetnámecʹ) — Vietnamese person
- Ukrainian: в'єтна́мка (vʺjetnámka) — Vietnamese person
- Uyghur: ۋيېتناملىق (wyëtnamliq) — Vietnamese person
- Uzbek: vyetnam — Vietnamese person
- Uzbek: vyetnamlik — Vietnamese person
- Vietnamese: người Việt — Vietnamese person
- Vietnamese: người Việt Nam — Vietnamese person
- Yakut: вьетнамец (vʹetnamets) — Vietnamese person
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