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BURMESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burmese mean? 

BURMESE (noun)
  The noun BURMESE has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Myanmarplay

2. the official language of Burmaplay

  Familiarity information: BURMESE used as a noun is rare.


BURMESE (adjective)
  The adjective BURMESE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its peopleplay

  Familiarity information: BURMESE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURMESE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Myanmar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Burmese" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Burmese" is a member of...):

Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)

Derivation:

Burmese (of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The official language of Burma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Burmese" is a kind of...):

Burmese-Yi; Lolo-Burmese (the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan)

Derivation:

Burmese (of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people)


BURMESE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Burmese tonal languages

Pertainym:

Myanmar (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)

Derivation:

Burmese (the official language of Burma)

Burmese (a native or inhabitant of Myanmar)


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